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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], Shirley Mittleman Clifford Papers, Ms2021-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Shirley Mittleman Clifford Papers was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives in March 1992.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Shirley Mittleman Clifford Papers completed in July 2021.

Biographical Note

Shirley Catherine Mittleman was born June 2, 1923, in Philedelphia, Pennsylvania, and lived until November 20, 1997. She served in the United States Marine Corps in the Women's Reserve from 1943-1945. She married Alan Frank Clifford (1919-1995) on August 20, 1949, in Philadelphia. The Cliffords moved to Blacksburg when Alan Clifford became a professor of chemistry and head of the chemistry department at Virginia Tech in 1966. In the collection, Shirley Clifford's Certificate of Registration stated her occupation as "housewife." The couple had two children, including Abbie Louise Clifford who married John Chandler Wysor III.

External sources:

Virginia Tech Course Catalogs, 1967/1968-1988/1989

Biographical Vertical Files

U. S. Federal Census, 1950

"Shirley C Mittleman" in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2028528301:2451

"Clifford Shirley Mittleman" in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1339906:3147

"Shirley Catherine Mittleman" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1528701649:9279

"Shirley Mittleman Clifford" in the North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/13047180:8908

"Alan Frank Clifford" in the North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/6516146:8908

Scope and Content

This collection contains a number of correspondence between Shirley Mittleman Clifford and her family while she was living in the United Kingdom. This collection also contains various financial and legal documents belonging to Clifford and her husband Alan F. Clifford. Also in this collection is a menu and program from the Stoney Susser College May Week Ball.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type, and the correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Related Material

See the Clifford-Wysor Collection, Ms2022-008, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives. This collection also contains materials belonging to Shirley and Alan Clifford and their family.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Clifford, Alan F., 1919-1995
• Correspondence
• Faculty and staff

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Shirley Mittleman Clifford Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).