Bowers, Winnifred
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1922 - 1999
biographical statement
Citation:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/684416/Obituary-Winnifred-Bowers.html, accessed December 17, 2013 (Winnifred was born in Salt Lake City, April 21, 1922; parents were Winifred Sanders and Frank B. Bowers; education: BA in theater and drama an MA in English at the University of Utah; was a teacher and the director of costuming at UofU and BYU; Winnifred served an LDS mission in France in 1947 where she was secretary to Pres. James Barker and traveled with him and Ezra T. Benson through war-torn Europe; She was on the YWMIA general board as a chairman of drama; She attended Barnard College in NYC where she lived most of her life; She was President of the YWMIA of NY Stake; was named to the executive committee that sponsored a Carnegie Hall concert of the Utah Symphony; was associate editor of "The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton", a three volume work; She established the first copy centers in NYC known as the Hamilton Copy Centers; she was one of the members of a small committee, chaired by Gordon B. Hinckley, that helped produce the first film to be used in LDS temples; died March 4, 1999 in NYC.).Found in 1 Collection or Record:
LDS French Mission : 1946-1950 / by Winnifred Bowers and Norma Gibbs Olsen
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8336
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies of materials concerning the everyday functioning of the French Mission from 1946 to 1950, under the presidency of James L. Barker. Includes office, meeting, and schedule notes, photographs of missionaries, maps, and personal photographs from missionaries who served in France during that time. Also, there is a Christmas letter from 2004 added to the collection. Dated 1946-2004.
Dates:
1946-2004