Deborah Meader papers. 1920-[199-] (bulk 1931-1940).

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Deborah Meader papers. 1920-[199-] (bulk 1931-1940).

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Papers of a puppeteer, puppet play writer, and puppet theater fabricator who was employed in church and WPA puppetry programs during her life in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1927 to 1942.

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Unity Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Meader, Deborah Simmons, 1895-

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Deborah Meader was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1895. Upon graduating from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, Meader married Amos Kingsley Meader in 1919. The family settled in Saint Paul in 1927. With the onset of the Great Depression and the prolonged illness of Amos, Meader took to making puppets and producing plays for wealthy families as a means of financial survival. Following her stint with the WPA, the Meader family left Minnesota in 1942. Deborah Simm...

Colburn, Elizabeth M.

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