Martha Ruth Burgess Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the genealogical research of Martha Ruth Burgess, family and personal photographs, and scrapbooks. There are also materials from George Washington High School in Los Angeles, California, and from Limon High School in Limon, Colorado. There are also documents such as old passports, immunization records for travel, and correspondences from Martha Burgess’s travels through Europe, Turkey, and Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection also includes photographs of Frank Sinatra playing softball as part of Sinatra’s Swooners, a celebrity softball team in Hollywood, California.
Dates
- Creation: c.1900-2003
Full Extent
4.3 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
FOR STAFF: Upstairs Archives Storage, Unit U5
- Title
- Martha Ruth Burgess Papers
- Subtitle
- A finding aid from the Midwest Genealogy Center
- Author
- John Mason
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Midwest Genealogy Center Repository