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Lesbians

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron Silander papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0525
Abstract

Iowa City feminist and activist.

Dates: 1972-2004

Cherry Muhanji papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0366
Abstract

Writer, lesbian activist, and University of Iowa alumna.

Dates: 1984-2006

Common Lives/Lesbian Lives records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0102
Abstract

An Iowa-City based lesbian literary journal published all forms of creative expression written by self-defined lesbians.

Dates: 1980-2001

Dale McCormick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0513
Abstract

Carpenter and activist for women in non-traditional jobs.

Dates: 1958-1997

Diane Finnerty papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0865
Abstract

LGBTQ activist who began a coalition for gay and lesbian parents in the 1990s.

Dates: 1996-1999

Donald Engstrom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1170
Scope and Contents

The Donald Engstrom Papers contain a range of gay men's and Pagan periodicals from 1974 to 2015. A lifelong Radical Faerie, this collection demonstrates the communities and networks prevalant to Engstrom's life at the intersection of gay and Pagan culture. The bulk of this collection is a nearly complete run of RFD: A Country Journal for Gay Men Everywhere from the second issue in Winter of 1974 through the Summer issue of 2015. For some of the publications in this collection there are only two or three issues, offering a snapshot of Radical Faerie content in their historical context.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1974 - 2015

Emma Goldman Clinic (Iowa City, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0466
Abstract

Feminist health clinic.



Arrangement

Administration Boxes 1-30 and 66

EGC projects Boxes 30-48 and 67

Anti-abortion movement Boxes 48-50 and 67

Pro-choice movement Boxes 50-53 and 67

Publications, EGC Boxes 53-54

Publications, non-EGC Boxes 54-56 and 67-68

Newspaper clippings Boxes 56-57 and 68

Photographs Boxes 36, 59-50, and 58-60

Scrapbook Box 61

Artifacts Boxes 38, 62-63, and 69

Audiovisual [audiocassette and videocassette collections]

Dates: 1971-2013

Iowa City Women's Press records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0220
Abstract

Iowa City publisher and printer of lesbian and feminist books that existed from 1973 to 1985.

Dates: 1973-1985

Iowa Women Against the Equal Rights Amendment records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0018
Abstract

Grassroots organization opposed to Iowa's ratification of the ERA to the Iowa and United States constitutions.

Dates: 1972-1980

Jean Huffey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0303
Abstract

Elementary schoolteacher and substitute teacher; active in PFLAG and groups promoting LGBTQ inclusion within the Lutheran Church.

Dates: 1977-2019

Jill Jack papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0519
Abstract

Iowa City political activist.

Dates: 1967-2006

Jo Rabenold papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0191
Abstract

Iowa City activist who collected lesbian and feminist publications during the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1965-1983

Joann Weldon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0521
Abstract

A resident of Davenport from 1962, Weldon publicly acknowledged her lesbian identity during the early 1950s.

Dates: 1920-2003

Kittredge Cherry and Audrey Lockwood

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0759
Abstract

Life partners Kittredge Cherry (1957-), an author, journalist, and minister to the LGBT community, and Audrey Lockwood (1957- ), a financial planner, met as students at the University of Iowa in 1975 and lived and worked in Japan before settling in California.

Dates: 1970-2009

Linda Lee Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0834
Abstract

Muscatine, Iowa native and basoonist who performed and taught at the university level before directing a women's recovery program in California.

Dates: 1966-1993

Linda Yanney papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0413
Abstract

Iowa City feminist and champion of LGBT rights.

Dates: 1948-2000

Louise Rosenfield Noun papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0035
Abstract

Feminist and civil liberties activist from Des Moines, Iowa, who was also an art collector, author, and co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.

Dates: 1926-2018

Minnette Doderer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0008
Abstract State legislator from Iowa City who was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1964. Arrangement Alphabetical file, 1944-1984 (Boxes 1-30) Campaign files 1966, 1968, 1977-1980 (Box 6) Lieutenant governor campaigns, 1970, 1977-1978 (Box 22-25) 1966-1988 (Box 31) 1986-2000 (Boxes 53-55) Correspondence 1944-1984 (Boxes 10-15) 1972-1990 (Boxes 31-33) 1974, 1978-1992 (Box 45) 1970s-2000 (Boxes 55-56) Personal material 1968-1990 (Boxes 33-35) 1975, 1981-1992 (Boxes 47-48) 1970s-2000 (Box 53) Photographs 1964-1967, 1983-1984 (Box 35) Speeches Speeches and speech material, 1966-1982 (Boxes 28-29) Undated (Box 35) 1968-2000 (Boxes 57-58) Topical files and legislation ...
Dates: 1944-2005

Nancy V. "Rusty" Barceló Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0351
Abstract

Activist and administrator at the University of Iowa whose papers provide insight into Latino life and culture in Iowa and across the Midwest.

Dates: 1946-2005

New World Collective records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0664
Abstract

A Des Moines collective which existed between 1972 and 1980. Members lived communally and participated in a variety of progressive actions.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1971-1980