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Iowa

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

Found in 440 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Freeland Garrett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0276
Abstract

Iowa Supreme Court Justice and Iowa state legislator. Subject files relating to his career in law and politics. Includes correspondence, legal cases, law school reunions, etc.

Dates: 1911-1971; Majority of material found within 1958-1961

Harry Harper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0365
Abstract

Physician and civil rights leader in Fort Madison, IA. Correspondence, speeches, biographical and autobiographical materials, and subject files document both his career and his Civil Rights activism.

Dates: 1946-1985

Hartzell Spence Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0701
Abstract

Born in Clarion, Iowa, Spence graduated from the University of Iowa in 1930. From 1930 to 1941 he was the United Press bureau manager in Des Moines, and saw service during WW II in the Army Air Forces where he was the founder and first editor of Yank, the Army weekly newspaper. After the war, he worked as a free-lance writer, particularly noted for his reporting on religion. He also published several novels, wrote a comic strip (David Crane) and scripts for the weekly radio program, One Foot in Heaven, broadcast on the ABC network, 1944-1945. This collection consists of drafts for numerous articles and stories, including those for The Story of Religion in America, published in Look, 1957-1960.

Dates: 1941-1962; Majority of material found within 1950-1962

Hazel E. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0573
Abstract

Writer and friend of both Grant Wood and Marvin Cone. The collection contains research notes and manuscripts for the book, as well as clippings about Brown herself. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1926-1973

Helen Gunderson papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0286
Abstract

Papers include photographs of 1995 suffrage parade and Iowa ERA rallies.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF; one videocassette [V339] shelved in videocassette collection.

Dates: 1994-2004

Helen Knievel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0718
Abstract

Librarian from rural Iowa.

Dates: 1973-2000

Helen Shediwy Scheetz memoir

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0677
Abstract

The youngest daughter of immigrants reflects on growing up in Iowa towns during the Depression.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1988

Henry Agard Wallace Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0177
Abstract

Editor of Wallaces' Farmer 1921-1933; Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-1940; Vice-President of the United States, 1941-1945; Secretary of Commerce, 1945-1946. Includes audio visual materials; clippings; an extensive collection of correspondence, including photocopies of the microfilm edition of the originals in the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division; government documents; personal papers; photographs; research materials, with an emphasis on agriculture, particularly corn, but including livestock, weather, strawberries, chickens, and gladioli; writings, and speeches.

Dates: 1923-2004

Henry C. Wallace Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0179
Abstract

Second editor of Wallaces' Farmer; appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by Warren Harding (1921-1924). Member of exec. committee of the Roosevelt Memorial Association and of the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Association. Arranged in broad subject categories. The correspondence arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 1904-1930

Henry Clay Russell Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0546
Abstract

Russell's correspondence to his sister, Mary, of Crawfordsville, Iowa.

Dates: 1861-1902; Majority of material found in 1865

Henry N. Graven Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0222
Abstract

U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Iowa. Papers primarily relating to his legal and judicial career with briefs, jury instructions, citations, subject files, and speeches. Also includes correspondence, information on the School of Religion at the University of Iowa and material about the Lutheran Church.

Dates: 1908-1974

Henry Wallace Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0180
Abstract

First editor of Wallaces' Farmer. Arranged in broad subject categories and then in chronological order. Available on microfilm for use in repository, for interlibrary loan, and for purchase.

Dates: 1860-1924

Herschel C. Loveless Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0184
Abstract

Governor of Iowa. Most of the papers relate to the 1960 gubernatorial race with correspondence, campaign materials, and speeches. There are also scrapbooks and office files.

Dates: 1958-1961

Hilda Ellyson Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0371
Abstract

The papers consist largely of correspondence between Hilda and George Allen and their three children and cover a broad range of family, social and political issues.

Dates: 1884-1958

Hiram Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0455
Abstract

Congressman and banker from Davenport, Iowa. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a notebook relating to banking issues and temperance.

Dates: 1867-1899; Majority of material found within 1894-1899

Histories of Rural Iowa Women's Clubs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0714
Abstract

Rural women participated in a great number and variety of clubs.  This collection has short histories of a variety of clubs formed in Iowa in the first part of the 20th century.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1996-1998

Homer Calkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0504
Abstract

Historian, archivist, and author. Correspondence files; diaries; memorabilia; scrapbooks dealing with his early life, education, career in the State Department, and work for the Methodist Church.

Dates: 1897-1996

Ingeborg Solbrig Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0092
Abstract

Professor of German at the University of Iowa, 1975-1994. Articles and book reviews.

Dates: 1969-1984

Institute of Public Affairs Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG20.0006.001
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 19 series, reflecting the Institute's functions and activity. Folder or publication titles are listed in chronological order under each series heading.

Dates: 1950-2002

Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0869
Abstract

Includes manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, dust jackets, and other miscellany associated with publications of many Iowa Authors.

Dates: 1888-1990