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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Aat: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railroad Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0210
Abstract

Transcripts of interviews with Sutherland Dows and W.M. Schneider concerning the history and operation of the CRANDIC Railway.

Dates: 1953 - 1973

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

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 within 1899-1901; Majority of material found within 1935-1938

Elbert Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0042
Abstract

Legal papers, diplomas, certificates of appointments, scrapbook, 2 issues of Keosauqua, Iowa, newspapers (1852-58), and other papers.

Dates: 1828-1895; Majority of material found within 1850-1869

Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0869
Abstract

Includes manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, dust jackets, and other miscellany associated with publications of many Iowa Authors.

Dates: 1888-1990

James N. Damron Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0003
Dates: -

Janine Canan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0792
Abstract

Poet and editor. Books, manuscripts,clippings, correspondence.

Dates: 1960-2004

June Helm Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0018
Abstract

University of Iowa professor in Sociology and Anthropology, 1960-1999. Correspondence, speeches, manuscript, awards.

Dates: 1941 - 2002

Marion Meade Buster Keaton Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0512
Abstract

Research material compiled by Meade while writing the biography Buster Keaton Cut to the Case.

Dates: 1895-1997

Maud Ballington Booth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0022
Abstract

Pioneer social reformer. Correspondence concerning her work for Volunteers of America , Volunteer Prison League, lectures, etc.

Dates: 1896-1988

Otto Eisenschiml Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0256
Abstract

Chemist and Lincoln scholar. Manuscripts, notes, proofs, reviews of books on Lincoln's death and the Civil War, and the manuscript of Eisenschiml's autobiography.

Dates: 1936-1963

Paul Engle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0514
Abstract

Poet (numerous books from Worn Earth, 1932), editor of the O. Henry Prize Stories, 1954-1959, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1941-1967, and co-founder and director of the International Writers' Program, 1967-1976 at the University of Iowa. Literary manuscripts, correspondence, subject files, and student works documenting his career as a writer and teacher.

Dates: 1929-1988

Samuel Calvin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0083
Abstract

University of Iowa professor of geology, and first head of that department. Instructor in paleontology, zoology, botany. Geologist for state of Iowa. Photographer of the Iowa City area.

Dates: 1862-1980

Shambaugh Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0152
Abstract

Benjamin Shambaugh (1871-1940) was a University of Iowa professor of political science and, for many years, superintendent of the State Historical Society of Iowa. He and his wife, Bertha (1870-1953), hosted many scholars' visits to the University.

Dates: 1880-1953

Thomas E. Corkhill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0060
Abstract

Methodist minister and moving force behind the organization of schools at Eldora and Mitchellville. Included are certificates of Corkhill's appointment of trustee of Iowa Reform School and an account book relating to his expenses as trustee as well as a holograph commonplace book containing the text of a diary of his experience in the Civil War, commissioned by Governor Samuel Kirkwood. This diary also contains poems and clippings. Also included is a CD of a transcription of the diary, plus a commentary on the text of over 150 pages, including background information and photographs.

Dates: 1868-1874

Thomas N. Carver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0578
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, Msc0869.

contains 2 folders of typescripts "Recollections of an Unplanned Life."

Dates: -