Almetris Marsh DurenPapers 1936-1981

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Almetris Marsh DurenPapers 1936-1981

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00553/00553-P.html

Files maintained by Almetris Marsh Duren relateto the major University of Texas campus issues faced by African Americanstudents from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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Duren, Almetris Marsh

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Almetris Marsh Duren was a key figure in University of Texas at Austin life from 1958 through 1981. Known as "Mama Duren" or "Mama D," Duren was a mentor, counselor, adviser and inspiration to young people for four decades. She began her career as a housemother and served as a University student development specialist and adviser in the Dean of Students Office from 1968 through 1981. Duren served as student advisor and house mother for the first African American students at the Univ...