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Bess Streeter Aldrich was a writer in the early twentieth century. She wrote articles for numerous magazines including Ladies Home Journal and Harpers Weekly under the psuedonym Margaret Dean Stevens. She attended the Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), receiving her degree in 1901. Streeter lived in Elmwood, Nebraska with her husband and her three children.

The Bess Streeter Aldrich date 1915 and 1919 and consist of two letters (8 pages). The letters are from Aldrich to Mrs. A. D. Miller, with whom she attended the University of Northern Iowa. They discussed Aldrich's daily routines, including her family life and her writing.

Arrangement: One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Access: The correspondence is open for research.

Use: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa.

Acquisition: The letters (donor no.165 ) were donated by S. T. Runkel in 1993.

Preferred Citation: Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.

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

This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.

Personal Names:
Aldrich, Bess Streeter, 1881-1954
Stevens, Margaret Dean

Dates:
1910-1919

Topics:
Women
Family life

Occupations:
Authors

Genre/Form of Materials:
Archives
Personal papers