wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 212 Collections and/or Records:
Esther Flower Cruikshank Papers
Photocopy of memoir, "The Covered Wagon," by Esther Flower Cruikshank written in 1927.
Mary Bell Read Glick papers
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.
Zelinda Griffith Hadley papers
Typed memoir titled "Zelinda Griffith Hadley Story."
Maxine Wicker papers
"My Life In The Midwest," written by Maxine Wicker for local access television program Book Talk for the Senior Center.
Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell papers
Spiral-bound transcriptions of oral histories with sisters Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell, edited with Introduction and photos.
Ella Elmegreen Lage papers
Bound memoir, “Me and Laura,” written by Ella Elmegreen Lage in 1962 about her family history in Scott County, Iowa.
Mabel E. Dixon papers
Travel diary of Mable E. Dixon concerning her time in France.
Esther Hasson Morris papers
A memoir, "Grandpa's Legacy: Short Stories of My Life."
Mrs. AD (Sarah Tillson) Hunt papers
Reminiscence of nineteenth century Humboldt County, Iowa.
Jessie M. Buthmann Meyer papers
Diaries and school papers of a rural school teacher and farm wife.
Vera Holzhauer papers
Diaries and account books of a homemaker and Sunday school teacher from Muscatine, Iowa from 1915 to 1959.
Adele Fuchs papers
German-American doctor, teacher, and suffragette who lived in Sioux City and Des Moines from 1879 to the late 1930s.
David Nadler papers
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.
Kathryn Kropp Triplett papers
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.
Caroline Louise Hopwood Cook papers
A farm wife from the Oxford, Iowa area whose diaries record everyday life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Gusti Kollman papers
Jewish immigrant who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1939 and settled in Mount Vernon, Iowa
Fay Avivah Jonas Kaye papers
Essays about the Beth El Synagogue and the Fort Dodge Jewish community.
Lucille Anderson papers
Lucille M. Anderson’s personal reflections on people who inspired her.
Women:Hood Project records
Oral histories exploring personal experiences of femininity, and images of responsive artworks.
Dale McCormick papers
Carpenter and activist for women in non-traditional jobs.