Charlotte Shivvers papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0896
Scope and Contents
The Charlotte Shivvers papers date from 1995 to 1996 and measure 2.00 linear inches. The collection contains sermons written and delivered by Shivvers at the Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society in North Hills, California. Her sermons range from topics of love and service to adoption and affirmative action. Also included is an essay by Shivvers about her father, John Shivvers, describing his experiences in France during World War One and the insights on farming and ethics that he passed onto his daughters.
Dates
- 1995-1996
Creator
- Shivvers, Charlotte, 1935- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
Biographical / Historical
Charlotte Shivvers was born in 1935 to John and Vera Shivvers on their family farm in Knoxville, Iowa. John Shivvers was elected to the Iowa State Senate in 1962, but died before he could take office. Vera Shivvers filled her husband's seat, becoming the third woman to serve in the Iowa State Senate. Charlotte Shivvers married twice, first to Vergil Brown, with whom she had three children, and later Bob Baker. She worked as a realtor before becoming a Unitarian Universalist minister in California. In 1996, she returned to Iowa to practice sustainable farming with her sisters Martha Shivvers Skillman and Marietta Shivvers Carr on the family's 520 acre farm, which they inherited in 1990. Charlotte Shivvers later founded the Rural History Buffs, a guided tour company that explored Iowa history.
Extent
2.00 linear inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Unitarian Universalist minister and daughters of Iowa State Senator Vera Shivvers
Method of Acquisition
The papers (donor no. 682) were donated by Charlotte Shivvers in 2013.
- 1991-2000
- Archives (groupings)
- California
- Ethics
- Farm life
- Farmers
- France
- Personal papers
- Rural women
- Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society
- Sermons
- Shivvers, Charlotte, 1935-
- Shivvers, John, -1962
- Unitarian Universalist churches
- Unitarian Universalists
- Women in Christianity
- Women in agriculture
- Women in agriculture
- World War, 1914-1918
Creator
- Shivvers, Charlotte, 1935- (Person)
- Author
- Christina Jensen, 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
Contact:
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu