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Rosheim, David L., 1961 - 1990

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Multiple manuscripts for numerous Iowa authors are collected here. Abbe, George Aldrich, Bess Andreas, Osborn Argow, Waldemar Aurner, Nellie Baker, Laura Nelson Baker, Richard Terrill Bissell, Bess Brown, Charles Brown, Lewis H. Buxbaum, Katherine Calhoun, Mary Huiskamp Carlson, Esther Carver, Thomas Nixon Cassill, R. Verlin Clark, Glenn Colby, Anthony Crary, Margaret Darling, Frederick Donovan, Josephine Berry Duncan, Actea Carolyn Young Eastman, Harold Lloyd Elston, Hattie Phinnette Gard, Wayne Gavitt, Benjamin H. Gearhart, Susan Merriam Gingerich, Melvin Gould (Charles) Bruce Hale, Arlene Hall, Lynn Hoeltje, Hubert Hoffman, Mathias Martin Humphrey, James Hunn, L.E. "Jack" Jorgenson, George and Nora Kauffman, Ray Franklin Kemp, Charles F. Kramer, Dale Lafferty, R.A. LeSueur, Meridel Loeser, Katinka McClurg, William H. McHale, Tom McInerney, Carl Moeller, Dorothy Murphy, Thomas Dowler Nelson Evelyn and Violet O'Connor, Rose Agnes Olson, Eugene Olson, Harry Ferdinand Painter, Eleanor Paluka, Frank Perrin, Joyce Petersen, William John Peterson, Virgil W. Porter, Ella Williams Prange, Gordon W. Quick, Herbert Randolph, Colonel Charles D Reed, Warren A. Rosheim, David L Rowan, Edward Beatty Saunders, William Irving Schell, James Peery Schoonover, Lawrence Seagrave, Sadie Fuller Sheets, George March Sherman, Richard Shultz, Gladys Denny Simpson, Frank B. Smith, Grace Noll Smith, Lewis Worthington Stevenson, Neal Taylor, James C Trueblood, D. Elton Van Etten, Mrs. Winifred Ver Duft, Lee Wallace, Zella Wandrey, Ralph H. Ward, The Reverend Leo Richard Weir, Ruth Cromer Wilbur, Ray Lyman Williams, Maude Newell Winchell, Mary Edna Wormhoudt, Arthur Zaffiras, George

Dates

  • Creation: 1961 - 1990

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

David L. Rosheim was born on November 22, 1944, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, and lived in Lake Mills, Iowa, with his mother after his birth. He was educated at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he studied English, philosophy, and history. Rosheim later attended the Luther Theological Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, studying theological and classical language. David Rosheim has written a variety of books including The Rise and Fall of the Gateway (a history of the Minneapolis Skid Row) and The Dark and the Light Years: A History of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. Rosheim has also written poetry and prose regularly since 1960. Many of Rosheim's articles have appeared in the Des Moines Register.

Extent

0.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

Essayist, poet and historian whose work appeared regularly in the Des Moines Register. Includes typescripts of miscellaneous writings and poetry and the typescript of an unpublished science fiction novel.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated by the author beginning in 1988.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

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