Florence Kennedy papers, [ca. 1915]-1983, 1992.

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Florence Kennedy papers, [ca. 1915]-1983, 1992.

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Correspondence, photographs (1919-1930), school records (1920), stories, poetry (undated and 1920-1972), yearbooks (1924-1929), newsletters, a diary (1967-1975), school workbooks, original drawings, and photocopied newspaper proofs and tear sheets documenting the personal life, education, and career of a Minneapolis commercial artist who specialized in fashion illustration.

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Florence Nelson Kennedy, the daughter of Carl and Amanda Nelson, was born in Big Stone County, Minnesota in 1902 and moved with her family to Clinton, Minnesota in 1906. After graduating from Clinton High School (1920) she attended one term at Moorhead Teachers College and taught in rural schools for two years (1920-1922). After leaving teaching she returned to Clinton and completed an art course through the Federal School of Commercial Designing. In mid-1923 Kennedy mov...