Marjorie Lillibridge papers
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Scope and Contents
The Marjorie Lillibridge papers date from 1944 to 1983 and measure 3 linear inches in 2 boxes. The collection is organized into one series: Professional. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, invitations, postcards, newspaper clippings, and employment IDs from Japan (1953-1955), Paraguay (1958-1959), and Liberia (1959-1961) during Lillibridge’s postings with the FBI and the State Department/USAID and her 1963 European book tour with Frances Parkinson Keyes. In addition, her resume and employment documents from Glacier National Park, 1971-1983, are included. A leather scrapbook with photographs from her time in Paraguay and flags are stored in an artifact box.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1983
Creator
- Lillibridge, Marjorie (1928-2008) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
However, copyright status for some collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge the Iowa Women’s Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/
Biographical / Historical
Marjorie Lillibrige was born in 1928 and worked in Japan, Paraguay, and Liberia for the FBI and the State Department/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 1953 to 1961. In 1963 she she took a position as a secretary for historian Frances Parkinson Keyes on a European book tour for her book The Explorer. Keyes was a prolific author of magazine articles and books in the early 20th century writing about her early life and family in New England and later setting many of her books in Louisiana. From 1971 to 1983 Lilllibridge she served as assistant personnel director for Glacier National Park. Lillibridge died in 2000 in Tuscon, Arizona.
Extent
3.00 linear inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
An career woman who worked for the FBI, the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development as well as being a secretary on a European book tour.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers (donor no. 1403) were donated by Denise Miller in 2015.
- Title
- Marjorie Lillibridge papers
- Author
- Kim Larmee
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu