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Partridge, Nell C. (Nell Clark), 1903-1994

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1903 - 1994

Biography

Nell C. Partridge (1903-1994) was a conservation educator in New Jersey.

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.

Citation:
DeseretNews, July 18, 2022 (Nell Clark Partridge was born July 16, 1903 in Farmington, Utah, to Amasa L. and Susan Duncan Clark; Attended Davis High School and received a BA from Brigham Young University in 1924 and MA from Columbia University in 1932; Married Ernest DeAlton Partridge on January 28, 1931; lived in New York and New Jersey for over three decades and together helped found the New Jersey State School of Conservation; had three sons; died March 7, 1994, in Salt Lake City, Utah)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Nell C. Partridge

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 108
Scope and Contents

Interview by Helen Stark with Nell Partridge, discussing her early life in Farmington, Utah; her education, career, travels, marriage and children. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Oral history interview with Nell C. Partridge

Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 4153
Scope and Contents Family papers of the Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family, including a transcript of the journal of Bishop Edward Partridge. Materials include photographs, scrapbooks, journals, notebooks, newspapers, correspondence, a manuscript of Ernest DeAlton Partridge's autobiography, certificates, articles, plaques, and other items. Photographs were mostly taken in Utah or in New Jersey. Many of the photos from New Jersey were taken at Montclair State Teachers College, where...
Dates: approximately 1818-1995; Majority of material found within 1895-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family papers

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