Papers, 1959-1973 (bulk 1959-1962).

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Papers, 1959-1973 (bulk 1959-1962).

The Lyla Hoffine Papers deal with Hoffine's work on the Yellowstone-Missouri Confluence, Fort Union Commission. The papers include correspondence, articles dealing with the area, minutes of meetings and materials related to the work of the commission, of which Hoffine was a member. The papers cover the years 1959-1962, while, an autobiographical press release from 1973 is also included.

Six folders.

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Yellowstone-Missouri-Fort Union Commission

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Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Chester Fritz Library)

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Hoffine, Lyla, 1897-1984

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Lyla Hoffine was born in 1897 near Highland, Wisconsin and died in 1984 in Tucson, Arizona. She had written six children's books, and "because of her skills as a writer of children's books," as well as those in researching "Indian lore, she was asked to participate in the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction at Purdue University, Lafayette, IN." Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002. From the description of Lyla Hoffine Collection 1957-1962. (University of Min...