wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 212 Collections and/or Records:
Lois Laughlin papers
Papers of an activist from West Branch, Iowa, include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to her husband's status as a conscientious objector.
Louise Liers papers
World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.
Carrie Lindahl papers
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Mae Irene Ludemann papers
High school history teacher who traveled to Europe in 1929 and recorded her experiences in a diary.
Elizabeth Fagan Lynch memoir
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.
Pauline Lyon papers
Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.
Dora E. Mackay papers
African American singer and beauty shop owner in Des Moines, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC1109] shelved in audiocassette collection.
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.
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."