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University of Iowa

 Organization

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

Geneva Southall papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0380
Abstract

Professor Emeritus of Afro-American Studies and Music at the University of Minnesota; University of Iowa alumna.

Dates: 1960-2004

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

Gladys Talcott Rife papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0284
Abstract

Mt. Vernon, Iowa high school teacher who later owned and directed The Depot Museum in Fayette County, Iowa.

Dates: 1920-2002

Helen Lemme Reading Club records

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31858073180675]
Identifier: IWA0399
Abstract

African American reading club formed in 1984 by University of Iowa graduate students.

Dates: 1984-1998

Helene Scriabine papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0080
Abstract

Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.

Dates: 1940-1996

Homer Calkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0504
Abstract

Historian, archivist, and author. Correspondence files; diaries; memorabilia; scrapbooks dealing with his early life, education, career in the State Department, and work for the Methodist Church.

Dates: 1897-1996

Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0869
Abstract

Includes manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, dust jackets, and other miscellany associated with publications of many Iowa Authors.

Dates: 1888-1990

James Cutler Milliman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0350
Abstract

Student at U of I, Civil War soldier, Lt. Governor of Iowa. Photographs and letters written about the University of Iowa, Harrison County, Iowa and New York.

Dates: 1865-1917

Janie Yates-Glandorf papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0337
Abstract

Iowa City high school drama and English teacher.

Dates: 1943-2005

Jean Jew Justice Committee records

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31858069891830]
Identifier: IWA0444
Abstract

The committee organized in 1990 to support Jean Jew in her sexual harassment lawsuit against the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1982-1999

Jean Lloyd-Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0066
Abstract

State legislator from Iowa City and president of the Iowa Peace Institute.

Dates: 1964-2021

Jean Shoots papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0308
Abstract

Writer, performer, volunteer, and nurse in Iowa City.

Dates: 1990-1998

John Cantwell Reid Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0436
Abstract

Cedar Rapids, Iowa businessman; president of the National Oats Company; member of the Iowa State Board of Regents. Correspondence and memoranda relating to his term on the Board of Regents and his friendship with Grant Wood.

Dates: 1933-1962; Majority of material found within 1933-1942

John Hubert Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0157
Abstract

Scott was the head of the Department of English at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for seven years beginning in 1908. He joined the faculty of the English department at the University of Iowa in 1915. The collection documents Scott's research theories regarding the connections between speech inflections and literary authorship, as well as his book collecting interests which focused on John Henry Ireland.

Dates: 1898-1945

Judge Roy L. Stephenson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0421
Abstract

U.S. Circuit Judge, Eighth Circuit and previously U.S. District Judge. Case files, correspondence, and subject files.

Dates: 1960-1979

Kittredge Cherry and Audrey Lockwood

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0759
Abstract

Life partners Kittredge Cherry (1957-), an author, journalist, and minister to the LGBT community, and Audrey Lockwood (1957- ), a financial planner, met as students at the University of Iowa in 1975 and lived and worked in Japan before settling in California.

Dates: 1970-2009

Leah A. Jones papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0304
Abstract

Chicago native and graduate of the University of Iowa.



Arrangement

Two folders:  folder 1 shelved in SCVF;  folder 2 shelved in map case.

Dates: 1983-1997

Linda Yanney papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0413
Abstract

Iowa City feminist and champion of LGBT rights.

Dates: 1948-2000

Lois Baker Muehl papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0470
Abstract

University of Iowa rhetoric professor who published children's books and taught English as a second language at refugee camps in Thailand, Korea, and China.



Arrangement

Three works have been transferred to the Iowa Women's Archives printed works collection: Trading Cultures in the Classroom, 1993; The Hidden Year of Devlin Bates, 1967; Worst Room in the School, 1961.

Dates: 1952-2006

Lolly Eggers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0806
Abstract

Papers related to the social activism and career of librarian Lolly Eggers.

Dates: 1963-1994

Additional filters:

Subject
Archives (groupings) 69
Iowa City (Iowa) 57
Personal papers 47
Photographs 45
20th century 40
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2001-2010 28
College students 25
1991-2000 22
Sound recordings 22
Correspondence 21
Cultural artifacts 19
College teachers 18
Iowa 18
Scrapbooks 17
Speeches 17
Video recordings 16
1981-1990 14
Diaries 14
Women in higher education 13
Administrative records 12
Authors 12
African American women 11
African American women -- Iowa 11
Oral histories 11
Women 10
American literature 9
English literature 9
Slides (photographs) 9
Teachers 9
1971-1980 8
Journalists 8
Writers Archive at Iowa 8
Clippings (information artifacts) 7
Memoirs 7
Sex discrimination against women 7
Teaching 7
Women -- Political activity 7
World War, 1939-1945 7
Alumni and alumnae 6
Authors, American 6
Bisexuals 6
Gays 6
High school students 6
Lesbians 6
Sexual minorities 6
Transgender people 6
Volunteers 6
Women in education 6
Women lawyers 6
Artists 5
Families 5
Feminists 5
Manuscripts (documents) 5
Novelists 5
Posters 5
Social service 5
Typescripts 5
Women's rights 5
2011-2020 4
African Americans 4
Autobiographies 4
Clergy 4
College sports for women 4
Community activists 4
Drawings (visual works) 4
Feminism 4
Graduate students 4
Johnson County (Iowa) 4
Personal narratives 4
Social workers 4
Volunteer workers in social service 4
Voyages and travels 4
Women -- Societies and clubs 4
Women in journalism 4
Yearbooks 4
Art 3
Awards 3
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 3
College administrators 3
English teachers 3
Equal rights amendments 3
Fiction -- Authorship 3
Files (digital files) 3
First drafts 3
Journalism 3
Legal files 3
Newspaper editors 3
Newspapers 3
Periodical editors 3
Photocopies 3
Photograph albums 3
Poets 3
Political activists 3
Political campaigns 3
Publishers and publishing 3
Sports for girls 3
Sports for women 3
Twentieth century 3
Women and the arts 3
Women in nonprofit organizations 3
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