wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Record Group
Identifier: wa00004
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Ruth Salzmann Becker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract
Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.
Dates:
1858-2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Ortha P. Neff papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0561
Abstract
Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.
Dates:
1944-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Helene Scriabine papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0080
Abstract
Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.
Dates:
1940-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives