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wa00008. Nineteenth Century Women

 Record Group
Identifier: wa00008

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Jane Coggeshall artifacts

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1179
Abstract

A suffragist from Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1896-1909

Mary Jane Parsons papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0517
Abstract

Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1935

Mary Linder papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0996
Abstract

Geology and zoology notes from the Iowa City Academy, 1881.

Dates: 1881-1885

Mary Sears McHenry papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0423
Abstract

Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1865-1998

Millicent Mary Cuplin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0165
Abstract

Mathematics teacher at East High School in Des Moines who started the school's first ball team.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1889-1994

Mrs. AD (Sarah Tillson) Hunt papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA1146
Abstract

Reminiscence of nineteenth century Humboldt County, Iowa.

Dates: 1884 - 1901

Nannie Kern papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0632
Abstract

One autograph book presented to Kern as a girl in 1864.

Dates: 1864-1886

Phoebe Kellum Mericle papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0302
Abstract

Early settler in Webster County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One item, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1893

Proteus Club (Des Moines) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0096
Abstract

Women's study club organized in 1896 by college graduates for their intellectual improvement.

Dates: 1896-2019

Robinson-Lacy Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0424
Abstract

Correspondence diaries, scrapbook, and genealogical information regarding this Dubuque-area family.

Dates: 1852-2001

Rosa Knutson Gangestad papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0614
Abstract

The daughter of Norwegian immigrants who came to Humboldt County, Iowa in 1872. Reflections on pioneer life through handwritten stories and letters for her grandchildren.

Dates: 1867-1943

Rose Ettinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0063
Abstract

Concert singer who toured Europe from 1897 to 1907.

Dates: 1880-1929

Ruth Fatherson Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0489
Abstract

Reminiscences and essays by Taylor and the transcript of a 1915 memoir written by Editha Phillips Fatherson.

Dates: 1915-2002

Sarah C. Taylor papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0140
Abstract

Papers, 1881-1907.13 items. Physician who ran the Taylor Sanitarium in Hamburg, Iowa for two decades around the turn of the century.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1881-1907

Shale and Wolf Families letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0425
Abstract

Family correspondence recording farm life in northern Iowa and the Dakota territory, primarily from a farm woman's perspective.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1878-1999

Stella M. Mason papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0744
Abstract

Physician and surgeon who practiced in Mason City, Iowa, and was also active in the women's sufffrage movement.

Dates: 1852-1958

The Clionian Club (Davenport, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0357
Abstract

Women's study group which originated in 1874.

Dates: 1874-1996

Trimble Family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0427
Abstract

Reminiscences of Gladys Trimble Leith and Marie Jeffers about their mother, Mary Pyle Trimble as well as their own childhood.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1879-1999

Van Zante and De Cook Families papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0721
Abstract

Late 19th century diary of adolescent Dutch-American farm girl and 1932 farm diary of her daughter-in-law.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1888-1969

Virginia Harper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0199
Abstract

One of five African American women who integrated Currier Hall at the University of Iowa in 1946. Former president of the Fort Madison chapter of the NAACP.

Dates: 1940-2005