IDA
"BELLE" BANDFIELD HOLDEN (18??- 1905)
PAPERS, 1898-1905
0.5 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 114) were donated
in 1993 by Helen George,
whose grandmother, Maude Bandfield, was Belle
Holden's niece. |
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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: |
Photocopied
photographs in folder 1. |
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PROCESSED
BY: |
Your name, year»Lea Keohane, 1994. [HoldenIda.doc] |
Biography
Ida
"Belle" Bandfield Holden was a
schoolteacher in the Waterloo area at the turn of the century. She was married to Anson Holden and together
they had a daughter, Florence. Anson
Holden died of tuberculosis in 1899, less than a month after Belle Holden's
mother passed away. These deaths had a
profound effect on Holden. She remarried
in 1904 and shortly thereafter took her own life.
Scope and Content Note
The
Ida "Belle" Bandfield Holden papers date from 1898 to 1905 and measure 0.5 linear inches. They include a Holden family tree,
photocopied photographs of various Holdens, including
Belle and Anson, and Belle Holden's diary.
The end of the diary contains Holden's obituary, further remarks on the
Holden family, and excerpts from Holden's financial records. The remarks were written by Helen George and
give a brief description of the family members mentioned in Holden's diary, as
well as further information about her death.
Belle Holden's diary details her daily routines as well as her frustration
at her husband's illness and her grief following his death.
Related Collections
Beverly
George Everett papers.
Everett is Holden's maternal granddaughter.
SCVF Description
Folder
1
Holden family tree,
1840-1984
Photocopied photographs,
1885-1981
Diary, 1898-1905