wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Alma Erickson Swanson papers
Swedish farm woman whose three children became academics during the 1930s and 1940s.
Almira Ames Farnham papers
Essay describing the life of Almira Ames Farnham, a pioneer woman from New England who settled near Morley, Iowa in 1859.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Almira Safely Rutledge papers
Arlene Gardner Hall papers
Rural Mt. Ayr, Iowa woman who worked in local homes as a washerwoman and housekeeper.
Carrie Lindahl papers
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Carrie V. Talcott papers
Active clubwoman, Methodist, writer and farmer from Fayette County who spent 19 years in a retirement home in Fort Dodge.
Catharine King Herr papers
Farm wife who kept a diary from 1945 until her death in 1978.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Charlotte Faxon papers
Teacher who traveled widely during the Civil War period.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Della Marie Koppenhaver papers
Two reminiscences of Alice Tenley Hora, an Iowa farm woman, detailing farm life in the 1920s.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dorothy Pearl Unmack Dix papers
Harrison County, Iowa-born schoolteacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dorothy Sprout Place memoir
Reflections on life as a farmwoman and young mother during World War II.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Elizabeth Fagan Lynch memoir
Teacher and farmer of Irish descent from Dubuque County, Iowa whose memoir is called, A Trunk and its Chips.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Elizabeth Wherry papers
Esther Mae Christensen Grow memoir
Reflections on growing up in western Iowa and Nebraska include experiences in country school, college and as a teacher.
Arrangement
One folder shelved in SCVF.
Faye T. Wookey papers
Native of Red Oak, Iowa who who recalls family life on a farm in Montgomery County, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Gladys Homan papers
Extensive correspondence of Corning, Iowa farm wife and club woman.
Gwendolyn Johnson Hein papers
Farmwoman, basketball player on Newhall High School girls state championship team in 1927.
Her Own Story: Ten Benton County Women
Project of the Vinton, Iowa, American Association of University Women.
Inez Christen papers
Transcribed diaries of a Northeast Iowa hired girl, farmwoman and mother.
Jeanne Van Kley papers
Farmer's wife from Ocheydan, Iowa who raised four children.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.