Collection Guide

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Administrative Information

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Biographical Note

Mary E. Winchell was born in 1878 in College Springs, Iowa. She was educated at Amity College, University of Southern California and became a teacher and matron in an orphanage in Alaska. In 1928 she was appointed superintendent of Catherine Blaine Home in Seattle, a boarding home and community center for Japanese.

In 1951 her book Home By the Bering Sea was published, which was based on her experiences in Alaska. In 1954, she published Where the Wind Blows Free, also about her days in Alaska.

C. Pummer and J. Roethler, August 2004

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Scope and Contents

Typescript, drafts and correspondence concerning Home By the Bering Sea.

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Related Materials

Published copies of Winchell's books can be found at the following locations:

Where the Wind Blows Free: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, Iowa Authors Collection

Home By the Bering Sea: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, Iowa Authors Collection

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Acquisition and Processing Information

These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mary E. Winchell in 1953.

Guide posted to Internet: August 2004

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Box Contents List

Clippings, etc.

Manuscripts

Home By the Bering Sea

Publisher's typescript -- with corrections and correspondence, 1950 -- 1952

From Home on the Bering Sea

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