| Date Span: | 1970-1999 |
| Creator: | Bunkers, Suzanne (1950- ) |
| Extent: | 1.00 linear foot. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0415 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | This English professor and diarist wrote about academic life, current events, politics, feminism, travel, sexuality, divorce, motherhood, grief, and health. |
Suzanne Lillian Bunkers, English professor and diarist, was born in 1950 in Granville, Iowa, to Verna Klein Bunkers and Jerome A. Bunkers. She attended Iowa State University, graduating with a BS in English education with honors in 1972, and an MA in English literature in 1974. In 1980, Bunkers received a PhD in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She began teaching at Mankato State University (now Minnesota State University-Mankato) in 1980. Bunkers has written, edited, and co-edited several books about women diarists, several of which are at the University of Iowa Libraries (see below). She has one child, Rachel Susanna Bunkers.
Access: The papers are open for research, with the exception of diary 50, which is closed until 2017.
Use: Copyright held by the donor has been retained by the donor. Preferred Citation: Box #, Suzanne Bunkers Diaries, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 604) were donated by Suzanne Bunkers in 2002.
Preferred Citation: Suzanne Bunkers papers, 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 |
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Series 1: Diaries
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