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Hazelle Keir Schmuecker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0244
Abstract

Autobiographical essays and family history of six generations by rural schoolteacher, homemaker, and artist.

Dates: 1983-2007

Heidi Posch Keir Galer papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA1326
Abstract

Award-winning German teacher that taught in Iowa City for 35 years who came to Iowa from Austria as a displaced refugee orphan in 1952.

Dates: 2018 - 2021

Helen Baird Branyan papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0758
Abstract

Letters From Egypt by Helen Baird Branyan consists primarily of Clarice Bloomfield's letters, written between 1920 and 1938. The letters describe the life of an Albia, Iowa, girl who became a missionary in Egypt.

Dates: 1920-1936

Helen Knievel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0718
Abstract

Librarian from rural Iowa.

Dates: 1973-2000

Helen Larson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0347
Abstract

Anamosa and Iowa City resident who worked for the The University of Iowa Hospital.

Dates: 1884-1996

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

Helene Scriabine papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0080
Abstract

Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.

Dates: 1940-1996

Henrietta Ruff papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0289
Abstract

Amana, Iowa, school teacher.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1985-1996

Irene Coleman Buckley memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0386
Abstract

A Handful of Rain: The Life of Irene Buckley, describes her life as a teacher, wife, mother, librarian, and volunteer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1998

Janie Yates-Glandorf papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0337
Abstract

Iowa City high school drama and English teacher.

Dates: 1943-2005

Jean Kern papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0631
Abstract

Professor of English and an independent scholar who taught in the Middle East and Eastern Europe as well as in Iowa.

Dates: 1921-1988

Jean Minish Stoner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0461
Abstract

Farmwoman, writer, and community volunteer near Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

Dates: 1957-1997

Jeanne Van Kley papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0388
Abstract

Farmer's wife from Ocheydan, Iowa who raised four children.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1987-1998

Jessie Field Shambaugh papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0133
Abstract

Shenandoah, Iowa teacher who became school superintendent for Page County, Iowa. She played a central role in the development of activities for rural youth and is referred to as the 'Mother of 4-H.'

Dates: 1901-1994

Joy Smith Lewallen memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0738
Abstract

This is My Story, This is My Song, unpublished memoir.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1985

Judith Sutcliffe papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0067
Abstract

Tile artist and printer who formed Greentree Enterprises in Audubon, Iowa.

Dates: 1935-2016

Judith Yarger Hull papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0767
Abstract

Memoir, “Discovering My World, 1936-1958.”

Dates: 2001

Judy Herron Hoit papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0373
Abstract

Disability access and awareness advocate and 1996 Ms. Wheelchair Iowa winner.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1950-1998

June Lundy Boyd papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0479
Abstract

Memoir describes growing up and teaching in southwestern Iowa, Lundy's wartime wedding and subsequent life in Knoxville, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2002

Klink Family papers

 Collection — Folder: SCVF
Identifier: IWA1327
Abstract

Memoir written by Judith Klink describing her husband’s family history.

Dates: 2017

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Brink, Christine 1
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Buess, Erwin Joseph 1
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Burr Oak Farm Press 1
Camp Algona (Algona, Iowa) 1
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 1
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Central Washington State University 1
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Christensen, Esther, 1895-1987 1
Church of the Brethren Conference 1
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Cochran, Lida M. 1
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Cronkhite, Vera Shepard, 1906-2003 1
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Dallner family 1
Dallner, Pauline Levendahl, 1918- 1
Davenport Academy of Sciences 1
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De Cook, Besse De Prenger 1
De Cook, Ernest 1
De Cook, Mary Van Zante 1
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