wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Cora Belle Pollock papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0706
Abstract
Elementary school teacher from Rolfe, Iowa who later worked as a lab technician in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Dates:
1909-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Edna Means papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0171
Abstract
Arrangement
Characterist and dramatic reader, and chatauqua performer from Tama, Iowa organized her own talent agency.
Arrangement
A gift copy of James W. Foley's, Some one like you (1915), presented to Means by Elias Day in 1936, has been removed to the printed works collection and cataloged separately.
Dates:
1908-1986
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
McCown Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0852
Abstract
Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.
Dates:
1909-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Shloss and Mannheimer Families papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0334
Abstract
Prominent Des Moines families including Irma Mannheimer, her husband Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and her parents, Rose and Max Shloss—the owners of Lederer and Strauss and Company.
Dates:
1896-1986
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives