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Albert J. Cohen Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0126
Abstract
American motion picture and television script writer and producer. Program scripts, department materials, memos, clippings, notes, correspondence, production budgets, and miscellaneous photographs.
Dates:
1948-1961; Majority of material found in 1951-1955
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Alice French Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0605
Abstract
One of the most successful women writers of the later 19th century, Octave Thanet's stories and novels celebrated the status quo; she lived much of her life in Davenport, Iowa. Our holdings consist of a holograph draft of her story, The Governor's Prerogative, photographs, photocopies of other stories, and a microfilm of Voice of Nature.
Dates:
1868-1962
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Arthur A. Ross Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0127
Abstract
Motion picture and television script writer. Slides, watercolor paintings, scripts, screenplays, short stories and novels by Ross; photographs, three recordings.
Dates:
1942-1965; Majority of material found in 1950-1965
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Augustus Sinning Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0391
Abstract
Physician. Correspondence, clippings, notebooks, and other papers.
Dates:
1892-1948
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
B.H. Shearer Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0242
Abstract
Newspaperman in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Journals, correspondence, business records, and subject files relating to his life and career as the editor and publisher of the Columbus Gazette and as the publisher of the Iowa Union Farmer. Subject files include topics ranging from the Iowa Union Farmer to the Louisa County Fair.
Dates:
1901-1969
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Blackhawk Foundry and Machine Company Records
Collection
Identifier: msc0135
Abstract
Iron casting company in Davenport, Iowa. Includes blueprints, budgets, correspondence, publicity, and photographs.
Dates:
1945-1951
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Carl Van Vechten Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0715
Abstract
23 photographs of Doris Julian, Stephen Van Ophuigsen, Coleman Dowell, Jose Quintero and others; 16 photograph postcards including Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas; 75 photographs of celebrities (lacking no. 18); several drafts and related correspondence for Gertrude Stein: An Epilogue.
Dates:
1939-1960
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Collection
Identifier: msc0138
Abstract
Budgets, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other material.
Dates:
1874 - 1973; Majority of material found in 1935 - 1946
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Charles Wood Irish Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0362
Abstract
Civil engineer and surveyor. Diaries, surveyor notebooks, letterpress books, correspondence, postcards, terrain profiles, photographs, etc.
Dates:
1852-1927
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Christisen Railroad Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0548
Abstract
Records for the Milwaukee Road, Amtrak, and the B&O railroads, with some materials from the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern (EJ&E), the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ), the Nickel Plate Railroad (NKP), and Acheson, Topeka and Santa Fe (AT&SF) lines from the 1880s to the early 1990s.
Dates:
1880-1990
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Conger Reynolds Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0183
Abstract
Journalist, diplomat, and public relations expert. Subject files, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, etc. relating to his varied career, from WWI intelligence officer to Chicago Tribune editor in Paris to consulate official to public relations director for Standard Oil.
Dates:
1899-1970
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Davenport Besler Corportation Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0081
Abstract
Business records of a liquidated Davenport, Iowa, locomotive manufacturing company.
Dates:
1909-1955
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
David Swift Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0125
Abstract
Television and motion picture writer, director and producer. Television and motion picture scripts, screenplays, publicity, reviews, notes and memos, set designs, and costume sketches.
Dates:
1951-1965
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Donald C. Pierson Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0292
Abstract
Chairman of the Iowa Republican State Central Committee. Reports, campaign and convention material, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and speeches.
Dates:
1937-1973; 1950-1960
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Dr. Mark Ranney Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0190
Abstract
Physician and book collector. Photographs, financial records, clippings and memorabilia.
Dates:
1854-1909; Majority of material found in 1870-1909
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Edward C. Eicher Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0049
Abstract
Lawyer, Government official, and U.S. Representative from Iowa. Correspondence, and speeches, including material on Iowa politics and government.
Dates:
1899-1944; Majority of material found in 1899-1901, 1935-1938
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Edward J. McManus Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0258
Abstract
Iowa state senator, lieutenant governor of Iowa, Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa, delegate to Democratic National Convention, and U.S. District Court Judge for Northern District of Iowa. Correspondence, speeches, telegrams, campaign material, press releases, photographs, newspaper clippings, tape recordings, phonograph recordings, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1942-1964; Majority of material found in 1960-1970
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Eleanor Pownall Simmons Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: msc0698
Abstract
Printmaker and artist, Simmons wrote and illustrated a number of books for children.
Dates:
1960-1970
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Fox Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0449
Abstract
Dr. Walter Fox was a physician who served in France during WWI and later died in Serbia while working for the Italian Red Cross. Helen Fox Angell was a Red Cross worker during WWII and later in the Panama Canal Zone. Primarily photographs, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia.
Dates:
1880-1966; 1918-1947
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Frank Emmanuel Stucki Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0090
Abstract
Minister. Correspondence, sermons, and tax returns.
Dates:
1910-1961
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
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