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Mildred E. Van Every papers, 1917-1993.
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Mildred E. Van Every papers, 1917-1993Creator/Contributor:
Van Every, Mildred E., 1896-1994, creatorAbstract:
Collection contains correspondence (box 1), day books (box 1-2), an oral history interview and photographs (box 2) which document
Van Every's career as a social worker working with California Indians.
Date:
1927 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caIndians of North America -- California
Social workers -- California
Indiens d'Amérique -- Californie
Travailleurs sociaux -- Californie
Indians of North America
Social workers
California
Van Every, Mildred E -- 1896-1994 -- Archives
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Gift; Of Marian Yamashita; in 1996.
Mildred Emmert Van Every was born in Hastings, Nebraska on May 8, 1896. She graduated from Hastings College in 1917 and later
studied in New York and at the University of California, Berkeley with Alfred L. Kroeber. She worked for the Y.W.C.A. in Nebraska,
Nevada, and Panama from 1917 to 1933. The following year, she began a long career with the United States Bureau of Indian
Affairs in California, Arizona, and New Mexico. After she retired in 1958 she did volunteer work for the California League
for American Indians and the American Friends Service Committee. Mildred Van Every died in Oakland on April 20, 1994.
In English.
Preferred citation: Mildred E. Van Every papers, BANC MSS 99/142 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Archives.Photographs.
Diaries.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (.8 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.