Vivian Lewis Papers
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-137
Scope and Contents
Most of the collection is centered around Vivian’s college years at The University of New Mexico during the 1940s. She was an avid scrapbooker and her collection includes a number of scrapbooks, including from her high school in Albuquerque, the Rainbow Girls, and her time at UNM. There are also a number of photographs of family and friends, general correspondence letters, letters to Frank Long, pins, ribbons, ephemera, a wedding dress, a Kodak camera, and various Alpha Delta Pi objects. The collection is grouped into three areas of materials: manuscripts, photographs, and volumes. Each area is arranged in chronological order.
Dates
- 1925-1964
- 1942-1948 (bulk)
Creator
- Lewis, Vivian Louise, 1925-1964 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publications or distribution.
Biographical / Historical
Vivian Louise Lewis was born April 24, 1925, in Deming, New Mexico. She grew up in Albuquerque, NM, where she attended Jefferson Junior High School, Albuquerque High School and eventually the University New Mexico. She was an active member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and graduated from UNM in 1946. She later went to Library School in New York and became a librarian. She married Frank Raymond Long in 1948. Vivian died on June 1, 1964, at the age of 39 from terminal uremia, and she is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, California.
Extent
3.5 Cubic Feet (5 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Vivian Louise Lewis was born and raised in New Mexico. She was active in her Alpha Delta Phi Sorority and later became a librarian. Most of the collection is centered around Vivian’s college years at The University of New Mexico during the 1940s.
Creator
- Lewis, Vivian Louise, 1925-1964 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Vivian Lewis Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Maya Lazzaro and Amber Lane
- Date
- September 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu