COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Grace Hebard
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1902
Item Description:
Hebard, Grace - Biographical information for Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard; "Three Veteran Professors at U. of W. Have Had Colorful Western Careers", interviewed by Mrs. Beulah M. Foster and by Robert Holliday for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Creator:
Mrs. Beulah M. Foster
Location:
Laramie (Wyo.)
Date:
1939 January 12
Notes:
born: Jul. 2, 1861, at Clinton (Clinton Co., Iowa)
Notes:
one of three who asked constitutional convention of Wyomign to include women suffrage clause
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American College Quill - Phi Kappa Phi - National Assoc. of Women Lawyers - Wyoming Historical Society - Pi Beta Phi
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subject, Dr. Aven Nelson and Dean Justus F. Soule, University of Wyoming Staff - received Honorary Doctor of Law degrees (spring, 1936)
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civil engineering B. S. degree, University of Iowa (1882) - M. A. degree, University of Iowa (1885)
Notes:
political science, Ph.D., Illinois Wesleyan University (1893)
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relocated to University of Wyoming at Laramie (Abany Co., Wyo. - 1891)
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Wergeland, Agnes Mathilde ("spouse", born: May 8, 1857 - died: Mar. 6, 1914 (age: 56) - buried: with Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard in the Greenhill Cemetery at Laramie, Wyo.)
Notes:
funeral:
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died: Oct. 11, 1936 (age: 75) at Laramie (Albany Co., Wyo.)
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buried: in Greenhill Cemetery (Plot: Row C, Lot 35, Space 4 - Memorial ID: 51687960) at Laramie - plaque memorializing her on Independence Rock near Casper (Wyo.)
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arrived Cheyenne (Laramie Co., Wyo. - 1882)
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historian - published books on western and Wyoming history
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State government draftsman and deputy engineer - Wyoming bar association member
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faculty member and librarian, University of Wyoming (1891) - university trustee (1891 - 1904)
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