wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Esther Sietmann Warner Dendel papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0301
Gladys Talcott Rife papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0284
Abstract
Mt. Vernon, Iowa high school teacher who later owned and directed The Depot Museum in Fayette County, Iowa.
Dates:
1920-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Mary Elizabeth Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0262
Abstract
Social worker and the first African American woman in the United States to be named executive director of a greater metropolitan YWCA.
Dates:
1920-1998
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
Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0151
Abstract
Women's center established in 1970 to serve the university and community.
Dates:
1960-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives