Josephina Niggli Book Collection, 1882-1975

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Josephina Niggli Book Collection, 1882-1975

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The personal book Collection donated to UCLAby dramatist, writer and teacher, Josephina Niggli. n.b.Accents have been removed to facilitate the use of most webbrowsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of factor omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center atwww.chicano.ucla.edu

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University of California, Los Angeles. Chicano Studies Research Center

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Niggli, Josephina, 1910-1983

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Biography Niggli was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on July 13, 1910. Her father Frederick Ferdinand Niggli, whose Swiss and Alsatian forebears immigrated to Texas in 1836, had moved to Mexico in 1893 and found a job as the manager of a cement plant in the village of Hidalgo. Josephina's mother, Goldie (Morgan) Niggli, was a violinist of Irish, French and German descent. In 1925 Niggli was sent to San Antonio, Texas when she was 15 yea...