wa00004/wa00004.2. Memoirs
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Esther Flower Cruikshank Papers
Photocopy of memoir, "The Covered Wagon," by Esther Flower Cruikshank written in 1927.
Esther Hasson Morris papers
A memoir, "Grandpa's Legacy: Short Stories of My Life."
Esther Mae Christensen Grow memoir
Reflections on growing up in western Iowa and Nebraska include experiences in country school, college and as a teacher.
Arrangement
One folder shelved in SCVF.
Esther Thornhill papers
Ida Grove, Iowa mother and homemaker who worked at a hatchery and at a hamburger shop before marrying.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Faye T. Wookey papers
Native of Red Oak, Iowa who who recalls family life on a farm in Montgomery County, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Florence Krogman Schumacher papers
"My Iowa Farm Memories," by Florence Krogman Schumacher, describes growing up on a farm in Plymouth County, Iowa in the 1920s and 1930s.
Florence Vallejo Terronez papers
The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.
Gladys Moeller Lage papers
Personal accounts of Lage's childhood and upbringing on a farm in Cedar County, Iowa.
Grace Ferns papers
Memoir and oral history transcript of a rural Iowa school teacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Heidi Posch Keir Galer papers
Award-winning German teacher that taught in Iowa City for 35 years who came to Iowa from Austria as a displaced refugee orphan in 1952.
Helen Shediwy Scheetz memoir
The youngest daughter of immigrants reflects on growing up in Iowa towns during the Depression.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Helene Scriabine papers
Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.
Henrietta Ruff papers
Amana, Iowa, school teacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Irene Coleman Buckley memoir
A Handful of Rain: The Life of Irene Buckley, describes her life as a teacher, wife, mother, librarian, and volunteer.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Jeanne Van Kley papers
Farmer's wife from Ocheydan, Iowa who raised four children.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Judy Herron Hoit papers
Disability access and awareness advocate and 1996 Ms. Wheelchair Iowa winner.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
June Lundy Boyd papers
Memoir describes growing up and teaching in southwestern Iowa, Lundy's wartime wedding and subsequent life in Knoxville, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Laura Gibson Smith papers
Casey, Iowa native who taught country school before marrying and homesteading in Wyoming in 1913. She taught school in the Philippines in the 1910s and 1920s.
Lois McIntyre Schutte papers
Two memoirs of an Iowa farm woman.
Arrangement
Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Mabel Korver Van Haaften memoir
Dutch-American farmwoman in early nineteenth century Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.