University of Wyoming
Mary Kay Mason was an artist and an author. She worked in Burns, Wyoming before World II at Farmers' State Bank. She served in the U.S. Military during World War II. She wrote two books about Laramie: "Fifty Years Of Jubilee Days 1940-1990", and "Laramie Gem City Of The Plains", and one about Albany County "The War Years In Albany County". She lived in Laramie, Wyoming.
The Mary Kay Mason papers contain research files for her books: "Fifty Years of Jubilee Days,1940-1990" (1990), "Laramie Gem City of The Plains" (2000), and "The War Years In Albany County" (no date). There are also scrapbooks titled "Creating the Book Laramie Gem City of the Plains" and "Fragments" about an exhibition of her art in 1988, which contains slides of the paintings.
There is also information about the Women in Military Service for America Foundation (U.S.) and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. There is the foundation's newsletter "The Register" (1988-2000), correspondence to charter members and supporters about the progress of the fund raising for the memorial (1988-2000), article about the groundbreaking ceremony in "The Stars and Stripes" (July, 1995), brochures and calendars, and a book by Wilma L. Vought, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) about the dedication of the Women in Military Service Memorial ceremony, "The Day the Nation Said Thanks!". The memorial is located in Arlington Cemetery.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Mary Kay Mason at the date of processing.
Finding aid available in repository.
This material was received from Mary Kay Mason from 2000-2001 and Joyce Powell in August 2016.
Container list updated by Jamie J. Greene in April 2017.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. This link is to an older version of a container list for boxes 1-9.