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Lauren Geringer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0847
Abstract

Iowa City printer and author. The bulk of the collection is comprised of monthly bundles from amateur press associations during 1990 and 1991, including the Amalgamated Printers Association, the National Amateur Press Association, and Peat's press. Items from Geringer's Press, clippings about Geringer, a miscellaneous collection of samples of printing, and several editions of his small journal, People Watcher make up the remainderof the collection.

Dates: 1919-1992

Lauren M. Siebert papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1282
Abstract

Occupy Iowa City materials and anarchist zines from activist and librarian Lauren M. Siebert.

Dates: 2009-2012

Laurence Davis Lafore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0100
Abstract

Professor of history, University of Iowa, from 1969 until 1985. Researched the origins of the two world wars. Correspondence, manuscripts, travel postcards.

Dates: 1929-1973

Laurence Rankin Fairall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0152
Abstract

Editor of The Camp Dodger. Items relating to the 88th Infantry Division and the formation of the American Legion.

Dates: 1917-1932

Laurie Haag papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA1113
Abstract

Copies of speeches and a Iowa Marraige Equality poster created by Laurie Haag.

Dates: 2009

Lavina Power papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0417
Abstract

Schoolteacher, wife and mother, who kept account books for her husband's chain of drugstores.

Dates: 1905-1970

Lawrence E. Gelfand Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0094
Dates: -

Lawrence Oakley Cheever Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0494
Abstract

Industrial editor, author, book and bookplate collector. Correspondence, drafts, publications, and research relating to his interest in book illustrators, books and book plates.

Dates: 1931-1972

Lazarus Photographs

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Identifier: MsC0543
Abstract

Photographs from the 1948 Presidential campaign of Henry A. Wallace, running on the Progressive Party ticket.

Dates: 1948-1949

"L.E. "Jack" Hunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0631
Abstract

Coach, story writer and poet. Stories for his grand-children published as Adventures with Grandpa (1988); two unpublished typescripts. This collection has become part of the Iowa Authors Manuscript Collection, MsC869.

Dates: -

L.E. Moyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0150.02
Abstract

Photos, appointment diaries, correspondence, and other material related to Moyer's responsibilities as a crewman and superintendent on the Redpath-Horner Chautauqua circuit, as well as manager of a touring play and later a partner in the Horner-Moyer booking agency.

Dates: 1922-1954

League of Iowa Municipalities Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0248
Abstract

Annual convention proceedings, 1946-1961.

Dates: 1946 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1960-1979

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0733
Abstract

The members of Davenport LULAC Council 10 engaged in a wide range of social and political activities including annual fiestas, civil rights and fair housing.

Dates: 1932-2019

League of Women Voters, Cedar Rapids-Marion records

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Identifier: IWA0635
Abstract

The Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters (LWV) played an active part in the civic life of the greater Cedar Rapids area. During the period covered by this collection, the Cedar Rapids-Marion League of Women Voters focused on the problems of high school dropouts in the Cedar Rapids school system and the lack of affordable housing in the area.

Dates: 1937 - 2010

League of Women Voters, Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0020
Abstract State-level branch of the national non-partisan League of Women Voters which seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues. Arrangement 1971 Accession, 1917 to 1991 (boxes 1-61) Local leagues, 1939-1970 (boxes 1-5,19-32) Administrative, 1920-1968 (boxes 6-16) National, 1934-1966 (boxes 16-17) Iowa Voter, 1943-2001 (box 18) Topical, 1938-1972 (boxes 32-42, 45-58, 60-61) Histories, 1917-1969 (boxes 42-44, 59) Voter service, 1947-1966 (box 44) 1975 Accession, 1938-1973 (boxes 62-92) Local leagues, 1968-1971 (boxes 62-67) Administrative, 1940-1973 (boxes 67-79) Topical, 1938-1971 (boxes 79-83, 84-91) Voter service, 1948-1969 (boxes 83-84) 1981 Accession Local leagues, 1928-1979 (boxes 93-100) 1984 Accession, 1955-1980 (boxes 100-107) Topical, 1955-1980 (boxes...
Dates: 1917-2001

League of Women Voters, Johnson County records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0021
Abstract

Local branch of the national non-partisan League of Women Voters which seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues.

Dates: 1920-2009

League of Women Voters, Metropolitan Des Moines records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0243
Abstract

This non-partisan group studied and acted upon the many local issues including the following: the council-manager form of city government, home rule for local and county government, reapportionment of legislative districts of the Iowa General Assembly, desegregation and integration of Des Moines public schools, and the need for affordable housing in the community.

Dates: 1936-1995

League of Women Voters, Mount Vernon-Lisbon records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0205
Abstract

The league has been involved in various projects and studies throughout its history, reflecting changing political issues while maintaining a core concern for the community of Mount Vernon.

Dates: 1948-1996

League of Women Voters, Muscatine records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0636
Abstract

During the 1980s and 1990s, the LWV of Muscatine conducted a number of studies on Muscatine county issues, including the ambulance 911 system, law enforcement, county courthouse space needs, alternative forms of county government, housing, education, land use, hazardous waste, local option tax, the U.S. Highway 61 Bypass, and the Muscatine fire station.

Dates: 1943-2000

League of Women Voters, Sioux City records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0229
Scope and Contents The League of Women Voters of Sioux City records date from 1978 to 1993 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings from the Sioux City Journal and the Des Moines Register chronicling local debates in the late 1970s about Sioux City's urban renewal and city government structure. Clippings on how other Iowa cities were handling these issues in their communities are included. The home rule charter folder includes the proposal submitted by the Sioux City Charter Commission to the mayor and city council, which called for re-structuring the city's government; among other things, the new charter would have given more power to the mayor. The proposed charter was hotly debated for several months and defeated in a narrow vote; the League opposed the charter. The urban renewal newspaper clippings describe conflicts over how to maintain a vital business sector, and an investigation into charges that a developer had misused...
Dates: 1978-1993

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 6
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Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 5
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Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 5
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Iowa Geological Survey 4
Iowa Mother of the Year 4
Iowa State Bar Association 4
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Iowa. General Assembly 4
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Meade, Marion 4
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 4
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Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 4
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 4
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Ray, Robert D., 1928- 4
Republican National Convention 4
State University of Iowa. School of Nursing 4
Teaford, Jane (1935-) 4
United States Postal Service 4
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 4
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University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education and Dance 4
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 4
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Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 4
Adams, Janet (1937-) 3
American Bar Association 3
Anderson, Margaret, 1928- 3
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 3
Athletics Department 3
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 3
Branstad, Terry E. 3
Coggeshall, Mary Jane Whitely, 1836-1911 3
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 3
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) 3
Cummins, Albert Baird, 1850-1926 3
Des Moines Art Center 3
Des Moines Women's Club 3
Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 3
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 3
Friedman, Ken, 1949- 3
Gerber, John C. 3
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 3
Hancher, Virgil M. 3
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 3
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