Robin McKown papers, 1960-1968.

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Robin McKown papers, 1960-1968.

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The McKown papers contain correspondence, articles and newspaper clippings, drafts, and photographs used by the author in preparation for her work, Lumumba: a biography, published in 1969. The biography is about the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

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University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6921255

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961

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McKown, Robin

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Robin McKown (1907-1975) was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She published over forty works for young adults from the late 1950s through the 1970s. Much of her work includes biographies of famous citizens such as Benjamin Franklin, Marie Curie, Thomas Paine, Eleanor Roosevelt and others. She co-authored A Mongo homecoming with CU alumna, Mary Elting Folsom. From the description of Robin McKown papers, 1960-1968. (Denver Public Libra...