wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 212 Collections and/or Records:
Ellen Mowrer Miller papers
Correspondence of 19th century Iowa woman includes letters from brother in medical school and Civil War and from sister who raised a family and maintained a farm.
Ortha P. Neff papers
Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.
Off and Holsteen Family papers
Two generations of an eastern Iowa family, many generations of which attended the University of Iowa.
Jesse Virginia Antrim Perkins papers
Rural elementary school teacher and farm wife whose papers consist of three partial journals.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Thelma Petersen papers
Pierce-Stuart Family papers
Diaries of Mary Pierce describe family life in Harlan, Iowa from 1927 to 1947; Mary Clark's memoir reflects on medical challenges in the early 1900s.
Dorothy Sprout Place memoir
Reflections on life as a farmwoman and young mother during World War II.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral histories
Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.
Cora Belle Pollock papers
Elementary school teacher from Rolfe, Iowa who later worked as a lab technician in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Prentiss Family papers
The family came to Iowa City in 1905 when Henry Prentiss established the Anatomy Department at the State University of Iowa.
Iowa Byington Reed papers
The diaries of an Iowa City woman who supported herself as a seamstress prior to her marriage in 1896.
Mary Frances Reger-Wilkinson papers
Social worker who worked for the American National Red Cross during and after World War II.
Gladys Talcott Rife papers
Mt. Vernon, Iowa high school teacher who later owned and directed The Depot Museum in Fayette County, Iowa.
Robinson-Lacy Family papers
Correspondence diaries, scrapbook, and genealogical information regarding this Dubuque-area family.
Mae Atkinson Robinson papers
Correspondence and diaries of an Iowa farm woman.
Henrietta Ruff papers
Amana, Iowa, school teacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Marie Rumble papers
A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.
Almira Safely Rutledge papers
Mary Jane Parsons papers
Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
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.