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Iowa City Flood
Description
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In June 2008, the Midwest experienced one of its most severe floods on record, causing the closure of highways and the evacuation of homes and businesses. Compiled in this collection are over 3,400 photographs taken by the University News Services documenting the event on the University of Iowa campus and in the Iowa City/Coralville area. Also included are two dozen oral history interviews, recorded by the UI Anthropology Department and by StoryCorps in collaboration with the UI Libraries, that capture the experiences of eastern Iowans affected by the flood.
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Story Corps
Office of University Relations
University of Iowa Department of Anthropology
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Simons, Noah
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Wilcox, Thomas; Wilcox, Joel
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2008-10-11
2008-10-11
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Interview with father and adopted son Joel Wilcox (56) of Des Moines, Iowa and Thomas Wilcox (16) of Korea
Joel (age 56) and Thomas (age 16) Wilcox recall the flooding of their home on Taft Speedway Street in Iowa City, Iowa. The home had been raised eight (8) feet since the 1993 flooding in the area. The home's first living floor was not flooded in 2008. Joel and Thomas recall moving into temporary housing and the emotional impact this had on their lives.
2nd flood for Thomas and Joel; Thomas 1 year old in 1993; seminal experience of Joel's life; Joel anticipating what would happen. Home destroyed and rebuilt in 1 year in 1993; house raised 8 feet in 1993 rebuild; amount added was just enough- Living area of house not flooded in 2008 basement has some water (00:00:10) -- Out of home for 6 weeks over summer; all of their neighbors were flooded (00:02:20) -- Thomas notes that the flood was an inconvenience, not terribly affected (00:03:00) -- Dubuque St. flooded and closed; had to use Foster Road; lots of time needed to travel through town (00:03:20) -- Family stayed at Idyllwild for 4 days before Idyllwild was evacuated (00:04:08) -- Summer break was altered for Thomas by two moves; stayed with Grandma, then friend; final housing situation brought family together from staying at different places (00:06:03) -- Being together at that time helped ease the feeling of natural growing apart as kids grow up (00:07:36) -- Anxiety of not knowing where the water level was in their house while displaced (00:08:50) -- Neighbor calls to tell that he swam into their house and found that no water had gotten to their living level (00:10:00) -- Hours of scrubbing during clean up; lots of mud in basement and garage (00:10:44) -- Assistance from Parkview Church group to haul away things from basement (00:11:15) -- Felt wounded to clean out house; glad to have help from people who he didn't know (00:12:47) -- Joel talks about community fears of being robbed (00:13:51) -- Joel talks about racial tensions of clean-up process; says there were a lot of Mexicans hired by Idyllwild to do clean-up (00:14:00) -- Son disagrees that race was an issue (00:15:00) -- Neighborhood worried about workers coming into the neighborhood (00:15:30) -- Son doesn't have much of a feeling of loss (00:15:46) -- Recovery process more difficult compared to that of the Flood of 1993 (00:16:21) -- Joel gained valuable experience learning how to rewire house (00:17:31) -- Thomas not aware of the extent to which the university responded; did note he knew they sandbagged Mayflower dorm and that IMU was destroyed (00:18:00) -- Son and father both helped sandbag at Parkview Church through Idyllwild (00:18:53) -- Surprised at the level of sandbagging help that was needed; sandbags only work if you really don't need them. Only one building, the Lindquist Center, was actually saved by sandbagging (00:19:40) -- Thomas learned to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst (00:21:07) -- Joel's mothers' condo in Idyllwild got water in it and is still not back in due to legal problems with condo bylaws (00:22:00) -- Joel concerned about how what the University decides to do, like a levee, will affect the community; difficulty in seeing the big picture in what is going to serve the greatest interest (00:23:39) -- Joel surprised at how fast rebuilding after 1993 produced offers for house that would justify the investment (00:25:30) -- Thomas's worst aspect was the feeling of not knowing what was going to happen to the house, worse than the recovery (00:26:48) -- Joel tallying where the water would be in the house compared to the water level at the same house form 1993 flood (00:28:00) -- Water peaked at 31 feet; 33 feet predicted; Army Corps of Engineers posting 35 feet was the record (00:29:00) -- Thomas surprised by the number of people who didn't help sandbag (00:31:00) -- Joel has opposite reaction to Thomas' reaction to flood recovery efforts, very surprised and happy with community turnout (00:31:40) -- Joel very depressed during the '93 flood; this time he went to a doctor to do preventative care so as to not have anxiety (00:32:30) -- Joel felt joy in the middle of the flood when he got that call from his neighbor; gave him a sense of hope (00:34:00) -- Thomas spent a week at a friend's house; it helped to forget about the flood; some new friends were made on account of the displacement (00:35:35) -- Joel states that there is not yet a sense of normalcy; still planning for the next time so there's no loss; still too early basically for normalcy; working on house repairs (00:37:13) -- Things have returned to normal for Thomas, back at school with the exception of some cleaning, everything feels normal (00:39:00) -- Just now getting house winterized just in time for cold weather (00:40:20) -- Joel's final thoughts - living close to the river brings certain elements that have to be taken in consideration, a sensitivity is needed in order to anticipate natural cycles more than someone who lives away from sources of natural disasters (00:41:46) -- Joel feels that floods could be a climate change issue or a fluke, not sure which (00:43:27).
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mpeg
00:42:33
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Wilcox-Wilcox.mp3
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
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English
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University of Iowa. Dept. of Anthropology; University of Iowa. Libraries. Digital Research & Publishing
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Iowa City Flood
Flood Oral Histories
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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 copyright holder.
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Floods
Wilcox, Thomas
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
2000-2010
Evacuations
Disaster relief
Wilcox, Joel
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa River
Title
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Joel Wilcox and Thomas Wilcox interview about the Midwest floods of June 2008, Iowa City, Iowa, October 11, 2008
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Sound
Oral histories (Document genres)
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African American Women in Iowa Collection
Description
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Historian Darlene Clark Hine said: "There is an urgent need to discover and collect more primary source materials pertaining to the lives and experiences of ordinary middle western Black women in both rural and urban communities." Although Hine and her colleagues centered their efforts on African-American women in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan -- states which traditionally have had more sizable black populations than Iowa -- the history of African-American women in this state is no less important. Indeed, Iowa's African women share a collective history that is both precious and powerful but all too seldom explored. --Kathryn M. Neal, from Giving Our History a Home: The African-American Women in Iowa Project.
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African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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Williams, Michel
Date
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2005
2006-10-10
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
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Pages are catalog cards, machine-sewn onto ribbon guards. Processes include collage and rubber stamping.
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jpeg
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173618284
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eng
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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cARTalog
cARTalog Collection
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0859
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
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United States -- California -- Fort Bragg
2000-2010
Title
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Shelter : some memories
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Artists' books
Still image
Collages (Visual works); Bookworks
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African American Women in Iowa Collection
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An account of the resource
Historian Darlene Clark Hine said: "There is an urgent need to discover and collect more primary source materials pertaining to the lives and experiences of ordinary middle western Black women in both rural and urban communities." Although Hine and her colleagues centered their efforts on African-American women in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan -- states which traditionally have had more sizable black populations than Iowa -- the history of African-American women in this state is no less important. Indeed, Iowa's African women share a collective history that is both precious and powerful but all too seldom explored. --Kathryn M. Neal, from Giving Our History a Home: The African-American Women in Iowa Project.
Contributor
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African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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Wolfersberger, Nicole
Date
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2005
2006-10-05
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
Description
An account of the resource
Deck of euchre cards created from catalog cards with stenciled and woodcut images.
This pack of playing cards is printed using the traditional method of printing playing cards. This process was employed for hundreds of years in both Europe and America until the development of more efficient printing methods. Stencils of each suit were cut in heavy cardstock. This cardstock was then covered with layers of oil paint to give it some strength, and then the number (or pip) cards were all stencilled using an opaque, non-sticky ink. The face cards were made using woodblock prints for the outlines, and different stencils to fill in the colored portions. In this deck, I have used the above traditional methods but for my stencil cardstock, used the catalog cards, and then printed the deck on more catalog cards. I liked the idea of juxtaposing these two "outdated technologies" into one cohesive (and potentially usable!) project.
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jpeg
12.4
7.4
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173618284
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eng
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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cARTalog
cARTalog Collection
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0859
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
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Playing cards
United States -- Indiana -- Bloomington
2000-2010
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Stencilled playing cards
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Games
Still image
Stencils (Image); Playing cards
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African American Women in Iowa Collection
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An account of the resource
Historian Darlene Clark Hine said: "There is an urgent need to discover and collect more primary source materials pertaining to the lives and experiences of ordinary middle western Black women in both rural and urban communities." Although Hine and her colleagues centered their efforts on African-American women in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan -- states which traditionally have had more sizable black populations than Iowa -- the history of African-American women in this state is no less important. Indeed, Iowa's African women share a collective history that is both precious and powerful but all too seldom explored. --Kathryn M. Neal, from Giving Our History a Home: The African-American Women in Iowa Project.
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African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women's Archives
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Woodruff, Max
Date
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2005
2006-12-21
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
Description
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Catalog card mounted onto illustration board with hand lettering.
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jpeg
25.3
25.3
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173618284
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eng
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.; Auburn University
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cARTalog
cARTalog Collection
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0859
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
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United States -- Alabama -- Auburn
2000-2010
Title
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Untitled
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Still image
Collages (Visual works); Letters (Signs)
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Iowa Journalists Oral Histories
Description
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The Iowa Journalists Oral History Project is the world's first video-streaming online repository of interviews with American journalists. The Project chose to interview Iowa reporters, editors, photographers and publishers at small, medium and large Iowa newspapers.
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University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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Bloom, Stephen G.
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Wundram, Bill
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2004-12-08
2005-07-12
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Section 1: Memorable Stories -- Section 2: Memorable Stories -- Section 3: Memorable Stories -- Section 4: Memorable Stories -- Section 5: Memorable Stories -- Section 6: Women in the Newsroom, Changes in Journalism -- Section 7: Memorable Stories -- Section 8: Minority Issues -- Section 9: Ethics and Objectivity, Memorable Stories -- Section 10: Women in the Newsroom, Politics in the Newsroom, Impact of Technology on Journalism, Newspaper Policies -- Section 11: Job Description -- Section 12: Professional Advice
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x-flv
01:46:11
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bloom_wondrum1_273.flv
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
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English
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University of Iowa. School of Journalism and Mass Communication;
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Iowa Journalists Oral Histories
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Journalists
Columnists
Wundram, Bill
Quad-City Times
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
2000-2010
Title
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Bill Wundram interview about journalism career, Iowa City, Iowa, December 8, 2004
Type
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Moving image;
Oral histories (Document genres); Interviews;
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Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes
Description
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The Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes Collection contains work by the two photographers who were primary in capturing the history of the Iowa City area for over a century. Samuel Calvin, Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Iowa (1873-1911) exhibited important geological features both in and outside of Iowa with his glass plate camera, but his photographs of Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus show its history in beautiful detail. Frederick Wallace Kent followed as lecturer and instructor in photography at the University beginning in 1923, and later founded the University Photo Service in 1947. Kent captured not only university life such as sports and graduation in detail, but also photographed commercial and residential buildings off-campus in Iowa City, both from the ground and above. Together, these two photograph collections are an invaluable pictoral piece of Iowa City history.
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University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections
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2003-10-04
2012-09
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RG31.01.01
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
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University of Iowa. Libraries. University Archives
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Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes
University Realia and Artifacts Collection
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?RG31.0001.01
Homecoming, 1924-
Box 9-10
Badges
Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C @ 300 ppi. Master image saved in TIFF format
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Universities & colleges
University of Iowa
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
2000-2010
Football
Reunions
Title
A name given to the resource
Homecoming badge, October 4, 2003
Type
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Still image; Text
Buttons (Information artifacts)
jpeg
-
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Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes
Description
An account of the resource
The Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes Collection contains work by the two photographers who were primary in capturing the history of the Iowa City area for over a century. Samuel Calvin, Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Iowa (1873-1911) exhibited important geological features both in and outside of Iowa with his glass plate camera, but his photographs of Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus show its history in beautiful detail. Frederick Wallace Kent followed as lecturer and instructor in photography at the University beginning in 1923, and later founded the University Photo Service in 1947. Kent captured not only university life such as sports and graduation in detail, but also photographed commercial and residential buildings off-campus in Iowa City, both from the ground and above. Together, these two photograph collections are an invaluable pictoral piece of Iowa City history.
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University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections
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recent
2012-09
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RG31.01.01
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
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University of Iowa. Libraries. University Archives
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Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes
University Realia and Artifacts Collection
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?RG31.0001.01
Homecoming, 1924-
Box 9-10
Badges
Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C @ 300 ppi. Master image saved in TIFF format
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Universities & colleges
University of Iowa
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
1990-2000
Football
Reunions
2000-2010
2010-2020
Title
A name given to the resource
Homecoming badges, recent
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image; Text
Buttons (Information artifacts)
jpeg
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Description
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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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2002-01-03
2007-07-13
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jpeg
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IWA0054
mwbdm.jpg
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2629
Publisher
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Relation
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Des Moines register
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
2000-2010
Title
A name given to the resource
There's a lot of Nancy Drew in Iowa-born Millie Benson
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Text; Still image
Clippings
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Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.
Benson was born Mildred Augustine in Ladora, Iowa to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. She married Asa Wirt, who worked for Associated Press, and, after Wirt's death in 1947, married George A. Benson, editor of the Toledo Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio three years later. He died in 1959. She earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925, returned and earned her master's degree in journalism in 1927, the first student to do so there. She worked for 58 years as a journalist, writing a weekly column for the Toledo Blade and continuing to work full-time (mostly writing obituaries) until a few months before her death, from lung cancer, in 2002 at the age of 96.
Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books, which were published under her own name and which she told interviewers were her favorites.
This collection includes the title pages, advertisements, and tables of contents of some of the novels she wrote. There are also pictures, letters and other personal memorabilia.
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
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2002-01-05
2007-07-13
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IWA0054
mwbstar.jpg
169948831
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mwb/id/2631
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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Star tribune
Mildred Wirt Benson Collection
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson Papers, 1915-2002
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?IWA0054
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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002
2000-2010
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"Nancy Drew" author still writing generations later
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Text; Still image
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