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Mary McInroy papers

 Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: IWA0729

Scope and Contents

Home Economics notebook kept by Mary Frizell in 1961 as a student at Greenfield (Iowa) High School. Contains worksheets, recipes, mimeographed information sheets, and booklets and brochures with recipes, cooking and meal planning tips, and nutrition information.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Mary Frizell McInroy was born in 1947 and grew up on a farm near Greenfield, Iowa, attending one-room country schools through fifth grade, when the schools were consolidated. She graduated from Greenfield High School in 1965 and earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Northern Iowa in 1970. After receiving an MSLS from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1971 she was employed as a librarian at the University of Iowa Libraries.

Extent

2.50 linear inches

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Home Economics notebook kept by McInroy as a high school student in 1961.

Method of Acquisition

The papers (donor no. 1023) were donated by Mary McInroy in 2006.

Author
Kären Mason, 2009.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository

Contact:
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)