Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane," Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper. Scrapbook also includes awards presented to Birkby by Iowa Press Women, Inc....
This book was compiled by Mother Armstrong for Helen, October 1933. It has a label saying: "Purchased from Strawbridge & Clothier Philadelphia." In the rear is pasted in: Wit & "Wittles" by Phil Baker from Armour & Co., a little 16 page pamphlet...
The three Mann brothers of Fremont County, Iowa, were all soldiers in Company A of the 4th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. Eldest brother, William enlisted on Oct. 2, 1861 at age 34. He was promoted to Veterinary Surgeon on Feb. 10, 1864 and was mustered...
Doug Russell moved to Kansas City in 1999 after a two year teaching position in Bursa, Turkey. He holds an MFA in printmaking from the University of Iowa and a BFA in painting from Columbia College. He has shown in Kansas City at The Michael Cross...
Iowa City resident and frequent visiting professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Chris Offutt is the author of two books of stories, Kentucky Straight and Out of the Woods; one novel, The Good Brother; and two memoirs, The Same River Twice, and No...
Claudine Harris has a lifelong interest in creative expression through language and the arts. A retired technical writer from University of Iowa Hospitals and past president of NAMI-Iowa, she works in poetry, personal essays, and photography. Her...