Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family correspondence, approximately 1920-1994

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 4153 Series 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Partridge family correspondence including letters from Ernest DeAlton Partridge's time in the Navy and at Montclair State College. Also includes letters from Alice Louise Reynolds. Dated approximately 1920 to 1994.

Dates

Creation: approximately 1920-1994

Creator

Partridge, Ernest DeAlton, 1906-1985 (creator, Person)
Partridge, Nell C. (Nell Clark), 1903-1994 (creator, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

From the Collection:

Ernest DeAlton Partridge was born November 6, 1906, in Provo, Utah to Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Elizabeth Mae Truman. Ernest married Nell Clark on January 28, 1931, in New York City. He taught at Montclair University in New Jersey. Ernest and Nell lived in New York and New Jersey for over three decades and together helped found the New Jersey State School of Conservation. They had three sons. Ernest died October 7, 1985, and was buried in Farmington, Utah.

Biographical / Historical

From the Collection:

Nell Clark Partridge was born July 16, 1903, in Farmington, Utah, to Amasa L. and Susan Duncan Clark. She attended Davis High School and received a BA from Brigham Young University in 1924 and an MA from Columbia University in 1932. Nell married Ernest DeAlton Partridge on January 28, 1931. The couple lived in New York and New Jersey for over three decades and together helped found the New Jersey State School of Conservation. They had three sons. Nell died March 7, 1994, in Salt Lake City, Utah.