IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
MARIE SCHULTZ MEYER
(1918-1993)
PAPERS, 1909-1993
(bulk 1936-1942)
1.5 linear feet
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 185) were donated
by Mary Hubbard, Meyer's daughter,
in 1993 and 1997. |
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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 2 and 7. |
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PROCESSED
BY: |
Your name, year»Kirsten Clark, 1994. |
Biography
Marie Schultz Meyer was born February 9, 1918, in Postville, Iowa, to
Elvin W. and Orma Meier Schultz. She
attended West Grove School and then Postville High School from which she
graduated in 1936. She then attended
the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa) School of Nursing,
graduating in 1939. After graduation,
Meyer worked at the University Hospital until 1941. Also during her nursing career, she was employed for two years at
the Decorah Hospital and twenty years at the Community Memorial Hospital in
Postville. On September 18, 1943, she
married Willard C. Meyer. They farmed
near Clermont until 1963 then moved to Postville. They had two daughters, Jean (Binfet) of Minnesota, and Mary
(Hubbard) of Iowa City.
Scope and Content Note
The Marie Schultz Meyer papers date from 1909 to 1993 and measure 1.5
linear feet. The papers are divided
into eight series: Alumni Publications, Class work, Correspondence, Memorabilia,
Miscellaneous, Newspaper and magazine clippings, Photographs, and Scrapbooks.
Alumni
Publications
includes a journal, a directory, and newsletters put out by the University of
Iowa alumni groups. Class work
contains typed and handwritten notes, handouts, and note cards on several
subjects though the actual class they came from is not named. Also included is a daily class
schedule. The pamphlet appears to have
been used by Meyer during her course of study.
Correspondence contains letters received by Meyer from the
University of Iowa, the Iowa Board of Nurse Examiners, and various friends and
classmates. Reunion correspondence
contains both official letters from the University of Iowa Alumni Association
and personal letters from classmates.
The Memorabilia
contains mainly small keepsakes from the 45th and 50th School of Nursing
reunions. The postcards, though undated
look to be from the late 1940's. A
point of interest in the Miscellaneous series is the poem written by Meyer and
several of her friends. The Miscellanous
series contains some autobiographical information about Meyer. The Grandparent Book contains information
about Meyer’s childhood and adult life.
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings includeacticles about friends and
professors. The ISARN Bulletin lists
Marie Schultz as having been certified as an registered nurse. The "Students in Service" includes
several classmates.
The Scrapbooks,
which are the bulk of the collection, date mainly from 1936 to 1952. The books contain newspaper clippings of
various University functions and of people from. Meyer's home town, invitations
to social gatherings, church and school programs, and various personal
memorabelia. Also included are personal
correspondence, several State University
of Iowa Nurses Alumni Newsletters, and the
Alumni Journal for 1940. A point of interest
is the 1942 scrapbook that chronicles the fourteen day trip. Meyer and four of
her friends took out west. It includes
a day by day itinerary and photographs, postcards, and guides to various sites.
Photographs
include many pictures of friends and professors, the University of Iowa campus
and various rooms and wards of the University Hospital. Identification of several of the people in
the reunion photos can be found in the photocopies of the 1936-1989
scrapbook. Also included in this series
is one photograph album of Meyer’s mother, Orma Meier Schultz, from her high
school years.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Alumni Publications
Alumnae
Journal,
1941
Alumni newsletters
1953-1956
1961-1962
Nurses Alumnae
Association Directory, 1956
Class work
Class handouts, undated
Class notes, undated
Note cards, undated
Paper, "The Nightingale Training School for
Nurses, St. Thomas Hospital, London, England," undated
Pamphlet, Iowa State Department of Health, 1935
Correspondence
Personal
Hazel Biederbeck, 1938, undated
Professional
1936, 1940-1941
Reunions
40th, 1979
45th, 1984
50th, 1989
Memorabilia
Postcards
University of Iowa, [late 1940's?]
Reunions (State University of Iowa School of
Nursing)
45th, 1984
50th, 1989
Miscellaneous
Brochure, University of Iowa, College of Nursing,
undated
Funeral program, 1993
The Grandparent Book, undated
The Iowa
Biopsy
[shelved in map case: drawer 3]
April
1, 1938
March
24, 1939
April
5, 1940
April
18, 1941
Nursing
Progress Fund, Honor Role of Contributors, 1986
Poem, undated
Reprinted account of 1901 fire, Old South Hall
Reprinted article, "The Polio Years at the
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics," undated
Roster of
Registered Nurses, Iowa, 1941-42
Survey of Professional History of Alumnae of the
College of Nursing, 1962
Newspaper and Magazine
Clippings
ISARN Bulletin, undated
Reunions
45th, 1984
50th, 1989
"University Alumni and Former Students in
Service," undated
Miscellaneous, 1983-1984, 1986-1987, undated
Photographs
1936-1940, undated
Reunions
10th, 1949
40th, 1979
45th, 1984
50th, 1989
Photograph albums
1936-1941 [shelved in box 7]
Schultz, Orma Meier, 1909-1911 [shelved in box 7]
Miscellaneous, 1984, 1987, undated [shelved in box
7]
Box
2
Oversize:
Scrapbooks
1936-1939
Box
3
1939-1941
Box
4
1941-1942
Box
5
1942
Box
6
1932, 1943-1952
1936-1989 [photocopied; shelved in box 7]
1997
Accession
Box
7
Photographs
Photograph albums
1936-1941
Schultz, Orma Meier, 1909-1911
Miscellaneous, 1984, 1987, undated
Scrapbooks
1936-1989