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Fort Dodge (Iowa)

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

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Albertson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0009
Abstract

Correspondence reflecting pioneer life in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Montana.

Dates: 1856-1876

Audio recording, August 19, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Helen Miller about her legislative service, including her role in passing a law to require breast density notifications for mammogram patients, time on the Iowa Board of Parole, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: August 19, 2020

Audio recording, January 15, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Ann Meyer about her legislative service and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 15, 2020

Carrie V. Talcott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0687
Abstract

Active clubwoman, Methodist, writer and farmer from Fayette County who spent 19 years in a retirement home in Fort Dodge.

Dates: 1913-1981

Cora Belle Pollock papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0706
Abstract

Elementary school teacher from Rolfe, Iowa who later worked as a lab technician in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Dates: 1909-1996

Donald J. Mitchell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0330
Abstract

Lawyer and Democratic National Committeeman from Iowa. Primarily correspondence and subject files relating to his political work for the Democratic Party.

Dates: 1942-1968

Edward J. Breen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0334
Abstract

Iowa state legislator, attorney, and broadcasting station executive. Senate bills, correspondence, speeches, and subject files ranging from the Democratic Party to the Townsend National Recovery Plan document his career in Iowa 's state senate.

Dates: 1936 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1936-1942

Ewald George Trost Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0278
Abstract

Member of the Iowa State Conservation Commission. Subject folders and scrapbooks relating to conservation issues and the American Legion.

Dates: 1925-1972

Floyd A. Nagler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0251
Abstract

University of Iowa professor of hydraulic engineering, 1920-1933.

Dates: 1915-1931

Jane Burleson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0340
Abstract

Teacher's aide, packinghouse worker, and union activist, Burleson was the first woman and first African American elected to the Fort Dodge City Council.

Dates: 1931-1998

Joan Blundall papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0486
Abstract

Social worker who developed support services for rural families during the 1980s farm crisis in Iowa.

Dates: 1986-1998

Kim Landhuis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0236
Abstract

Native of Vietnam who became a teacher, school board member, and 1994 candidate for the Iowa senate.

Dates: 1943-2004

Neta Andrews papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0586
Scope and Contents The Neta Andrews papers date from 1919 to 1922 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers primarily provide information regarding her nursing career. The correspondence consists of her acceptance into the Red Cross and a pin that was sent with the letter of congratulations. The medical literature consists of two instructional booklets about pregnancy and effective delivery practices, and an Army hospital newsletter, The Caduceus. A photograph album that apparently belonged to classmate Kay Myer depicts candid photographs of nursing students with patients at Fort Sam Houston in 1921. It also includes photographs of Neta Andrews at her Army School of Nursing Graduation in 1921 An Army Red Cross yearbook gives details on individual army nurses in 1921 as well as photographs and information on various Army hospital bases throughout the United States in that same year. The yearbook includes information about Army bases in Fort Dodge and Des Moines, Iowa and brief descriptions of Army...
Dates: 1919-1922

Phoebe Kellum Mericle papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0302
Abstract

Early settler in Webster County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One item, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1893

Transcript, August 19, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Helen Miller about her legislative service, including her role in passing the Iowa law that requires mammogram patients be informed about their breast density composition, time on the Iowa Board of Parole, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: August 19, 2020

Transcript, January 15, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Ann Meyer about her legislative service and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 15, 2020