wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Edna Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract
Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.
Dates:
1948-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Florence Vallejo Terronez papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0577
Abstract
The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.
Dates:
1913-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Lois Laughlin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0184
Abstract
Papers of an activist from West Branch, Iowa, include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to her husband's status as a conscientious objector.
Dates:
1939-2007
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
McCown Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0852
Abstract
Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.
Dates:
1909-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
McGill Family papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0543
Abstract
The collection consists mainly of correspondence and includes the papers of early twentieth century labor activist, IWW member, and Buffalo school teacher, Pearl McGill.
Dates:
1885-2005
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Voices from the Land: An Oral History Project in Iowa
Collection
Identifier: IWA0825
Abstract
Oral histories with Iowa farm women conducted as part of the Rural Women's Project of the Iowa Women's Archives.
Dates:
2000-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives