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Women in the performing arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Dieman-Bennett Dance Theatre of the Hemispheres (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0265
Abstract

Cedar Rapids dance studio founded in 1951 by Edna Dieman and Julia Bennett.

Dates: 1929-2017

Edna Means papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0171
Abstract

Characterist and dramatic reader, and chatauqua performer from Tama, Iowa organized her own talent agency.



Arrangement

A gift copy of James W. Foley's, Some one like you (1915), presented to Means by Elias Day in 1936, has been removed to the printed works collection and cataloged separately.

Dates: 1908-1986

Geneva Southall papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0380
Abstract

Professor Emeritus of Afro-American Studies and Music at the University of Minnesota; University of Iowa alumna.

Dates: 1960-2004

Gladys Spayde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0042
Abstract

Stage actress who spent her childhood in Saskatchewan and was a teacher in Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1932-1982

Icey Lenora Teel Harling papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0238
Abstract

Lecturer, author and playwright who ran the Teel School of Expression in Davenport, 1918-1934 and was later a writer and editor for the Durant News.

Dates: 1902-1973

Ivory Winston papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0883
Abstract

Concert vocalist and Ottumwa housewife.

Dates: 1936-2010

Janie Yates-Glandorf papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0337
Abstract

Iowa City high school drama and English teacher.

Dates: 1943-2005

Joan Hemm papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0509
Abstract

Records of the Shady Ladies, a Colorado based historical performance organization founded by Hemm.

Dates: 1998-2004

Lucia Thorne papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0894
Abstract

Professional singer from Clinton, Iowa who was a featured vocalist on WHO Des Moines radio for fifteen years in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dates: 1943-1957

Marcia Thayer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0689
Abstract

Dancer, choreographer and educator who worked in Iowa, Massachussetts, Oregon and New York.

Dates: 1927 - 2013

Marian Rees Associates records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0274
Abstract

Film production company founded and directed by University of Iowa Sociology alumna Marian Rees.

Dates: 1981-2000

Marian Rees papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0273
Abstract

Emmy Award-winning television producer and owner of Marian Rees Associates, Inc.

Dates: 1977-1996

Rose Claire Huth papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0041
Abstract

Actress and radio scriptwriter.

Dates: 1950-1997