[PW] Re: FW: Challenging Reference Question

[Shari Haber]

Murl--

Negative info only. She does not appear in the Gale biographical 
databases or the like.

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber at mcls.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Winters, Murl" <WintersM at evangel.edu>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:17 AM
Subject: [PW] FW: Challenging Reference Question


>I received the original question from the ACL listserv.  I asked for
> some additional information which I have pasted into the body.
>
> I have checked the first line through Dogpile, Vivisimo, and Google, 
> as
> well as the words: Civil defense ann farry or "ann * farry".
>
> I have checked her name in SSDI and found one Ann Farry, 1904-1985 (no
> date of death given) who lived in Schenectady, NY but know nothing 
> about
> that person.
>
> I checked her name through Readers Guide, 1950-1965.
>
> We do not own the large Biographical Dictionary master index.
>
> I did check Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives and the American
> National Biography - both negative.
>
>
>
> Please send replies directly to her as well as the list since she is 
> not
> a member.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Murl Winters
>
> Associate Library Director
>
> Evangel University
>
> Springfield, MO 65802
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Shankle, Jean [mailto:jShankle at pcci.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 4:48 PM
> To: Winters, Murl
> Subject: RE: [ACL] Challenging Reference Question
>
>
>
> Murl,
>
> We have been looking for some time for information for a patron on a
> lady by the name of Ann Barbara Farry.  She gave a speech sometime
> between 1951-1963.  The speech had something to do with preparedness
> during the Cold War.  We have been totally unable to find anything 
> about
> her in Google, FirstSearch, our reference section or anywhere else.
> Does anyone have any information on her or know where we can get some
> information-mainly biographical?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
> Jean
>
>
>
> The teacher finally sent us the speech given by Ann Barbara Farry.
>
>
>
> The title of the speech is "Civil Defense...An American Tradition."
>
>
>
> The opening sentences are:
>
> "Civil Defense, although not originally known by that name, has 
> existed
> in America since the first white settlers set foot on our shores.  It
> will be with us as long as there are Americans.  As our country has
> grown and changed the symbols of civil Defense have changed too, but 
> the
> basic idea has remained the same."
>
>
>
> The speech is short, almost 2 typed pages double spaced.
>
>
>
> The last line is:
>
> "Now let us take our place, as did our forefathers, to uphold Civil
> Defense, a great American tradition."
>
>
>
> No dates, but the one sentence that puts a time frame on it (for those
> who know the subject) is:
>
> "Today Civil Defense means a white helmet with the letters C.D.; the
> eerie, wailing blast of the air raid siren; CONELRAD: help in time of
> flood, earthquake or other disaster; preparedness; and a shelter, well
> constructed and well stocked."
>
>
>
> There is no other information.  I hope this helps someone figure out
> information about Ann Barbara Farry.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your assistance with this.
>
> Jean
>
> ############################
> Miss Jean Shankle
> Periodical Librarian
> jshankle at pcci.edu
> Pensacola Christian College Library
> Box 18000
> Pensacola, FL 32523
>
>
>
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