Byrd Fanita Wall scrapbook
Scope and Contents
Byrd Fanita Wall Scrapbook contains dance programs, photographs, and other memorabilia of student life at the University of Idaho.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-1916
Creator
- Sawyer, Byrd Fanita Wall (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Byrd Fanita Wall was a historian, teacher and writer. She taught classes in Twin Falls, Idaho; Reno and Fallon, Nevada. She was born in Missouri on May 5, 1895. She studied at the University of Idaho where she earned her Bachelor of Arts. She was a member and resident of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Byrd Fanita Wall later received her Master of Arts in American History at the University of California, Berkeley. She also studied geography at McGill University in Quebec, Canada. Byrd Wall married Dr. Harry Sawyer in 1923. She worked in his office as a midwife. Sawyer was also a librarian and history teacher in Nevada. Sawyer was also an author and co-wrote "The History of Fifty Years of Mining at Tonopah, 1900-1950." Sawyer died 15 October 1981 in Carson City, Nevada.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes a scrapbook with dance programs, photographs, and other memorabilia of student life at the University of Idaho.
Bibliography
- Title
- Guide to Byrd Fanita Wall scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Daniel Olortegui.
- 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