wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Ellen Mowrer Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0298
Abstract
Correspondence of 19th century Iowa woman includes letters from brother in medical school and Civil War and from sister who raised a family and maintained a farm.
Dates:
1856-1994
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Margaret Bobbitt Ettleman papers
Collection — Folder 1: Series 1
Identifier: IWA0711
Abstract
Arrangement
The 1951 memoir describes rural life in nineteenth century Iowa and Indiana.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1951-1984
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Rosa Knutson Gangestad papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0614
Abstract
The daughter of Norwegian immigrants who came to Humboldt County, Iowa in 1872. Reflections on pioneer life through handwritten stories and letters for her grandchildren.
Dates:
1867-1943
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Trimble Family papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0427
Abstract
Arrangement
Reminiscences of Gladys Trimble Leith and Marie Jeffers about their mother, Mary Pyle Trimble as well as their own childhood.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1879-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Van Zante and De Cook Families papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0721
Abstract
Arrangement
Late 19th century diary of adolescent Dutch-American farm girl and 1932 farm diary of her daughter-in-law.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1888-1969
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives