wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Kern papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0631
Abstract
Professor of English and an independent scholar who taught in the Middle East and Eastern Europe as well as in Iowa.
Dates:
1921-1988
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Laura Gibson Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0069
Abstract
Casey, Iowa native who taught country school before marrying and homesteading in Wyoming in 1913. She taught school in the Philippines in the 1910s and 1920s.
Dates:
1917-1983
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Marjorie Vandervelde papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0375
Abstract
Photojournalist and writer who lived with Cuna Indians on the San Blas Islands to learn their culture and traditions.
Dates:
1837-2008
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Vina Thorpe papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0253
Abstract
Des Moines newspaper columnist and editor who ran Thorpe Publications with her husband.
Dates:
1893-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives