Todd I. Berens papers 1849-1970 1965-1970

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Todd I. Berens papers 1849-1970 1965-1970

The Todd I. Berens papers (1849-1970) consist of materials resulting from Berens' research of historical trails of early Western settlers, with emphasis on Jedediah Smith and Charles Fremont, as well as the Gold Rush of 1849. Included are letters from Dale Morgan, a biography of Arthur Shearer, and an excerpt from the . Todd Berens was a high school history teacher who specialized in historical research. Hannibal Journal

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Berens, Todd I.

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Todd I. Berens was an innovative teacher of history at a California high school. He received two awards for teaching historical research in the 1960s, during which time it was part of his coursework to take field trips out to trace the historical trails. In 1965, Berens and Dale Morgan began to take trips to explore the trails of early settlers of the West. Berens was presented with an award from the California Historical Society in 1971 for outstanding teaching in history. From the ...

Morgan, Dale L. (Dale Lowell), 1914-1971

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Author and historian of the Amercian West. From the description of Scrapbook, 1916-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630659 Dale L. Morgan (1914-1971), Western historian, was born in Salt Lake City and educated at the University of Utah. He was state superintendent for the Utah Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (1940-42) and information specialist with the Office of Price Administration during World War II. As a Guggenheim Fellow for 1947-48, Morgan...