IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
ICEY LENORA TEEL HARLING
(1878-1964)
SUBTITLE:»
PAPERS, 1902-1973 (bulk 1920-1960)
1.25 linear feet
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers
(donor no. 330) were donated by the
Muscatine Art Center 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: |
In boxes 1 to 5. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Kristen Rassbach, 1996. |
Biography
Icey Lenora Teel, a well-known reader, entertainer,
lecturer, teacher, author, and playwright, was born on February 27, 1878 in
Nevada, Missouri. She moved to Iowa
with her mother and sister at the age of three when her father died. She was educated at the Ann Morgan School of
Speech and Acting in Chicago, the Northwestern School of Speech and Dramatics
in Evanston, Illinois, the Sargent School of Acting in New York, and the Eagan
School of Acting in Los Angeles.
Teel traveled extensively throughout
the entire country for her lecture tours. She also entertained soldiers during World War I when her regular
lecture circuit was cut short. From
1918 to 1934 Teel ran and taught speech, dramatic arts, and speech correction
in her own facility, the Teel School of Expression, in Davenport, Iowa.
Teel was married in 1934 and
subsequently stopped teaching in her school to help her husband, George
Harling, run his newspaper in Durant, Iowa.
Icey Harling remained at the Durant
News for eighteen years as a writer and editor.
Icey Harling died as a result of a
fall on August 31, 1964 at the age of eighty-six.
Scope and
Content Note
The Icey Lenora Teel Harling papers date from »1902 to 1973 and measure 1.25 linear feet. The papers are arranged in two series:
Scrapbooks and Miscellaneous.
The scrapbooks (1902-1973) contain newspaper clippings from Harling's
professional career, her community involvement, the activities of her students,
and activities revolving around her husband and family. The scrapbooks also contain programs from
Harling's performances, those from performances sponsored by her School of
Expression, and programs for her husband George Harling's band concerts. Many letters to both Harling and her husband
and photographs of them and of their family are also included. Loose items from the scrapbooks are filed in
box 5 under the title of the scrapbook.
The Legend Round Robin scrapbook
comes from a group with which Harling was involved. Members shared legends and stories with each other and compiled
them into a notebook.
The Maurice Harling scrapbook was
compiled by George Harling's son and contains items about his parents' lives
and about his own involvement in politics.
The
Miscellaneous series (1917-1962) contains
several of Harling's original written works, reviews, portraits, and
correspondence (1917-1971 and undated.)
Also included are brochures from the Mary Andrew Clark Home in
California where Harling lived for seven years, and for Camp Dodge in Des Moines,
Iowa, where Harling entertained soldiers during World War I.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Scrapbooks
Icey Teel Harling
Personal
Durant Scrapbook Club,
1929-1953
Legend Round Robin,
1935-1946 [shelved in box 9]
Box 2
Former students, 1940-1962
Box 3
Professional
Reader and entertainer days,
1907-1972
Box 4
Teel School of Expression,
1923-1962
Box 5
George Harling
1902-1967
Box 6
1902-1968
Box 7
1939-1972
Box 8
Maurice Harling, 1925-1973
Box 9
Legend Round Robin,
1929-1946 and undated
Loose items removed from
scrapbooks
Icey Teel Harling
Durant Scrapbook Club,
undated
School of Expression, 1935
George Harling
1902-1967, 1961 and undated
1902-1968, 1964-1968 and
undated
1939-1972, 1941-1972 and
undated
Maurice Harling, 1934
Miscellaneous
Brochures
Mary Andrews Clark Home,
undated
Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
Iowa, undated
Correspondence, 1917-1962
and undated
Newspaper clipping, 1959
"Notes about
Icey," undated
Reviews of Making Faces, undated
Writings
Declaration of Independence, undated
The Life of George Frederick Handel, undated
Memorial Day Address, 1949
Photographs, 1950 and
undated
Portraits, undated