Des Moines (Iowa)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf: Library Of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:
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:
1926-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Louise Rosenfield Noun papers
Lucia Thorne papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0894
Abstract
Professional singer from Clinton, Iowa who was a featured vocalist on WHO Des Moines radio for fifteen years in the 1940s and 1950s.
Dates:
1943-1957
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Lucia Thorne papers
Margaret Atherton Bonney papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0313
Abstract
Bonney's research files include Iowa suffragist Mary Jane Coggeshall, scientist Mary Louise Putnam, physician Jennie McCowen, and pioneer evangelist and minister, Abner Kneeland
Dates:
1810-1992
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Margaret Atherton Bonney papers
Margaret McCollum papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0143
Abstract
Des Moines resident who was a leader in women's organizations including American Mother's Inc., PTA and AAUW.
Dates:
1942-2008
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Margaret McCollum papers
Marguerite Cothorn papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0402
Abstract
Social worker and political activist, who served on the Iowa Civil Rights Commission from 1983 to 1984.
Dates:
1986-1994
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Marguerite Cothorn papers
Marlene Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0447
Abstract
Jewish independent filmmaker raised in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dates:
1951- 2009
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Marlene Booth Papers
Mary Ankeny Hunter memoir
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0097
Abstract
Secretary, vice-president, and then president of the Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission in the 1920s and 1930s. Hunter was a peace activist, prohibitionist, and Red Cross worker during World War I.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Ankeny Hunter memoir
Mary Brubaker papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0590
Abstract
Des Moines television reporter and producer. The papers include materials about Brubaker's grandmother who worked for the Des Moines Police Department in the 1920s and 1930s.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Brubaker papers
Mary Elizabeth Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0262
Abstract
Social worker and the first African American woman in the United States to be named executive director of a greater metropolitan YWCA.
Dates:
1920-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Elizabeth Wood papers
Mary Grefe papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0186
Abstract
Educator, social activist, politician and businesswoman who was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1980.
Dates:
1943-1997; 1979-1988
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Grefe papers
Mary Jane Odell papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0056
Abstract
Television journalist and politician who served as Iowa Secretary of State from 1980 to 1986.
Dates:
1936-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Jane Odell papers
Mary Louise Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0027
Abstract
First woman to chair the Republican National Committee, serving from 1974 to 1977. Co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.
Dates:
1925-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Mary Louise Smith papers
Maude Esther White papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0196
Abstract
Founder of the Des Moines Tutoring Center, and Iowa's first Affirmative Action administrator from 1973 to 1978.
Dates:
1957-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Maude Esther White papers
Molly Bolin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0362
Abstract
Professional basketball player from Moravia, Iowa who played for Iowa Cornets from 1978 to 1981 and for San Francisco and Columbus Ohio teams until 1984.
Dates:
1972-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Molly Bolin papers
National Association of Women in Construction, Des Moines Chapter scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: IWA0644
Abstract
Organization to provide a forum for women in the construction industry to meet and exchange ideas.
Arrangement One scrapbook, shelved in Box 1, oversize.
Arrangement One scrapbook, shelved in Box 1, oversize.
Dates:
1961-1964
National Organization for Women, Des Moines Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0014
Abstract
Feminist activist organization records.
Dates:
1971-1987
Neta Andrews papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0586
Scope and Contents
The Neta Andrews papers date from 1919 to 1922 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers primarily provide information regarding her nursing career. The correspondence consists of her acceptance into the Red Cross and a pin that was sent with the letter of congratulations. The medical literature consists of two instructional booklets about pregnancy and effective delivery practices, and an Army hospital newsletter, The Caduceus. A photograph album that apparently...
Dates:
1919-1922
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Neta Andrews papers
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.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1980
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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New World Collective Records
Noble Photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: IWA0031
Abstract
Postcards and photographs of Iowa includes the work of professional women photographers in Iowa.
Dates:
1870-1979; 1900-1920
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
/
Noble Photograph collection
Oral Histories of Iowa Policewomen
Collection
Identifier: IWA0046
Abstract
15 interviews and associated materials document the entry of women into Iowa's law enforcement agencies.
Dates:
1968-2005