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Ames (Iowa)

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

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Archie L. Greene papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0296
Abstract

Writer and volunteer who earned a doctorate in English from the University of Iowa while living with spinocerebellar degeneration.

Dates: 1963-1998

Audio recording, January 15, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Beth Wessel-Kroeschell about her legislative service, work-life balance, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 15, 2020

Audio recording, August 19, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Johnie Hammond about her legislative service, the women's legislative caucus and reasons for its discontinuation, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: August 19, 2020

Barbara Burrell Nichols papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0668
Abstract

Mother from Ames, Iowa who died of polio in 1955.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1944-1997

Bernadine Solberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0579
Abstract

Engineering clerk, weaver, photographer, and traveler from Boone, Iowa.

Dates: 1855-1980

Carol Hodne papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0488
Abstract

Iowa farm activist who served as the first executive director of the North American Farm Alliance during the farm crisis of the 1980s.

Dates: 1921-2005

Clara Steen Skott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0216
Abstract

Free-lance writer, home economics teacher, and civic leader who wrote articles and diaries concerning life in Iowa, China, and Wisconsin.

Dates: 1899-1994

Erin Rollenhagen papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0209
Abstract

Ames middle-school student who helped organize a protest against sexist Hooters restaurant t-shirts being worn at her school. Her account of the incident and the subsequent public forum on free speech, dress code, and sexism was published in Seventeen magazine.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF and a single box with an artifact (a t-shirt).

Dates: 1994-1995

Esther Sietmann Warner Dendel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0301
Abstract

Author and artist from Laurel, Iowa.

Dates: 1922-1996

Hazel Beck Andre papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0049
Abstract

Memoir written by Iowa native dying of cancer in 1956.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1956

Hazelle Keir Schmuecker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0244
Abstract

Autobiographical essays and family history of six generations by rural schoolteacher, homemaker, and artist.

Dates: 1983-2007

Johnie Hammond papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0563
Abstract

Democratic representative and senator in the Iowa legislature.

Dates: 1970-2006

Marion Carson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0132
Abstract

Graduate of Ministry at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, where she was the first Unitarian Universalist student.

Dates: 1960-2004

Mary McDermott Shideler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0404
Abstract

Theologian, writer and lecturer whose work encompassed religious theology, philosophy and psychology.

Dates: 1900-2000

Midwest Women's Studies Association records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0649
Abstract

Regional branch of the National Women's Studies Association.

Dates: 1979-1992

National Organization for Women, Ames Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0658
Abstract

Includes ERA campaign material.

Dates: 1973-1986

Transcript, January 15, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Beth Wessel-Kroeschell about her legislative service, work-life balance, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 15, 2020

Transcript, August 19, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Johnie Hammond about her legislative service, the women's legislative caucus and reasons for its discontinuation, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: August 19, 2020

Verda Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0137
Abstract

Communication specialist at Iowa State University who produced the documentary Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard.

Dates: 1965-2004

Virginia Tanner Simonsen papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0433
Abstract

Cherokee, Iowa-born woman who enrolled at Iowa State College in home economics and later moved to Quimby, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1941-1943