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Arthur Pierce, Calligrapher, was born in Custer County, NE in
1915. He moved to Lincoln County at the age of 5, and lived in a
sod house on a homestead claim for several years. He attended rural
schools in Lincoln County, and high school at the then Nebraska
School of Agriculture in Curtis. One of his teachers was Frank B.
Morrison. Pierce served in the U.S. Army from 1941-1945, serving 42
months in the southwest Pacific. In 1947, he married his wife,
Hazel, and they had 3 children. He followed the sign-writing trade
from about 1952 – 1980. He was in the Nebraska Arts Council
Artists-in-Schools program for several years. He also worked as
adjunct instructor in Calligraphy at Kearney State College for 4
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