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MsC 205
Manuscript Register
Collection Dates: 1845 -- 1929
.25 linear ft.
This document describes a collection of materials held
by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Posted to Internet: January 1998
Acquisition
Note:
This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1961 by
his daughter, Helen Schell and granddaughter, Charlotte Ludlum.
Access
and Restrictions:
Digital Surrogates: Except where indicated, this document describes but
does not reproduce the actual text, images and objects which make up this
collection. Materials are available only in the Special Collections
Department.
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The University of Iowa Libraries' statement on "Property Rights, Copyright Law, and Permissions to Use Unpublished
Materials"
Use of Collections: The University of Iowa Libraries supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with donors, and it may not be possible at all times to provide appropriate machinery for reading, viewing or accessing non-paper-based materials. Please read our Use of Manuscripts Statement.
Biographical Note
James Peery Schell
(1845 -- 1932) was born near West Branch, Iowa. He earned a B.A. from the University
of Iowa in 1870 and a M.A. twenty years later. Schell was a Presbyterian minister
and missionary who organized new parishes in the Middle West - principally in
North Dakota.
Scope and
Contents
The papers of James
Peery Schell consist of typescripts of three autobiographical memoirs and a
letter. The "Book of Composition and Poetry" includes poems written
in Iowa and Tennessee during the Civil War.
Three typescript autobiographical memoirs:
Book I. “Seen thru Memory’s Windows or Seventy Years Beyond Mississippi” (1845 -- 1873) 171pp.Book II “Sketches of Pioneer Days on the Dakota Frontier by a Veteran Home Missionary” (1870s & 1880s) 151pp.
“Pony and I, or Pioneer Days in the Red River Valley” (written 1907) 103pp.
Typescript copy of a letter written by J.P. Schell in Waterbury, CT on October 25, 1929.
"Book of Composition and Poetry" May 12, 1863
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