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Helen D. Gunderson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 21/7/92
Scope and Contents
The collection (1854-ongoing) centers around materials Helen DeElda Gunderson collected in the course of creating her "The Road I Grew Up On" project. Documenting social change from 1854-1997 in rural Iowa, this project was based primarily on events in Roosevelt and Garfield townships, Pocahontas county, though it includes material gathered across the state of Iowa. In addition to the "Road" material, this collection contains materials pertaining to the history and...
Dates:
1887-2015, undated
John Thomas Winborn and Winborn family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0190
Scope and Content
This collection (1909-1985) includes farm and business records and two manuscripts written by members of the Winborn family. The majority of the farm records are J. T. Winborn’s ledgers from the time he began farming in 1909 until 1938, when he formed a partnership with his four older children (Everett, Lucille, Milton, and Walter). Records are kept in cloth bound books and are mostly handwritten, but also include some original receipts from transactions such as feed...
Dates:
1909-1985
Joseph W. Ludwig papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0311
Scope and Content
This collection (1939-1987, undated) contains the record books of Joseph Ludwig. Each record book is dated and contains feed checks, receipts, and livestock inventories, lists of expenditures, crop records, and yearly summaries of expenditures, receipts, and net income by the Ludwig farm. Also included is biographical information about the Ludwig farm in the form of a news clipping and photographs of the farm, Joseph Ludwig, and his sister Agnes Ludwig.
Dates:
1939-1987, undated
Voices from the Land: An Oral Documentation Project in Iowa records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0638
Abstract
"Voices from the Land: An Oral History Project in Iowa" was an oral history project done in conjunction with the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa. Individuals involved in agriculture and farming were interviewed. This collection contains oral histories (audio recordings and transcriptions) and background information. The oral histories are primarily of women involved in agriculture and farming, with the exception of Fred Kirschenmann. A portion of those interviewed have done...
Dates:
2000-2007, undated