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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
Anne E. Pierce Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG99.0232
Abstract
Professor of music. Head of music at S.U.I. Experimental Schools. Performance programs and correspondence.
Dates:
1893-1937
Found in:
University of Iowa Archives
Archie Alphonse Alexander Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0304
Abstract
Engineer and governor of the Virgin Islands. Subject files, correspondence, speeches, clippings, etc. relating to his career as an engineer, diplomat, and university trustee.
Dates:
1940-1970
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Arthur Francis Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0357
Abstract
Editor of the Sioux City Journal. Primarily correspondence, with speeches, clippings, and a scrapbook on Abraham Lincoln.
Dates:
1913-1949; 1919-1930
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
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
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
Cornelia Meigs Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0658
Abstract
Children's author and Iowa's first Newbery Award winner. This collection consists of a manuscript and various clippings. Iowa Author Mss.
Dates:
1949
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Dante Pierce Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0061
Abstract
Farm editor. Correspondence with State and National Political figures including Smith Brookhart, Calvin Coolidge, Robert LaFolette, Henry Wallace, and George Wilson.
Dates:
1916-1948; Majority of material found in 1925-1945
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
D.C. Spriestersbach Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG99.0255
Abstract
Faculty, Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, 1940. Dean, Graduate College, 1965-1987. Interim University President, 1981-1982. Reports, memoranda, appointment books, scrapbooks, and correspondence, pertaining to a variety of University-related topics, including advancement of research, anti-war protest, and federal funding for public institutions.
Dates:
1952-2000
Found in:
University of Iowa Archives
Dina Rees Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG99.0189
Abstract
High school educator in dramatic arts. Awarded first Ph.D. in dramatic arts from an American university, received from the University of Iowa in 1932.
Dates:
1937-1974
Found in:
University of Iowa Archives
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
Earl Elijah Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0244
Abstract
State senator, farmer, and bank president. Primarily speeches about agriculture, with newspaper clippings, campaign literature, and correspondence.
Dates:
1929-1971
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. Breen Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0334
Abstract
Iowa state legislator, attorney, and broadcasting station executive. Senate bills, correspondence, speeches, and subject files ranging from the Democratic Party to the Townsend National Recovery Plan document his career in Iowa 's state senate.
Dates:
1936 - 1973; 1936-1942
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
Edwin Ford Piper Collection
Collection
Identifier: msc0040
Overview
Piper's notes on Western ballads, with music for some; other folk materials including rhymes, riddles, games, folk sayings, quadrille calls, slang, superstitions, and folk remedies.
Dates:
1929-1941
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
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