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Marjorie Lillibridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1218

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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

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

Contact:
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