wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Alice Kelley papers
University of Iowa graduate who worked as a secretary. The papers mainly consist of the diaries she kept from 1926-2002.
Bernice Zimmer papers
Bettie McKenzie papers
Beverly Everett papers
Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.
Carrie Lindahl papers
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Dora E. Mackay papers
African American singer and beauty shop owner in Des Moines, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC1109] shelved in audiocassette collection.
Edna Griffin papers
Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.
Florence Vallejo Terronez papers
The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.
Gladys Talcott Rife papers
Mt. Vernon, Iowa high school teacher who later owned and directed The Depot Museum in Fayette County, Iowa.
Lois Laughlin papers
Papers of an activist from West Branch, Iowa, include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to her husband's status as a conscientious objector.
Marianne Michael papers
Served with her husband as missionaries for the Church of the Brethren in Garkida, Nigeria from 1948 to 1961.
Marie Rumble papers
A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.
Mary Frances Reger-Wilkinson papers
Social worker who worked for the American National Red Cross during and after World War II.
McCown Family Papers
Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.
McGill Family papers
The collection consists mainly of correspondence and includes the papers of early twentieth century labor activist, IWW member, and Buffalo school teacher, Pearl McGill.
Mildred "Micki" Zeller papers
Costume designer and avid traveler whose papers include an extensive collection of slides, related travel diaries, and materials pertaining to the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Ortha P. Neff papers
Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.
Thelma Petersen papers
Verda Williams papers
Communication specialist at Iowa State University who produced the documentary Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard.
Willow Hill papers
Diaries describe growing up in rural Iowa in the 1960s and the period from1992 to 2001.