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.
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Edna Means papers
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Geneva Southall papers
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Gladys Spayde papers
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; 1920-1960
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Icey Lenora Teel Harling papers
Ivory Winston papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0883
Abstract
Concert vocalist and Ottumwa housewife.
Dates:
1936-2010
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Ivory Winston papers
Janie Yates-Glandorf papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0337
Abstract
Iowa City high school drama and English teacher.
Dates:
1943-2005
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Janie Yates-Glandorf papers
Joan Hemm papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0509
Abstract
Records of the Shady Ladies, a Colorado based historical performance organization founded by Hemm.
Dates:
1998-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Joan Hemm papers
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Lucia Thorne papers
Marcia Thayer papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0689
Abstract
Dancer, choreographer and educator who worked in Iowa, Massachussetts, Oregon and New York.
Dates:
1927-2000; 1961-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Marcia Thayer papers
Marian Rees Associates
Collection
Identifier: IWA0274
Abstract
Film production company founded and directed by University of Iowa Sociology alumna Marian Rees.
Dates:
1981-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Marian Rees Associates
Marian Rees papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0273
Abstract
Emmy Award-winning television producer and owner of Marian Rees Associates, Inc.
Dates:
1977-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Marian Rees papers
Rose Claire Huth papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0041
Abstract
Actress and radio scriptwriter.
Dates:
1950-1997; 1950-1953
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Rose Claire Huth papers