Lillie Friederichsen papers
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Scope and Contents
The Lillie Friederichsen papers measure 10 linear inches and date from ca. 1912-2009. The collection contains five scrapbooks documenting the lives of the Friederichsen sisters: Lillie, Ella, and Myra. Additionally, it includes genealogical research into the Friederichsen family and materials for Kathy Wachel’s 2009 presentation about the family, which she gave at an Iowa City Genealogical Society meeting. The papers are divided into three series: Biographical, Scrapbooks, and Photographs.
The Biographical series (2007-2009, and undated) contains genealogical research about the Friederichsen family, especially Lillie, Ella, and Myra. It includes photocopied materials about Wilton, Iowa, Marengo, Iowa, and Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa as well as photocopied census records and newspaper articles featuring members of the Friederichsen family. The Biographical series also contains a printed copy of the PowerPoint presentation Wachel created based on her research.
The Scrapbooks series (1912-1927, and undated) contains five scrapbooks created by Lillie Friederichsen. Each scrapbook consists of mostly undated and unlabeled photographs of the Friederichsen sisters and their friends and family. The scrapbooks record their homes in Marengo and Muscatine, as well as a year at Cornell College while Lillie and Ella Friederichsen attended.
The Photographs Series (1919-1926, and undated) consists of six loose photographs, of the Friederichsen sisters and their friends and family and of a greenhouse.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-2009
Creator
- Lillie Friederichsen, 1893 - 1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
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Biographical / Historical
Lillie Friederichsen was born in Wilton, Iowa in 1893. Her parents, Rudolph and Grace Friederichsen, immigrated from Schleswig-Holstein and Hanover, Germany, respectively. Her sisters, Ella and Myra Friederichsen, were born in 1894 and 1899. By 1905, the family had moved to Marengo, Iowa, where Rudolph Friederichsen managed a greenhouse. Lillie Friederichsen graduated from Marengo High School in 1911. Each of the Friederichsen sisters attended Cornell College in Mt. Vernon for one or two years and each became a teacher. Lillie Friederichsen earned a degree from the University of Iowa in 1939.
Lillie Friederichsen taught near Council Bluffs before settling at Franklin School in Muscatine, Iowa, where she later became principal. She also served as a church organist and was active in First Baptist Church and Calgary Baptist Church, both in Muscatine. Friederichsen retired from teaching in 1963 and died in 1984.
Extent
10.00 linear inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers about and scrapbooks of Lillie Friederichsen and her sisters, three schoolteachers originally from Marengo, Iowa.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers (donor no. 679) were purchased by Kathleen Wachel and donated by Wachel to the Iowa Women’s Archives in 2010.
- Title
- Lillie Friederichsen papers
- Author
- Anna Tunnicliff
- Date
- 2015
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu