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Edna Callaghan Spenker collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1381

Summary

Collection consists of 4 items related to Callaghan - certificate of appointment to National Board of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1953), certificate of membership to Pi Lambda Theta (1931), a gift card for Life Magazine (1931), and a postcard (undated). The remaining 8 items are monthly operational statements (1931-1932) for the Mechanafe, a Boise restaurant.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931-1953
  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1931

General Note

Callaghan was an educator and civic leader active with the Hoover Commission, YWCA, Alpha Xi Delta sorority, National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and League of Women Voters, among others. She was born in San Francisco in 1906 and died in Salt Lake City in 1975. According to Boise city directories, Callaghan's mother, Effie Spenker, was the manager of the Mechanafe in 1932 and 1933. See also: P1993.31 - photographs.

Extent

12 Items (1 folder.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Group

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2205 Old Penitentiary Road
Boise ID 83712
(208) 334-2620