Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Anonymous, but it may have belonged to Margaret Waters or Margaret Smith, possibly from Georgetown, D.C.The first lines appear to be a manumission document. Also included are expenses, presumably for Margaret Smith and paid by a third party. The...
Correspondence detailing the experiences of Joseph Franklin Culver, who served with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, Company A, from 1862-1865, first as a lieutenant and later as captain.
Correspondence detailing the experiences of Joseph Franklin Culver, who served with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, Company A, from 1862-1865, first as a lieutenant and later as captain.
Papers describing the war experiences of Palmer, who was from Washington County, Iowa and fought with the 8th Iowa Infantry and later the 25th Iowa Infantry. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Shiloh but recovered and was promoted to captain...
Diary details the 1863 wartime experiences of Lot Abraham, farmer and future Iowa state senator, who served in the 4th Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War.
Letters detailing army life in 1863 for Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B, including the Vicksburg campaign.
Letters of Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B. After the war he attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and graduated in 1869.
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...
Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's last football season at the University of Iowa, his subsequent football awards, his participation in the 1940 All Stars game, his Iowa speaking tours, and his enlistment and training in the U.S. Naval Air...
Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's untimely death and the many tributes that followed, which included scholarships, awards, memorials and the renaming of the University of Iowa's stadium to Kinnick Stadium.