MARIANNE MICHAEL (1917- )
PAPERS, 1897-2005
2.7 linear feet
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The papers (donor no. 662) were donated by
Marianne Michael in 2000 and subsequent years. |
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The papers are open
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Emily Broeckling, 2003 [MichaelMarianne.doc] |
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Biography
Marianne Krueger Michael was born in
For the next four years, Marianne Michael taught
high school economics in
The Michaels returned to the
Michael remains active in regional church
activities, serving on the district administrative board of the Church of the
Brethren. She also has published three
separate genealogies documenting both the Krueger and Michael family
lines. The Michaels have four
children—Jan, Rosemary, Peter and Elizabeth.
Scope and
Content Note
The Marianne Michael papers date from 1897 to 2005 and measure 2.7 linear
feet. The papers are
arranged in nine series:
Photographs; Biographical; Professional;
Writings;
Correspondence;
The Photographs series consists primarily of
black and white photographs taken during the Michaels’ missionary work in
Garkida. The Biographical series
includes diaries, various clippings and certificates earned by Marianne
Michael, dating from 1928-2003.
The Professional series includes documents
related to Michael’s job as a social worker at the
The Writings series includes Michael’s
religious publications and talks, dating from 1949-1990; a small collection of
letters to the editor written in Iowa City, dating from 1964-2005; drafts of
her religious publications; two logs of Michael’s day-to-day experiences,
dating from 1948-1956 and from 1957-1986; and two memoirs written by Michael,
one detailing a trip to the United States from Nigeria in 1956, and one which
begins with her birth in 1917 and continues through 1999.
The Correspondence series includes letters to
friends and family, dating from 1944-2000; the annual Michael family
newsletters, dating from 1964-1998; a large collection of letters and documents
from Marianne Michael’s mother, Helen Krueger Trent, dating from 1927-1980; a
few letters from Zola Krueger, Michael’s sister-in-law; a small collection of
letters from the Michaels’ eldest daughter Rosemary, dating from 1956-1984; a
few letters from Clara Miller, a friend and quilting companion, dating from the
mid-1970s; and an incomplete collection of the Round Robin letters circulated
among Marianne Michael and her college friends, dating from 1979-2001.
The Garkida, Nigeria series contains
correspondence between the Michaels and their relatives, dating from 1948-1961,
and correspondence between the Michaels and family friends, the Vaughns, also
dating from 1948-1961; some miscellaneous correspondence; an undated diary kept
by Marianne Michael during her missionary work in Garkida; documents relating
to the women’s literacy group developed by the Michaels; and notes from the
Sunday school lessons taught by Michael in Garkida.
The Church of the Brethren Conferences series
includes travel brochures, correspondence, and conference programs from two
church conferences: the annual meeting held in
The Elizabeth Michael series
includes a chronology of Elizabeth Michael’s life, written by her mother
Marianne Michael; a lock of Elizabeth’s hair from 1959; schoolwork and artwork,
dating from Hillcrest Boarding School in Nigeria from the late 1950s to the
early 1960s, and from Iowa City Public School system from the early 1960s to
the early 1970s; and a very large collection of letters written by Elizabeth
Michael to her parents, dating from 1967-2000.
This correspondence includes four folders of undated letters, plus one
folder of letters which can be approximately dated, based on Elizabeth
Michael’s city of residence.
The Genealogy series includes
three published genealogies written by Marianne Michael: Robert McLellan:
Iowa Pioneer Farmer (1996), accompanied by three folders of the documents
used as illustrations in this work, An Aschenbrenner Family: Hesse to USA (1998),
The Jacob George Family of Adams County, Pennsylvania (1998), and Out of Ebern: A Michael Family History
(2001).
Box no. Description
Photographs, 1958-1996
Biographical
Diary and composition
book, 1928-1930
Certificates, 1921-1990
Clippings, mid-1970s and undated
Trip to
Diary, 2003
Professional
Social Work
M.A. commencement announcement
and program, 1963
M.A. thesis, “Factors Related to the
Use of the Food Commodity
Program by ADC Recipients
in
Job evaluations (
Salary letters/grades/certificates
(University of Iowa), 1964-1987
Publications, 1970-1981 (1
folder)
Includes:
“The Battered Child,”
(Summer 1970), Iowa Journal of
Social Work, 3(3):78-83.
“Follow-Up Study of Abused Children
Reported from
University Hospitals,” (May 1972), Journal of Iowa
Medical Society,
62(5): 235-237.
“Social Report: Child Abuse,” (February 1973),
Journal of Social Work, 5(1):22-26.
“A Child’s World,” (Jan/Feb 1976), Children Today,
30-
31.
“The Psychosocial Assessment,” (April 1981) Perinatal
Press, 5(3): 35-38.
Talks, 1981-1984 and undated (1
folder)
Includes:
“The Psychosocial
Assessment,” delivered at staff meeting
August 11, 1981.
“Social Security,” delivered
February 7, 1984
(partial notes).
“Parents’
Point of View,” delivered at Southeast Iowa
Community College, undated
“Child Abuse,”
undated
“Chronic Illness in
Children,” undated
Retirement correspondence,
1987-1988
Box 2
Writings
Religious
publications, 1949-1973 and undated (1 folder)
Includes:
“And They Sang,” (May 28, 1949), Gospel
Messenger, 22.
“Are Not Sparrows Sold for a Penny?”
(1950), Gospel
Messenger,
25.
“Taking Wings,” (December 17, 1952), Gospel
Messenger, 21.
“The Wings of the Morning,” (January 17,
1953), Gospel
Messenger, 23.
“Garkida Women’s Work: Reports to
District Conference,”
(February
28, 1953), Gospel Messenger, 23.
“Behold,
I Stand at the Door,” (August 29, 1953), Gospel
Messenger, 23.
“The Word…A Light Unto My Path,”
(September 12, 1953),
Gospel
Messenger, 25.
“Every Good Gift,” (November 19, 1955), Gospel
Messenger.
“If God So Clothes the Grass,” (June 30, 1956), Gospel
Messenger, 12-13.
“I Will Hear,” (October 6, 1956), Gospel
Messenger, 21.
“Path of Fellowship,” (March 15, 1958), Gospel
Messenger,
22.
“The Path of Prayer,” (March 29, 1958), Gospel
Messenger,
21.
“The Path of Purpose,” (March 1958), Gospel
Messenger.
“Little People,” (April 5, 1958), Gospel
Messenger, 23.
“Operation Bootstraps,” (July 19, 1958), Gospel
Messenger,
21.
“Broken Fences,” (December 6, 1958), Gospel
Messenger, 25.
“Contacts,” (December 13, 1958), Gospel
Messenger, 23.
“A More Acceptable Way,” (December 20,
1958), Gospel
Messenger.
“Set the Foundation Early,” (October 10,
1959), Gospel
Messenger, 9.
“In Two Worlds,” (December 12, 1959), Gospel
Messenger.
“If Any Are Wise,” (December 26, 1959), Gospel
Messenger.
“Be of Good Courage,” (January 2, 1960), Gospel
Messenger, 15.
“Nigeria:World Day of Prayer” (April 23,
1960)
“Outlook,” (June23, 1973) Gospel Messenger
“Enough,” Gospel Messenger.
“O Happy Day,” Gospel Messenger,
22.
“A Spiritual Pilgrimage,” Gospel
Messenger, 24.
“My Doctrine Shall Drop…as the Small Rain
upon the Tender
Herb,”
Gospel Messenger, 22.
“Except the Lord Build the House,” Gospel
Messenger, 12.
“Beautiful Feet,” Gospel Messenger,
22.
“Will God Hold it against Me?” Gospel
Messenger.
“I Cannot But Speak,” Gospel Messenger, 24.
“Sweep Clean the Path,” Gospel
Messenger.
“The Lord is the Strength of My Life,” Gospel
Messenger, 22,
24.
“Broken Homes,” Gospel Messenger, 22.
“Walk in the Way,” Gospel Messenger.
“African Mother Treks Seven Miles to
Preach,” source
unknown.
Religious
talks (1 folder)
Includes:
“Sorrow,” delivered April 19, 1990
Mother-Daughter banquet,
Bethany Baptist
Church,
1990
“God’s Answers to Life’s
Problems,” undated
“Peace on Earth,” undated
“Faith Journey,” undated
Letters
to the editor, 1964-2005
Publication drafts
1953-1977
Undated
Log
1948-1956
1957-1986
Supplemental, November 1957 and
April 1959
Memoirs
“From Garkida to
“All We Are Like Grass,” 1999
Correspondence
Miscellaneous
1921-2003
Undated
Annual newsletter, 1964-1998, 2004
Box 3
Helen Krueger Trent
1897-1965
1966-1967
1968-1972
1973-1975
1976-1977
1978-1979
Undated (2 folders)
Newsclippings, 1972-1973, 1980,
and undated
Zola Krueger
1967-1981
Undated
Rosemary Michael
1956-1984
Undated
Clara Miller, 1972-1978 and undated
Round robin, 1970-2002 [with college
friends]
Box 4
Garkida, Nigeria
Correspondence
Relatives
1947-March 1949
April-December 1949
1950-1956
1957-1961
Vaughn family, 1948-1961
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1949-1961 and undated
Diary, circa 1955-1956
Women’s literacy group
1955-1960
Undated
Box 5
Sunday school
Church of the Brethren Conferences
Annual conference in
National older adult conference in
1988 and undated
Box 5
Elizabeth Michael
Chronology and lock of hair
Schoolwork
Hillcrest (
1959-1961
Undated
1961-1970
Undated
School records, 1966-1970
Artwork
1958-1959
Undated
Correspondence
1967-1974
1975-1977
1978-1980
Box 6
1981-1982
1983-July 1984
August 1984-1985
1986
1987-May 1988
June 1988-2000
Undated (5 folders)
[
circa 1983, and
Genealogy
The Charles W. Krueger Family Pomeranian Ancestors, by
Marianne Krueger Michael, 2002
Box 7
Robert McLellan: Iowa Pioneer Farmer (1996) (three folders)
An Aschenbrenner Family: Hesse to
USA (1998)
The Jacob George Family of Adams
County, Pennsylvania (1998)
Out
of Ebern: A Michael family history (2001)