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This document describes a collection of materials held by the
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University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
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Posted to Internet: January 2003

Acquisition Note: This collection was given to the University of Iowa by Florence A. Draper in 1959.

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Scope and Contents

The Bockes collection consists of forty-seven one-year diaries of Elmer Bockes and Russell Bockes, farmers near Conrad, Iowa. According to his daughter, "He didn't always put down the temperature, but what they did every day."

Box List

Diaries of Elmer Bockes

Diaries of Elmer Bockes, continued

Diaries of Elmer Bockes, continued

Diaries of Russell Bockes