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Fort Madison (Iowa)

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

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Bessie Wilkerson papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0320
Abstract

Former seamstress and long-time resident of Fort Madison, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1994

Booster Women's Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0322
Abstract

Social and philanthropic club organized in 1947 by African American women in Fort Madison, Iowa

Dates: 1947-1998

Christine Dutson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0249
Abstract

Multi-volume memoir of a Mormon woman who was an educator, poet and advocate for the mentally ill.

Dates: 1954 - 2002

Eno Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0091
Abstract

Letters about experiences in Penn Yan, New York and Fort Madison, Iowa.

Dates: 1813-1889

Fort Madison Women's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0712
Abstract

The club organized in 1957 with the objectives of social enjoyment, community service and intellectual improvement.

Dates: 1957-1995

Fred Schwengel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0456
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Iowa Representative Fred Schwengel.

Dates: 1940-1993; Majority of material found within 1960-1979

Harry Harper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0365
Abstract

Physician and civil rights leader in Fort Madison, IA. Correspondence, speeches, biographical and autobiographical materials, and subject files document both his career and his Civil Rights activism.

Dates: 1946-1985

Inés García papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0467
Abstract

Mexican American whose family migrated to the U.S., and eventually to Iowa, in the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1916-1999

Lois H. Eichacker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0255
Abstract

Fort Madison civic leader and former president of the University of Iowa Alumni Association Board.

Dates: 1905-2006

Marjorie Marsh papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0321
Abstract

Fort Madison, Iowa, native, and active club member and volunteer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1993-1997

Marta Werner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0361
Abstract

Native of Mexico who came to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1914. Her community activism centered on the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.

Dates: 1892-1989

Monday Afternoon Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0526
Abstract

Cultural women's club in Fort Madison, Iowa which focused on intellectual improvement through study and reading.

Dates: 1900-2016

Searchlight Study Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1275
Abstract

Women’s club organized in Fort Madison, Iowa in 1952 for the purposes of intellectual and social enrichment.

Dates: 1952 - 2020

Virginia Harper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0199
Abstract

One of five African American women who integrated Currier Hall at the University of Iowa in 1946. Former president of the Fort Madison chapter of the NAACP.

Dates: 1940-2005