The Alice and Meta Schwiebert papers date from 1904 to 2000 and measure 1 linear foot in two boxes. The papers are arranged in two series: Alice Schwiebert and Meta Schwiebert. The Alice Schwiebert series contains a binder with information about her education and career. Highlights include photographs from Schwiebert’s clubs at Victor High School and Cornell College, comments and photographs of her career at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, accolades from her employers, materials from her time as the Director of Dormitories at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, such as a certificate from the Department of War and her dismissal documentation, and her second career working in elder services in the Linn County, Iowa area. Schwiebert’s application for Kirkwood Community College’s Office of Retirement Education and Other Opportunities, later called Heritage Agency on Aging, are included in this series. Schwiebert founded this organization and served as its director. Schwiebert’s certificates for Outstanding Older Iowan are within the binder. The series includes recreation guidebooks that Schwiebert used throughout her career. There are two folders relating to Schwiebert’s master’s studies.

The Meta Schwiebert series contains a biography binder created for her ninetieth birthday. The binder follows Schwiebert from her high school days through her post-retirement life, documenting her education and career as a social worker. There are photographs of her time at Cornell College and drafts of her master’s thesis within this series. There are photographs, newspaper clippings, and notes from Schwiebert’s career as a social worker focusing on settlement houses. Throughout the binder, there are autobiographical notes done in the 1980s recounting important milestones and newspaper clippings highlighting her work. There are a number of awards and letters of appreciation within the binder as well. Meta Schwiebert worked at a wide range of settlement houses throughout her career, focusing on family resources and education. Schwiebert was a founding member of the Council on Aging, and the series contains newspaper clippings about this. After retiring from their careers, the Schwiebert twins returned to Iowa and were very involved in their Cedar Rapids community. There are newspaper clippings and photographs in both Meta Schwiebert and Alice Schwiebert’s series about their work for elderly people, such as their store Eldercraft and the Elderfest festival and copies of both women’s obituaries are also held within their respective biographical binders.