wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 212 Collections and/or Records:
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.
McCown Family Papers
Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.
Nancy Seiberling papers
Environmental activist who co-founded Project GREEN, a city planning and beautification initiative in Iowa City.
Charla Boyle papers
"Toot's Eye View:" a memoir by Charla "Toot" Boyle about her mother, who moved to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1921.
Effie "Hadley" Brindle papers
Farm wife in Hardin County, Iowa, whose husband served in the Iowa House of Representatives in 1941 and 1943.
Mary Ann Dunn Leonard papers
Diary of two years in the life of a Cedar County farm woman.
Kay Hata papers
Oral history. Japanese-American nurse who was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
Judith Yarger Hull papers
Elise Boddicker Schallau papers
Memoir, 1998, 58pp. Schallau reflects on farming and family life in two Iowa Counties – Benton and Iowa.
Jennifer Baum papers
Iowa City woman who lived and worked in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Maranda Cline Papers
Consists of a transcribed diary that includes daily entries describing family life near Hills, Iowa from 1891 to 1907.
Esther Flower Cruikshank Papers
Photocopy of memoir, "The Covered Wagon," by Esther Flower Cruikshank written in 1927.
Mary Bell Read Glick papers
Two memoirs, "Adolph Gfeller Family: A Pictorial History of a Pioneer German Swiss Farm Family in Kansas, beginning 1874" and "Our 64 Years, 1932-1996," by Mary Bell Glick.
Zelinda Griffith Hadley papers
Typed memoir titled "Zelinda Griffith Hadley Story."
Maxine Wicker papers
"My Life In The Midwest," written by Maxine Wicker for local access television program Book Talk for the Senior Center.
Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell papers
Spiral-bound transcriptions of oral histories with sisters Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell, edited with Introduction and photos.
Ella Elmegreen Lage papers
Bound memoir, “Me and Laura,” written by Ella Elmegreen Lage in 1962 about her family history in Scott County, Iowa.
Mabel E. Dixon papers
Travel diary of Mable E. Dixon concerning her time in France.
Esther Hasson Morris papers
A memoir, "Grandpa's Legacy: Short Stories of My Life."
Mrs. AD (Sarah Tillson) Hunt papers
Reminiscence of nineteenth century Humboldt County, Iowa.