Mary Elrod Ferguson Papers 1898-1975

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Mary Elrod Ferguson Papers 1898-1975

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Mary Elrod Ferguson was a University of Montana graduate, instructor, and administrator. The collection contains the personal and professional records produced and collected by Mary Elrod Ferguson during her years at the university in Missoula and in dispatching the affairs of her father, Morton Elrod.

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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Elrod, Morton J. (Morton John), 1863-1953

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Morton John Elrod was born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1863, and first taught at the age of seventeen. He received his BA, MA, and MS from Simpson College and his Ph.D from Illinois Wesleyan College. He taught and directed the museum at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, and launched an expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1894 to collect specimens for that museum. In 1897, he came to the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, as head of the science dep...

University of Montana--Missoula

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The University of Montana-Missoula's Faculty Senate serves to promote faculty involvement in the governance of the University. The Senate reviews, debates, and votes on issues pertaining to the academic and faculty welfare of The University of Montana (UM) in consultation and cooperation with the President and University administration. Faculty members contribute to UM governance by participating in the Senate and specific committees. The first faculty meeting of the Uni...

Ferguson, Mary Elrod, 1898-1975

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Mary Elrod Ferguson was born in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1889 to Morton John Elrod and Emma Hartshorn Elrod. After her family moved to Missoula, Montana, in 1898, she attended the preparatory school at the University of Montana, then earned a BS in Biology in 1911. She was a founding member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority on campus. From 1918 to 1920, she was an instructor in zoology at the University of Montana. From 1930 to 1933, she was secretary to the Dean of Women. In 1934, she earned a...