Hedwig Schmidt papers
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Scope and Contents
The Hedwig Schmidt papers date from 1961 to 2015 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers are arranged in two series: Biographical and Diaries.
The Biographical series (1998-2015) contains an obituary for Schmidt from the Strawberry Point, Iowa, Press-Journal and biographical information provided by her daughter and the donor, Dorothy Stocks, at the time of accession.
The Diaries series (1961-1990) includes six Five-Year Diaries detailing her daily life in rural Strawberry Point. Diary entries contain notes on the weather, various appointments and projects, visits to the farm and trips to town.
Dates
- Creation: 1961-2015
Creator
- Schmidt, Hedwig, 1907-1998 (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.
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Biographical / Historical
Hedwig Weger Schmidt was born in 1907 to Hulda Baumgartner Weger and George Weger at home in rural Strawberry Point, Iowa. Weger was the second oldest of eight siblings: Julia, Carl, Arthur, Paul, Helen, Elmer, Walter, and Donald. She attended a one-room country school through eighth grade, then did housework for neighbors until her marriage in 1928. She married Alfred Schmidt on the Weger family farm where they would live for nearly 50 years. They had four children: Helen, Raymond, Paul, and Dorothy.
A homemaker, farm wife, and lifelong member of St. Sebald Lutheran Ladies’ Aid, Schmidt enjoyed cooking, gardening, and having her ten grandchildren visit the farm. She and her husband moved into the town of Strawberry Point in 1977. Her husband passed away shortly after they celebrated their sixty-eighth wedding anniversary. Hedwig Schmidt died two years later in 1998.
Extent
2.50 linear inch
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Resident of Clayton County, Iowa, whose diaries from the 1960’s to the 1980’s related to rural life.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers (donor no. 1397) were donated by Dorothy L. Stocks in 2015.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Temporal
Topical
- Author
- Heidi Stofer, 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu