Whitehead, Mary, collection, 1965-2004

Authors

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Files

Description

A collection of family records, correspondence, farm records, photographs, newspaper clippings, media, and miscellaneous materials of Mary Whitehead. Mary Louise Hertlein was born July 12, 1924, in Pratt, Kansas and died on July 29, 2013, in Olathe, Kansas. She married Bryan Whitehead in 1943. Bryan Whitehead was a member of the U.S. Army Air Force and was also a railroad man, and a member of the Railway Clerks Union. Mary Whitehead was a railroad enthusiast, a gardener who took interest in both common and exotic flowers, and a photographer. She volunteered at several community nutrition programs that were offered at her local community center. She endowed the Hertlein-Whitehead Visiting Scholars program at the Axe Library of Pittsburg State University.

Publication Date

8-7-2019

Keywords

Social Life and Customs, Agriculture

Size of Collection

5 linear feet

Dates of Collection

1965-2004

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0175

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "Whitehead, Mary, collection, 1965-2004" (2019). Finding Aids. 213.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/213