Benita Allen papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0753
Scope and Contents
In "Memoirs of Pre-Revolution Russia," written in 1981, Benita Allen recalls her Russian childhood, World War I, and the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.
Dates
- Existence: 1991
Creator
- Allen, Benita, 1911-1983 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The memoir is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Benita Allen was born on October 14, 1911, in St. Petersburg Russia, and died January 22, 1983, in Iowa City, Iowa. She completed the short stories in the memoir in 1981. It was compiled, edited, and published in 1991 by Linda A. Johnson-Lundquist in Iowa City, Iowa.
Extent
0.25 linear inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Russian immigrant recalls her childhood in Russia during World War I and the 1917 revolution.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Subject
- Allen, Benita, 1911-1983 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Temporal
Topical
- Title
- Benita Allen papers
- Author
- Caroline Allen
- Date
- 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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