wa00004. Autobiographical Resources: Diaries, Memoirs, and Oral Histories
Found in 212 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth Fuller papers
The first female pilot in Appanoose County and active in the local Democratic Party.
Lenora Backes papers
Diaries of an Iowa farm woman.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) records
Women's center established in 1970 to serve the university and community.
Ruth Salzmann Becker papers
Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.
Peg Mullen papers
Anti-Vietnam War activist whose son, Michael, was killed by 'friendly fire' in Vietnam in 1970.
Arrangement
Copies of the hardcover and paperback versions of "Friendly Fire" and a hardcover copy of "Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir" are shelved in the printed works collection.
Helena Jongewaard McDonald papers
Teacher who attended Iowa State College in 1914.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
McGill Family papers
The collection consists mainly of correspondence and includes the papers of early twentieth century labor activist, IWW member, and Buffalo school teacher, Pearl McGill.
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.
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.
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.