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Dean Family Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1719

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, albums and financial documents pertaining to various members of the Dean family. The collection also includes Larrabee family materials; Dora's sister, Bertha Dean, married Ray Larrabee on February 24, 1926. The "Personal Documents" refers to material formerly in a binder labeled as such, which was removed and placed into separate folders corresponding to labeled envelopes. The "Munky Bizness" scrapbook contains newspaper articles of local interest and a few pertaining to Dora Dean.

Dates

  • 1900-1989

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Dora Dean was born February 4, 1898, in the Black Oak community in Washington County, Arkansas, the daughter of Wiley Durham and Mary Elizabeth Parker Dean. Dora graduated from Fayetteville City Hospital in 1921 and Barnes Hospital in St. Louis in 1922 as a registered nurse. She was a public health nurse from 1925 to 1933, when she established the organization Child Welfare of Washington County and Northwest Arkansas. She was a social worker from 1936 to 1966. Dean was a recipient of the Golden Deeds Award in 1957, and a Patroness member of the Sigma Omicron Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. She also worked with the handicapped as a volunteer several years after her retirement and was active with the Girl Scouts. She died at Fayetteville Hospital on September 26, 1989.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by topic.

Acquisition Information

The Dean Family Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, on July 31, 2007 by Margaret Bols and Barbara Manning.

Processing Information

Processed by Phillip Stephens; completed in November 2007.

Creator

Source

Title
Dean Family Materials
Status
Completed
Author
Phillip Stephens
Date
2007
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444