Alberta Irene Wuerfele Papers, 1946-2006

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IdentificationMidwest MS Wuerfele
TitleAlberta Irene Wuerfele Papers, 1946-2006 Midwest.MS.Wuerfele
PublisherThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
RepositoryThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
Physical Description0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Date1946-2006
Location1 37 7
AbstractPapers and materials relating to the life of Alberta Irene Wuerfele, a business executive who retired in 1984 as Senior Vice President and Comptroller of American National Bank, where she had started as a typist almost 39 years earlier. Wuerfele, who was brought up on a tenant farm in rural Kansas during the Depression and had very little formal schooling, made a career unusual for women of her era and mentored women who worked for her. Includes work and death records, correspondence, newspaper articles and other materials regarding awards and achievements, a few photographs, and a history of the Wuerfele and Graham families that she wrote during her retirement.
OriginationWuerfele, Alberta Irene, 1918-2006

Papers and materials relating to the life of Alberta Irene Wuerfele, a business executive who retired in 1984 as Senior Vice President and Comptroller of American National Bank, where she had started as a typist almost 39 years earlier. Wuerfele, who was brought up on a tenant farm in rural Kansas during the Depression and had very little formal schooling, made a career unusual for women of her era and mentored women who worked for her. Includes work and death records, correspondence, newspaper articles and other materials regarding awards and achievements, a few photographs, and a history of the Wuerfele and Graham families that she wrote during her retirement.