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Guide to the Benita Allen papers

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Creator:Allen, Benita (1911-1983)
Extent:130.00 pages.
Collection Number:IWA0753
Repository:Iowa Women's Archives
Summary:Russian immigrant recalls her childhood in Russia , World War I and the 1917 revolution.

In "Memoirs of Pre-Revolution Russia," written in 1981, Benita Allen recalls her Russian childhood, World War I, and the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.

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Preferred Citation: Benita Allen papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries.

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: Benita Allen

  • Series 1: Benita Allen
  • "Memoirs of Pre-Revolution Russia" - 1981

This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.


Personal Names:
Allen, Benita, 1911-1983

Dates:
1980-1989

Topics:
World War, 1914-1918
Russian Revolution, 1917-1921
Russian American women
Immigrants
Women and war

Geographic Names:
Russia
Iowa

Genre/Form of Materials:
Memoirs

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Women and War