H. Ida Curry Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 284
Scope and Content
H. Ida Curry began visiting the west in 1927 at the age of 58. This collection consists of her letters, stories, poetry, describing her experiences in Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming. It also includes photos of her, and brief biographical essays about her.
Dates
- 1927-1965
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Duplication allowed for research purposes. User responsible for all copyright compliance.
Biographical Note
Hannah Ida Curry was known as H. Ida Curry. She was born January, 1868 and died November 27, 1964. She began her career in child welfare work in New York, and later moved to Washington D.C. As a great social pioneer of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, she was one of the founders and first president of the Child Welfare League of America. She devoted thirty years to improving services to children in rural counties. She developed a program to remove children from orphanages and place them in foster homes. She participated in all the White House Conferences on children and youth from 1909 to 1960. In 1927 she began visiting the west on vacations. She first visited the Spear ranch in Sheridan, Wyoming. In subsequent years she visited Santa Fe, Taos, and areas elsewhere in New Mexico, Wyoming and Montana. She wrote letters and "chapters" describing her experiences ranching and sightseeing.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet
General
Contact Information
- Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
- The Palace of the Governors
- P.O. Box 2087
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2087, U.S.A.
- Phone: (+)505.476.5090
- Fax: (+)505.476.5093
- Email: histlib@mnm.state.nm.us
- URL: www.palaceofthegovernors.org
- Title
- Guide to the H. Ida Curry Collection, 1927-1965
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Library Staff
- Date
- ©2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//Museum of New Mexico::Fray Angelico Chavez History Library//TEXT (US::NmSM::AC 284::H. Ida Curry Collection)//EN" "nmsm1ac284.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library Repository
Contact:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Ave
Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
(505) 476-5090
historylibrary@state.nm.us
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Ave
Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
(505) 476-5090
historylibrary@state.nm.us