Lorraine Turnipseed Collection

Collection

Identifier: RSC-HEC-014

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Lorraine Turnipseed Collection is composed of records dating from 1950-1995. Donated by Lorraine Turnipseed, a former Johnson County teacher, the collection contains teacher contracts, teachers' certificates, a graduation program, newspaper articles, photograph albums, and color slides.

Dates

Created: 1950-1995
Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1961

Extent

1.00 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Accruals and Additions

Articles in Box 1, Folder 2 were donated by Martha Schemmel, sister to Lorraine Turnipseed and Helen Marine, in June of 2010.

Related Materials

The Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education and Culture (CHRIEC) possesses a variety of records pertaining to the Hightshoe sisters - Helen Marine, Martha Schemmel, and Lorraine Turnipseed - and their contribution to Iowa’s history of education. Personal items and teaching records can be found in the following History of Education Collections: [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=117&q=]RSC/HEC/011 Helen Marine Collection[/url], [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=124&q=]RSC/HEC/014 Lorraine Turnipseed Collection[/url], and [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=132&q=]RSC/HEC/021 Susan Hightshoe Collection[/url]. County specific teaching records can be found in the following Rural School Collections: [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=59&q=]RSC/RSR/048 Iowa County[/url], [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=63&q=]RSC/RSR/052 Johnson County[/url], and [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=103&q=]RSC/RSR/092 Washington County[/url].