wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Dates:
1920-1999
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
Mary Elizabeth Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0262
Abstract
Social worker and the first African American woman in the United States to be named executive director of a greater metropolitan YWCA.
Dates:
1920-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Swope and DeLand Families papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0391
Abstract
Family papers and subject files concerning women artists, women writers, and peace activism in Northwest Iowa.
Dates:
1876-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives