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wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories

 Record Group
Identifier: wa00004

Found in 212 Collections and/or Records:

Carrie Lindahl papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0638
Abstract

Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.

Dates: 1875-2001

Mae Irene Ludemann papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0641
Abstract

High school history teacher who traveled to Europe in 1929 and recorded her experiences in a diary.

Dates: 1926-1943

Elizabeth Fagan Lynch memoir

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0465
Abstract

Teacher and farmer of Irish descent from Dubuque County, Iowa whose memoir is called, A Trunk and its Chips.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1991

Charla Boyle papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0953
Abstract

"Toot's Eye View:" a memoir by Charla "Toot" Boyle about her mother, who moved to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1921.

Dates: Existence: 1921

Effie "Hadley" Brindle papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0954
Abstract

Farm wife in Hardin County, Iowa, whose husband served in the Iowa House of Representatives in 1941 and 1943.

Dates: 1972

Mary Ann Dunn Leonard papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0995
Abstract

Diary of two years in the life of a Cedar County farm woman.

Dates: 1890-1891

Kay Hata papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0766
Abstract

Oral history. Japanese-American nurse who was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.

Dates: 1998

Judith Yarger Hull papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0767
Abstract

Memoir, “Discovering My World, 1936-1958.”

Dates: 2001

Jennifer Baum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1016
Abstract

Iowa City woman who lived and worked in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Dates: 1973 - 1998

Maranda Cline Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1320
Abstract

Consists of a transcribed diary that includes daily entries describing family life near Hills, Iowa from 1891 to 1907.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1891 - 1907

Esther Flower Cruikshank Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1054
Abstract

Photocopy of memoir, "The Covered Wagon," by Esther Flower Cruikshank written in 1927.

Dates: Existence: 1927

Mary Bell Read Glick papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1059
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1978 - 1996

Zelinda Griffith Hadley papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1060
Abstract

Typed memoir titled "Zelinda Griffith Hadley Story."

Dates: 1933

Maxine Wicker papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1077
Abstract

"My Life In The Midwest," written by Maxine Wicker for local access television program Book Talk for the Senior Center.

Dates: 1999

Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0917
Abstract

Spiral-bound transcriptions of oral histories with sisters Jacquelyn Jarmuth Phillips and Barbara Jarmuth Campbell, edited with Introduction and photos.

Dates: 2013

Ella Elmegreen Lage papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1118
Abstract

Bound memoir, “Me and Laura,” written by Ella Elmegreen Lage in 1962 about her family history in Scott County, Iowa.

Dates: Existence: 1962

Mabel E. Dixon papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1111
Abstract

Travel diary of Mable E. Dixon concerning her time in France.

Dates: 1927

Esther Hasson Morris papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1144
Abstract

A memoir, "Grandpa's Legacy: Short Stories of My Life."

Dates: 1997

Mrs. AD (Sarah Tillson) Hunt papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1146
Abstract

Reminiscence of nineteenth century Humboldt County, Iowa.

Dates: 1884 - 1901

Jessie M. Buthmann Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1156
Abstract

Diaries and school papers of a rural school teacher and farm wife.

Dates: 1908-1982