Papers of Leanna Driftmier, 1954-1991.

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Papers of Leanna Driftmier, 1954-1991.

The papers include letters written in support of Driftmier's candidacy for the Iowa Mother of the Year Award, newspaper clippings about her career, family sketches taken from a scrapbook, and a published memoir by Driftmier's daughter, Lucile Verness, entitled The story of an American family.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7103349

University of Iowa Libraries

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Driftmier, Leanna Field, 1886-1976

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Radio broadcaster and founder of "Kitchen-klatter" on radio station KFNF in Shenandoah, Iowa. On this, the longest running homemaker program in the history of radio, Driftmier discussed household hints, recipes, her family, philosophy, and whatever news seemed worth sharing. In 1954 she was awarded the Iowa Mother of the Year Award. From the description of Papers of Leanna Driftmier, 1954-1991. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233106321 ...

Driftmier family.

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KFNF (Radio station : Shenandoah, Iowa)

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Verness, Lucile Driftmier, 1910-

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