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Illinois

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf: Library Of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Betty M. Burger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0792
Abstract

Congressional caseworker from 1967 until 2007.

Dates: 1973-2009

James Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0408
Abstract

Civil War naval engineer. Documents concerning his military service on Navy gunboats on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Also includes materials relating to his mechanical inventions in the late 1880s.

Dates: 1849 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1862-1865

Joseph Franklin Culver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0373
Abstract

Civil War soldier, lawyer, and banker. Letters about his military service with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, and his life after the war as a lawyer and banker in Illinois and Kansas. Letters Written During the Civil War (Friends of the University of Iowa Library, 1978). These letters were published as Leslie W. Dunlap, editor, Your Affectionate Husband, J.F. Culver: Letters Written During the Civil War (Friends of the University of Iowa Library, 1978).

Dates: 1860-1900; Majority of material found within 1860-1864

Merle Ramirez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0809
Abstract

Educator, activist, and musician from Davenport, Iowa, who held leadership positions in UAW Local 858 and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).

Dates: 1987 - 2016

Muscatine Migrant Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0745
Abstract

Migrant agency that advocated for agricultural laborers employed temporarily on eastern Iowa farms.

Dates: 1962-2005

Rosebelle Pierce Luick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0828
Abstract

Corresponence about daily life in the late 19th century from friends and family to Luick, a resident of Belmond, Iowa.

Dates: 1854-1902

Sewell Van Alstine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0028
Abstract

Civil War diary of a member of the 95th Illinois infantry regiment.

Dates: 1863-1864

Warren Van Dine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0711
Abstract

Consists of audio recordings, biographical information, correspondence, and materials relating to Mr. Van Dine's editorial positions with Much Ado and Upward. Also included in this collection are several manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, and short stories as well as Mr. Van Dine's memories of his time spent as an undergraduate at the State University of Iowa in the 1920s. Photographs, speeches.

Dates: 1923-1970

W.B. Enderton Diary Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0010
Abstract

Civil War soldier, member of the 34th Illinois Infantry Regiment. Participated in the Atlanta Campaign and saw a good deal of action in Georgia. Recorded. Wrote of many battles and skirmishes.

Dates: 1864-1865

Wise Clark Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0419
Abstract

Family papers consisting of correspondence on life in Iowa and Illinois in the Civil War era and beyond.

Dates: 1855 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1860-1869