IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
CASSIE THOMPSON FORD
(1889-1966)
PAPERS, 1937-1996
8 items
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers
(donor no. 342) were donated by Pauline
Ritter in 1996. |
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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: |
In folder 1. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Kristen Rassbach, 1997. |
Biography
Cassandra R. Thompson Ford, known as
Cassie, was born on September 8, 1889 in Wisconsin. She went west to teach school after completing the Normal School
Training Course at the Richland Center (Wisconsin) High School. She met her future husband, Charles
"Manly" Ford, in Wyoming, and they were married in 1914 in Stanton,
Iowa. They lived on a farm just
northeast of Central City, Iowa.
Ford and her husband lived on this
small farm for 44 years raising cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, and chickens. Ford gardened, canned, cooked, and sewed for
her family in addition to teaching Sunday School and working with the Ladies'
Aid. Cassie Ford died in 1966 at the
age of seventy six
Scope and
Content Note
The Cassie Thompson Ford papers date from 1937 to 1996 and contain 8 items. The
papers consist of biographical information, newspaper clippings, and one
photograph. Two items written by Ford, a
poem and a play entitled "The 18-acre Kitchen", are also included.