| Date Span: | 1934-2005 |
| Creator: | Shrauger Family |
| Extent: | 3.20 linear feet. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0059 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Correspondence of the children of Harold and Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger of Atlantic, Iowa. Harold Shrauger operated a home and appliance store. |
Cornelia Prentiss, the eldest daughter of Henry James Prentiss and Lué Bradley Prentiss [see Bradley Family Papers], was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York in 1896 and moved to Iowa City, Iowa in 1905 when her father established the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa).
Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger and her husband Harold Shrauger, Sr., lived in Atlantic, Iowa where Shrauger operated a home and office appliance store. Their three children were Harold, Jr.(1916-2004), Cornelia (1919-2004), and Virginia (b. 1922).
Harold Shrauger, Jr., a sales representative for Allied Mills, and his wife Frances Kephart Shrauger (1915-2004) lived in Le Mars, Iowa. Their daughter Frances (Francy) was born in 1944, graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1966,and moved to Chicago where she worked in merchandising at Marshall Field's Department Store. In 1968 she married (Charles) Edward Snow. Their daughter, Jennifer, was born in 1971.
Cornelia Shrauger married (John) Robert Day in1940. They lived in Washington, Iowa. Their two sons were Dennis (1946-1997) and Edward (b. 1947). [See Cornelia Day Papers.]
Virginia Shrauger married (Joe) Allen Jones, an attorney, in 1944 and resided in Rochester, New York. They were later divorced. Their four children are Angela (b. 1946), Dennis (b. 1950), Cornelia (b. 1954), and Prentiss (b.1956).
Access: Permission to quote from or publish from these papers must be obtained from the donor.
Use: Copyright has been retained by the donor.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 112) were donated by Virginia Shrauger Jones in 1987 and succeeding years.
Preferred Citation: Shrauger Family papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
| Curator: | Kären Mason |
| Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
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Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE
Series 2: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL
Series 3: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND MEMORABILIA
Series 4: SCRAPBOOK
Series 5: WRITINGS
Series 6: PHOTOGRAPHS
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