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Opal Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0359
Abstract

Democrat, educator and clubwoman who served in the Iowa House of Representatives in the 1970s.

Dates: 1960-1998

Ortha P. Neff papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0561
Abstract

Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.

Dates: 1944-2006

Otilia Gomez Savala papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0827
Abstract

Davenport woman raised in the Cook's Point neighborhood, whose parents emigrated from Mexico in the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1937-2014

Palo Alto Garden Club (Emmetsburg, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0574
Abstract

Garden club in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

Dates: 1959-1994

Patricia Filipowska papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0147
Abstract

Poet and native of Burlington, Iowa.



Arrangement

The Well (Lexington, MA: R.E. Filipowski, c1993) is shelved with printed works, in the Iowa Authors Collection in the Special Collections Department, and in the general collection in the Main Library.

Dates: 1930-1997

Patricia Geadelmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0812
Abstract

Feminist and physical educator who was a strong proponent of the ERA and Title IX.

Dates: 1965-2006

Patricia Hillard papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0715
Abstract

Papers document Hillard's work as Western U.S. Division Director of La Leche League International.



Arrangement

Administrative, Boxes 1-10

Area Conferences, Boxes 10-11

Area Coordinator of Leaders (ACL), Boxes 11-13

Areas, Boxes 13-18

Biographical information, Box 1

Conferences, Boxes 18-20

Correspondence, Boxes 20-25

Division Director, Boxes 25-27

Financial Records, Boxes 27-29

Human Relations Enrichment (HRE), Boxes 29-30

Other Divisions, Boxes 31-33

Photographs, Box 46

Professional Liaison Department (PLD), Boxes 33-34

Programs, Boxes 34-35

Publications, Box 35-42

Publicity, Box 42

Regional Administrators (RA), Boxes 42-44

Resource and Development (R&D), Boxes 44-46

Dates: 1963-2001

Paul Mitchell papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0847
Abstract

An edited copy of Frances Mitchell's diary entries chronicling her journey from Seattle, Washington to Tokyo, Japan in 1948.

Dates: 1948-2007

Paula Watts Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0002
Abstract

Civic leader in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1930-1974

Pauline Lyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0202
Abstract

Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.

Dates: 1884-1994

Pearl Knoop papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0379
Abstract

Librarian and bird watcher from Marble Rock, Iowa.

Dates: 1933-1998

Peg Mullen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0082
Abstract

Anti-Vietnam War activist whose son, Michael, was killed by 'friendly fire' in Vietnam in 1970.



Arrangement

Copies of the hardcover and paperback versions of "Friendly Fire" and a hardcover copy of "Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir" are shelved in the printed works collection.

Dates: 1966-2010

Penny Furgerson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0280
Abstract

Native of India who founded the Gateway Dance Theatre, a Des Moines-based company specializing in multiethnic dance.

Dates: 1957-2006

Phyllis Harper-Bardach papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0319
Abstract

Educator of hearing-impaired children and retired professor of Education at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1940-1998

Pi Lambda Theta, Theta Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0817
Abstract

Honorary society for women students in the field of education.

Dates: 1918-2008

Pierce-Stuart Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0483
Abstract

Diaries of Mary Pierce describe family life in Harlan, Iowa from 1927 to 1947; Mary Clark's memoir reflects on medical challenges in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1927-1989

Pilot International Club of Iowa City records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0788
Abstract

Organization to promote improvement of conditions and treatment for brain-related disorders.

Dates: 1939-2012

Polly Ely papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract

Peace and civil rights activist who was a longtime member of Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1937-2008

Prairie View Club (Hardin County) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0432
Abstract

Rural women's club dating from the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1932-1995

Prentiss Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0060
Abstract

The family came to Iowa City in 1905 when Henry Prentiss established the Anatomy Department at the State University of Iowa.

Dates: 1891-1996

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Iowa Civil Rights Commission 3
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League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 3
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Republican National Committee (U.S.) 3
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State University of Iowa. School of Nursing 3
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Governor Ray's Commission on the Status Of Women (Iowa) 2
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Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 2
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Muscatine Migrant Committee 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
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