Guide to the Irma Jeannette Cunha Papers SCM0320
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
October 2010
Stanford University Libraries.
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Stanford, California, 94305
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Title: Irma Jeannette Cunha papers
Identifier/Call Number: SCM0320
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder(s)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1941-1950
Date (inclusive): 1941-1991
Summary: Collection includes letters to Cunha from Donald Tresidder and Mary Curry Tresidder, 1948-50; letter of reference for Cunha
by Donald Tresidder, 1948; letter to Henry R. Luce from Mary C. Tresidder about Cunha and Luce’s response, 1949; one photograph
of Donald Tresidder and two photos of Cunha, 1949 and undated; notice from Stanford of Cunha’s rank after taking college aptitude
test, 1941; Stanford commencement program, 1946; and the Spring 1991 issue of SANDSTONE AND TILE which includes an article
on Donald B. Tresdder, based in part on an interview with Irma Cunha.
creator:
Cunha, Irma Jeannette, 1923-
creator:
Cunha, Irma Jeannette,, 1923-
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Irma Jeannette Cunha Papers (SCM0320). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Cunha's pin from the Yosemite Winter Club is classed as AM2008-010 in the Stanford University Archives Museum Collection.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Irma Cunha earned her AB at Stanford University in 1944 and her MA in 1946. During her senior year as editor of the student
newspaper, she often had contact with Stanford’s president, Donald B. Tresidder. When she returned to pursue her MA, the Tresidders
offered her the opportunity of living in their campus home.
Collection includes letters to Cunha from Donald Tresidder and Mary Curry Tresidder, 1948-50; letter of reference for Cunha
by Donald Tresidder, 1948; letter to Henry R. Luce from Mary C. Tresidder about Cunha and Luce’s response, 1949; one photograph
of Donald Tresidder and two photos of Cunha, 1949 and undated; notice from Stanford of Cunha’s rank after taking college aptitude
test, 1941; Stanford commencement program, 1946; and the Spring 1991 issue of SANDSTONE AND TILE which includes an article
on Donald B. Tresdder, based in part on an interview with Irma Cunha.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cunha, Irma Jeannette, 1923-
Stanford University--Presidents.
Stanford University. -- General subdivision--Presidents.;
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand,, 1894-1948.
Tresidder, Mary Curry, 1893-
Tresidder, Mary Curry,, b. 1893.
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