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Almira Ames Farnham papers
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.
Almira Safely Rutledge papers
Ann Larimer Papers
Queen City, Iowa, resident who wrote to her husband while he was serving in the Civil War.
Augusta Gustafson Swanson papers
Swedish immigrant who moved to Iowa in 1889. (In Swedish with English translations.)
Bertha Hedges papers
A talented seamstress and milliner, Bertha Gotter Hedges was born in Greene County, Iowa, in 1887.
Carrie Lindahl papers
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Catherine Snedeker Hill papers
Illinois student who moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Cora Eversmeyer papers
The daughter of a German immigrant who was born and raised on a farm in Lee County, Iowa.
Daughters of Ceres (Walnut and Webster, Iowa) records
Walnut and Webster chapter records of this social and benevolent club comprised of farmwomen.
Elizabeth Buckwalter papers
Diaries of farm and family life written by Elizabeth Buckwalter and her daughter Mary Jane Buckwalter in Scott County, Iowa from 1867-1878.
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.
Emeline Fuhrmeister papers
Widowed farmwoman who lived at the homes of her various children.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Jennie Sies papers
Diary of a young Oxford, Iowa farm woman who died on October 3, 1880.
Kate Martinson papers
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.
Lucy Van Voorhis White papers
Schoolteacher and farm wife of Dallas County, Iowa.
Margaret Bobbitt Ettleman papers
The 1951 memoir describes rural life in nineteenth century Iowa and Indiana.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Margaret Strang Corothers papers
Family History of the McDowall-Wilson, Strang-McDowall, and Corothers-Strang Families, 1934.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mary Jane Parsons papers
Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mary Sears McHenry papers
Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mildred Fox Everett papers
Iowa native who became a homesteader in South Dakota, and later returned to Iowa to raise her five children on a farm.