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Iowa and Some Iowans Fourth Edition, 1996 IOWA AND SOME IOWANS A Bibliography for Schools and Libraries Edited by Betty Jo Buckingham with assistance from Lucille Lettow, Pam Pilcher, and Nancy Haigh o Fourth Edition Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Educational Media Association 1996 State of Iowa DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0146 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Corine A. Hadley, President, Newton C. W. Callison, Burlington, Vice President Susan J. Clouser, Johnston Gregory A. Forristall, Macedonia Sally J. Frudden, Charles City Charlene R. Fulton, Cherokee Gregory D. McClain, Cedar Falls Gene E. Vincent, Carroll ADMINISTRATION Ted Stilwill, Director and Executive Officer of the State Board of Education Dwight R. Carlson, Assistant to Director Gail Sullivan, Chief of Policy and Planning Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Judy Jeffrey, Administrator Debra Van Gorp, Chief, Bureau of Administration, Instruction and School Improvement Lory Nels Johnson, Consultant, English Language Arts/Reading Betty Jo Buckingham, Consultant, Educational Media, Retired Division of Library Services Sharman Smith, Administrator Nancy Haigh It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The Department provides civil rights technical assistance to public school districts, nonpublic schools, area education agencies and community colleges to help them eliminate discrimination in their educational programs, activities, or employment. For assistance, contact the Bureau of School Administration and Accreditation, Iowa Department of Education. Printing funded in part by the Iowa Educational Media Association and by LSCA, Title I. ii PREFACE Developing understanding and appreciation of the history, the natural heritage, the tradition, the literature and the art of Iowa should be one of the goals of school and libraries in the state. The bibliography, Iowa and Some Iowans is presented as an aid to the accomplishment of this goal. The first edition of this bibliography was prepared by the Professional Relations Committee of the Iowa Association of School Librarians and published by the Department in 1969. The second edition was prepared by the Department with the assistance of the Iowa Educational Media Association (successor to the Iowa Association of School Librarians). Two statewide committees involving school librarians and media specialists, teachers, school curriculum and administrative personnel, authorities in Iowa history or Iowa literature from a number of colleges, universities, libraries, and historical and professional associations gave graciously of time and information to create this edition edited by Betty Jo Buckingham and Mary Lou McGrew, and published by the Department in 1974. Two supplements to this edition were published by the Department; the first, edited by Betty Jo Buckingham, in 1978 and the second edited by Betty Jo Buckingham and Eleanor Blanks in 1982. The third edition was prepared by the State of Iowa, Department of Education with the assistance of the Iowa and Some Iowans Third Edition Committee, chaired by Betty Jo Buckingham. The committee had representatives from, or persons recommended by, the Iowa Educational Media Association, Iowa Library Association, Art Educators of Iowa, International Reading Association - Iowa Chapter, Iowa Communication Association, Iowa Council for the Social Studies, Iowa Council of Teachers of English, Iowa Music Educators Association, the State Library, the State Historical Society, the Area Education Agency Media Centers, and the Department. In addition Lucille Lettow of the Youth Collection at the University of Northern Iowa, Shirley Shisler of the Public Library of Des Moines, and Pauline Millen, former Iowa “book finder” were asked to serve because of their special knowledge in the field of Iowa literature. The current - Fourth - edition was prepared by the State of Iowa, Department of Education, Bureau of Instructional Services and Division of Library Services and the Iowa Educational Media Association. The groups and individuals involved in the third edituion were canvassed for recommendations for this edition. With each edition there have been changes and expansions of the publication. In the first two editions Iowa History and Iowa Literature entries were separated into two major sections. The committee for the third edition decided to broaden the scope of the history and the literature thrusts and to combine the two sections into one. History, geography, nature study, culture, biography and fiction about Iowa or Iowans and the literary and artistic efforts of Iowans were included. That scope has been continued in the fourth edition. The primary audience addressed in this bibliography is library media specialists, teachers and students of the schools of Iowa. However, the needs of public, higher education and special libraries, and historical and literary groups are also important to this bibliography. Especially useful sources for school library media centers and small public libraries are starred to call them to the attention of users. The selection criteria used for the third edition have been continued in this edition: 1. The primary audience is elementary and secondary school students and their teachers and library media specialists. Secondary audiences include special, academic and public libraries, historical associations and Iowa interest groups. iii 2. County and local historical materials are omitted unless they have a direct bearing on the general history, architecture, etc., of the state, or are likely to be widely available. Bibliographies of such materials will be included. 3. Out-of-print materials will be included if the committee considers that they deserve to be. Scarce items may be omitted. 4. Materials may be included regardless of quality, historical accuracy, racial, cultural or sex bias, but the evaluative comment should point out these weaknesses, if known. 5. Both print and non-print in various media will be included but periodical articles generally will not be included. 6. State government publications are generally omitted. A source directory will include pertinent state agencies. 7. Authors and artists will be included if they were born in Iowa or have been Iowa residents for a significant period of time. 8. Novels, short stories, poetry, plays, biographies and essays are appropriate literary forms to consider. Cartoonists and nonfiction authors, especially those writing for children, artists and musicians and game creators may also be included. Entries need not necessarily be about Iowa, but annotations should indicate Iowa settings and “the Iowa connection”. 9. Some of the titles and/or annotations may be omitted for prolific authors. 10. Authors of textbooks except for writers of texts about Iowa generally will be omitted. This bibliography is a working document. We know we have missed items that should be included and that we have included items which may not seem appropriate. We hope to make the document available on computer disk as well as on paper, so users can adapt it. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS All members of the Iowa and Some Iowans, Fourth Edition Revision Committee (see page v) were committed to the concept of Iowa and Some Iowans and provided as much assistance as they could. We need to give special recognition to Karen Laughlin, and Luclle Lettow who provided most of the new entries and their annotations, to Mary Dobson who did much on and off-line searching and to the State Library for use of its OCLC terminal. We also wish to acknowledge the consultative assistance of Fred Chenery of the State Library and Barbara S We appreciate the help of all of those who contributed entries or recommended people who might do so. We have tried to acknowledge all those who submitted actual entries in writing in the list of contributors. The art for the cover and divider pages was adapted from the art used for the first three editions to provide a sense of continuity and in acknowledgment of the dependence of the Fourth Edition of Iowa and Some Iowans on the preceding editions. Tonya Cox, formerly graphic artist from the Department, prepared the art for this edition. Becky Erickson, graphic artist from the Department, deserves special thanks for her patience in entering, correcting, and rearranging information to produce this bibliography. IOWA AND SOME IOWANS FOURTH EDITION REVISION COMMITTEE Betty Jo Buckingham (Retired) Pam Pilcher Bureau of Instruction and Curriculum Hoover High School Librarian Department of Education 4800 Aurora Avenue Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa 50310 Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Lucille Lettow Nancy Haigh 1516 College Street State Library Youth Librarian Historical Building Library, University of Northern Iowa Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 Lory Nels Johnson Bureau Liaison Bureau of Instructional Services Department of Education Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa 50319 v OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Ruth Bartels Gwen Hanson Historical Society 715 Barry Avenue State Library Muscatine, Iowa 52761 Historical Building Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Karen Laughlin (Retired) State Historical Society Library Marvin Bergman, Editor Iowa City, Iowa Annals of Iowa State Historical Society of Iowa Dale C. Meyer 402 Iowa Avenue Archivist Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Hoover Presidential Library West Branch, Iowa 52358 Margaret A. Bonney History Resource Service Lynn Nielsen