wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Annette Cech papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0593
Abstract
Arrangement
Iowa City housewife and mother whose son, Thomas Cech, won the Nobel Prize in 1989.
Arrangement
Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1945-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Dora E. Mackay papers
Collection — Folder 1: Series 1
Identifier: IWA0248
Abstract
Arrangement
African American singer and beauty shop owner in Des Moines, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC1109] shelved in audiocassette collection.
Dates:
1932-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Edna Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract
Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.
Dates:
1948-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Florence Vallejo Terronez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0577
Abstract
The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.
Dates:
1913-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Verda Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0137
Abstract
Communication specialist at Iowa State University who produced the documentary Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard.
Dates:
1965-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives