Sullivan papers, 1962-1983 (bulk 1964-1968).

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Sullivan papers, 1962-1983 (bulk 1964-1968).

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Photographs and a scrapbook relating to Muriel Sullivan's work as Extension Home Economist on the Tohono O'odham reservation, mostly from 1964 to 1968. Photographs document classes in sewing, nutrition, and arts & crafts for the women on the reservation, mostly in Sells, Pisinimo, Gila Bend, San Xavier, Santa Rosa Ranch, Kerwo, Topawa, and New Fields. There are photographs of the Papago Fairs fo 1965-1967, or landscape and homes in Gila Bend and New Fields, and a few photographs of the Sells Service Women's group. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs and programs detailing the work of the Sells Service Women from 1962 to 1983, including information about the Tohono O'odham candy stripers.

2.25 linear ft. (4 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7517805

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Sells Service Women.

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Sullivan, Muriel K.

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Home economics educator for the Arizona Edison Company from ca. 1946 to 1951, and later Extension Home Economist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Sells, Ariz. from 1964. From the description of Oral history interview, 1989 Dec. 1 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 35827408 Home economist; Sullivan moved to Tucson in the 1940s. She established the Sells Service Women in 1962 to assist the Sells Hospital in Sells,...