Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Titel
Martha Dorn collection
Datum(s)
- 1937-1962 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
1 Box
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Alice Martha Dorn Timanus was a student at the University of Miami from 1936 to 1940. The Miami Hurricane reported that she was the Queen of the Chi Omega Carnival in 1938, was one of 15 honor students, was named in the Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities in 1939, and was Associate Editor of the 1940 IBIS yearbook. She and her brother Lewis both graduated in 1940 and served in the Navy. She was married on April 21, 1944 to Corp. Gustavus T. Timanus, and passed away in 2010 at the age of 92.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
The Martha Dorn collection contains an M-Club sweater, various University of Miami publications, a portrait, newspaper clippings, and other items of memorabilia. She was a student at the university from 1936 to 1940.
Ordeningstelsel
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact the University Archivist, Nick Iwanicki, at ngi5@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to ngi5@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- Engels
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
The collection was donated to the University Archives on February 9, 2011 by her two daughters Sally Timanus Fisher and Suzanna Timanus Mosely.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Aanvullingen
Related materials elements
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related archival materials
IBIS yearbooks (12 volumes from the 1930s to the1960s) and a booklet "Memorabilia: Recollections of UM" were also part of this donation, but they were added to the University Archives' existing collection of UM publications.
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Regels of conventies
Sources used
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Processed by Archives Technician, Marcia Heath; finding aid edited by Processing Archivist, Yvette Yurubi, 01-10-23.