Lucille Schlotterback Struve artifact

Collection

Identifier: IWA0457

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Scope and Contents

The Lucille Schlotterback Struve collection consists of one wool basketball jersey dating from 1927, worn by Lucille Schlotterback when she played on the state championship Newhall girls' basketball team.

Dates

Creation: 1927

Creator

Struve, Lucille Schlotterback, 1910-1938 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Lucille Schlotterback, member of the 1927 Newhall girls' high school state championship basketball team was born November 13, 1910, in Newhall, Iowa. She was raised on a farm located near the extended family of Schlotterback cousins in Benton County. She was a sophomore on the Newhall high school basketball team that won the state championship in 1927. Her cousins Luella Gardemann and Melba Gardemann, were forwards on the team. Schlotterback graduated from Newhall High School in 1929.

In September of 1929, Schlotterback married Arnold Luwe. They had one daughter, Dolores Luwe, before divorcing in 1934. The following year, she married Harold Struve. They had one son, Donald Struve, in 1938 before she died in September of that year. Harold Struve saved her high school jersey until Raea and Donald Struve donated it to the Iowa Women's Archives in 1999.

Extent

? linear inches

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Basketball jersey, 1927. Iowa farm girl and mother, who was a member of the 1927 Newhall girls' championship basketball team.

Arrangement

One box, shelved in artifacts collection.

Method of Acquisition

The jersey was donated by Raea and Donald Struve (donor no. 671) in 1999.

Related Materials

Gwendolyn Johnson Hein papers (IWA): These papers include photograph albums and newspaper clippings from Newhall High School and its 1927 state championship girls' basketball team.

Melba Gardemann Olson papers (IWA): These papers include scrapbooks and photograph albums of Newhall High School and its 1927 state championship girls' basketball team