wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Alma Erickson Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0454
Abstract
Swedish farm woman whose three children became academics during the 1930s and 1940s.
Dates:
1897-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Carrie Lindahl papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0638
Abstract
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Dates:
1875-2001
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
Mae Atkinson Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0506
Abstract
Correspondence and diaries of an Iowa farm woman.
Dates:
1898-1954
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Magdalena "Helen" Tylee papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0471
Abstract
A German war bride who came to Iowa in 1922. During World War II she ran the family farm while her husband was serving in the armed forces.
Dates:
1917-1988
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Marcella Henley Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0681
Abstract
Memoir, Confetti, of her life in Albia, Iowa, correspondence, and journals of books read since 1959.
Dates:
1938-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Marie Rumble papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0505
Abstract
A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.
Dates:
1890-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Thelma Petersen papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0567