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Charles Latham
30 April 1993
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 oversized folder
COLLECTION DATES: ca. 1935
PROVENANCE: William R. Higgins, Jr., Indianapolis IN, 21 May 1992
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ACCESSION NUMBER: 92.0526
Helen Boyd Higgins (1892-1971) was born in Columbus, Indiana, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Linnaeus T. Boyd. She graduated from Knickerbacker Hall in Indianapolis and from Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. She married William R. Higgins, a lawyer, in 1920.
Between 1942 and 1961 Mrs. Higgins wrote five biographies for the Bobbs-Merrill Company in their "Childhood of Famous Americans" series. She was active on many boards, particularly those of the Marion County Girl Scouts and the Indianapolis Retirement Home. She belonged to the Women's Press Club and the Second Presbyterian Church.
Sources: Indiana Biographical Series, vol. 72 page 89
Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917-1966, page 294
This collection consists of pages from a scrapbook kept by Helen Boyd Higgins in the 1930s, containing clippings about public education in Indianapolis.
MAIN ENTRY: Higgins, Helen Boyd, 1892-1971
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Higgins, Helen Boyd, 1892-1971
Education--Indiana--Indianapolis
Schools--Indiana--Indianapolis
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