Details
Title

Phyllis Dunham papers 1923-1976

Date

1923-1976

Call Number

BHS 298

Contents

2 boxes.

Description

These papers comprise a scrapbook kept by Phyllis Dunham of her years at State Preparatory School and the University of Colorado, records from grade school, high school and college, newspaper clippings about her family's and her own activities, and some correspondence.

History

Phyllis Dunham was the daughter of Clifford and Lillian Dunham. Mr. Dunham was director of music at State Preparatory School. She graduated from State Prep in 1927, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from C.U. in 1931. She received her master's degree in 1932, and embarked on a teaching career in Alamosa, Colo.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Correspondence.
Clippings.
Photographs.
Documents.

Author

Dunham, Phyllis.

Subjects

Dunham, Phyllis
State Preparatory School (Boulder, Colo.)
University of Colorado Boulder.
Teachers--Colorado--Boulder County
Drama in education--Colorado--Boulder

Acquisition Note

Donor: unknown Date unknown

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.
Copies of the State Preparatory School Odaroloc yearbook for 1911, 1916, 1919, and 1922 have been removed from this collection and placed with the other Odarolocs in the Carnegie Branch Library, call no. 371.805.
A copy of the Boulder County Yearbook/Directory for 1935 has been removed from this collection and placed in the Carnegie Branch Library duplicate stacks.

Pages

Correspondence 1923-1961
Correspondence 1923-1961
Call Number 298-1-1
Date 1923-1961
Contents 14 items.
Description Letters, post cards, and notes from family and friends.

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Teaching job search materials 1933
Teaching job search materials 1933
Call Number 298-1-2
Date 1933
Contents 8 items.
Description These papers consist of letters of reference, referrals by placement agencies and a notebook record of jobs applied for.

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Writings
Writings
Call Number 298-1-3
Date undated
Contents 4 items.
Description Original poems, a short essay, and some hair clippings in an envelope labeled "Phyllis' hair when she graduated - June 8, 1927 - 18 years old."

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School examination papers 1923
School examination papers 1923
Call Number 298-1-4
Date 1923
Contents 15 p.
Description Exam papers from State Preparatory School. The subjects are biology, Latin classics, English, and zoology.

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The Prep Owl 1925 May 15-1927 May 13
The Prep Owl 1925 May 15-1927 May 13
Call Number 298-1-5
Date 1925-1927
Contents 2 issues.
Description Two complete issues of the school newspaper.

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University of Colorado, Boulder records 1928-1932
University of Colorado, Boulder records 1928-1932
Call Number 298-1-6
Date 1928-1932
Contents 3 items.
Description A call slip for a library book; a fee receipt for a chemistry class; a grade slip.

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Commencement exercise programs 1922-1932
Commencement exercise programs 1922-1932
Call Number 298-1-7
Date 1922-1932
Contents 3 items.
Description The commencement programs for 1922, 1931 and 1932.

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Building at the University of Colorado 1930 Mar. 5
Building at the University of Colorado 1930 Mar. 5
Call Number 298-1-8
Date 1930
Contents 1 item.
Description This bulletin (Vol. 30., No. 3.) gives a history of the university's buildings and style of architecture. There are pictures of some of the buildings on campus.

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The Silver and Gold
The Silver and Gold
Call Number 298-1-9
Date 1930-1935
Contents 4 issues.
Description Silver and Gold is the newspaper of the university. The issues in this folder are for 12 Nov. 1930, 6 Mar. 1931, 19 Feb. 1932, and 22 Nov. 1935.

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The Barbarian 1929 Apr. 30
The Barbarian 1929 Apr. 30
Call Number 298-1-10
Date 1929
Contents 1 issue.
Description This is the first issue of a newspaper published by unaffiliated students at C.U.

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Boulder County rural schools teachers' directory 1942-1943
Boulder County rural schools teachers' directory 1942-1943
Call Number 298-1-11
Date 1942-1943
Contents 3 p.
Description This is a list of rural schools in Boulder County by name, giving the teachers' names and addresses.

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Seventy-five years of history, 1901-1976 1976
Seventy-five years of history, 1901-1976 1976
Call Number 298-1-12
Date 1976
Contents 1 item.
Description This is a published history of the Woman's Club of Boulder.

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