Helen R. Cole Dissertation

Collection

Identifier: MS C2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Typed working draft of the 743-page dissertation Helen Rosemary Cole submitted to the University of Iowa for her Ph.D. along with some of the research materials she collected while studying and traveling in France. There is no title page, but the introduction begins "This is the story of Vézelay..."

Dates

1923-1956

Creator

Cole, Helen Rosemary, 1906-1964 (Person)

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Biographical Note

Helen Rosemary Cole (1906-1964) joined the faculty of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University) as a Professor of French at the end of a long career teaching French in high schools and universities in Iowa, Missouri, Michigan and Ohio. She taught the the college from 1959 until her death in 1964. The daughter of Harvey Wellington and Mabel (Miller) Cole, Dr. Cole was a native of Maxwell, Iowa, and received her education in that state's universities. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in French (1927) at Iowa State Teachers College and her Master of Arts and PhD (1948) at the University of Iowa. Along the way, she did additional graduate level work at several institutions, including L'Alliance Francaise in Paris.

Extent

7 folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is organized into three series.

The Dissertation
Published Research Materials
Photographs and Postcards

Separated Materials

The University of Iowa holds the final version of this dissertation as it was submitted and approved. The University Archives maintains a non-circulating copy but researchers will need to access that library's InfoHawk electronic catalogue to determine availability of a circulating copy.