Fisher family papers, 1905-1935.

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Fisher family papers, 1905-1935.

Photocopies of letters written by members of the Fisher family of Ririe, Idaho, to one another, chiefly regarding personal and family affairs. Principal correspondents include author Vardis Fisher (1895-1968), his sister Irene Fisher, brother Vivian Fisher, and their mother Temperance Fisher. Vardis Fisher's letters include several written from the University of Utah describing his life as a college freshman. Irene Fisher's letters reflect the life of a young unmarried Mormon woman in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also includes typescript poems by Vardis Fisher

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Fisher family

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Fisher, V. E. (Vivian Ezra), 1897-

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Mead, Irene Fisher

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Fisher, Vardis, 1895-1968

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Resident of Hagerman, Idaho; novelist and director of Idaho Writers' Project for the Works Progress Administration. From the description of Collection, 1927-1972. (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 42927292 American teacher, poet, novelist; taught at University of Utah and New York University. From the description of Letter to Robert Newton Linscott [manuscript], 1930 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812269 Ame...

University of Utah.

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The paleontological research was sponsored by the University of Utah. From the description of Utah vertebrate paleontological field photographs, [ca. 1965]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518067 The following history is from the UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA article on the University of Utah, by Dr. Gregory C. Thompson: Originally named the University of Deseret, the University of Utah is the oldest state university west of the Missouri River. Founded...

Fisher, Temperance, 1872-1962.

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