| Date Span: | 1910-1919 |
| Creator: | Booker, Nellie (1918-2002) |
| Extent: | 3.25 linear feet. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0421 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Newspaper reporter and author of poems and essays. The collection includes scrapbooks and photograph albums. |
Nellie Pakison Booker was born in 1918 in Riverton, Iowa. She was an only child and began reading books and writing poetry at the age of eight. She graduated from Riverton High School in 1936 and married James E. Booker in 1941. The couple had two sons, Norman and Roger. Nellie Booker became a newspaper reporter in 1934 and worked for six newspapers in the course of her career. She published her first poetry book when she was eighty years old. Booker died in 2002.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright held by the donor has not been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 613) were donated by Nellie Booker in 1999, and through Evelyn Birkby in succeeding years.
Preferred Citation: Nellie Booker 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: Nellie Booker
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