Training School for Girls (Mitchellville, Iowa)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Iowa Training School for Girls newsletters, 1960 - 1973
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Mary Baker Skinner papers comprise of Skinner's poetry, and a 2012 article from the Des Moines Register about Skinner and other former inmates from the state reform school. The collection also includes another article from Iowa Heritage Illustrated about an 1899 riot at the Mitchellville Girls School.
Shelved separately are Iowa Training School for Girls newsletters, which contain articles and poems by residents at the school. Included are "Campus Newsy" (1960-1964), "Excelsior" (1963), and "Tattler" (1965-1973).
Dates:
1960 - 1973
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Baker Skinner papers
Mary Baker Skinner papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0867
Abstract
Writings by a former inmate of the Iowa Training School for Girls in Mitchellville.
Dates:
1960 - 2012
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives