Marie Pope Wallis Papers

Jenkins, Myra Ellen

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For a chronology of Dr. Jenkins' life and work, see the first folders in Box 1. For an obituary, see the Denver Post, June 28, 1993. The following is a reminiscence written by Robert W. Delaney, who was the founding director of the Center of Southwest Studies and a friend and colleage of Myra Ellen Jenkins. I Remember Myra / by Robert W. Delaney (published in the November 1993 issue of La Cronica de Nuevo Mexico, Issue No. 37) "For more than four decades, I k...

Pillsbury, Dorothy L.

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Dorothy L. Pillbury was a southwestern author noted for her books discussing the meshing of the Indian, Spanish and Anglo cultures in northern New Mexcio. A social worker and director of social work in Los Angles, California for fifteen years, she attended Pomona College, The University of Southern California, and the University of New Mexico, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Her work appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Coronet, Reader's Digest, and Land. From the description of Doroth...

United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration

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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was established in 1943. Its purpose was to provide for the relief of war victims in any area under the control of any of the United Nations. Its operations came to an end in 1946. From the description of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration records, 1943-1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 298686802 The Bureau of Services was previously known as the Bureau of Area...

Filpus, Pauline.

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Woodward, Dorothy, 1895-1961

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Dorothy Woodward, historian and educator, was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1895. After receiving her Ph.D. from Yale in 1935, she joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico where she taught Latin American history. She served in the Woman's Army Corps. from 1944-45 and in the New Mexico Civil Air Patrol. She retired from UNM in 1956 and was appointed to the UNM Board of Regents in 1957. She resigned in May 1960. She died the following year on April 4 in Denver, Colorado....

United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

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The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the US Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, and converted to full status as the WAC in 1943. Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby, the wife of a prominent politician and publisher in Houston, Texas. About 150,000 American women served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army. While conservative opinion in the leadership of...

United States. Civil Air Patrol

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"The first Civil Air Patrol members of 1941... served their country by sinking or chasing away German submarines off America's East and Gulf coasts... Today, CAP handles 90 percent of inland search and rescue missions." -- "Civil Air Patrol: A Proud Legacy Continues." Civil Air Patrol. http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/html/commander.htm (Retrieved June 20, 2009) From the description of U.S. Civil Air Patrol letters, 1942 September. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 42873298...

Modern Women Poets of Brazil

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Who Needs Broadway?

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Wallis, Marie Pope, 1901-1975

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Marie Pope Wallis, 1901-1975 was a social worker, teacher, librarian, writer. She held M.A. degrees in Speech, Social Work, Library Science, Elementary Education and Creative Writing. In 1947, she received one of the first two Doctor of Philosophy degrees conferred at UNM. After receiving her Ph.D., in Ibero-American Literature, she taught Spanish and Portuguese as an Assistant Professor at UNM. Dr. Wallis had careers in social service, education and a number of libraries. She was a World War...