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Democratic Party (Iowa)

 Organization

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Beverly A. Hannon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0065
Abstract

Two-term Iowa state senator. Hannon chaired the Human Resources Committee and was instrumental in founding the Iowa Women's Foundation in Iowa City.

Dates: 1968-2015

B.H. Shearer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0242
Abstract

Newspaperman in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Journals, correspondence, business records, and subject files relating to his life and career as the editor and publisher of the Columbus Gazette and as the publisher of the Iowa Union Farmer. Subject files include topics ranging from the Iowa Union Farmer to the Louisa County Fair.

Dates: 1901-1969

Black Hawk County Democratic Women's Organization (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0545
Abstract

The group formed in 1956 to help elect Democratic candidates.

Dates: 1956-1977

Clyde L. Herring Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0068
Abstract

Governor and U.S. Senator from Iowa. The papers primarily consist of political speeches and correspondence on topics ranging from neutrality to the Democratic conventions.

Dates: 1931-1942; Majority of material found within 1933-1937

Connie McBurney papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0888
Abstract

Journalist and 1996 congressional candidate.

Dates: 1996-2002

Democratic Activist Women's Network, District 1 records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0602
Abstract

Organization created to recruit, educate, and elect Democratic women to public office in Iowa.

Dates: 1981-2009

Donald J. Mitchell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0330
Abstract

Lawyer and Democratic National Committeeman from Iowa. Primarily correspondence and subject files relating to his political work for the Democratic Party.

Dates: 1942-1968

Edward A. McDermott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0241
Abstract

Lawyer, co-chairman of Iowans for Kennedy (1960), and director of the Office of Emergency Planning, 1962-1965. Reports, speeches, press releases, subject files, and correspondence relating to his career in government service during the 1960s.

Dates: 1960-1965

Edward J. Breen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0334
Abstract

Iowa state legislator, attorney, and broadcasting station executive. Senate bills, correspondence, speeches, and subject files ranging from the Democratic Party to the Townsend National Recovery Plan document his career in Iowa 's state senate.

Dates: 1936 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1936-1942

Edward J. McManus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0258
Abstract

Iowa state senator, lieutenant governor of Iowa, Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa, delegate to Democratic National Convention, and U.S. District Court Judge for Northern District of Iowa. Correspondence, speeches, telegrams, campaign material, press releases, photographs, newspaper clippings, tape recordings, phonograph recordings, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1942-1964; Majority of material found within 1960-1969

Elizabeth Miller Richards papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0737
Abstract

Politician and women's rights activist from Red Oak, Iowa,who ran for Iowa state representative in 1966.

Dates: 1929-1996

Frederick Elliott Biermann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0128
Abstract

U.S. Representative from Iowa. Correspondence, speeches, and campaign material relating to his years in the Congress.

Dates: 1932-1968

Gertrude Cohen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0358
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.

Dates: 1964-1991

Harold E. Hughes Gubernatorial Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0385
Abstract

Governor and U.S. Senator from Iowa. Gubernatorial and senatorial office files relating to his political career.

Dates: 1962-1975

Herschel C. Loveless Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0184
Abstract

Governor of Iowa. Most of the papers relate to the 1960 gubernatorial race with correspondence, campaign materials, and speeches. There are also scrapbooks and office files.

Dates: 1958-1961

Jake More Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0187
Abstract

Lawyer and State Chair of Iowa's Democratic State Central Committee. Speeches, correspondence, press releases, voter lists, financial reports, etc. all relating to More's involvement in Iowa's Democratic Party organization.

Dates: 1932-1968; Majority of material found within 1950-1968

James V. Gallagher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0327
Abstract

Iowa state legislator. Correspondence and subject files relating to his service in the Iowa house and senate. Issues range from abortion to apportionment, however Gallagher's primary interest were energy and conservation.

Dates: 1964-1984

Jeanne Bridenstine papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0187
Abstract

First woman elected chairperson of the Jasper County Democratic Central Committee in 1972.

Dates: 1962-2014

Jo Ann Zimmerman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0351
Abstract

Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1982 and in 1986, she became the first woman Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.

Dates: 1958-1995

John C. Pryor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0377
Abstract

Lawyer in Burlington, Iowa. Correspondence and subject files relating primarily to the Iowa Bar Association and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Dates: 1920-1976; Majority of material found within 1930-1949

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Centerville (Iowa) 1
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Davenport (Iowa) 1
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