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Almira Ames Farnham papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0105
Abstract

Essay describing the life of Almira Ames Farnham, a pioneer woman from New England who settled near Morley, Iowa in 1859.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1896

Bowersox and Osborn Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0500
Abstract

The Bowersox family settled in Johnson County, Iowa in approximately 1855. The papers include a family account book, school exams and teaching certificates.

Dates: 1861-2002

Carrie Kelly Beatty papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0127
Abstract

Young woman who came to Hancock County, Iowa in 1868; her experiences were recorded in the book, A Prairie Rose, by Bertha E. Bush.

Dates: 1874-1999

Elizabeth Wherry papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0028
Abstract

Farm magazine writer.

Dates: 1904-1960

Ella Elmegreen Lage papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1118
Abstract

Bound memoir, “Me and Laura,” written by Ella Elmegreen Lage in 1962 about her family history in Scott County, Iowa.

Dates: Existence: 1962

Esther Flower Cruikshank Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1054
Abstract

Photocopy of memoir, "The Covered Wagon," by Esther Flower Cruikshank written in 1927.

Dates: Existence: 1927

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

Laura Gibson Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0069
Abstract

Casey, Iowa native who taught country school before marrying and homesteading in Wyoming in 1913. She taught school in the Philippines in the 1910s and 1920s.

Dates: 1917-1983

Madge Clark Girard papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0617
Abstract

Reflections on Girard's early life homesteading in South Dakota.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1972-1991

Maranda Cline Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1320
Abstract

Consists of a transcribed diary that includes daily entries describing family life near Hills, Iowa from 1891 to 1907.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1891 - 1907

Margaret Bobbitt Ettleman papers

 Collection — Folder 1: Series 1
Identifier: IWA0711
Abstract

The 1951 memoir describes rural life in nineteenth century Iowa and Indiana.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1951-1984

Margaret Strang Corothers papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0324
Abstract

Family History of the McDowall-Wilson, Strang-McDowall, and Corothers-Strang Families, 1934.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1934

Marie Rumble papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0505
Abstract

A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.

Dates: 1890-2002

Mary Jane Parsons papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0517
Abstract

Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1935

Mildred Fox Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0606
Abstract

Iowa native who became a homesteader in South Dakota, and later returned to Iowa to raise her five children on a farm.

Dates: 1811-1972

Mrs. AD (Sarah Tillson) Hunt papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1146
Abstract

Reminiscence of nineteenth century Humboldt County, Iowa.

Dates: 1884 - 1901

Olson/Clampitt memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0736
Abstract

Memoirs of life in rural Iowa.

Dates: 1933-1995

Philip L. Gerber papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0615
Abstract

State University of New York College at Brockport professor who edited the homesteading letters of Elizabeth Corey.

Dates: 1988-1989

Phoebe Kellum Mericle papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0302
Abstract

Early settler in Webster County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One item, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1893

Reese Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0818
Abstract

Business documents, correspondence and travel ephemera of the Reese Family from Turin, Iowa.

Dates: 1800-2009

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Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Beatty family 1
Beatty, Carrie Kelly, 1853-1925 1
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Bobbitt, Laura Littlefield 1
Bobbitt, Randolph 1
Bowersox family 1
Bowersox, Dorothy LeVier 1
Bowersox, Edna 1
Bowersox, Elizabeth C. 1
Bowersox, Fred 1
Bowersox, Jan Erkert 1
Bowersox, Lizzie E. 1
Bowersox, Mary Margaret Shuey 1
Bowersox, Thomas L. 1
Bush, Bertha E. 1
Clampitt, Frank T., 1860-1943 1
Clark family 1
Cline, Maranda 1
Corey, Elizabeth 1
Corothers family 1
Corothers, Margaret Strang, 1871-1934 1
Cripliver family 1
Cruikshank, Esther Flower 1
Denison, Ella Strong 1
Dubuque Ladies' Literary Association (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Dunn, Leslie 1
Ettleman, Margaret Bobbitt, 1877-1984 1
Everett, Mildred Fox, 1880- 1
Farnham, Almira Ames, 1800-1896 1
Farthing, Carol 1
Fatherson, Editha Phillips 1
Gangestad, Rosa Knutson, 1867-1943 1
Gerber, Philip L. 1
Girard family 1
Girard, Madge Clark, 1904-2000 1
Hall, Diane 1
Hunt, AD, Mrs 1
Hurless, Ruia Bowersox 1
Jamison, Esther, 1901-2001 1
Knutson family 1
Lacy family 1
Lacy, Benjamin 1
Lacy, Frank Robinson 1
Lacy, Mary Woodbury, 1824-1897 1
Lacy, May Robinson 1
Lage, Ella Elmegreen 1
Leff family 1
Leff, Nellie Josephine, 1884-1972 1
Luick, Rosebelle Pierce, 1836-1914 1
Luick, William Christian 1
Martinson, Kate, 1858-1941 1
McDowall family 1
Mericle, Jacob 1
Mericle, Phoebe Kellum, 1820-1893 1
Mirich, Pearl Rumble 1
New York Medical College for Women and Hospital for Women and Children 1
Northeast Iowa Suffrage Association 1
Olson, Alice M., 1904- 1
Osborn family 1
Osborn, Inez Smyth 1
Osborn, Mary A. 1
Osborn, Thomas F. 1
Osborn, Wayland 1
Parsons family 1
Parsons, Byron, -1915 1
Parsons, Mary Jane, 1842-1938 1
Reese Family 1
Reese family 1
Reese, Donald, 1916-1998 1
Reese, Henrietta Nordyke 1
Reese, Howard, 1881-1979 1
Reese, Richard Thomas, 1831-1910 1
Robinson family 1
Robinson, Belle 1
Robinson, Laura Goddard 1
Rumble, Edna 1
Rumble, Marie, 1894-1974 1
Russell, Rebecca Elizabeth Fatherson 1
Shuey, Jacob 1
Smith, Earle Sloan, 1890-1985 1
Smith, Laura Gibson, 1891-1973 1
State University of Iowa 1
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 1
Strang family 1
Strang, John 1
Taylor, Edward Stewart 1
Taylor, Elizabeth Dewey 1
Taylor, Ruth Fatherson, 1912-2005 1
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Volunteers, 11th Regiment 1
Wherry family 1
Wherry, Don, -1948 1
Wherry, Elizabeth, 1893-1956 1
Wherry, John, 1919- 1
Wherry, Richard, 1925- 1
Willoughby, Grace Robinson 1
Wilson family 1
Woodbury family 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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