Marion Sherrard Oneal Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of correspondence (1916-1962); copies of published articles and poems (1910-1960) reflecting her experiences teaching and homesteading at Big Breezes and farming near Libby; and an unpublished article on the town of Bannack.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1962
Creator
- Oneal, Marion S. (Marion Sherrard) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Biographical / Historical
Marion Sherrard was born in Marion, Alabama, in 1884, the daughter of James and Helen Raymond Sherrard. After graduating from Tulane University in Louisiana, she moved to Montana where she taught at several rural schools in the Big Hole Basin. In 1912 she married Glen Oneal at Bannack. She returned to school at Montana State University in Missoula, graduating in 1913. The Oneals later moved to Libby, and then in the 1940s to Pomeroy, Washington. In 1910, Marion Sherrard began writing articles, stories, and poems for several national magazines, including Colliers, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and The Land. These articles fictionalized her experiences teaching and homesteading in Montana. She wrote under her maiden name, and as Oneal, M.S. Oneal, and M.S. O'Neil. One of Mrs. Oneal's poems, "Christmas Child," won a gold medal in a contest sponsored by the National Poetry Center in New York. Another, entitled "Best Wishes to a Cloud," won a state-wide poetry contest sponsored by the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs. She was also a honorary member of the Eugene Field Society and the International Mark Twain Society.
Extent
.2 linear feet
Abstract
Marion Oneal was a Montana writer, teacher, and homesteader. Collection consists of correspondence (1916-1962); copies of published articles and poems (1910-1960) reflecting her experiences teaching and homesteading at Big Breezes and farming near Libby; and an unpublished article on the town of Bannack.
Arrangement
Arranged by series
Physical Location
1:2-7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information availalbe upon request
Separated Materials
Ten photographs were transferred to the Photo Archives. See inventory below for more information.
- Title
- Guide to the Marion Sherrard Oneal Papers 1910-1962
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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