Margaret Lee Hoffman Rhea Photo Album

Collection

Identifier: MS R1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A photo album containing 125 black and white photographs (most from the 1910-1920s; although some are later) of Margaret Lee Hoffman's (later Rhea) family, school friends from the Normal School, vacations and early teaching assignments in North Dakota. Most of the photos are captioned, but the individuals in them are not always identified. Some of the family members not named in the captions were identified by Peggy's cousin, Ruth (Hoffman) Smiser, at the time the album was donated to Pickler Memorial Library in 1997.

Dates

Creation: approximately 1910-1960s

Creator

Hoffman, Margaret Lee, 1893-1967 (Person)

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Biographical Note

Margaret Lee "Peggy" Hoffman (1893-1967), a student from Paris Missouri, completed the Elementary Course at First District Normal School, Kirksville, Missouri, in 1912 then taught for several years in North Dakota and Iowa rural schools.