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Crook, Elizabeth Jean Fletcher

 Person

Biographical History

Elizabeth Jean Fletcher Crook was an employee of the United States Senior Analytic Service, an author, a university professor, and treasurer of the China Rural Education Foundation.

Elizabeth Jean Fletcher Crook married Frederick W. Crook on June 5, 1964. They had six children. Elizabeth received her PhD from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. She was an employee of the United States Senior Analytic Service for 18 years and a professor at Lingnan University and Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She was also treasurer of the China Rural Education Foundation.

Citation:
Dialogue Journal, via WWW, June 7, 2021 (Author: Elizabeth Fletcher Crook) DOCME, via WWW, June 7, 2021 (Elizabeth Crook worked in the Senior Analytic Service, U.S. government for 18 years; Professor at Lingnan University and Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA. PhD, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (Tufts & Harvard); Treasurer of the China Rural Education Foundation) Prabook, via WWW, June 7, 2021 (Frederick W. Crook married Elizabeth Jean Fletcher, June 5, 1964; 6 children)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick W. Crook and Elizabeth Fletcher Crook collection of Mandarin squares and Chinese embroidery

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8890
Scope and Contents

Contains 40 antique mandarin squares and embroidery pieces collected in China by Frederick W. and Elizabeth Crook in the 1960s and 1970s. The squares include badges worn on the front of surcoats, sleeve bands, and skirt panels, embroidered with animals or birds that indicate ranks. Embroidery includes hats, garters, pouches, pockets, and other pieces. The collection dates from the latter part of the Qing Dynasty period, approximately 1800 to 1911.

Dates: approximately 1800-1911
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Frederick W. Crook and Elizabeth Fletcher Crook collection of Mandarin squares and Chinese embroidery

Elizabeth Jean Fletcher Crook papers, approximately 2023

 Series — Box 131: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239128801]
Identifier: MSS 3235 Series 5
Scope and Contents Four volumes of "Grandma Was an Intelligence Officer," a volume of emails and photographs documenting Elizabeth Jean Fletcher Crook's work when she had a contract from The Foreign Training Group at the Central Intelligence Agency to teach officials of various foreign countries the skills she had learned while working as an Analyst at the Directorate of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency from 1986 to 2004. Documents work in various countries, including Kenya, Afghanistan,...
Dates: approximately 2023
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3235, Frederick W. Crook papers

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