| Date Span: | 1848-1950 |
| Creator: | Eversmeyer, Cora (1876-1952) |
| Extent: | 2.00 linear inches. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0418 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | The daughter of a German immigrant who was born and raised on a farm in Lee County, Iowa. |
Born July 4, 1876, Cora Wende was the youngest of the six daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wende of Keokuk, Iowa. Her father Henry Wende was an immigrant from Germany and made his living as a farmer in Lee County, Iowa. Cora Wende attended Chicago University in Muscatine, Iowa where she received the Second Kilbourne Prize for her academic achievement. She married physician B. E. Eversmeyer in July 1909; they had two daughters, Margaret and Bernice. Bernice Eversmeyer become a physician and also married a physician. Cora Eversmeyer taught fifth through seventh grades in Keokuk. She died at the age of 76 in 1952.
Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs in box 1.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 609) were donated by Mary Helen Stewart in 1999.
Preferred Citation: Cora Eversmeyer 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: CORA EVERSMEYER
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