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Ada Mae Brown Brinton memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0708
Abstract

In Sunshine and Rain in Iowa: Reminiscing through 86 Years, Brinton reflects on rural Iowa, hard work, church traditions, and the love of family and community.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1977

Anita Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0599
Abstract

Buchanan County farmwoman who was active in the Farm Bureau and county historical society.

Dates: 1939-1998

Bridging the Generations Exhibit: Master Farm Homemakers Guild records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0589
Abstract

This exhibit was created by the Master Farm Homemakers Guild to publicize their history in Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1992-2001

Catharine King Herr papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0172
Abstract

Farm wife who kept a diary from 1945 until her death in 1978.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1976-1978

Christine Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0585
Abstract

Appanoose County 4-H leader, farmer, and teacher.

Dates: 1945

Ellen Hanson Mason papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0820
Abstract

Diaries chronicle Ellen Hanson Mason's life on the family farm in rural northeast Iowa.

Dates: 1929-1994

Ellen Mowrer Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0298
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1856-1994

Faye T. Wookey papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0699
Abstract

Native of Red Oak, Iowa who who recalls family life on a farm in Montgomery County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2000

Gladys Homan papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0261
Abstract

Extensive correspondence of Corning, Iowa farm wife and club woman.

Dates: 1871-2004

Hazelle Keir Schmuecker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0244
Abstract

Autobiographical essays and family history of six generations by rural schoolteacher, homemaker, and artist.

Dates: 1983-2007

Her Own Story: Ten Benton County Women

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0134
Abstract

Project of the Vinton, Iowa, American Association of University Women.

Dates: 1984-1992

Inez Christen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0469
Abstract

Transcribed diaries of a Northeast Iowa hired girl, farmwoman and mother.

Dates: 1922-2000

Irene Rock Zindel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0702
Abstract

Scott County, Iowa, farm woman who was active in 4-H and the Farm Bureau.

Dates: 1930-1998

Jeanne Van Kley papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0388
Abstract

Farmer's wife from Ocheydan, Iowa who raised four children.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1987-1998

Jennie Sies papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0496
Abstract

Diary of a young Oxford, Iowa farm woman who died on October 3, 1880.

Dates: 1880

Kate Martinson papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0084
Abstract

Journals chronicle the life of an Iowa farm woman including her marriage, childrearing, family farm management, divorce, and remarriage.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1872-1944

Lela Powers Briggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0043
Abstract

An artist who farmed with her husband near La Porte, Iowa.

Dates: 1892-1992

Lenora Backes papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0010
Abstract

Diaries of an Iowa farm woman.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1944-1946

Lillian Ronk papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0503
Abstract

West Central Iowa farmwoman known locally as 'the flower lady.'

Dates: 1966-2000

Lois McIntyre Schutte papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0678
Abstract

Two memoirs of an Iowa farm woman.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1991-1993

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American Association of University Women 1
Anderson, Christine Hanson, 1912- 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Ashby, Rhoda 1
Backes, Lenora 1
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Beck, Jennie, 1903- 1
Bishop, Nellie, 1904-1999 1
Blom, Nancy De Vries, 1907-1993 1
Briggs family 1
Briggs, Lela Powers, 1896-1953 1
Brinton, Ada Mae Brown, 1891-1988 1
Bruggmann, Charles 1
Bruggmann, Dominique 1
Bruggmann, Sibylle 1
Buchanan County Farm Bureau (Iowa). Women's Committee 1
Burrows, Bess, 1895- 1
Bywater, Jessie Cannon 1
Carlson, Agnes Bollesen 1
Carney, Lloyd 1
Carney, Velma, 1907-2004 1
Carr, Martha Ashby 1
Christen family 1
Christen, Inez, 1906-1999 1
Crawford family 1
Crawford, Anita, 1909-1998 1
Dykstra family 1
Ellen Hanson Mason, 1897- 1
Farm Bureau (Scott County, Iowa) 1
Geiger, Nira, 1901- 1
Geiken, Freida, 1895- 1
Glickman, Miriam Wijkman 1
Hagen, Mary Doebel, 1922- 1
Harsha, Cathryn McCleery 1
Harshbarger, May Bennett, 1880-1966 1
Herr, Catharine King, 1885-1978 1
Herr, King 1
Homan family 1
Homan, Charles Foote, 1897-1988 1
Homan, Delmar Charles, 1927- 1
Homan, Gladys, 1899-1996 1
Howard, Alice Hanson 1
Iowa State College. Agricultural Extension Service 1
Iowa State College. Cooperative Extension Service 1
Iowa State Teachers College 1
Johnson, Margaret, 1915- 1
Kausch, Lani 1
Keck family 1
Keck, Maude Barkley, 1883-1976 1
Keir family 1
Lawrence family 1
Martinson, Kate, 1858-1941 1
Master Farm Homemakers Guild (Iowa) 1
McKenzie, Bettie 1
McLay, Angus 1
McLay, Annabelle J. 1
Miller family 1
Miller, Albert, 1843-1938 1
Miller, Carmine Harsha 1
Miller, Ellen Mowrer, 1848-1922 1
Milloy, Nancy Ashby 1
Mowrer family 1
Mowrer, Milton 1
Mowrer, Nathan 1
Mowrer, Peter (Physician) 1
Mowrer, William 1
Mumford, Ruth, 1908- 1
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 1
P.E.O. Sisterhood 1
Parsons family 1
Parsons, Byron, -1915 1
Parsons, Mary Jane, 1842-1938 1
Petersen, Archie 1
Petersen, Hans 1
Petersen, Katie, 1874-1972 1
Petersen, Thelma, 1909- 1
Powers family 1
Rhoad, Sarah A. Mowrer 1
Ronk, Lillian, 1922- 1
Ronk, Murlyn 1
Sallee, Dorothy, 1906- 1
Schmuecker family 1
Schmuecker, Hazelle Keir, 1907-2007 1
Schroeder, Alvena, 1899-1989 1
Schueler, Allegra, 1904- 1
Schutte, Lois Mcintyre, 1928- 1
See, Bertie Harsha 1
Sies, Jennie, 1859-1880 1
Smith family 1
Smith, Gertrude, 1899-1989 1
Smith, Luella Rynerson, 1876-1948 1
Ten Benton County Women Oral History Project (Vinton, Iowa) 1
Tri Mu 4-H Club (Scott County, Iowa) 1
United States. Department of Agriculture 1
Van Haaften, Mabel Korver, 1901-1989 1
Van Kley, Jeanne, 1916- 1
Wallace Women History Project 1
Wallace family 1
Warner, Betty Ann 1
Westburg Township Women's Club (Buchanan County, Iowa) 1
White family 1
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