Theodora Augusta Myers Stewart Burnett was born November 5, 1908, in Atlanta, Georgia. During her childhood her family moved to Iowa, where she was raised. Burnett attended Central High School in Sioux City, Iowa, and graduated in 1926. In 1933,...
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Theodora Augusta Myers Stewart Burnett was born November 5, 1908, in Atlanta, Georgia. During her childhood her family moved to Iowa, where she was raised. Burnett attended Central High School in Sioux City, Iowa, and graduated in 1926. In 1933, she earned a B.S. Degree in education from the University of Nebraska and worked as a teacher. In Nebraska, Burnett met and married William Wallace Stewart II. They had one child, a son named William Wallace Stewart III. Burnett had no other children. In 1933, when William Wallace Stewart III was 3 years old, the couple divorced. She later married Donald Burnett and they remained married until his death in 1989. This collection contains a scrapbook of letters, photographs, and memorabilia about a trip Burnett took to Guatemala in July-August 1949. She was there during the uprising surrounding the assassination of the Chief of Guatemala's Armed Forces, Colonel Francisco Javier Arana. In addition, there is one folder of genealogical material on the family of Burnett's mother, the Myers, dating from 1731-1900s; Burnett's B.S. diploma; a 1926 Central High School yearbook; and a 1982 reunion booklet for the Central High School classes of 1926-1928. Burnett attended the reunion with her second husband Donald. Finally, the collection includes a program for the 1970-1971 Debutante Ball sponsored by the Beta Omega and Mu Omega Chapters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Burnett and her husband sponsored Paula Rayford, one of the debutantes.
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