Mattie Eula Webb Block life history, 1999

File — Box: 20, Folder: 18

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 7 File 529

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Scope and Contents

Materials contain the life history of Mattie Eula Webb (Polly) Block. Tells of her experiences during the depression, working and her medical conditions. Tells of her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while working at a munitions plant in Texarkana. Also details her married life, raising a family, and influential work as a midwife. Her husband, Andrew Block, served in World War II. Also describes working at Kelly Field, at San Antonio, Texas, as a newspaper reporter, and a bomb and munitions plant in Texas and at Eastman Kodak Co. in Chicago, developing v-mail from overseas to families in the states. Dated 1999.

Dates

Creation: 1999

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 publish material from Saints at War Project records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.