MARJORIE ELIZABETH LYFORD
(1910- )
PAPERS, 1890-1999
10 linear inches and audiovisual material
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The papers (donor no. 105) were donated
by Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford
in 1993 and succeeding years. |
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The papers are open for research. |
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»TwoTwo audiocassettes shelved in the audiocassette collection (AC253, AC469). |
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Biography
Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford, a nurse and
nursing professor, was born November 28, 1910, one of three children of Fred
Ray and Addie Crowe Lyford. Lyford grew
up in northeast
Lyford began her teaching career at
the University of Iowa College of Nursing in 1953. During her tenure, Lyford was involved in
changes to the curriculum for public and community health courses. In 1965, when telecourses were a new type of
instruction, Lyford directed a project that produced videotaped lectures in
public health science. Two of Lyford's
notable accomplishments were serving as the acting dean of the
Scope and Content Note
The Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford papers date from 1890 to 1994 and measure 1.3 linear feet. The papers
are arranged in six series:» Biographical Material, Correspondence, Nursing
career, Student years, Teaching career and Family. The papers contain materials pertaining to
Marjorie Lyford's family history and her career.
Biographical
material (1997-1999) consists of a talk she gave at PEO chapter KP,
The Correspondence
series (1928-1994) contains letters from Lyford to her parents written during
her adult years. The outgoing
correspondence, organized by Lyford, is arranged according to the locations
where she lived during her years of schooling and professional nursing career
before teaching. The communications are
congenial and describe Lyford's daily activities and family news.
Only
two folders comprise the Nursing career series (1936-1946), one
concerning Community Health Services of Minneapolis (1936) and a scrapbook of
work as a public health nurse for the infant care program in Des Moines, Iowa
from 1944 to 1946. There are clues about
Lyford's nursing career in her professional biography in the Teaching career
series and in her correspondence.
The
School years series (1929-1932, 1982) contains memorabilia and keepsakes
from Lyford's years in nurse's training, including a scrapbook from the Kahler
School of Nursing with photographs and comments about Lyford's class graduation
in 1932 and fiftieth reunion in 1982. A
freshman English assignment entitled, "My View of Myself" provides
insight into Lyford's personality and attitude toward life and work.
Marjorie
Lyford spent over half of her professional life as a professor of nursing and
the Teaching career series (1957-1978) is the largest series of these
papers. Of interest are Lyford's
professional biography and a speech given at the Lillian Wald portrait
unveiling at the University of Iowa School of Nursing where she stated her
views of public health nursing's history and its role in the future.
The Family series (1892-1993)
contains the papers and correspondence of Marjorie Lyford's immediate family
and other relatives. Genealogy contains
information tracing Marjorie Lyford's ancestry from both parents to the first members
of each side to arrive in
to
Fred Ray Lyford, papers from his education at
Box no. Description
Biographical material
Talk presented at PEO chapter KP,
"Harvest" by Marjorie Lyford, 1999 ["A collection of
feelings and observations of an octogenarian aspiring to be a poet"]
Newspaper articles about Lyford, 1995 [shelved in mapcase]
Correspondence
Outgoing
Christmas greetings, 1967, 1994
Kahler Hospital School of Nursing,
Incoming, 1944-1960
Nursing career
Community Health Service of
Infant care program (
Scrapbook, undated
One Hundred Years of Nursing at The University of Iowa: Humanities at
Student years
Memorabilia, 1933
"My View of Myself" (English assignment),
1929
Photograph (graduating class from nursing school),
[1932] [shelved in map case: drawer 2]
Scrapbook (Kahler
Teaching career
Associate professor certificate, 1959
Basic faculty professional biography, 1975
Commencement programs, 1957, 1964
Faculty bulletins, 1957, 1964
Lillian D. Wald portrait unveiling, 1973 [shelved in map case: drawer
3]
Memoranda, 1970-1975
Newspaper clippings, 1964-1970 and undated
Photographs, 1964, 1967
Retirement
Cards, 1976
Photographs, 1976, 1978 and undated
Scrapbook, 1976
Family
Lyford, Addie Crowe (mother)
Genealogy
1960-1993
Lyford, Addie Crowe (mother)
Childhood memories, 1963 and undated
Incoming correspondence
Allen, Russell L., 1904
Crowe, John T., 1892-1923 and undated
Crowe, Maudlin, 1903, 1923
Crowe, Nellie, 1903-1904
Crowe, Sarah Elizabeth Hendricks, undated
Hendricks, Adeline, 1899-1902
Hendricks, Mildred, 1921
Lyford, Clara Stinchfield, 1903-1905, 1923
Lyford, John, 1904
Odiorne, W. H., 1903, 1922
Outgoing correspondence, 1894-1910 and undated
"Memories of My Missouri Home," 1967 [shelved in
audiocassette collection: AC253]
Photographs, 1905, 1967
Lyford, Fred Ray (father)
Bank book (
Correspondence
1892-1903
1904-1906, 1921 and undated
"Evangelina" (essay), undated
Railroad passes, 1897-1899
Ration books, 1943
Teaching certificates, 1890-1895
Lyford, Fred Russell (brother)
Outgoing correspondence
Lyford, Addie
Crowe and Fred Ray, 1928-1934, 1938
Lyford,
Marjorie, 1928-1929, 1934-1937 and undated