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Cedar Rapids (Iowa)

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

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Nellie Bishop oral history

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0092
Abstract

Buchanan County, Iowa, native who farmed with her husband.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF; two videocassettes [V169 and V183] shelved in videocassette collection.

Dates: 1995-1998

Ortha Harstad papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0833
Abstract

An Iowa native, avid traveler, and community activist.

Dates: 1968-2008

Phylliss Henry papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0044
Abstract

First woman assigned to patrol duty on the Des Moines police force, serving from 1972 to 1982.

Dates: 1971-2004

Polly Ely papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract

Peace and civil rights activist who was a longtime member of Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1937-2008

Sam Hamod Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1176
Abstract

This collection contains the materials of Arab-American poet Sam Hamod.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1980-2020

Sister Gwen Hennessey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0491
Abstract

Franciscan nun sentanced to six months in federal prison for trespassing at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Dates: 2000-2005

Transcript, January 14, 2020

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Liz Bennett about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, being one of Iowa's first openly LGBTQ+ politicians, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Transcript, December 5, 2019

 Item
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Liz Mathis about her legislative service, including the 2017 sexual harassment scandal at the Statehouse, the role of gender in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: December 5, 2019

Transcript, January 14, 2020

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Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Kirsten Running-Marquardt about her legislative service, including her role in broadening school nurses' authorization to treat allergic reactions, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Transcript, September 16, 2019

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Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Kay Chapman about her legislative service, gender roles in politics, and male attitudes toward women legislators.

Dates: September 16, 2019

Transcript, January 14, 2020

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Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Molly Donahue about her legislative service, male attitudes towards women officeholders, and differences between the political parties in terms of gender roles.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Transcript, January 14, 2020

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Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator Tracy Ehlert about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Transcript, January 15, 2020

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Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Iowa state legislator (and later U.S. House member) Ashley Hinson (later elected to the U.S. House) about her legislative service, including her floor management of a 2017 medical malpractice reform bill, women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 15, 2020

Vivian W. Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0307
Abstract

Banker of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Correspondence, speeches, and subject files regarding his banking career. Subject files include materials relating such topics as the American Bankers Association.

Dates: 1928-1962; Majority of material found within 1947-1955

W.F. Main Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0120
Abstract

Businessman, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Business and personal correspondence, financial statements and reports, legal papers, memoranda, photographs, and keepsakes concerning Main family and its personal and business affairs.

Dates: 1885-1949; Majority of material found within 1930-1950

William H. Ingham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0018
Abstract

Pioneer in Iowa and early settler in Kossuth County. Letters written to his brother Erastus about Iowa in the 1850s.

Dates: 1844-1856