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20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 632 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Salzmann Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

Dates: 1858-2012

Ruth Schaefer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0746
Abstract

A Latin teacher who served as friend and mentor to Vietnamese refugees in the Iowa City community.

Dates: 1956-2002

Ruth Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0498
Abstract

Journalist who worked for the Stars and Stripes in postwar Europe.

Dates: 1957-2002

Sally Wiesenfeld papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0478
Abstract

Peace activist and member of Another Mother for Peace which was organized to protest the Vietnam War during the 1970s.

Dates: 1969-2001

Samuel O. Dunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0435
Scope and Contents

Editor and writer on railroads. Speeches and articles.

Dates: 1917-1929; Majority of material found in 1919

Sandy Ballasch Library Postcards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0854
Abstract

Postcards, mostly from the midwest, showing libraries, many of them Carnegie Libraries.

Dates: 1913-1947

Sarah Alien Longchamp papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0119
Abstract

Basketball player from Ida Grove, Iowa, who was elected to the Iowa Hall of Fame in 1972.

Dates: 1911-1997

Sarah Poppen De Koster papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0841
Abstract

Family correspondence received by a pastor's wife during the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1896-1932

Sarah White papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0077
Abstract

Correspondence and circle letters of a northwestern Iowa farmwoman.

Dates: 1915-1979

Sarilda Phillips papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0671
Abstract

Mississippi schoolteacher who was forced into retirement in 1956 following desegregation.

Dates: 1913-1986

Schapsmeier Collection on Henry A. Wallace

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0185
Abstract

Correspondence with associates and friends of Henry A. Wallace in connection with the writing of a bibliography of Wallace by the Schapsmeiers.

Dates: 1961-1968; Majority of material found within 1963-1964

Sew and So Club (Cass County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0551
Abstract

The club was originally organized by Washington Township women to work on quilting and other handiwork.

Dates: 1937-2005

Sewell E. Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0337
Abstract

Attorney and Iowa state legislator. Subject files and correspondence concerning his business, family and political career. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondence dealing with business conditions during the 1920s and WWII, politics, and family life.

Dates: 1910-1975; Majority of material found in 1941-1952

Seymour Krim Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0367
Abstract

Journalist and essayist. Correspondence, typescripts, notes, reviews, published copies, etc. relating to his literary career and his contributions to beat literature and the new journalism movement.

Dates: 1950-2012

Shakespeare Club of Marion (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0070
Abstract

Women's study club organized in 1909 in Marion, Iowa.

Dates: 1909-1955

Shale and Wolf Families letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0425
Abstract

Family correspondence recording farm life in northern Iowa and the Dakota territory, primarily from a farm woman's perspective.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1878-1999

Sharon Township Farm Bureau Women's Club (Johnson County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0452
Abstract

Farm Bureau women's club that provided education and services organized around farm issues.

Dates: 1953-1985

Sheila Creth papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0463
Abstract

Librarian who directed the University of Iowa Libraries from 1987 to 1999 and published extensively in the field of library and information science.

Dates: 1957-2008

Sheridan Hustlers 4-H Club (Scott County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0799
Abstract

Girls' 4-H club located in Sheridan Township near Eldridge, Scott County, Iowa.



Arrangement

The records arrived in two looseleaf notebooks. Because the notebooks were overly full, newspaper clippings and photographs filed at the end of each notebook were removed and filed in folders.

Dates: 1921-1954

Shirley A. Briggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0197
Abstract

Artist, editor, and naturalist.

Dates: 1840-2008