The growing tertiary level hub of Iowa's health care system, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, offers human concern not often found in such large hospitals. -- An interesting performance by an interesting Iowa musical group, the...
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 compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
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.
John W. Pratt was a soldier in Company A of the 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He enlisted on August 22, 1862, and was mustered out on August 7, 1865. This diary includes short comments about encounters with the rebel...
W.B. Emmons was a soldier with the 34th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. In his diary, he writes about the Atlanta Campaign, the end of the war, and Lincoln's assassination.
Soldiers; War casualties; Sick persons; Military camps; Military hospitals; Prisoners of war; Military officers; Guards; Courtship; Campaigns & battles; Writing; Reading; Christianity; Slaves; Freedmen; Orphanages; Mental institutions; Teachers;...
Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of...
Marjan Strojan, a Slovenian writer, participated in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program in 2005. He is the author of four poetry collections. “In Our Small Room, Imperceptibly” first appeared in The Iowa Review’s Fall...
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...
Concerning his agreement with Wilson's Tory beliefs; accuses Blackwood's magazine and Wilson of offensive treatment of the "Cockney" poets, Shelley, Keats, Hunt, Procter and Tennyson, because their political ideas were not in agreement with...
Concerning Thornton's and Vincent's health; his desire to move to the Brompton house; plans to have Stuart & Mills make suits for their sons; securing a "not handsome, but good-looking" servant for Marianne; his reading recommendations; Marianne's...
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846; Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859;
Concerning his eagerness to visit Hunt at Surrey jail; his irritation at not being admitted to see Hunt; his deep feelings of sympathy over Hunt's severe sentence.
Concerning Dalby's verses which came when Hunt needed their balm; his being invited to add a fourth volume to his Autobiography; dares not ask about the "one missing".
Concerning Thornton's recent illness; thanking him for his letters; her inability to leave Epsom until certain bills are paid; the children's behavior; the need to cut words from Hunt's new book.