Des Moines (Iowa)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf: Library Of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:
A. Louise Mays papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0645
Abstract
Social worker and University of Iowa professor. Arrangement There are three videocassettes in the collection. "The Road Not Taken: A Retrospective" and "80th Birthday Party" (1994) VHS and 8mm. These two videocassettes are identical except for their format. They both represent a video version of Mays's scrapbook, including photographs not contained in Mays's papers,followed by filmed footage from her eightieth birthday party on June 4, 1994....
Dates:
1939-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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A. Louise Mays papers
Adelia M. Hoyt papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0844
Abstract
Photos and a memoir written by a blind woman who helped establish the Iowa Home for Sightless Women in Des Moines.
Dates:
1915-2011
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Adelia M. Hoyt papers
Annette Cech papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0593
Abstract
Iowa City housewife and mother whose son, Thomas Cech, won the Nobel Prize in 1989.
Arrangement Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1945-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Annette Cech papers
Annette Lingelbach papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0639
Abstract
Journalist who wrote for Des Moines and Waterloo newspapers.
Dates:
1937-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Annette Lingelbach papers
Archie Alphonse Alexander Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0304
Abstract
Engineer and governor of the Virgin Islands. Subject files, correspondence, speeches, clippings, etc. relating to his career as an engineer, diplomat, and university trustee.
Dates:
1940-1970
Arlene Morris papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0276
Abstract
Clinical psychologist and University of Iowa alumna who was a member of the Des Moines Know Your Neighbor panel.
Dates:
1946-1996; 1961-1966
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Arlene Morris papers
Azalia Mitchell papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0650
Abstract
Mitchell and her husband operated the Community Pharmacy in Des Moines for 25 years.
Dates:
1911-1988
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Azalia Mitchell papers
Barbara Flanagan papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0611
Abstract
Reporter, women's page editor, and columnist for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune from the 1940s until 1988.
Dates:
1950-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Barbara Flanagan papers
Bernice Larson Boyum papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0194
Abstract
Ellsworth, Iowa, woman who served in World War II.
Dates:
1943-1948
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Bernice Larson Boyum papers
Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract
Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Bertha Korn Tucker papers
Betty Boller oral history
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0290
Abstract
Des Moines wife and mother who worked as a secretary during World War II.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Betty Boller oral history
Betty Jean Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0153
Abstract
Iowa legislator from 1976 to 1990.
Dates:
1935-1994
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Betty Jean Clark papers
Blanca Vasquez Gaines papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0899
Abstract
Puerto Rican woman who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and trained at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Dates:
1944-2009
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Blanca Vasquez Gaines papers
Bonnie Kern papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0797
Abstract
Iowa author who was a victim of sexual and physical abuse, served time in jail and eventually was pardoned.
Arrangement Bonnie Kern's book, Proclivity, is shelved in the printed works collection in IWA.
Arrangement Bonnie Kern's book, Proclivity, is shelved in the printed works collection in IWA.
Dates:
2004-2009
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Bonnie Kern papers
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Carol Hodne papers
Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0591
Abstract
Civic activist involved in the Jewish community, the Des Moines symphony, the League of Women Voters, and the Proteus Club.
Dates:
1949-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum papers
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract
Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.
Dates:
1910-1991; 1942-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Charlene Conklin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0004
Abstract
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives,1967 to 1969, and the Iowa Senate, 1969 to 1973.
Dates:
1954-1981
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Charlene Conklin papers
Chauncey Depew Club records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0725
Abstract
Des Moines women's club formed in 1897 to promote efficiency in extemporaneous speaking.
Dates:
1913-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Chauncey Depew Club records
Cheryl Britton papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0873
Abstract
Career nurse and avid traveler who grew up in Dedham, Iowa and Des Moines.
Dates:
1890-2003
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Cheryl Britton papers