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Apportionment (Election law)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Audio recording, August 19, 2020

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Scope and Contents

Audio recording of a tribute to Iowa state legislator Minnette Doderer, composed and delivered by her friend and fellow legislator Johnie Hammond; summarizes Doderer's personal biography, community service, and political career. Topics include the women's legislative caucus, reapportionment, and sexism against women in politics.

Dates: August 19, 2020

Delbert L. Trowbridge Papers

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Identifier: MsC0286
Abstract

Iowa state legislator. Correspondence and subject files relating to legislative issues, Charles City and Iowa City, Iowa, and the Iowa Development Commission.

Dates: 1969-1973

E. Kevin Kelly Papers

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Identifier: MsC0393
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Iowa state legislator. Correspondence and subject files document his career as a state representative and senator. He was especially interested in criminal justice.

Dates: 1964-1978

Edward J. McManus Papers

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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 within 1960-1969

Frank Nye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0437
Abstract

Reporter and editor for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Correspondence, subject files, and photographs relating to Nye's career with the Gazette. Includes information on Iowa politics and legislature, reapportionment, Herbert Hoover, and copies of articles written by Nye.

Dates: 1942-1983

Gerald Bogan Papers

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Identifier: MsC0352
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Public affairs consultant. Subject files and correspondence relating to his activities inIowa politics, elections, and the Republican Party. Topics include annual legislative sessions, reapportionment, Iowans for Right to Work, and Iowa Good Roads Association.

Dates: 1947-1986; Majority of material found within 1962-1976

James V. Gallagher Papers

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Identifier: MsC0327
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Iowa state legislator. Correspondence and subject files relating to his service in the Iowa house and senate. Issues range from abortion to apportionment, however Gallagher's primary interest were energy and conservation.

Dates: 1964-1984

Karl M. LeCompte Papers

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Identifier: MsC0131
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U.S. Representative from Iowa. Correspondence, speeches, and scrapbooks relating to his political career.

Dates: 1939 - 1972

Lester L. Kluever Papers

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Identifier: MsC0338
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Iowa state representative and attorney. Correspondence, political files relating to elections and campaigns, and subject folders with topics ranging from apportionment to liquor laws document his legislative service.

Dates: 1949-1970

Marvin W. Smith Papers

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Identifier: MsC0263
Abstract

Farmer and Iowa state legislator. Subject files, reports, etc. on such legislative issues as apportionment and education.

Dates: 1960-1972

Transcript, August 19, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of a tribute to Iowa state legislator Minnette Doderer, composed and read by her friend and fellow legislator Johnie Hammond; summarizes Doderer's personal biography, community service, and political career. Topics include the women's legislative caucus, reapportionment, and sexism against women in politics.

Dates: August 19, 2020

Transcript, October 16, 2023

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Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Phyllis Thede, which includes discussion of the following topics: Thede's family; her experiences as a Black girl growing up in Chicago and Iowa, including differential experiences of segregation and racism in those respective locales; her analysis of the redistricting and its effects on her final reelection campaign; memories of serving in the legislature during the COVID-19 pandemic; memories of witnessing and being targeted by racist harassment at the legislature or among her constituents; her role in changing Iowa's law regarding insurance reimbursements for chiropractic care; the increasingly partisan character of politics in Iowa and the United States; the founding of the Black caucus in the Iowa legislature; and her Catholic faith.

Dates: October 16, 2023