Elizabeth Kimball Oliver

Background

Oliver, Elizabeth Kimball was born on May 21, 1918 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Chester Benjamin and Margaret Eva (Allison) Kimball.

Education

Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1940.

Career

Teacher Dexter (Michigan) High School, 1940-1941. Library Sherman (Connecticut) Library. Association, 1966-1975.

President Sherman (Connecticut) Library. Association, 1983-1984. Writer, historian, from 1976.

Reporter Sherman Sentinel, 1965-1970. Editor newsletter Sherman History Society, 1977-1978. Columnist Citizen News, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1981-1983.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Kimball Oliver has been listed as a notable Writer, historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer New York History Society, New York City, 1961-1965. Treasurer Coburn Cemetery Association, Sherman, 1976-1982. Historian Greenbrook-Palisades Nature Association, Tenafly, New Jersey, 1962-1964.

Member St. Augustine History Society, Naromi Land Trust (life), Cedar Key History Society. Advisory board International Biographic Centre (England). Member American Association of University Women, Friends of Library.

(life), Institute American Indian Studies, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society (charter), St. Augustine Woman's Club (archivist, certified of appreciation 1990), Sherman History Society, Mandarin History Society, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (charter).

Interests

• Avocations: sacred choral music, research, reading, piano and dulcimer playing, botany.

Connections

Married James Arthur Oliver, May 3, 1941 (divorced July 1967). Children: Patricia Allison (deceased), Dexter Kimball.

Father:

Chester Benjamin Kimball

Mother:

Margaret Eva (Allison) Kimball

Spouse:

James Arthur Oliver

child:

Patricia Allison Oliver (deceased)

child:

Dexter Kimball Oliver