SUZANNE BUNKERS (1950- )
DIARIES, 1970-1999
QUANTITY: 1 linear foot
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 604) were donated by Suzanne Bunkers in 2002.
Access: The papers are open for research, with the exception of diary 50, which is closed until 2017.
Copyright: Copyright held by the donor has been retained by the donor.
Preferred Citation: Box #, Suzanne Bunkers Diaries, Iowa Women’s Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
Photographs: None.
Audiovisual: None.
Processed by: Karissa Haugeberg, 2007. [Bunkers.Suzanne.doc]
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Biography
Suzanne Lillian Bunkers, English professor and diarist, was born in 1950 in Granville, Iowa, to Verna Klein Bunkers and Jerome A. Bunkers. She attended Iowa State University, graduating with a BS in English education with honors in 1972, and an MA in English literature in 1974. In 1980, Bunkers received a PhD in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She began teaching at Mankato State University (now Minnesota State University-Mankato) in 1980. Bunkers has written, edited, and co-edited several books about women diarists, several of which are at the University of Iowa Libraries (see below). She has one child, Rachel Susanna Bunkers.
Scope and Content Note
The Suzanne Bunkers diaries date from 1970 to 1999 and measure 1 linear foot. In these fifty volumes of diaries, Bunkers wrote about academic life, current events, politics, feminism, travel, sexuality, divorce, motherhood, grief, and health. A folder of biographical information containing résumés and articles written by Bunkers completes the collection.
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