Dillman, Mildred Miles, 1893-1980
Dates
- Existence: 1893 - 1980
Biographical History
Mildred Miles Dillman (1893-1980) was a teacher, author, historian, and researcher on the subject of Ute history.
Mildred was born July 3, 1893. On July 1, 1916, she married Ray Eugene Dillman. Throughout her life she was a teacher, author, historian, and researcher on the topics of Ute history, ethnography, and archaeology. She was called a "woman of many baskets" by the Ute tribes because of her interest in collecting artifacts.
She died in March of 1980.
Citation:
FamilySearch, May 16, 2011: (Mildred Myrtle Miles Dillman: b. July 3, 1893; m. July 1, 1916 to Ray Eugene Dillman; d. March 1980)UPB files, May 16, 2011 (Taught, wrote about, and studied Ute Indian history, ethnography, and archaeology; Called "Woman of many baskets")
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mildred Miles Dillman papers
Contains various materials concerning Native American and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint news. Includes photographs, slides, maps, postcards, sketches of various sites and Native Americans; letters, a supper report, miscellaneous notes, poems, and lists; Native American symbols sheets, articles, and newspaper clippings concerning Native Americans and Latter-Day Saints.
Mildred Miles Dillman papers
Correspondence, personal and published writings, research notes, newspaper clippings, postcards, photographs, paintings, and memorabilia. The collection relates largely to Dillman's studies on the Ute Indians and on the Uintah Basin of Utah.
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