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20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 632 Collections and/or Records:

Vera Shivvers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0464
Abstract

Iowa farm woman who was elected to fill her husband's term in the Iowa Senate following his death in 1962.

Dates: 1914-1990

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

Verna Moulton Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0145
Abstract

Maquoketa, Iowa, native who owned and operated Spencer's Harmony Hall with her husband from 1912 to 1962.

Dates: 1899-1994

Vina Thorpe papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0253
Abstract

Des Moines newspaper columnist and editor who ran Thorpe Publications with her husband.

Dates: 1893-1995

Viola Nesfield Owen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0801
Abstract

Mother and piano teacher living in Wisconsin, cooresponding with family in Waterloo, Iowa.

Dates: 1911-1963

Violet Greiner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0389
Abstract

Farmwoman, columnist, and volunteer from Blairsburg, Iowa who wrote a monthly column for the Rural Electric Cooperative News.

Dates: 1960-1999

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

Virginia Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0058
Abstract

Community activitst and writer Virginia Shrauger Jones grew up in Atlantic Iowa and served as a Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II.

Dates: 1829-2010

Virginia Randolph papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0115
Abstract

Anamosa, Iowa, poet and niece of Elizabeth Wherry.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1929-1993

Wagner Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0475
Abstract

Materials from the lives of two sisters, Eva Wagner and Grace Wagner Patten, and one sister-in-law, Alice Nicolet Wagner.

Dates: 1903-1994

Wallace Stegner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0703
Abstract

Award-winning novelist, story writer, essayist, historian, English professor at Stanford, and frontline conservationist. Preliminary drafts and proofs for seven novels.

Dates: 1957 - 1977

Walling Family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0124
Abstract

Oskaloosa family whose daughter Ivyl Walling Welton graduated from Grinnell College and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1919-1991

Walsh Construction Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0053
Abstract

This small collection contains papers of the company started by Patrick T. Walsh. These are mostly photocopies and photostats, and include information on the Walsh Company, correspondence, and materials relating to their bid to build the Panama Canal.

Dates: 1916-1952

Wanda Edgerton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0603
Abstract

Occupational therapist who worked in Venezuela, 1940-1942, and at Ohio State University.

Dates: 1938-1993

War Brides of World War II papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0215
Abstract

1995 honors thesis of University of Iowa undergraduate student, Rachel Casteel.

Dates: 1946-1996

Welch and Angrick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0095
Abstract

Material relating to the Heart of Hawkeye Council of Campfire Girls, The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and the Iowa Department of the Woman's Relief Corps.

Dates: 1880-1995

West Branch Women's Clubs (Cedar County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0782
Abstract

Records from seven women's clubs in West Branch, Iowa.

Dates: 1903-1999

West Lucas Women's Club (Johnson County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0572
Abstract

The club initially met on the second Tuesday of the month for conversation, a program, and refreshments. Later, meetings were held bimonthly and were dedicated to study, roll call, a program, and refreshments.

Dates: 1923-1976

Wilda Jean Schobert papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0180
Abstract

Percival, Iowa farm woman and club woman.

Dates: 1840-2000

Wiley Mayne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0448
Abstract

U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1967-1975. Campaign and office files relating to his political career.

Dates: 1966-1974