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Ada Mae Brown Brinton memoir
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.
Almira Safely Rutledge papers
Anita Crawford papers
Buchanan County farmwoman who was active in the Farm Bureau and county historical society.
Ann Larimer Papers
Queen City, Iowa, resident who wrote to her husband while he was serving in the Civil War.
Arlene Gardner Hall papers
Rural Mt. Ayr, Iowa woman who worked in local homes as a washerwoman and housekeeper.
Beulah Wiederrecht papers
Correspondence between Wapello farm woman and two Polish families after World War II.
Bridging the Generations Exhibit: Master Farm Homemakers Guild records
This exhibit was created by the Master Farm Homemakers Guild to publicize their history in Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Cassie Thompson Ford papers
Homemaker who farmed with her husband near Central City, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Catharine King Herr papers
Farm wife who kept a diary from 1945 until her death in 1978.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Catherine Snedeker Hill papers
Illinois student who moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Christine Anderson papers
Appanoose County 4-H leader, farmer, and teacher.
Dallner and Petersen Family papers
Peterson's journals describe daily life in rural Iowa from 1907 to 1910; Dallner's writings focus on two mysterious deaths that occurred in 1925.
Daughters of Ceres (Walnut and Webster, Iowa) records
Walnut and Webster chapter records of this social and benevolent club comprised of farmwomen.
Edith Edmund Johnson papers
Longstanding member of Fairfield, Iowa clubs including the Fancy Work Circle and the Good Cheer Society.
Ellen Hanson Mason papers
Diaries chronicle Ellen Hanson Mason's life on the family farm in rural northeast Iowa.
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.
Elvira Houston papers
Tama County, Iowa farmwoman who maintained the family account books for nearly fifty years. She ran for city council on the Women's Progressive Ticket in 1942.
Emeline Fuhrmeister papers
Widowed farmwoman who lived at the homes of her various children.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Esther Christensen papers
65-page memoir of Fayette County, Iowa farmwoman.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radio Homemaker Materials
Cookbooks, newsletters, and other publications of the Radio Homemakers who broadcast over KMA and KFNF in southwest Iowa.
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