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Wallace Village for Children (Broomfield, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

Est. 1948 as Wallace School, renamed in 1960

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Cleo Wallace Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M073
Abstract Cleo Spurlock Wallace (1914-1985), was born and raised in Colorado. She was a teacher who founded the Wallace Village for Children, a school for children with brain injuries. She received her Master's Degree in speech pathology from the University of Denver, Denver, Colo. in 1943. She provided therapy service to children from her home. She started the Wallace School in 1948 with the assistance of businessman Henry Winter. In 1960, the Wallace School was renamed the Wallace Village for...
Dates: 1947-1985