wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Catharine King Herr papers
Farm wife who kept a diary from 1945 until her death in 1978.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Ellen Mowrer Miller papers
Correspondence of 19th century Iowa woman includes letters from brother in medical school and Civil War and from sister who raised a family and maintained a farm.
Gladys Homan papers
Extensive correspondence of Corning, Iowa farm wife and club woman.
Inez Christen papers
Transcribed diaries of a Northeast Iowa hired girl, farmwoman and mother.
Kate Martinson papers
Journals chronicle the life of an Iowa farm woman including her marriage, childrearing, family farm management, divorce, and remarriage.
Arrangement
Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Lela Powers Briggs papers
An artist who farmed with her husband near La Porte, Iowa.
Maude Barkley Keck papers
Diaries and account books of this Cherokee, Iowa woman record farm chores and expenses, housekeeping and family life.
Thelma Petersen papers
Zelda Babcock Wolfe papers
Riceville, Iowa, mother, homemaker, and teacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.