Dr. Mildred B. Wohlford was born in Omaha, Neb., in 1901. She received her Bachelors Degree in 1926 from the University of Nebraska. and her Masters Degree from the same university in 1934. Her doctorate was awarded by New York University in 1944. She joined the faculty at Washington State College in 1942 as a modern dance instructor. When she arrived in Pullman in 1943 substitutes were teaching modern dance. Many other instructors had left to join the armed forces and she simply took over their work in addition to teaching dance. From 1961-1962 she was acting chair of women's physical education.
Awards, diplomas, certificates and a scrapbook of correspondence, news clippings and photographs.
The papers of Mildred Wohlford are arranged by individual item as per container list.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage 571, Mildred B. Wohlford Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Mildred B. Wohlford papers were donated to Washington State University, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections, by the Department of Physical Education (MS89-47).
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