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Patrick and Nora Ivers papers, 1959-2006

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ivers, Patrick
Title
Patrick and Nora Ivers papers
Dates
1959-2006 (inclusive)
Quantity
20.96 cubic ft. (27 boxes) + 186.74 MB
Collection Number
12738
Summary
Correspondence, printed material, newspaper clippings, books, photographs, manuscript material, and scrapbooks related to the Ivers’ travels and teaching careers abroad.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Patrick Ivers was born on May 27, 1950 near Monterey, CA, where he was also raised. He graduated from Arizona State university in 1972 with a BA in English, Secondary Education. Afterwards, he began teaching English at Gila Vista Jr. High School in Yuma, AZ. He also later completed a certification in secondary education mathematics.

Nora Ivers was born on January 28, 1949 in Staten Island, NY, moving around the state during her childhood. She attended Western Connecticut State University eventually graduating in 1971 with a BS in Secondary Education, Social Science. After school, she traveled to Europe, and upon her return decided to pursue a MA in Library Science, graduating in 1973 from Arizona State University. After working in Australia and Venezuela for five years, she accepted a position to teach at Gila Vista Jr. High School, where she and Patrick met and soon married in June 1979.

After teaching in Arizona, Patrick and Nora decided to apply to teach for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS). Patrick was hired to teach in Ankara, Turkey in 1986 and Nora was hired as a film technician for remotely located schools. They then transferred to Comiso, Sicily where Patrick taught and Nora was the school librarian from 1987-1991. Upon the bases closure, they then transferred to Bahrain and after three years decided to leave. Patrick retired from teaching, but Nora continued to work for DoDDS as a librarian. They moved back to Ankara for a year before the base closed and were then transferred to Lajes Field, Azores where Nora worked until 1997, when they left the DoDDS and moved to Laramie, WY. Once in Laramie, they became heavily involved in community service and the University of Wyoming while also continuing to travel and educate.

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Content Description

This collection contains correspondence, printed material, newspaper clippings, books, photographs, manuscript material, and scrapbooks related to the Ivers’ travels and time teaching abroad.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Patrick and Nora Ivers at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Patrick and Nora Ivers from 2019-2022.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Krist Jessup in November 2019 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in August 2021 and October 2023.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

    • Description: Airline and travel magazines
      Dates: 1990-2000
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Ankara, Turkey list (3.5" floppy disk)
      Dates: November 1998
      Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_010
      Location:
    • Description: Apollo: The Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 1
      Location:
    • Description: Artifacts - Piece of the Berlin Wall and note about it
      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Audio: Genesis Spot the Pigeon: Match of The Day Pigeons Inside and Out (Phono Record - broken)
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 23
      Location:
    • Description: "Bahrain Oil and Development, 1929-1989" by Angela Clarke
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 1
      Location:
    • Description: Bahrain School
      Dates: 1986-1991
      Container: Box 1-2
      Location:
    • Description: Bahrain travel information
      Dates: 1995-2005
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Barocco Siciliano
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 1
      Location:

    • Books:

      • Description: All Color Book of Oriental Carpets and Rugs by Stanley Reed
        Dates: 1972-1987
        Container: Box 16
        Location: / Books:
      • Description: Oriental Rugs
        Dates: 2001
        Container: Box 16
        Location: / Books:
      • Description: Turkish Ceramics
        Dates: 1976
        Container: Box 16
        Location: / Books:
    • Description: Career portfolio - Nora Ivers (resumes, certificates, applications, correspondence)
      Dates: 1967-2009
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Career portfolio - Patrick L. Ivers (resumes, certificates, applications, correspondence)
      Dates: 1978-1998
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Comiso High School
      Dates: 1988-1991
      Container: Box 2
      Location:
    • Description: Siracusa study trip - Pat Ivers
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 2
      Location:
    • Description: Comiso High School (compositions, stories, and poems)
      Dates: 1987-1991
      Container: Box 2
      Location:
    • Description: Comiso School
      Dates: 1987-1990
      Container: Box 1
      Location:
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1986-1992
      Container: Box 2-3
      Location:
    • Description: Correspondence between P. Ivers and J. Huber (3.5" floppy disk)
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_009
      Location:
    • Description: Correspondence to Michael Ivers and John Huber David Peters (3.5" floppy disk)
      Dates: 1994-1996
      Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_007
      Location:
    • Description: Correspondence/memo - DODDS Summer Writing Workshop
      Dates: May 17, 1989
      Container: Box 16
      Location:

    • Correspondence and Letters - chronological:, 1969-2006

    • Description: Istanbul book
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 1
      Location:
    • Description: Lajes Fields, Azores, Portugal
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 1
      Location:

    • Manuscripts:, 1966-1991

      • Description: Miscellaneous
        Dates: 1968-1979
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "In His Name" a novel by Patrick Ivers (draft)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "1970" by Patrick Lynn Ivers
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Silent Cerulean" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: 1971
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Earliest Collections" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: April 30, 1991
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Part of Me, Part of You" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: November 1969
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "The I: An Angry Unit" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: 1971
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Forty Days and Forty Nights" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: April 30, 1991
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Three of Three of Trinity" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: 1967-1969
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Under and Over California Skyways" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: December 2, 1969
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Have You Thought?" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: 1969
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "All Things Fill A Child's Day" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 23
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: Comiso School
        Dates:
        Container: Box 24
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: Poems, Stories, and Conversations - Miscellaneous
        Dates: 1967-1979
        Container: Box 24
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "A Word At A Time" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: April 3, 2022
        Container: Box 27 and Digital, Folder ahcdm_12738_013
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
      • Description: "Lie Awake and Dream" by Patrick L. Ivers
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 27
        Location: / Manuscripts:, 1966-1991
    • Description: Mediterranean Writing Project
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 1
      Location:
    • Description: Newspaper and magazine clippings
      Dates: 1969-1988
      Container: Box 24 and 26
      Location:
    • Description: Notes
      Dates: 1968-1977
      Container: Box 24-25
      Location:
    • Description: Passports - Patrick and Nora Ivers
      Dates: 1985-1993
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Patrick and Nora Ivers journals for "Italian Life and Culture"
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 1
      Location:
    • Description: Photographs
      Dates: 1970-1979
      Container: Box 25
      Location:
    • Description: Publications - "Olive Branch: Creative Anthology" an official publications of the Department of Defense Dependents School, Mediterranean Region (volumes 1-4)
      Dates: 1987-1991
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Publications: Miscellaneous brochures, pamphlets, magazines, flyers, programs, cards
      Dates: 1972-2002
      Container: Box 25
      Location:
    • Description: Reports - Atomic Bombing on Hiroshima: Eyewitness Account of P. Siomos
      Dates: 1945
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Reports - Interrogation Report #2 by General Headquarters Far East Command, Military Intelligence Section, Escape and Evasion Division
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box 16
      Location:
    • Description: Research papers for "Italian Life and Culture"
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 1
      Location:

    • Scrapbooks:

      • Description: Azores
        Dates: 1995-1997
        Container: Box 8
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Bahrain/Kuwait/Saudi Arabia
        Dates: 1993-1994
        Container: Box 5
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Egypt
        Dates: 1988-1989
        Container: Box 5 and 12
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Germany
        Dates: 1994
        Container: Box 6
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Hong Kong/London
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 6
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Hungary
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 7
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Italy
        Dates: 1987-1991
        Container: Box 9-10 and 13-14
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Poland
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 6
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Prague
        Dates: 1991
        Container: Box 11
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Russia: Moscow and St. Petersburg
        Dates: 1993
        Container: Box 4
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Spain/Morocco
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 7
        Location: / Scrapbooks:
      • Description: Turkey
        Dates: 1986-1995
        Container: Box 8 and 15
        Location: / Scrapbooks:

    • .wpf files:

      • Description: January 1995 (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: 1995
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_001
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: JH494 - June 1994 (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: 1994
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_002
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: February 1994 - January 1994 JDP (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: 1994
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_003
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: Claudia - February 1993 (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: 1993
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_004
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: Bahrain, London, and Malta (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_005
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: Base B., Brooks, Films, Albums, Marina Nov19, Bowman 1994 (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: 1994
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_006
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: December 1994 to January 1995 (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: 1994-1995
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_008
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: Frank 95 - Turktur (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_011
        Location: / .wpf files:
      • Description: Fax, Luda, Ludmilla, Moscow, and Stpeter (3.5" floppy disk)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Digital, ahcdm_12738_012
        Location: / .wpf files:

Processed by Krist Jessup
2019

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