Papers, 1945-1978.

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Papers, 1945-1978.

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This collection contains items pertaining to E.R. Harrington as well as those originally belonging to his mother, Isis L. Harrington. Among the contents related to Isis Harrington are manuscripts from her publications (poetry and stories following Native American themes), as well as manuscripts of oral narratives collected by her Native American students from their grandparents. Also included in this collection are watercolors and other illustrations to her books done by Quannie (a Hopi artist) and Juan Chiquito (a Navajo artist). E.R. Harrington's papers in this collection include a great deal of historical material drawn from his tenure observations as a teacher at Albuquerque High School. This collection also contains numerous articles written by E.R. Harrington relating to his scientific interests, such as geology (Black Butte, Black Mesa, and the Shoshone Ice Caves of Idaho), science and mathematics in high school, educational policy, physical chemistry (the colloid properties of western clays), meteorology, fiction, mining, physics, engineering, archaeology, irrigation, meteorology, and geography. His contributions to numerous scholarly journals are also kept in this collection. Though he published prolifically, E.R. Harrington's record of unsuccessful publications is also manifest in this collection through numerous rejection letters from assorted journals and magazines. E.R. Harrington's correspondence with several former students is also kept in this collection along with biographical data on many of those students in their adult years.

4 boxes (4 cu. ft.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7549325

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Albuquerque High School (Albuquerque, N.M.)

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Harrington, Isis L.

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Harrington, Eldred R., 1902-

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Eldred Ray Harrington was born in Kansas in 1902, and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1980. The accomplishment for which he is best known is his dedication to teaching in public high schools for the majority of his lifetime. He was raised by his mother, Isis Harrington, a teacher with the Indian School Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico. E.R. Harrington followed in her footsteps, becoming an influential teacher for many students of Albuquerque High School. From the description of ...

Albuquerque Public Schools

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