IOWA WOMEN'S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
LOIS BOULWARE (1903-1998)
PAPERS (1977-1995)
0.5 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 722) were donated by
Dorothy Rogers in 2000. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Margaret Richardson, 2001. [BoulwareLois.doc] |
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Biography
Lois Boulware was born August 3, 1903 in Perry, Missouri.
She graduated from Perry High School and Culver-Stockton College in Missouri
where she received her B.A. degree in science in 1926. She then attended the
University of Iowa, where she received an M.A. in 1932 and an M.D. in 1937.
Boulware did her residency in Philadelphia and then returned to Iowa City as a
physician in the Student Health Department at the University of Iowa Hospitals.
She held that position from 1937 to 1973. Following retirement, she established
a Patient Advocacy Program at the University of Iowa Hospitals. The Day of
Surgery waiting room in the hospital was established there in her name.
Scope and Content Note
The Lois Boulware papers date from 1977 to 1995 and
measure 0.5 linear inches. They include copies of two personal letters, the
recipients unknown; an item written by her father, J.E. Boulware; a newspaper
obituary; and the transcript of an oral history with Boulware by James Beilman
for the University of Iowa Libraries. The tape of this interview is located in
the Special Collections Department of the Iowa Libraries.
SCVF Description
Folder 1 Boulware, Lois