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Cressida Lyons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1933

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Michael J. Naylor, soldier, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Fort Monmouth, N.J., relating to army life and his reactions to the Vietnam, Vietnamese conflict and protest movement, and with Dean Francis Schoeder, prisoner at North Dakota State Penitentiary, Bismarck, N.D., concerning prison life; together with book of poems by Naylor.

Dates

  • 1968-1971

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.

Biography

Cressida D. Lyons was the daughter of Richard and Marjorie (Dunkel) Lyons, born December 26, 1948. Her father was a North Dakota State University English professor and poet. She grew up in Fargo, and eventually worked for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Extent

48 Items (48 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Correspondence with Michael J. Naylor, soldier, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Fort Monmouth, N.J., relating to army life and his reactions to the Vietnamese conflict and protest movement, and with Dean Francis Schoeder, prisoner at North Dakota State Penitentiary, Bismarck, N.D., concerning prison life; together with book of poems by Naylor.

Provenance

Donated by Richard Lyon on July 11, 1975 (Acc. 1933).

Separation record - Photographs

7 photographs processed into Photo 530.

Property rights

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Cressida Lyons Collection
Description rules
Appm
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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