Genevieve Allen Murray papers, circa 1863-1991.

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Genevieve Allen Murray papers, circa 1863-1991.

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The Genevieve Allen Murray papers contain a wide variety of materials from 1863-1981. Most are from the period between the early 1900s through the 1970s and include: photographs, negatives, manuscripts, notes, correspondence, programs, documents, diaries, address books and sketches. Most of the materials relate to Genevieve, her husband Frank Murray, brother Raymond Allen, and sister-in-law Ethel Murray, as well as various other family members and friends. There is also a significant amount of material relating to the University of Kentucky Donovan Scholars program and the Council on Aging/University of Kentucky Writer's Workshop for People over 57.

3.5 cu. ft. 29 boxes.

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University of Montana--Missoula.

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University of Kentucky.

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The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed ...

Murray, Frank, 1893-1951.

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Writers Workshop for People over 57 (Lexington, Ky.)

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Council on Aging (Lexington, Ky.)

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Murray, Ethel, d. 1962.

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Murray, Genevieve Allen, 1894-1983.

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Genevieve Allen Murray was born in Milan, Illinois on October 5, 1894 to Andrew Allen, who worked for the Great Northern Railroad, and Elizabeth Penman Allen, a nurse. The Allen family moved as homesteaders to Williston, North Dakota where Genevieve finished high school. She began teaching in North Dakota and Montana schools in 1913, alternating teaching and attending Montana State (now University of Montana), where she received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Journalism in...