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Obradovich Collection of Political Debate Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1060
Scope and Contents

The Obradovich Collection of Political Debate Materials consists of two boxes that range from 1979 to 2005. The collection contains correspondence especially between executive editor of the Des Moines Register James P. Gannon and the press and presidential nominees. The collection also includes information from the Federal Election Commission (FEC); protest letters; administrative and logistical information; information about other lesser known candidates; fact sheets; questions for the debates; and more.

Dates: 1979-2005

O'Donovan Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0325
Abstract

Letters of an extended Irish family from Allegheny and Cambria counties. Includes, among other items, correspondence with several railroads, for whom Timothy O'Donovan worked, letters from Lucinda Byrne to her future husband, World War I documents, and correspondence with cousins in San Francisco.

Dates: 1879-1954

Ohlerking Collection of Batman Comics

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0932
Abstract

Collection of Batman and Batman related comic books.

Dates: 1968-2004

Old Brick Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0406
Abstract

Iowa City building. Legal documents, correspondence, financial records, etc. used in the battle to save Old Brick from destruction.

Dates: 1868-1982; Majority of material found within 1971-1982

Ora Delmer Foster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0211
Abstract

Congregational minister, lecturer, and professor. Subject files, literary manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and books relating to Foster's life and career.

Dates: 1895-1965

Organization for Transformative Works Fanzine and Fan Fiction Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0320
Abstract

Collection of science fiction and other genre fanzines, pieces of fan fiction, and related fannish artifacts donated by various fans through the cooperation of the Organization for Transformative Works, established to preserve the history of fanworks and fan culture.

Dates: 1979-2013

Orville Francis Grahame Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0318
Abstract

Vice-president and general counsel of Paul Revere Life Insurance Company of Worcester, MA. Subject files, correspondence, speeches, articles, etc., relating to his involvement in Republican politics (both nationally and in Massachusetts) and the insurance business. There are files on the Health Insurance Association of America, the new York Young Republicans, and the Securities Exchange Commission.

Dates: 1931-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1959

Osborn Andreas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0555
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author's Manuscript Collection, MsC0869.

Dates: 1949-1961

Oscar Hahn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0880
Abstract

Chilean poet and graduate of the International Writing Program. The collection is comprised of clippings and periodical publications having to do with Hahn and his poetry. Most items are in Spanish.

Dates: 1957-2008

Osha Gray Davidson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0588
Abstract

Free-lance journalist and author of Broken Heartland and Under Fire. Correspondence, research notes, and preliminary drafts of his writings.

Dates: 1987 -

Otha Wearin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0807
Abstract

The papers of a Congressman from Iowa in 1932, 1934, and 1936 who was also a writer and was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame for his westerns.

Dates: 1931-1990

Otis Saeter Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0150.23
Abstract

Band music of this musician, composer, and teacher.

Dates: 1920-1990

Otto Eisenschiml Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0256
Abstract

Chemist and Lincoln scholar. Manuscripts, notes, proofs, reviews of books on Lincoln's death and the Civil War, and the manuscript of Eisenschiml's autobiography.

Dates: 1936-1963

Ottumwa Railway & Light Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0366
Scope and Contents

Street railroad, electric light and steam power business in Ottumwa, Iowa. Maps, legal documents, correspondence, and subject files.

Dates: 1915-1922; Majority of material found in 1922

Owen and Leone Elliott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0842
Abstract

Cedar Rapids business people and collectors who donated their silver collection to the University of Iowa Museum of Art. This collection is made up of a series of correspondence and inventories of the Elliotts' library.

Dates: 1957-1981

Paisley Family Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0450
Abstract

Diaries of John and Chloe Paisley. John served in the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, and later lived in Burlington, Iowa. Also includes diaries kept by Mabel Paisley and Susan Swan Lippitt. Contains Civil War diaries.

Dates: 1864-1918

Palmer/Calkins/Corbin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0528
Abstract

Letters, diaries, genealogies, papers, and videocassette dealing with the Civil War, the Mormon move west, and World War II.

Dates: 1859-2000; Majority of material found within 1864-1865

Pam Spitzmueller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1230
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials from conservator and book artist Pamela Spitzmueller. It includes Pam’s bookbindings, conservation work (including Harvey's 1628 De motu cordis and the Nag Hammadi codices), research notebooks, personal journals, correspondence, and book arts scholarship. The collection also has records and keepsakes pertaining to the Paper and Book Intensive (PBI) and the Guild of Book Workers (GBW).

Dates: 1936-2020; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2009

Pamela Walker Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0717
Abstract

Teacher and novelist. Author of Twyla (1973, 1976), a book for young adults. Three drafts, related correspondence.

Dates: 1971-1973

Paper Sample Books Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0743
Abstract

Paper sample books from distributors and paper manufacturers.

Dates: 1930-1980

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Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948) 5
American Legion 4
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National Farmers' Union (U.S.) 4
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United States Postal Service 4
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 4
Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962 3
Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 3
Friedman, Ken, 1949- 3
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 3
Iowa Highway Commission 3
Iowa Liquor Control Commission 3
Iowa State Bar Association 3
Iowa State Conservation Commission 3
Iowa. Supreme Court 3
Meade, Marion 3
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 3
Redpath Lyceum Bureau 3
United States. District Court (Iowa) : Southern District 3
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission 3
United States. Navy 3
Aldrich, Charles, 1828-1908 2
Alembic Press 2
American Bar Association 2
American National Red Cross 2
B.F. Keith (Firm) 2
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 2
Barrett, Timothy 2
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 2
Beck, Robert Knowlton, 1915- 2
Blanchard, Ruth 2
Blanchard, Thomas 2
Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974 2
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Company of Iowa 2
Calkin, Homer L. 2
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 2
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co. 2
Cleveland, Buster, 1943-1998 2
Communist Party of America 2
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Cummington Press 2
Cummins, Albert Baird, 1850-1926 2
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 2
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Griffin, Ray B. 2
Hoover Presidential Library Association 2
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation 2
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Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO 2
Iowa School Masters' Walt Whitman Club 2
Iowa. State Board of Regents 2
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 2
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
MacLaren, Gay 2
Mendoza, Lynda 2
National Farmers Organization (U.S.) 2
National Farmers' Holiday Association (U.S.) 2
Progressive Citizens of America 2
Red Ozier Press 2
Republican National Convention 2
Republican Party (Iowa). Central Committee 2
Rosheim, David L. 2
Sackter, William "Bill" 2
Saunders, William Irving 2
Speidel Newspaper Syndicate 2
Stone House Press (Roslyn, N.Y.) 2
Stover, Fred W. 2
Sutton Hoo Press 2
Thomas, Peter and Donna 2
Toothpaste/Coffee House Press 2
Torch Press 2
Union Pacific Railroad Company 2
United Nations 2
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 2
United States Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865), Company A 2
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 24th (1862-1865), Company E 2
United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) 2
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 45th (1864) 2
United States. Congress 2
United States. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit) 2
University of Iowa. College of Law 2
University of Iowa. College of Medicine 2
University of Iowa. Department of English 2
White House Conference on Aging (1971 : Washington, D.C.) 2
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