wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Maria Kromminga papers
Diaries of a Monticello, Iowa, native who lived on her parents' farm and never married, raising her son alone.
Marie Giddings papers
Detailed account of farm and rural community life as Marie Giddings knew it growing up in Kossuth County during the early 20th century.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Marie Rumble papers
A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.
Mary Hagen memoir
Memoir describing life on a family farm near Manly, Iowa during the 1920s and 1930s.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mary Jane Parsons papers
Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Maude Barkley Keck papers
Diaries and account books of this Cherokee, Iowa woman record farm chores and expenses, housekeeping and family life.
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.
Myrtle Keppy papers
Champion hog breeder, farm woman, 4-H leader, and president of the Iowa Porkettes.
Rosa Knutson Gangestad papers
The daughter of Norwegian immigrants who came to Humboldt County, Iowa in 1872. Reflections on pioneer life through handwritten stories and letters for her grandchildren.
Ruth Perkins Messenger Papers
Reflections on growing up and raising a family in rural Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Thelma Petersen papers
Velma Skott Teeple memoir
Childhood memories of an Eastern Iowa teacher, writer, and farmwoman.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Voices from the Land: An Oral History Project in Iowa
Oral histories with Iowa farm women conducted as part of the Rural Women's Project of the Iowa Women's Archives.
Wilda Jean Schobert papers
Zelda Babcock Wolfe papers
Riceville, Iowa, mother, homemaker, and teacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.