IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
LUCILLE SCHLOTTERBACK STRUVE
(1910-1938)
BASKETBALL JERSEY, 1927
1 item
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ACQUISITION: |
The basketball jersey was donated by Raea and Donald Struve (donor no. 671) in 1999. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Doris Malkmus, 2001. [StruveLS.doc] |
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Biography
Lucille Schlotterback, member of the 1927 Newhall girls’
high school state championship basketball team was born November 13, 1910, in
Newhall, Iowa. She was raised on a farm
located near the extended family of Schlotterback cousins in Benton
County. She was a sophomore on the
Newhall high school basketball team that won the state championship in 1927.
Her cousins Luella Gardemann and Melba Gardemann, were forwards on the team. Schlotterback graduated from Newhall High
School in 1929.
In September
of 1929, Schlotterback married Arnold Luwe.
They had one daughter, Dolores Luwe, before divorcing in 1934. The following year, she married Harold
Struve. They had one son, Donald
Struve, in 1938 before she died in September of that year. Harold Struve saved her high school jersey
until Raea and Donald Struve donated it to the Iowa Women’s Archives in 1999.
Scope and Content Note
The Lucille Schlotterback Struve collection consists of
one wool basketball jersey dating from 1927, worn by Lucille Schlotterback when
she played on the state championship Newhall girls’ bascketball team..
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Gwen Johnson Hein Papers
These papers include photograph albums and newspaper clippings from Newhall High School and its 1927 state championship girls’ basketball team.
Melba Gardemann Olson Papers
These papers
include scrapbooks and photograph albums of Newhall High School and its 1927
state championship girls’ basketball team
Box no. Description
Box 1 1927 Newhall girls’ basketball jersey