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State University of Iowa

 Organization

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Abbie Romey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0146
Abstract

Actress, homemaker, and 1928 graduate of the State University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Dates: 1891-1993

Alberta Metcalf Kelly papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0176
Abstract

High school English teacher who was active in state and national Democratic Party politics during the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: 1899-1994

Betty Rugen Schutter papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0477
Abstract

Scrapbook and correspondence to her parents during her student years at the State University of Iowa.

Dates: 1937-1980

Beverly Barnes Fix papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0609
Abstract

Television and radio broadcaster, producer and writer who worked in Iowa and Hollywood in the 1940s.

Dates: 1974-2001

C. Pauline Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0627
Abstract

An outstanding athlete and the first woman to receive an athletic letter at the University of Iowa. She graduated in 1923.

Dates: 1920 -1985

Constance Frick Irwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0208
Abstract

Author, librarian, and professor of library science who was a WAVE during World War II.

Dates: 1918-1995

Cornelia Shrauger Day papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0328
Abstract

Educated in journalism and law. Washington, Iowa, resident active in YWCA, Planned Parenthood and UNICEF.

Dates: 1890-2004

Delvena Anderson papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0100
Abstract

Diary of a trip from Iowa City through eastern Canada.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: Existence: 1958

Doris Bender Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0326
Abstract

Student who attended the University of Iowa in the 1940s and later became a teacher and child-welfare worker.

Dates: 1945-2013

Dorothy and Warren Wirtz papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0117
Abstract

Brother and sister from Keokuk, Iowa who attended the State University of Iowa and pursued careers as a composer and French professor, respectively.

Dates: 1915-2012

Edna Herbst papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0536
Abstract

Videotaped interview with Herbst about the history of television broadcasting in Iowa, 1998.



Arrangement

One folder shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1924-2003

Eleanor Gildner Hageboeck papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0460
Abstract

University of Iowa alumna and clubwoman. She wrote a column for the Iowa City Press Citizen during World War II.

Dates: 1929-1993

Elizabeth Wherry papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0028
Abstract

Farm magazine writer.

Dates: 1904-1960

Esther J. Walls papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0288
Abstract

Mason City, Iowa native and librarian who was the first African-American female student at University of Iowa elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Dates: 1860-1996

Eve Drewelowe papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0135
Abstract

Artist who attended the State University of Iowa and in 1924 became the first person to receive a masters degree in Painting and Art History.

Dates: 1910-1996

Faith Knowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0206
Abstract

Johnson County community activist from the 1970s to 1990s.

Dates: 1936-1995

Geraldine Greenlee papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0474
Abstract

Received her master's degree from the Department of Physical Education for Women at the State University of Iowa in 1952.

Dates: 1945-2004

Gertrude Schroeder Lockwood papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0826
Abstract

Scrapbook documenting the collegiate life of a State University of Iowa student during the 1920's.

Dates: 1923-1928

Gertrude Taft papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0843
Abstract

Humboldt, Iowa, native who taught high school in Iowa and worked for the Unitarian Church in Cleveland and Boston.

Dates: 1908-1926

Giving Voice to their Memories: Oral Histories of African American Women in Iowa

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0331
Abstract

Oral history project of the Iowa Women's Archives.

Dates: 1997-1998

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Subject
Archives (groupings) 67
Personal papers 60
20th century 57
Photographs 55
College students 44
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Iowa City (Iowa) 40
Scrapbooks 30
Correspondence 26
2001-2010 24
Cultural artifacts 17
Diaries 15
Families 14
Teachers 14
Women 12
Memoirs 11
Oral histories 11
Speeches 9
College teachers 8
Iowa 8
Sound recordings 8
Teaching 8
Video recordings 8
Voyages and travels 8
Women in education 8
World War, 1939-1945 8
Yearbooks 8
Authors 7
High school students 7
Autobiographies 6
Community activists 6
High school teachers 6
Photograph albums 6
Women -- Political activity 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women 6
1921-1930 5
1941-1950 5
African American women 5
African American women -- Iowa 5
Artists 5
Family papers 5
Girls 5
Women -- Societies and clubs 5
Women and War 5
Women in higher education 5
Women in journalism 5
Women in public life 5
1931-1940 4
1971-1980 4
1981-1990 4
Awards 4
Des Moines (Iowa) 4
Farm life 4
Marriage 4
Mason City (Iowa) 4
New York (N.Y.) 4
Volunteers 4
Washington (D.C.) 4
Women and the arts 4
Women lawyers 4
1901-1910 3
1951-1960 3
1991-2000 3
Art 3
Autograph albums 3
Burlington (Iowa) 3
Class reunions 3
Community organization 3
Drawings (visual works) 3
Educators 3
Journalists 3
Librarians 3
Political campaigns 3
Political participation 3
Politicians 3
Posters 3
Rural women 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Social participation 3
Social service 3
Social workers 3
Sports for girls 3
Sports for women 3
Women -- 19th century 3
Women in agriculture 3
Women in charitable work 3
Women in community organization 3
Women in library science 3
Women in television broadcasting 3
1911-1920 2
1961-1970 2
Actresses 2
Administrative records 2
Atlantic (Iowa) 2
Boulder (Colo.) 2
California 2
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 2
Chicago (Ill.) 2
Christmas cards 2
Clubs 2
College athletes 2
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