Title: Sarah Edna Hesketh Papers, 1917-1924, 1987

ID: OGLMC1155

Primary Creator: Hesketh, Sarah Edna (1899-1998)

Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 10/02/1987

Subjects: University of North Dakota - Alumni, Women's History

Languages: English

1899-1998; UND alum

The Sarah Edna Hesketh Papers contain her 1987 autobiography, newspaper clippings about University of North Dakota events, photographs, programs from plays, concerts and other events, and various other mementos from her college years, 1918-1922.

Sarah Edna Hesketh Wrentmore Bolingbroke was born on February 18, 1899 in Rolla, North Dakota. She attended the University of North Dakota from 1918 to 1922. She majored in accounting, while also pursuing a diploma in expression from Wesley College. While at UND, she acted as President of the YWCA, was a four year participant in the Dakota Playmakers and functioned as Junior Class Treasurer. The summer after her graduation, she took courses in education to obtain a Teacher’s Certificate. She then taught high school for seven years in North and South Dakota, as well as Oregon. In 1929, she attended the Research Bureau of Retail Training at the University of Pittsburgh, received a Master’s degree and began work as a personnel director, first in Baltimore, Maryland and eventually in Akron, Ohio. After marrying Laurence Wrentmore, an auto parts salesman, she traveled with him throughout the northwestern United States, before they moved to Portland, Oregon. She was an active member in the Methodist Church and was President of the Women's Society of Christian Service of Methodist Churches for four years. Sarah continued to reside in Portland after her husband’s death in 1965. In 1986, she married George Bolingbroke, who died May 3, 1995. Sarah died December 1, 1998.

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Ann Coffman (Sarah Edna Hesketh’s step-daughter)

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.#87-1566

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Sarah Edna Hesketh Papers. OGLMC 1155, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in November 2013.