IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
TITLE:»
MARTHA EIMEN (1912-1997)
PAPERS, 1945-[1995]
(bulk 1945-1948)
2.5»DATES:» linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 302) were donated by Martha
Eimen in 1995. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open
for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: ARTIFACTS: PROCESSED BY: |
In box 1. In box 2. Margaret Richardson, 1996 |
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Biography
Martha Eimen was born September 10,
1912 in Otera County, Colorado, moving with her family two years later to
Iowa. Upon graduation from Wellman,
Iowa High School, Eimen attended the Mercy School of Nursing in Iowa City. She received her B.S. in nursing from Goshen
College, Indiana in 1944. Eimen worked
for the Public Health Service and the United Nations from 1944 to 1948,
spending most of that time in Italy and the Middle East. Returning to school, she received a master
of arts degree in public health nursing from the University of Iowa in
1958. She served in part-time positions
in nursing administration at the University of Iowa and its Student Health
Service and at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City until her retirement in 1970.
Martha Eimen died on July 13, 1997
in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Scope and
Content Note
The Martha Eimen papers date from
1945 to [1995] and measure 2.5 linear inches.
Two
photograph albums, purchased in Egypt and Palestine, and artifacts (sandals
purchased in Syria), reflect Eimen’s time spent working
as a nurse with the United Nations in
Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.
One album contains photographs, all taken by Eimen, of the people and
working animals of Palestine, the interior and exterior architecture of
Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and the nurses’ living quarters at Nuselrat Camp in
Palestine.
A second photograph album depicts a
tour of Africa with co-workers, workers at a United Nations camp in the desert,
a Greek hospital camp, nurses at the American University Hospital in Beirut,
Lebanon, and tours of Damascus and Cairo.
Several photographs portray a camp of tents where Eimen worked in the
Sinai Desert. Others were taken on tours of Italy and France. Two loose photographs have been placed in a
folder.
In a handwritten two-page
autobiographical sketch, Eimen describes her educational background, discusses
the album material, and explains her continuing education and work after 1948.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Photograph albums, 1945-1948 (2 vols.)
Photographs
(2)
Autobiographical
sketch, [1995]
Box 2
Artifacts
Syrian sandals