Laura Brown Zook reminiscence, circa 1868-1944
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Zook, Laura Brown, 1868-1944
- Title
- Laura Brown Zook reminiscence
- Dates
- circa 1868-1944 (inclusive)18681944
- Quantity
- 1 item
- Collection Number
- 0124, Collection 0124, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Laura Brown Zook Reminiscence discusses Zook's life in the budding community of Miles City, Montana, her early education, and various notable events in the area. Zook was a teacher, school administrator and librarian in Miles City, credited with the establishment of the Miles City Public Library.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
Laura Mandercheide Zook (née Brown) was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on 25 November 1868. She came to the Miles City, Mont., area with her parents in 1878. She received her education from the Mary Baldwin Seminary in Virginia and began teaching in Montana in 1886. She married John I. Zook on 29 October 1889. The couple had one son, Frederick, who was born in 1895. John Zook died in 1896, leaving Laura and her infant son. She campaigned for and was elected county superintendent of schools in 1896, a post she retained intermittently for several years. In 1906 Laura Zook orchestrated the construction of the Miles City public library with the financial help of the Carnegie Foundation. For thirty-six years she remained as an administrator and librarian, retiring in 1943. Laura Zook died on 9 May 1944.
Content Description
The Laura Brown Zook reminiscence consists of a typewritten transcription prepared by Cheryl Dee Lewis on June 10, 1964, and credits Zook's daughter, Lora Margaret Hoff, as the person who originally took the dictation from her mother. In the reminiscence, Zook talks about her life in the budding community of Miles City, Montana, her early education, and various notable events in the area.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Administrative Information
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Girls--Education
- Girls--Education--Virginia
- History
- Women
- Women--Montana--Miles City
Geographical Names
- Miles City (Mont.)--History
- Montana
- Montana--Miles City (Mont.)
- Virginia
Form or Genre Terms
- Reminiscences--Montana--Miles City
