Collection #
SC 2314
 
 

LEAH B. GUNDERSON
PAPERS, 1964-1987

 

 

 

 

 

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Processed by
Charles Latham
20 April 1991
Updated 23 November 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 folders

COLLECTION DATES: 1964-1987

PROVENANCE: Leah B. Gunderson, Lowell IN, 18 April 1991

RESTRICTIONS: None

COPYRIGHT: Held by Indiana Historical Society

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991.0366

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Leah Beverly Gunderson (Mrs. Morton Gunderson) received a B.S. degree in 1957 from Valparaiso University in Physical Education, Health and Recreation. She earned graduate degrees from Indiana University in Parks and Recreation (1964) and School Administration (1986). Her master's thesis was on An Analysis of Leisure Time of Selective Aged Residents of Marshall County, IN. She taught, mainly courses in physical education, in Merrillville, Plymouth, Culver, and Lowell, Indiana. Through the years she was active in many organizations dealing with physical education, recreation, and sport.

In 1964-1965, when she was doing research on aging, Mrs. Gunderson organized and served as recreational director of a senior citizens group in Plymouth, Indiana, connected with Calvary Lutheran Church. Activities included trips to Dunes State Park, a tulip festival, and the Ice Capades; talks about retirement, doll and toy repair, and legal problems; and various theme entertainments, including a mock hillbilly wedding.

Source: Materials in collection

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection, filling two folders, consists of biographical material about Mrs. Gunderson, three letters of appreciation, and a scrapbook of the Plymouth senior citizens group for 1964-1965.

 

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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