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Guide to the Morris Sutton Collection

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Identifier: H84-27

Dates

  • 1933 - 1940

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Conditions Governing Use

The collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Morris Sutton was born in 1906 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. After graduating from high school in 1926, he married Dorothy Lindsey in Denver, Colorado and the couple settled on a homestead in Lincoln County for three years. He went to work for Lincoln County in January 1933, was appointed director of public welfare in 1938, and became superintendent of CCC camp G-78 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. He retired from federal service in 1966 in Stockton, California. Sutton died in 1992 and is buried in Stockton, California.

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, and descriptions about Emergency Relief Administration projects and Civilian Conservation Corps projects in Lincoln County, Wyoming.

Processing Information

Processed by Carl Hallberg. Findng aid last updated 2023. Finding aid encoded in 2023.

Title
Guide to the Morris Sutton Collection, 1933-1940
Author
Finding aid created by Carl Hallberg
Date
2023
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository

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