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Marion Pedersen Teal Papers, 1947-1949

Collection Overview

Title: Marion Pedersen Teal Papers, 1947-1949

ID: 26/20/154

Extent: 0.8

Date Acquired: 03/12/2012

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Marion Pedersen Teal (1912-2000) (B.S. Journalism, 1934) contain correspondence, publications, book manuscripts and galleys, newspaper publicity, and correspondence regarding her publication of The Earth Is Ours (1948), a novel based on her move, with her husband Ray Teal, from New York City to rural DeWitt County to take over a run-down family farm and their struggles to bring the farm to a prosperous and successful condition, her neigbhors, and the need for scientific farming and soil conservation.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Source: Stephen W. Teal

Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620154.pdf