Miriam Strauss Weiss Papers
This collection contains clippings, correspondence, drafts, and notes documenting Miriam Weiss' book A Lively Corpse: Religion in Utopia (1969).
Dates
- circa 1960s
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Extent
2 Linear Feet (2 record boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains clippings, correspondence, drafts, and notes documenting Miriam Weiss' book A Lively Corpse: Religion in Utopia (1969).
Biographical/Historical Note
Miriam Strauss Weiss was born on May 9, 1905 in Tupelo, Mississippi. She earned her BA degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1926 and her MA from Memphis State College (later Memphis State University) in 1964. At various times in her life, she was the editor of the Hebrew Watchman (1927-1933), a buyer for Sears Roebuck (1933-1965), and an Instructor at the Joint University Center (1965-1973). Weiss published A Lively Corpse: Religion in Utopia in 1969. She died in 1989 and is buried in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two boxes.
Acquisition Note
Miriam Strauss Weiss donated this collection to the Library between 1970 and 1971.
Existence and Location of Copies
A copy of the published work, A Lively Corpse: Religion in Utopia (HX807. W4), can be found in the Rare Books collection.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository