Papers of Helen Winifred Pflueger, 1874-1984 (bulk 1911-1979).

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Papers of Helen Winifred Pflueger, 1874-1984 (bulk 1911-1979).

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The manuscripts include two complete copies of Pflueger's book New paradise lost as well as draft pages and notes for the novel. There are also papers and essays written by Helen in high school and later in life as well as copies of writings and poems by Helen and others. The diaries span the years 1911 to 1979. The diaries include daily entries with detailed information about Helens' daily activities: visits to friends, seamstress work, trips taken, etc. She also talks a lot about her religious beliefs and her struggles to be a good Christian. The majority of correspondence is written by others to Helen but there are a few pieces of correspondence by her (retained copies). There are several letters to and from Rev. Gilbert P. Symons of the Forward Movement of the Episcopal Church and others dealing with her religious beliefs and search for a church to attend. There is also one letter by Edgar Bergen (1941, Apr. 15) in response to a letter Helen wrote to him and "Charlie." There are also a few letters regarding her book New paradise lost (1940). The ephemera includes a variety of material including account books, address books, bank statements, biographical information, financial papers, medical papers, calling cards, church bulletins, dress patterns, family estate papers (including a copy of Helen's will), greeting cards, newspaper clippings, photographs, school notebooks and a recipe book. Some of the newspaper clippings deal with Sierra Madre, California. There are also three rolled items: two diplomas from the Minneapolis School of Music (1919-1920) and a painting of Helen Pflueger.

1,326 items.11 boxes, plus 3 rolled items.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Minneapolis School of Music.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Methodist Church (U.S.)

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Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978

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Symons, Gilbert Prower, 1879-.

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Pflueger, Helen Winifred, 1898-1979

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Helen Winifred Pflueger, a resident of Sierra Madre, California, was born in Holman, Wisconsin, and was deaf from the time of her childhood. She attended the Minneapolis Academy of Music, Drama, and Expression, and in 1930 she and her mother moved to Southern California after her father's death. She supported herself as a seamstress during the years of the Depression. She wrote a novel called New paradise lost, which was never published. She died in 1979. From the description of Pape...