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.
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.
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...
Moyle, a resident of Hillsboro, Iowa, (Henry Co.), was a member of the 25th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers and participated in the siege of Vicksburg and encounters at Dallas, Georgia. His letters, addressed to his parents, include descriptions of...
Lucy Van Voorhis White (1869–1935) was born in Grundy County, Iowa, and grew up in Pleasant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. The second of seven children, Lucy helped the rest of the family with farm work, but she also prioritized her education....
Román Antopolsky, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a ground-breaking translator and an increasingly prominent figure in South American avant-garde poetry. He is participating in the 2006 International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. ...
James McKean has published two books of poems, Headlong (Univ. of Utah) and Tree of Heaven (Univ. of Iowa), and a book of essays, Home Stand: Growing Up in Sports (Michigan State University). He lives in Iowa City and teaches at Mount Mercy...
Mark Edwards is a DNR worker who lives in Madrid, IA. 'Frog Holler Iowa' appears in issue #13 of The Wapsipinicon Almanac. Since 1988 the almanac has been edited by Tim Fay and published at his Route 3 Press in rural Anamosa/Monticello. Each...
Caroline Ledeboer has been published elsewhere online at www.narrative.com and has a poem forthcoming in Sentence, Volume 6. She is currently at work revising a historical children's novel and recording a third CD with the pop-folk musical group,...