Mannheimer, Joan

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1927-2007

Biography

Joan (Eisenberg) Mannheimer was born January 12, 1927. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1948 and 1966. She married Robert E. Mannheimer in June 1947 and they had three sons, David, Steven and Robert A. Her husband, a University of Iowa alumnus, died in February 2007. In 1964 Ms. Mannheimer worked in community relations for the Children and Families of Iowa organization. She was an instructor in sociology at Drake University from 1967-1969. She contributed articles to Child Welfare, the journal of the Child Welfare League of America. Ms. Mannheimer developed a program for the Iowa Department of Human Resources designed to utilize volunteer workers and was an active volunteer herself. Ms. Mannheimer collected contemporary American ceramics, and donated many pieces to the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Her collection was exhibited there in 1981, titled "Centering on Contemporary Clay: American Ceramics from the Joan Mannheimer Collection." She is the recipient of the 1993 Elliott/Stanley Award for Acquisitions for her outstanding contributions to the permanent UIMA ceramics collections. Her extensive cultural volunteer work included co-founding the Friends Development Council of the University of Iowa Museum of Art and serving on the museum's advisory committee.

Citation:

Author: Denise Anderson, August 2008

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Joan Mannheimer Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG99.0032

Scope and Contents The Joan Mannheimer papers include correspondence and other research material used in the writing of two enclosed unpublished manuscripts, River Rebels in the Barracks: Ceramic Education at the University of Iowa, 1952-1969, and Glenn C. Nelson. Nelson was an instructor in the University of Iowa Department of Art during 1954-1955.Three color photographs regarding potter Tom Mason are enclosed with correspondence to Mannheimer from James McKinnell, who was assistant professor in the UI Department of Art 1963-1968. Black and white photographs are included of Glenn C. Nelson. The collection includes references to barracks, trailers, Quonset huts, and other temporary structures which were constructed on the University of Iowa campus near the Iowa River after World War II. These buildings were initially constructed for the purpose of housing veterans and married students enrolled at the University, but later also served as class rooms and office space for such programs as...

Dates: 1974 - 1984

Found in: University of Iowa Archives