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Guide to the Mary McInroy papers

Collection Overview
Date Span:1961
Creator:McInroy, Mary (1947-)
Extent:2.50 linear inches.
Collection Number:IWA0729
Repository:Iowa Women's Archives
Summary:Home Economics notebook kept by McInroy as a high school student in 1961.

Mary Frizell McInroy was born in 1947 and grew up on a farm near Greenfield, Iowa, attending one-room country schools through fifth grade, when the schools were consolidated. She graduated from Greenfield High School in 1965 and earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Northern Iowa in 1970. After receiving an MSLS from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1971 she was employed as a librarian at the University of Iowa Libraries.

Home Economics notebook kept by Mary Frizell in 1961 as a student at Greenfield (Iowa) High School. Contains worksheets, recipes, mimeographed information sheets, and booklets and brochures with recipes, cooking and meal planning tips, and nutrition information.

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Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 1023) were donated by Mary McInroy in 2006.

Preferred Citation: Iowa Women 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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Personal Names:
McInroy, Mary, 1947-

Dates:
1960-1969

Topics:
Home economics
Cooking
Nutrition
Girls
Family life

Occupations:
High school students

Geographic Names:
Greenfield (Iowa)

Genre/Form of Materials:
Archives
Personal papers