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Fine Arts Festival, University of Iowa, July 14-18, 1940
Festival included: luncheon speakers featuring Jean Charlot, Modeste Alloo, Thomas Wood Stevens; exhibition of American paintings and etchings; graduate student art exhibitions; plays and musical performances.
University of Iowa Art Festival Programs

Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 04: January 7, 1964 - December 30, 1968
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....
Evelyn Birkby Collection

English cookbook, 1700
Cookery
This manuscript is in the original calf binding from the 18th century, with 340 pages of which 124 are written. There are 314 recipes on 200 leaves. The recipe book is written in many hands. After each recipe are the names of the cooks and scribes...
Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks

Marcellus W. Darling reminiscences of General Sherman, February 17, 1891
War; Soldiers; Generals
Marcellus Warner Darling was a native of New York. He enlisted in Company K, 154th New York Volunteers on September 6, 1862. The 154th saw a great deal of action during the Civil War. Darling was wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville, was...
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Mead family papers, September-December 1865
Soldiers; War
Correspondence details the 1865 wartime experiences of James Mead, who joined the army in 1862 and served in both the Iowa Infantry Volunteers and the U.S. Colored Volunteer Infantry.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Joseph Franklin Culver papers, 1863
War; Soldiers
Joseph Franklin Culver served with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, Company A (Aug. 1862-June 1865), first as a lieutenant and later as captain.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Wise-Clark family papers, January-April 1863
Soldiers; War; Farmers; Teachers
Correspondence among friends, relations, and business acquaintances of the Tillie Wise and Sam Clark families from 1855-1923.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Wise-Clark family papers, March-April 1864
Soldiers; War; Farmers; Teachers
Correspondence among friends, relations, and business acquaintances of the Tillie Wise and Sam Clark families from 1855 to 1923.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Wise-Clark family papers, August-September 1864
Soldiers; War; Farmers; Teachers
Correspondence among friends, relations, and business acquaintances of the Tillie Wise and Sam Clark families from 1855 to 1923.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Wise-Clark family papers, October-November 1864
Soldiers; War; Farmers; Teachers
Correspondence among friends, relations, and business acquaintances of the Tillie Wise and Sam Clark families from 1855 to 1923.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Wise-Clark family papers, March-April 1865
Soldiers; War; Farmers; Teachers
Correspondence among friends, relations, and business acquaintances of the Tillie Wise and Sam Clark families from 1855 to 1923.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Shelton family papers, 1864-1936
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...
Civil War Diaries and Letters

James B. Weaver letters, 1860-1864
Families; Children; Wives; Marriage; Love; Homesickness; Kissing; Soldiers; Military officers; Military camps; Military headquarters; Military cookery; Surrenders; Wages; Correspondence; War casualties; Sick persons; Prayer; Campaigns & battles;...
James B. Weaver was trained as a lawyer, entered the Civil War as a private and left as a brigadier general, was an attorney general, tax assessor, and newspaper editor in Iowa, was elected to Congress, and was twice a presidential candidate, for...
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Clara Vinson Weaver's letters to husband James B. Weaver, 1862-1864
Love; Marriage; Families; Kissing; War; Sick persons; Christianity; Prayer; Children; Child rearing; Slaves; Gardens
Letters from James B. Weaver's wife in Bloomfield, Iowa to him while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, July-Nov. 1864
Soldiers; War
Diaries recounting the Civil War experiences of Jacob Harrison Allspaugh of the 31st Ohio Infantry regiment, primarily describing the war in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Allspaugh was a resident of Rock Rapids, Iowa, in his later years.
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Mann family letters, 1851-1956
War; Soldiers; Prisoners of war; War casualties
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...
Civil War Diaries and Letters

Letters to Albert Miller from family and friends, Boone County, Iowa, between 1876 and 1916
Albert Miller received a few letters from family, friends, business associates, and colleagues in his 67th Pennsylvania Regiment. One regimental colleague referred to the sixteen months he spent as a prisoner of war, captured with Miller at the...
Iowa Women's Archives Images

Nile Kinnick scrapbook, September 1936-November 26, 1939
Newspaper articles about the University of Iowa football seasons, 1936-1939, where Nile Kinnick excelled as a star player, which led to his Heisman trophy award.
Nile Kinnick Collection

Nile Kinnick scrapbook, November 27, 1939-December 31, 1942
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...
Nile Kinnick Collection

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