Sparkle M. Furnas papers, 1901-1991.

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Sparkle M. Furnas papers, 1901-1991.

Collection contains personal papers, memorabilia, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs from the professional and family life of Sparkle Moore Furnas, wife of University of Buffalo Chancellor Clifford C. Furnas. Notable are the Moore, Brunes, and Furnas genealogies, Spray and Furnas family photographs, teaching materials on nutrition, and the extensive collection of travel materials from the 20th century.

20.5 linear feet (14 cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, 2 flat boxes)

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Furnas, C. C. (Clifford Cook), 1900-1969

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C. C. (Clifford Cook) Furnas (1900-1969) was an educator and engineer. He served as the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defense for Research and Development from 1955 to 1957. From the description of Furnas, C. C. (Clifford Cook), 1900-1969 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582385 Chancellor, University of Buffalo, 1954-1962; chairman, Guided Missile Commission, Research and Development Board, 1952-1953; chairman, Department of Defense Adv...

Moore family.

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Furnas, Sparkle Moore, 1901-1996

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Sparkle Velma Moore was born March 14th, 1901 daughter of Rosa B. Brunes Moore and William Allen Moore near Zionsville, Indiana. She attended Boone County Public Schools and graduated from Zionsville High School in 1919. She attended Purdue University off and on from 1919-1924, graduating with a B.S. degree. In between she taught high school home economics and general science in Colfax, Lebanon, and Waterloo High Schools in Indiana. From 1924-25 she taught home economics, English an...

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Furnas family.

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State university of New York at Buffalo

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State university of New York at Buffalo

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