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Biographical History
Ruth Hobson Biddulph (1911-2010) was a professor of English and Children's Literature at Rick's College.
Ruth Hobson was born August 17, 1911, in Ogden, Utah, to George Cornelius and Agnes Leonora Jansen Hobson. She received her associate's degree at Rick's College during her high school years and later earned her master's degree in literature. After marrying Lowell Biddulph on May 25, 1931, she taught for many years as a professor of English and Children's Literature at Rick's College. Ruth Biddulph traveled with her husband to Yellowstone every summer so he could work as a ranger naturalist. After serving as the advisor to the women's service club for many years, Biddulph retired in 1973. After Lowell's death in 1985, she moved to Provo, but traveled almost all over the world as well as served two missions for the LDS church at the Washington, D.C. temple and at the Salt Lake City LDS church visitor's center.
Biddulph passed away on May 11, 2010, in Provo, Utah.
Citation:
Find a Grave, via WWW, 29 December 2014 (born August 17, 1911; died May 11, 2010).
UPB files, 29 December 2014 (born in Ogden, Utah, to George Cornelius and Agnes Leonora Jansen Hobson; received her associate's degree at Rick's College during her high school years and later her master's degree in literature; married Lowell Biddulph on May 25, 1931; taught for many years as a professor of English and Children's Literature at Rick's College; traveled with her husband to Yellowstone every summer so he could work as a ranger naturalist; served as the advisor to the women's service club for many years; retired in 1973; moved to Provo after Lowell's death in 1985; traveled almost all over the world as well as served two missions for the LDS church at the Washington, D.C. temple and at the Salt Lake City LDS church visitor's center; passed away in Provo, Utah).
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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8441
Scope and Contents
Contains Lowell Biddulph papers relating to Biddulph's tenure as a National Park Service ranger in Yellowstone National Park from 1928-1968 as well as the papers of Ruth Biddulph, an English and American Literature teacher. Also contains materials used by Stephen G. Biddulph in the writing of the historical nonfiction/biography novel "Five Old Men of Yellowstone," which detailed the careers of Lowell Biddulph and four other National Park rangers. Also included are Lowell Biddulph's papers...
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1930-2006
