Alberta Roller Armer Papers

Alberta R. Armer (1904-1986) was a writer of books such as Cherry House, published by Beacon in 1958, The Ghost of Stevenson House, published by World Publishing in 1967, and Runaway Girl, published by World Publishing in 1970. Alberta’s home and office resided in Davis, CA. Her religious beliefs aligned with the Unitarian Universalist. Alberta’s political stance was with the Democrats. From 1926-1927, Alberta was a part of the Charity Organization Society in New York, N. Y. She then moved on as a writer for the W. G. Swanson Publicity in San Francisco, CA from 1927-1928, where she then jumped to writing for the Federal Writers Project in Detroit, MI from 1933-1934. Years later, Alberta became an editor of public information for the University of California in her home town of Davis from 1948-1952, and was an instructor there in the English department from 1958-1959. Her book Steve and the Guide Dogs was chosen as an American Ambassador book by the English-Speaking Union, and her book Screwball was listed in Fader & Shaevitz’ “Hooked on Books."