wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
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
Rosemary Tharp papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0114
Abstract
Arrangement
Cedar Falls native who served in the WAVES during World War II.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1940-1994
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Ruby Crumley Mitchell diaries
Collection
Identifier: IWA0228
Abstract
Daily diaries of this Rhodes, Iowa, native.
Dates:
1904-1966
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Ruth Fatherson Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0489
Abstract
Reminiscences and essays by Taylor and the transcript of a 1915 memoir written by Editha Phillips Fatherson.
Dates:
1915-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Swope and DeLand Families papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0391
Abstract
Family papers and subject files concerning women artists, women writers, and peace activism in Northwest Iowa.
Dates:
1876-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Thelma Petersen papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0567
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
Willow Hill papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0487
Abstract
Diaries describe growing up in rural Iowa in the 1960s and the period from1992 to 2001.
Dates:
1960-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives