Skip to main content

KENNETH AND FRANCES FELLOWS

 Series
Identifier: 3

  • Staff Only
  • Please navigate to collection organization to place requests.

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Fellows Family papers date from 1837 to 2013 and measure 4.3 linear feet in 11 boxes. The papers are arranged in 6 series: Fellows Family History; Hogle, Conrad, and Guy Families; Kenneth and Frances Fellows; Carol Fellows; Christenson Family; and Artifacts.

The Fellows Family History series contains the history of the family without Kenneth Fellows and his children. The family genealogy can be traced back to 1520. These include family trees, birth and death certificates, Civil War memories from ancestor Lanthrop Ezra Smith, family correspondence, personal recollections and stories, official biographies, newspaper clippings, family reunion records, and photographs.

The Hogle, Conrad, and Guy Families series collects the history of their family line up until Frances Hogle and her children. Their genealogical information goes back until 1728 and includes family trees, medical school records for William Hogle, the letters of Clara Conrad Hogle, William and Clara Hogle’s memorium books, and photographs of the various family groupings.

The Kenneth and Frances Fellows series describes the lives of Frances Hogle Fellows and Kenneth Fellows from childhood to marriage to old age. It has two subseries. The Frances Hogle Fellows subseries contains her baby book, a notebook, her diplomas and other materials from her time at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa), her autobiography from 1999, and photographs. The Kenneth Fellows subseries mostly consists of correspondence with various family members along with newspaper clippings, correspondence with various workplaces, photographs, and his obituary and eulogy. The rest of the series is dedicated to the two as a married couple. Including correspondence between the two of them, correspondence sent as a married couple, their 50th wedding anniversary, inheritance papers, and family photographs.

The Carol Fellows series features the materials of Kenneth and Frances Fellows second child, a doctor specializing in cancer treatments. The items contain her baby book, a scrapbook from her time the first Girl Scout Roundup in 1956, her personal medical records including her battle with Marcus Gunn syndrome, correspondence, her educational history from elementary to graduate and seminary schools, information about her work in cancer treatments and robotic prosthetics, her first marriage and its dissolution, her time in Klamath Falls, Oregon where she served as a rotary member, and photographs throughout her life.

The Christenson Family series includes the materials around Ann Fellows Christenson, the first child of the Fellows, and her husband. Much of this series focuses on Ann Fellows Christenson’s life before her marriage. These materials contain her baby photograph album, educational documents, correspondence, and photographs. The rest of the series covers her married years and include records from their time in Minnesota and Iowa as well as family photographs.

The Artifacts series contains the Fellows’ Family “Illustrated Birthday Book of American Poets”, Kenneth Fellows High School memory book, World War II “Mother’s Star”, World War II ration forms, Frances and Kenneth Fellows family memorabilia, and a family quilt.

Dates

  • Creation: 1837-2013

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The papers are open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 4.3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: German

Repository Details

Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository

Contact:
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)