Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Helen Willson
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 1041
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Item Description:
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Willson, Helen - Biographical information for Mrs. Helen McFarlane Willson; "A Talented Native Daughter, Helen Willson, Pioneer", interviewed by Susie Mills Walker for "Stories of Pioneer Life; "A Letter from One of the First Teachers of the Lusk Schools" by Mary S. Wucher, Berkeley, Calif., Mar. 11, 1929, to the Senior Class of Lusk High School, Lusk, Wyo.
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Creator:
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Susie Mills Walker
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Location:
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Gillette (Wyo.)
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Date:
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1938 December 5
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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born: Jul. 26, 1895, near Lusk (Niobrara Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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died: Sep. 24, 1979 (age: 83-84), at Lusk (Niobrara Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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buried: Lusk Cemetery (Memorial ID: 97537447) at Lusk
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Notes:
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school teacher
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Notes:
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clerk
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Notes:
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newspaper reporter
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Notes:
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housewife
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Notes:
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Philanthropic Educational Order Sisterhood, member (Lusk)
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Notes:
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residence, Casper (Wyo. - 9 mos.)
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Notes:
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graduate of Lusk High School (Lusk - 1914)
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Notes:
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historian, wrote "Reminiscences of the Founding and Growth of Lusk; "The Spanish Diggings" and "Historical Sites of Wyoming"
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Notes:
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Manning, Joseph C. (1st husband, born: ? - married: Jun. 6, 1917, at Harrison (Neb. - died: ? - buried: ?)
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Notes:
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Willson, Glen Iirwin. [or J.] (2nd husband, born: Dec. 14, 1890, at Chicago, Ill. - married: Aug. 16, 1927, at Lusk, Wyo. - died: Feb. 17, 1978, in Wyoming - buried: Lusk Cemetery at Lusk, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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children: Joe Astin and Robert Rae
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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