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Ashford, Josette B. (Josette Britte)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920 - 2013

Biography

Josette B. Ashford (1920-2013) was a professor of French and medieval literature at Brigham Young University.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Josette B. Ashford papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6137
Scope and Contents

Contains Josette Ashford's personal scrapbook of photographs, postcards, correspondence and clippings detailing her life from the early 1920s until about 1999 and course materials as a professor of French and Italian at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Also included are linguistics research and publications, handouts, articles, news clippings, poetry, and literary/linguistic analysis note card files from 1951 to 1990. It also includes her life history.

Dates: 1920-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Josette B. Ashford personal papers, 1920-1999

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6137 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains personal scrapbooks including photographs, postcards, clippings from magazines and newspapers and correspondence from the early 1920s until about 1999. The bulk of this scrapbook details her travels, mainly to Europe and the Middle East. Also included is an autobiography of Josette B. Ashford.

Dates: 1920-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Josette B. Ashford papers

Josette B. Ashford professional papers, 1951-1990

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6137 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains course materials as a professor of French and Italian at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Also included are linguistics research and publications, handouts, articles, news clippings, poetry, and literary/linguistic analysis note card files, covering the years 1951-1999.

Dates: 1951-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Josette B. Ashford papers

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Archival Object 2
Collection 1
 
Subject
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2
Correspondence 2
Language and Languages 2
Autobiographies 1
Linguistics -- Research 1
 

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