Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 242
Faye Cashatt Lewis
Papers, 1972
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Lewis, Faye Cashatt |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1972 |
| extent: | 0.21 linear ft. (1 half-document box) |
| collection number: | MS 242 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Faye Cashatt Lewis Papers, MS 242, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
Faye Cashatt Lewis, a native Iowan, was born (1896) in Carroll County. She graduated (1919) from the University of South Dakota-Vermillion and then obtained her M.D. (1921) in medicine from Washington University in St. Louis. She moved back to Iowa with her husband, William Benjamin Lewis, and they resided in Kamrar (1923-1928) and Webster City. After her children were grown, she practiced medicine (1943-1970). She wrote numerous books about her life and experiences, including Doc's Wife (1940); Patients, Doctors, and Families (1968); A Doctor Looks at Health Trouble (1970) and All Out Against Arthritis (1973). Her articles also appeared in The Atlantic, Today's Health, Alaska Sportsman, Medical Economics and other verse and prose pieces in various publications. |
Collection description
This manuscript (1972) for Nothing to Make a Shadow (published in 1972) was donated to the Department by the Iowa State University Press. Consisting of 20 chapters, the edited typescript pages detail the 1909 homesteading story of the Cashatt family in Tripp County, South Dakota. The published version of Nothing to Make a Shadow is available in the Library under call number F656 L4. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Preliminary: includes dedication, about the author and preface |
1972 |
1 |
2 |
Chapter 1: The Leave-Taking |
1972 |
1 |
3 |
Chapter 2: Natives and Strangers |
1972 |
1 |
4 |
Chapter 3: To The End of the Railroad |
1972 |
1 |
5 |
Chapter 4: Wagon Trail to a New Home |
1972 |
1 |
6 |
Chapter 5: Days of Serenity |
1972 |
1 |
7 |
Chapter 6: Dakota Fourth |
1972 |
1 |
8 |
Chapter 7: The Sod House Family |
1972 |
1 |
9 |
Chapter 8: Our English Friends |
1972 |
1 |
10 |
Chapter 9: Graces and Diversions |
1972 |
1 |
11 |
Chapter 10: Pioneer Spirituality |
1972 |
1 |
12 |
Chapter 11: Helping Uncle Grant Get a Farm |
1972 |
1 |
13 |
Chapter 12: Torturings and Frustrations |
1972 |
1 |
14 |
Chapter 13: First School |
1972 |
1 |
15 |
Chapter 14: The Glory Tree |
1972 |
1 |
16 |
Chapter 15: The Preacher Ladies |
1972 |
1 |
17 |
Chapter 16: The Tumor Victims |
1972 |
1 |
18 |
Chapter 17: Hazards and Shadows |
1972 |
1 |
19 |
Chapter 18: The Bone Man |
1972 |
1 |
20 |
Chapter 19: Chautauqua |
1972 |
1 |
21 |
Chapter 20: Accessory Pioneers |
1972 |