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Emma Gertrude Shore

Born: 07/10/1908   Rushmore
Died: 03/24/1998
Spouse: George Thornton
Address(es):
Her ashes along with those of her husband given back to the earth
Unitarian Universalist Church Memorial Garden
East Lansing , MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Heart Songs of Nature
- compiled by Jane Campbell Thornton 		Poetry Adult Ann Arbor, MI : Bokmal Press 2000
A populist assault : Sarah E. Van De Vort Emery on American democracy, 1862-1895 Non Fiction , Biography , History Adult Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press 1982
"Football and other academic arts at Michigan State University"
- "This paper was delivered on May 6, 1982, at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature." The collection consists of the conference paper Football and Other Academic Arts at Michigan State University by Pauline Adams and Emma S. Thornton. It is a commentary of football at Michigan State University examined through published fiction by MSU alumni. 		Non Fiction Adult 1982
The stone in my pocket : and other poems Poetry Adult East Lansing, Mich. : Years Press 1981
Ideas have consequences : 125 years of the liberal tradition in the Lansing area
- as Jerry Thornton 		Non Fiction Adult East Lansing, Mich. : Unitarian Universalist Church 1973 -1975

Skills:
Author
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1964

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Instructor; Assistant Professor
- Retired 1976 as Assistant Professor Emerita 		Michigan State University, American Thought and Language Program (ATL) East Lansing , MI 1961 -1976
Historical documentation Works Progress Administration Parker 1930 -1936
Teacher Public schools South Dakota, Nebraska, Ann Arbor, MI 1930

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