| Date Span: | 1922-2000 |
| Creator: | Christen, Inez (1906-1999) |
| Extent: | 6.00 linear inches. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0469 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Transcribed diaries of a Northeast Iowa hired girl, farmwoman and mother. |
Inez Lucille Chase Christen, born November 26, 1906, was the second of seven children of Willis and Eliza Chase of rural Fayette County. Although active and successful as a student at Volga High School, she left before graduating, finding work as a hired girl at the Probert farm, just across the Volga River from the farm of her parents. She worked for the Proberts from 1926 until her marriage in 1941 to the neighboring farmer, Will Christen. They rented farms before buying a farm in the Elgin area in 1947 where they raised four sons, David, Paul, Glen, and Louis Christen. They retired to Elgin. Inez Christen died August 18, 1999.
Access: The diaries are open for research. Electronic file: Diary transcripts, 1922-1999. [3.5 floppy disc ASCII electronic, 2001-2005]; 1 CD [d0032]
Use: Copyright has been retained by the donor.
Acquisition: The diaries (donor no. 694) were donated by Glen Christen in 2000 and subsequent years.
Preferred Citation: Inez Christen 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: Biography
Series 2: Diaries [typed transcriptions]
Series 3: Computer disks
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