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Collection Dates:
1 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
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e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Posted to Internet: February 1998
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Biographical Note
Margery Harding is
the link between the Dennis and Heberling families. Byran and Agnes McConnell
Dennis were her maternal grandparents. The Heberlings were related to her through
her father. Andrew Heberling was her paternal grandfather and John Heberling
was her great grandfather.
Scope and Contents
The approximately
one linear foot of material is divided into three major groupings. The first
section consists primarily of diaries kept by Mrs. Harding's maternal grandparents,
Bryan and Agnes McConnel Dennis. These diaries include descriptions of Iowa
City and the surrounding area in the nineteenth century. The next catagory concerns
Mrs. Harding's parents and specifically her father's family, the Heberlings.
Included here are such items as a ledger and biographical sketch of her grandfather
Andrew Heberling, a record books kept by her great grandfather John Heberling,
assorted genealogical records and a scrapbook. The last area includes correspondence
and ephemera from the McConnell, Dennis, and Heberling families. These papers
are open for research and information on literary rights is available in the
repository.
Dennis Family:
Agnes Jolly McConnell DennisDiaries:1864 -- 1882, original and transcript.1883 -- 1884, original and transcript.
1895 -- 1897, transcript only.
1897 -- 1900, original and transcript.
Bryan Francis Dennis
Diaries:1850, transcript only.1891 -- 1894, three volumes and transcript.
1896 -- 1905, three volumes.
1906, one volume.
"Reminiscences of Grandfather Dennis" (Bryan Francis Dennis),1840 -- 1841.
Heberling Family
Andrew Heberling:Biographical Sketch by Henry E.. Heberling (father of Margery Harding).Ledger, 1865 -- 1902.
John Heberling:
Justice of the Peace records and account book, 1825. Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio.Heberling family record books (primarily genealogical). Three books, including a book of Congressional autographs.
Heberling family scrapbook.
Correspondence, 1842 --1916, 1975. McConnell, Dennis, and Heberling families.
Photographs.
Secretary’s minute book, 1851. District meetings of school district #2, Johnson County, Iowa.
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