H. Ida Curry Collection, 1927-1965.

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H. Ida Curry Collection, 1927-1965.

Summary: Collection consists of her letters, stories, and poetry describing her experiences in Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming. It also includes photographs of her and brief biographical essays about her.

.25 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587134

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Curry, H. Ida

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Hannah Ida Curry was known as H. Ida Curry. She was born January, 1868 and died November 27, 1964. She began her career in child welfare work in New York, and later moved to Washington, D.C. As a great social pioneer of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, she was one of the founders and first president of the Child Welfare League of America. She devoted thirty years to improving services to children in rural counties. She developed a program to remove children from orphanages and place them ...