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Dorothy Phoenix School Report Cards

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-11

Scope and Contents

Student progress reports for student Dorothy "Dodie" Phoenix grades 2-10 from Pierce School, Sudlow Intermediate School and Saint Katherine's School. Signed by parents Dorothea Panton Phoenix and H.A. Phoenix as well as her teachers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929-1938

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Dorothy was born 21 May 1922 in Davenport IA to parents Harold A. and Dorothea (PANTON) PHOENIX. She had one younger brother, John.

She married Harry J. SPRECKEN Jr. in Davenport on 13 February 1943. According to newspaper accounts at that time, she graduated from St. Katharine’s school and then Bennett Junior college in Millbrook, N.Y. in the spring of 1942.

The couple had one daughter, Sally.

Dorothy had resided in Sturgis, St. Joseph Co. Michigan at the time of her death on 3 January 1982 in Michigan. She is memorialized at Portage, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan along with her husband.

In Harry J. SPRECKEN’s 1991 obituary, Dorothy’s brother, John, is listed as living in Bettendorf, IA.

Extent

1 Folder(s) (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Range 43 Section 02 [shares box]

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository

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