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The biographical information includes a short diary and two scrapbooks. The scrapbooks also include correspondence, memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, and materials pertaining to her parents.

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Correspondence covers the years 1897 to 1973 and includes, in addition to finished, dated letters, undated Christmas cards with messages inscribed.

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The financial records which were returned to the donor are represented in a folder which contains a sampling of checks and lesson account records.

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Memorabilia includes theatre programs covering the period 1917-1967, guidebooks and memorabilia pertaining to travels, printed verses and newspaper clippings.

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The professional associations section comprises materials pertaining to various clubs and organizations in which she participated.

Scope and Contents The section on her education and career primarily consists of teaching and class notes and related materials and correspondence pertaining to home study courses, as well as a partial list of her former students. Where clearly identifiable as such the materials were arranged under the series of materials on education and the series consisting of items related to her teaching career. Because of the fragmentary nature of many of the notes, it was often difficult to tell whether they were...

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The professional associations section comprises materials pertaining to various clubs and organizations in which she participated.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The collection consists of some of the papers accumulated by Margaret Summerhays during the course of her life. They primarily document her education, career, and travels. There is very little autobiographical information in the form of journals and writings.When received by the library, some of the papers were in a condition which made them impossible to clean thoroughly. The scrapbook pertaining to her trip to Europe in 1936 was dismantled and its contents integrated into the...

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Her writings include musical scores, notes for talks, and a draft of a published article entitled Education Through Music.

Abstract

Collection includes brief biographical writings, scrapbooks, correspondence, teaching materials, a sampling of financial records and memorabilia.