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: Adella Shoemaker at the beginning of her radio career, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1948

: Bernice Currier in her kitchen, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

: Bernice Currier posed by oven door, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

: Edith Hansen broadcasting the Kitchen Club program from her kitchen, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

: Edith Hansen displays her baked goods, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

: Evelyn Birkby at KMA-hosted reception honoring her on fortieth anniversary of original broadcast of morning homemaker show "Down a Country Lane," Shenandoah, Iowa, May 15, 1990

: Evelyn Birkby canning on her stove, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

: Evelyn Birkby driving tractor pulling hay wagon, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

: Evelyn Birkby in her home office, Sidney, Iowa, 1965

: Evelyn Birkby interviewing guests on KMA radio program, Shenandoah, Iowa, March 21, 1951

: Evelyn Birkby Kitchen Klatter Show, December 31, 1985

: Evelyn Birkby Kitchen Klatter Show, undated

: Evelyn Birkby on her 40th anniversary broadcast at KMA, Shenandoah, Iowa, May 15, 1990

: Evelyn Birkby on the occasion of her 40th anniversary KMA radio broadcast, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1990s

: Evelyn Birkby, son Bob, and dog Sparkle in lane at Cottonwood Farm, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1952

: Evelyn Birkby World War II scrapbook, 1942-1944

: Evelyn Birkby's sister, Ruth Bricker (left), and mother, Mae Corrie (right), sit atop steps of Ruth's house, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

: Florence Falk and rooster at table in dining room where Farmer's Wife broadcast originated, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

: Friendship memories of school days, 1933-1936

: House at Cottonwood Farm, home of Robert and Evelyn Birkby, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

: Jessie Young broadcasting from kitchen of her home, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

: Jessie Young, second from left, with friends, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

: KMA radio broadcast with Evelyn Birkby and guest Vicar Henry Robbins, local pastor, discussing child care, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950

: KMA radio homemakers at Mayfair Auditorium for special radio program, Shenandoah, Iowa, September 1950

: Leanna Driftmeier, Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radiomakers, 1946

: Leanna Driftmier interviewed by Don McNeel at breakfast club, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

: Myrtle Brooks, friend and neighbor to Evelyn Birkby, at her piano, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s?

: Photo and biographical information on Jessie Young from Cooking with KMA, 1985

: Robert Birkby using hayfork to lift hay into barn, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

: Up a Country Lane columns, April 30, 2014-April 5, 2017

: Up a Country Lane columns, July 1, 2012-April 23, 2014

: Up a Country Lane columns, November 10, 2010-July 1, 2012

: Up a country lane, radio program, 1950

: Up a country lane, radio program excerpts, 1950

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 01: November 24, 1949 - December 26, 1953

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 02: January 8, 1954 - December 27, 1958

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 03: January 3, 1959 - December 30, 1963

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

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 05: January 6, 1969 - December 31, 1973

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 06: January 1, 1974 - December 25, 1978

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 07: January 2, 1979 - December 26, 1983

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 08: January 3, 1984 - December 28, 1987

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 09: January 4, 1988 - December 27, 1993

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 10: January 3, 1994 - December 30, 1997

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 11: January 6, 1998 - December 27, 2001

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 12: January 3, 2002 - December 27, 2005

: Up a country lane scrapbook, vol. 13: January 3, 2006 -November 3, 2010

: Wesley and Ray Maynard on tractor at Birkby farm, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

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Title: Evelyn Birkby Collection
Date Created: 1930/2014
Description: Photographs, scrapbooks, and audio recordings from the Iowa native, radio homemaker, and author. Included are thousands of full-text searchable clippings of Birkby's homemaking newspaper column, circa 1949-2005.
Language: English
Subjects: Persons: Birkby, Evelyn
Subject: Time: 1950-1960
Subject: Place: United States -- Iowa -- Shenandoah
Archival Collection: Evelyn Birkby Digital Collection
Iowa Women's Scrapbooks Digital Collection
Iowa Women's Archives Digital Collections
Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radio Homemaker Materials, 1919-2001
Collection Identifier: IWA0126
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/1766
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Digitization Specifications: Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital: 2004/2017
Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the Iowa Women's Archives.
Contact Information: Contact the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/iwa/
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): photographs
clippings (information artifacts)
newspaper columns
recipes
Item Type (IMT): jepg
mpeg
tiff
jp2