IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOW
BARBARA FLANAGAN
PAPERS, 1950, 1973-1991
2 linear inches and
audiovisual material
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers
(donor no. 153) were donated by Barbara
Flanagan Sanford in 1993. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers
are open for research. |
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AUDIOVISUAL: |
Double record album (and accompanying book) shelved in audiocassette collection (AC ). |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has not been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Rachel Bohlmann, 1996.
[Word 7.0 flanagan.doc] |
Biography
Barbara Flanagan, journalist, writer,
community civic activist was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and attended Drake
University as a drama major in the early 1940s.
After a summer working for the Minneapolis Times, Flanagan dropped out
of college in 1945, moved to Minneapolis and began to work full time in the
promotion department for the Times. Later she worked nights as a general
assignment reporter for the Minneapolis
Tribune and in 1957 she was named women's editor of the Minneapolis Star and the Minneapolis Tribune. Flanagan continued to work for both papers,
even after she was given a daily column in the Star. From this platform, Flanagan
spoke out for the next twenty-three years on a variety of social issues, most
effectively on urban renewal and the preservation of historic buildings in
Minneapolis’s downtown.
During the 1970s Flanagan wrote two
books. The first, Minneapolis, (1973)/8, celebrates the city's cultural, social and
environmental highlights. The second, Ovation, in 1977, commemorates the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the Minnesota Orchestra. She retired from the Minneapolis
Star Tribune in 1988. In 1967 she
married Earl Sanford, an investment consultant.
Scope and
Content Note
The Barbara Flanagan papers date from 1950 to 1991 and measure 4 linear inches.
The papers are arranged in two series: Biographical
and Writings.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Biographical
Newspaper clippings and a
feature article, 1950, 1982-1989 and undated [oversized items shelved in map
case: drawer 5]
Correspondence, pamphlets,
and press releases, 1950, 1975-1989 and undated
Writings
By-lines from the Minneapolis Star, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Mpls. St. Paul Magazine, 1974-1978,
1988-1991 [oversize items shelved in map case:
drawer 5]
Minneapolis (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973) [shelved in the printed works
collection]
A companion publication to
the Minnesota Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebration album, 1977 [shelved in
audiocassette collection: AC ]