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wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories

 Record Group
Identifier: wa00004

Found in 212 Collections and/or Records:

Esther Flower Cruikshank Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1054
Abstract

Photocopy of memoir, "The Covered Wagon," by Esther Flower Cruikshank written in 1927.

Dates: Existence: 1927

Mary Bell Read Glick papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1059
Abstract

Two memoirs, "Adolph Gfeller Family: A Pictorial History of a Pioneer German Swiss Farm Family in Kansas, beginning 1874" and "Our 64 Years, 1932-1996," by Mary Bell Glick.

Dates: 1978 - 1996

Zelinda Griffith Hadley papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1060
Abstract

Typed memoir titled "Zelinda Griffith Hadley Story."

Dates: 1933

Maxine Wicker papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1077
Abstract

"My Life In The Midwest," written by Maxine Wicker for local access television program Book Talk for the Senior Center.

Dates: 1999

Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0917
Abstract

Spiral-bound transcriptions of oral histories with sisters Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell, edited with Introduction and photos.

Dates: 2013

Ella Elmegreen Lage papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1118
Abstract

Bound memoir, “Me and Laura,” written by Ella Elmegreen Lage in 1962 about her family history in Scott County, Iowa.

Dates: Existence: 1962

Mabel E. Dixon papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1111
Abstract

Travel diary of Mable E. Dixon concerning her time in France.

Dates: 1927

Esther Hasson Morris papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1144
Abstract

A memoir, "Grandpa's Legacy: Short Stories of My Life."

Dates: 1997

Mrs. AD (Sarah Tillson) Hunt papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1146
Abstract

Reminiscence of nineteenth century Humboldt County, Iowa.

Dates: 1884 - 1901

Jessie M. Buthmann Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1156
Abstract

Diaries and school papers of a rural school teacher and farm wife.

Dates: 1908-1982

Vera Holzhauer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1165
Abstract

Diaries and account books of a homemaker and Sunday school teacher from Muscatine, Iowa from 1915 to 1959.

Dates: 1915-2000

Adele Fuchs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1174
Abstract

German-American doctor, teacher, and suffragette who lived in Sioux City and Des Moines from 1879 to the late 1930s.

Dates: 1884-1990

David Nadler papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1034
Abstract

Memoir of a Renate Nadler’s experience as a Jewish child in Nazi Germany written by her son, and an account of her son’s visit to her birthplace several decades following World War II.

Dates: 2009-2017

Kathryn Kropp Triplett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1188
Abstract

Memoir reflecting on the life of a University of Iowa graduate and Physical Education teacher from Fort Dodge, Iowa throughout the 1920s to the 1960s.

Dates: 2017

Caroline Louise Hopwood Cook papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1196
Abstract

A farm wife from the Oxford, Iowa area whose diaries record everyday life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dates: 1883-1912

Gusti Kollman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1030
Abstract

Jewish immigrant who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1939 and settled in Mount Vernon, Iowa

Dates: 1910-2007

Fay Avivah Jonas Kaye papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1322
Abstract

Essays about the Beth El Synagogue and the Fort Dodge Jewish community.

Dates: 2022

Lucille Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1329
Abstract

Lucille M. Anderson’s personal reflections on people who inspired her.

Dates: 1994 - 1997

Women:Hood Project records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1372
Abstract

Oral histories exploring personal experiences of femininity, and images of responsive artworks.

Dates: 2018 - 2023

Dale McCormick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0513
Abstract

Carpenter and activist for women in non-traditional jobs.

Dates: 1958-1997