Merle Richard Craner: exponent and proponent of change
Scope and Contents
32 page typescript account of the career of a Pullman, Wash., teacher and school principal. A paper for American Studies 513 at Washington State University.
Dates
- Creation: 29 January 1970
Creator
- Bjorklund, Stanley F. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Merle Richard Craner was born on 12 March 1930 in Jarbidge, Nevada. He attended elementary school in Benewah, Idaho and complete junior and senior high school in St. Maries, graduating in 1948. Craner enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1948 and was deployed to Japan. He was honorably discharged and returned to St. Maries. Craner attended the University of Idaho where he earned a degree in education. In 1955, he married Barbara Case. Craner taught throughout north Idaho, eastern Washington, Maryland, and Singapore. He settled in Cheney, Washington in 1978 and retired from the public school system in 1978. His wife, Barbara, died in 1990. Craner would do handywork around Cheney and met Joanne Charlton. They married in 1991. Joanne died in 2022. Merle died on 24 October 2023.
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typescrip account of the career of a Pullman, Washington teacher and school principle.
Subject
- Craner, Merle Richard, 1930-2023 (Person)
- Title
- Merle Richard Craner: exponent and proponent of change
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository