Irene Rock Zindel papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0702
The Irene Rock Zindel papers date from 1930 to 1998 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers are arranged alphabetically, and consist of Zindel's 4-H personal record books, newspaper clippings about rural Scott County women, and two photographs which show Farm Bureau women making trays and fireless cookers. All the women in the photographs are identified. The "Beat Your Own Record" personal record books are ledgers for personal accounting and teach 4-H girls to spend money wisely. The format of the ledgers changed in 1936 and was called "My Personal Accounts."
Dates
- 1930-1998
Creator
- Zindel, Irene Rock, 1917- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Extent
2.50 linear inches
Photographs in Box 1 other_unmapped
Abstract
Scott County, Iowa, farm woman who was active in 4-H and the Farm Bureau.
Biographical / Historical
Irene Rock Zindel was born in 1917 in Dixon, Iowa, the only child of Hilda and Albert Rock. She grew up on the family farm and attended a one-room country school until the age of fourteen. She continued her education by boarding in Davenport, Iowa, and graduated from high school in 1935. She was a member of the Tri Mu 4-H Club of Scott County, Iowa, in the 1930s. She won a trip to the national 4-H Congress in Chicago where she participated in a national cherry pie baking contest. In 1939 she married Ralph Zindel and the couple raised two children. Irene Zindel was a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher, and served on the Home Extension Council. She also held several different offices in the Scott County Farm Bureau and twice attended national Farm Bureau women's conferences.
Method of Acquisition
The papers (donor no. 763) were donated by Irene Zindel in 2001.
Other Descriptive Information
http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/findingaids/html/ZindelIrene.htm#content
- 20th century
- 4-H clubs
- Archives
- Community life
- Community organizations
- Farm Bureau (Scott County, Iowa)
- Farm life
- Farmers
- Homemakers
- Personal papers
- Photographs
- Rural and Farm Women
- Rural girls
- Rural women
- Tri Mu 4-H Club (Scott County, Iowa)
- United States -- Iowa -- Scott County
- Women's Clubs and Organizations
- Zindel, Irene Rock, 1917-
Creator
- Zindel, Irene Rock, 1917- (Person)
- Author
- Elizabeth Engel, 2006.
- Language of description
- 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)
lib-women@uiowa.edu
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu