wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Jesse Virginia Antrim Perkins papers
Rural elementary school teacher and farm wife whose papers consist of three partial journals.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
June Lundy Boyd papers
Memoir describes growing up and teaching in southwestern Iowa, Lundy's wartime wedding and subsequent life in Knoxville, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Laura Gibson Smith papers
Casey, Iowa native who taught country school before marrying and homesteading in Wyoming in 1913. She taught school in the Philippines in the 1910s and 1920s.
Lucy Van Voorhis White papers
Schoolteacher and farm wife of Dallas County, Iowa.
Mae Irene Ludemann papers
High school history teacher who traveled to Europe in 1929 and recorded her experiences in a diary.
Margaret Talcott Boedeker papers
Teacher with Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1941-1963; vocational counselor and tourism advocate.
Marian Farquhar papers
Missionary to the Sudan who spent her childhood in Page County, Iowa, and worked in Africa from the 1940s to 1980s.
Marianne Michael papers
Served with her husband as missionaries for the Church of the Brethren in Garkida, Nigeria from 1948 to 1961.
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.
Martha Wahl papers
Mathematician and teacher who patented educational toys for teaching mathematics to children.
Nellie M. Gebers papers
Artist, writer and teacher from Ira, Iowa who studied with Grant Wood.
Ortha P. Neff papers
Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.
Pearl Knoop papers
Librarian and bird watcher from Marble Rock, Iowa.
Prentiss Family papers
The family came to Iowa City in 1905 when Henry Prentiss established the Anatomy Department at the State University of Iowa.
Ruth Bluford Anderson papers
Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.
Ruth Perkins Messenger Papers
Reflections on growing up and raising a family in rural Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Velma Skott Teeple memoir
Childhood memories of an Eastern Iowa teacher, writer, and farmwoman.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Wilda Jean Schobert papers
Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) records
Women's center established in 1970 to serve the university and community.
Zelda Babcock Wolfe papers
Riceville, Iowa, mother, homemaker, and teacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.