Elmer Bockes Diaries
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Scope and Contents
The Bockes collection consists of forty-seven one-year diaries of Elmer Bockes and Russell Bockes, farmers near Conrad, Iowa. According to his daughter, "He didn't always put down the temperature, but what they did every day."
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1920
- Creation: 1922-1940
Creator
- Bockes, Elmer (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Farmer. Diaries describing farm life near Conrad, in Grundy Co.,Iowa .
Method of Acquisition
This collection was given to the University of Iowa by Florence A. Draper in 1959.
Subject
- Bockes, Elmer (Person)
- Bockes, Russell (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
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lib-spec@uiowa.edu