Oh, high school photos: Vonnegut, Kurt - Class of 1940
Flannery O’Connor’s church in Iowa City — St. Mary’s
Raymond Carver (in the dark shirt) socializing at an Iowa Writers’ Workshop gathering, Iowa City, 1963.
Photo from A Writer’s Life, Carol Sklenicka
Tennessee Williams rented an apartment in this building at 225 N. Linn St., while living in Iowa City. See it on the map here, on the City of Lit mobile web project.
Tennessee Williams stayed in this boarding house at 126 N. Clinton St, while living in Iowa City. See it on the map here, on the City of Lit mobile web project.
Dan Gable takes down John Irving while wrestling at the University of Iowa, in the old Carver Hawkeye Arena, 1973.
We discovered this picture while researching for the City of Lit mobile project. See more images here.
Tennessee Williams performing in a stage production as a student at the University of Iowa. Williams stands in the center of the picture.
Via the Writing University City of Lit mobile site.
Found in the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa: this picture of Mildred Wirt Benson (author of the first Nancy Drew books) swan diving into the Iowa River in Iowa City.
We discovered this picture while researching for the City of Lit mobile project. See more images here.
Donald Justice.
We are indebted to Jean Justice for allowing us to use this image from her collection of his portraits.
She shared this picture with us for the City of Lit mobile project. See more images here.
We love this picture of Rita Dove.
It was taken by her husband Fred Viebahn, when they were both studying in Iowa City, 1977 — (Dove at the Writers’ Workshop, Viebahn at the International Writing Program.)
We found it while doing research for the City of Lit app and City of Lit mobile website, and we contacted Fred Viebahn. He ended up sharing a whole stack of old photos with us from his expansive collection — it was exciting!
