The 1960 Kathrine Tyson article mentioned that Miss Dee taught at Texas Tech for 4 YEARS. When I found that article in Miss Dee’s Box, it was the first I ever knew of her teaching at Texas Tech. The Box had little additional content about Miss Dee’s years at Texas Tech. There were two pre-Christmas front pages from orders of worship at the First Methodist Church of Lubbock. The pastor in those years was J. O. Haymes. I found in the box an undated letter from a family with whom Miss Dee apparently became acquainted in Lubbock that was obviously written many years later. It mentioned that Pastor Haymes had retired and moved to Lubbock. It also mentioned Miss Dee’s “little home” so she may have been back in Shorter when she got that letter.
I have included this post, although incomplete, in order to describe the broad outline of the life of Mary Christine De Bardeleben. I plan to develop it further. I would welcome any information that anyone has dealing with this part of her life.
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