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wa00005. Jewish Women

 Record Group
Identifier: wa00005

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Fish Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1023
Abstract

A Sioux City Jewish family that owned and operated the auto repair shop, Ben Fish Tire.

Dates: 1922-2015

Richard Jacobs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1027
Abstract

Associate Dean of the College of Dentistry and Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Iowa in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish man, escaped the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland.

Dates: 1935-2015

Oliver Pollak papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1036
Abstract

A collection of cookbooks and documents from Jewish women’s organizations in Iowa.

Dates: 1890 - 2017

Sandra Reuben papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1037
Abstract

Library director who grew up in Forest City, Iowa, the daughter of a Lithuanian immigrant.

Dates: 1900-2000

Miriam Gelfand oral history

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1024
Abstract

Oral history with Miriam Gelfand, a Jewish immigrant from China who also taught as a professor of French and Russian at The University of Iowa from 1962 to 1994.

Dates: 2016

Barbara Krigsten papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1031
Abstract

Picture of a Hanukah party in Denisen, Iowa in 1952.

Dates: 1952

David Nadler papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1034
Abstract

Memoir of a Renate Nadler’s experience as a Jewish child in Nazi Germany written by her son, and an account of her son’s visit to her birthplace several decades following World War II.

Dates: 2009-2017

Suzi Kaiman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1028
Abstract

Family- and community-oriented Jewish woman from Sioux City, Iowa.

Dates: 1907-2009

Harris Scheer Berg family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1040
Abstract

Letters, photographs, and papers of an extended Jewish family that emigrated from Russia to Iowa in the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1869-2018

Ruth Lebowich papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1033
Abstract

Sioux City woman whose German Jewish parents emigrated to Sioux City, Iowa, after living in a displaced persons camp following World War II

Dates: 1945-2018

The Greater Des Moines Jewish Press records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1291
Abstract

Organization dedicated to journalistic efforts that promote and support the Jewish community in the greater Des Moines area and beyond.

Dates: 2018 - 2021

Frances "Francie" Hornstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1250
Abstract

Co-director of the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Los Angeles, California who specialized in lesbian health care.

Dates: 1972 - 1999

Ohsman-Berg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1025
Abstract

Two generations of career women and homemakers in a Cedar Rapids family.

Dates: 1900-2018

Fay Avivah Jonas Kaye papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1322
Abstract

Essays about the Beth El Synagogue and the Fort Dodge Jewish community.

Dates: 2022

Anne Frank Sapling Project records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1332
Abstract

Anne Frank Sapling Project tree planting ceremony event program and reaction cards.

Dates: 2022

May Brodbeck papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0890
Abstract

Professor of philosophy who served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties at the University of Iowa from 1974-1983.

Dates: 1917- 2012

Greenberg Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0830
Abstract

Des Moines, Iowa community activist whose husband, Don D. Alt served as a State House Representative.

Dates: 1918-1975

Sara Markovitz Strauss papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0836
Abstract

An Iowa City resident and University of Iowa alum who emigrated from the Soviet Union with her family in 1921.

Dates: 1912-1970

A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract

Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.

Dates: 1988-1993

Shloss and Mannheimer Families papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0334
Abstract

Prominent Des Moines families including Irma Mannheimer, her husband Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and her parents, Rose and Max Shloss—the owners of Lederer and Strauss and Company.

Dates: 1896-1986