wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Betty Boller oral history
Des Moines wife and mother who worked as a secretary during World War II.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Evelyn Crary Bacon papers
Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.
Helene Scriabine papers
Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.
Marjorie Vandervelde papers
Photojournalist and writer who lived with Cuna Indians on the San Blas Islands to learn their culture and traditions.
Pauline Lyon papers
Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.
War Brides of World War II papers
1995 honors thesis of University of Iowa undergraduate student, Rachel Casteel.