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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1985.013.092 |
Object Name |
Yearbook |
Donor |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Scope / Description |
Yearbook from "NORMAL COLLEGE / '13 / HIGHLAND PARK COLLEGE / DES MOINES, IOWA". The yearbook is held together by yellow cord on the proper right side. The back of the yearbook has small text on the lower proper right that reads: "THE HOMESTEAD PRINTING CO. DES MOINES". Yearbook details the Normal Department of Highland Park College, including deans, professors, and students. 9 1/4" W x 7 1/2" L Karen Marie (Madsen) Petersen was the daughter of Soren and Christine Wolf Madsen. She was born in Audubon County, Iowa on December 15, 1888, and died on October 27, 1984 in the Salem Nursing Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. She attended country schools in Audubon County and completed two years at Elk Horn College. She studied teaching and taught for three years. She then attended Highland Park College in Des Moines, Iowa. After receiving her degree, she taught in Exira, Iowa; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Seattle, Washington. In 1921, she married Elmer E. Petersen and they farmed near Exira. After Elmer's death in 1955, she sold the farm and returned to teaching until her retirement. She was a member of the West Exira Seventh-Day Adventist Church near Exira. |
Language of Material |
English |
Title |
NORMAL COLLEGE '13 |
Date |
1913 |
Dates of Creation |
1913 |
Publisher |
Homestead Printing Company |
Associated People |
Petersen, Karen Marie Petersen, Marie Madsen, Karen Marie Madsen Marie |
Search Terms |
Yearbook Petersen, Karen Marie Petersen, Marie Madsen, Karen Marie Madsen Marie Homestead Printing Company Des Moines, Iowa Polk County Highland Park College |
Date Received by Museum |
1985 |
Images |
349\1985013092.JPG |
Accession number |
1985.013 |