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Box 17

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Personal items pertaining to Suzanne Lighton's birth, childhood, high school, and college, 1905-1931

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1905-1931

Mementos of family and friends, including greeting cards, 1938-1969

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 2
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1938-1969

Items pertaining to Suzanne Lighton's "shower," (see associated photographs in Series 8, Photographs), 1951

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 3
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1951

Other personal items and items pertaining to family and Happy Hollow Farm (see associated photographs in Series 8, Photographs), 1938-1978

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1938-1978

Notes, correspondence, deed, and photos pertaining to the installation of grave markers for the McMaken grandparents, William Andrew Lighton, and David McMaken Lighton, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, 1967-1968. Death certificate for Lydia Lighton and bill for burial, Fayetteville, 1936

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 5
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1828-1987

Four diaries and journals: 1 Jan 1922 - 8 Nov 1923, 24 July 1924; 1934 trip west (see associated photographs in Series 8, Photographs); 1936 Democratic National Convention; 1964 trip to England, 1 Jan 1922 - 8 Nov 1923, 24 July 1924; 1934; 1936; 1964

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 6
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1 Jan 1922 - 8 Nov 1923, 24 July 1924; 1934; 1936; 1964

Suzanne Lighton's accounts: income from freelance writing and legal work, expenses for business, Feb 1933 - Dec 1950

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 7
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: Feb 1933 - Dec 1950

Papers and accounts pertaining to house at 424 N. Willow, Fayetteville

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 8
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1828-1987

Notes for and fragments of stories by Suzanne Lighton

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: MC 779 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Suzanne Chalfant Lighton (frequently called Peggy Sue) was born 24 July 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, and her unsuccessful attempt to become a newspaper reporter in California, she did some free-lance writing, then read law with Judge Lee Seamster of Fayetteville and became a lawyer in 1933. She was active in politics (she organized the Arkansas State Democratic Women's Club) and community affairs (in particular, Red Cross blood drives,...
Dates: 1828-1987