wa00004/wa00004.3. Oral Histories
Record Group Term
Identifier: wa00004/wa00004.3
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral histories
Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract
Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.
Dates:
1988-1993
Aldeen Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0279
Abstract
Muscatine, Iowa, newspaper columnist active in arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations.
Dates:
1954-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Aldeen Davis papers
Angelica Lynn Rose Atalig oral history
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0587
Abstract
Oral history, 1999. The narrator describes growing up in a bilingual, biracial family in Garner, Iowa.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1999
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Bettie McKenzie papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0136
Abstract
Community activist from Red Oak, Iowa.
Dates:
1874-2003
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Bettie McKenzie papers
Betty Boller oral history
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0290
Abstract
Des Moines wife and mother who worked as a secretary during World War II.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Betty Boller oral history
Beverly Everett papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0148
Abstract
Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.
Dates:
1856-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Beverly Everett papers
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract
Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.
Dates:
1910-1991; 1942-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Catherine Lewis papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0217
Abstract
Interviews and field reports prepared by Lewis for the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklore.
Dates:
1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Catherine Lewis papers
Dale McCormick papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0513
Abstract
Carpenter and activist for women in non-traditional jobs.
Dates:
1958-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Dale McCormick papers
Dora E. Mackay papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0248
Abstract
African American singer and beauty shop owner in Des Moines, Iowa.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC1109] shelved in audiocassette collection.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC1109] shelved in audiocassette collection.
Dates:
1932-2006
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Dora E. Mackay papers
Dora Jane Hamblin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0087
Abstract
Iowa native who wrote for the Cedar Rapids Gazette, LIFE magazine, and other periodicals.
Dates:
1937-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Dora Jane Hamblin papers
Edna Griffin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract
Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.
Dates:
1948-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Edna Griffin papers
Elizabeth Anna Gernes papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0270
Abstract
Educator and Red Cross worker.
Arrangement Two folders, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC341] shelved in audiocassette collection.
Arrangement Two folders, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC341] shelved in audiocassette collection.
Dates:
1929-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Elizabeth Anna Gernes papers
Esther Sietmann Warner Dendel papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0301
Abstract
Author and artist from Laurel, Iowa.
Dates:
1922-1996
Esther Thornhill papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0254
Abstract
Ida Grove, Iowa mother and homemaker who worked at a hatchery and at a hamburger shop before marrying.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1956-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Esther Thornhill papers
Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radio Homemaker Materials
Collection
Identifier: IWA0126
Abstract
Cookbooks, newsletters, and other publications of the Radio Homemakers who broadcast over KMA and KFNF in southwest Iowa.
Dates:
1924-2012
Frances Hawthorne papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0473
Abstract
Des Moines educator whose materials include You Can't Go Back to Buxton and African Americans in Iowa: a Chronicle of Contributions, 1830-1992.
Dates:
1906-2000; 1950-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Frances Hawthorne papers
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Gladys Talcott Rife papers