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Bowersox and Osborn Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0500
Abstract

The Bowersox family settled in Johnson County, Iowa in approximately 1855. The papers include a family account book, school exams and teaching certificates.

Dates: 1861-2002

Church Women United (Johnson County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0597
Abstract

Johnson County, Iowa chapter of Church Women United.

Dates: 1963-2013

Claudine Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0446
Abstract

Harris worked in radiation detection instrumentation. She was active in the Johnson County League of Women Voters and the Johnson County Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

Dates: 1903 - 2022

Donna Schmidt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0856
Abstract

University of Iowa nurse who farmed with her husband in Johnson County, Iowa

Dates: 1938-2010

Faith Knowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0206
Abstract

Johnson County community activist from the 1970s to 1990s.

Dates: 1936-1995

Four Cs of Johnson County records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0546
Abstract

Records of the local Community Coordinated Child Care.

Dates: 1974-2008

Grace Ferns papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0608
Abstract

Memoir and oral history transcript of a rural Iowa school teacher.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1987-2002

Janet Shipton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0264
Abstract

Political activist and Johnson County, Iowa, supervisor who was the daughter of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

Dates: 1936-1991

Janette Ryan-Busch papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0675
Abstract

Organic farmer and activist from Johnson County, Iowa.

Dates: 1989-2006

Johnson County ERA Coalition records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0138
Abstract

Organized in Iowa City to promote the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the constitution of the state of Iowa.



Arrangement

"New Strategies, Old Obstacles in the Fight for Equality: An Analysis of the 1992 Iowa ERA Referendum Campaign," is shelved in the Iowa Women's Archives printed works collection (fHQ.1236.5.U6 F45 1993).

Dates: 1984-1993

League of Women Voters, Johnson County records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0021
Abstract

Local branch of the national non-partisan League of Women Voters which seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues.

Dates: 1920-2009

Lolly Eggers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0806
Abstract

Papers related to the social activism and career of librarian Lolly Eggers.

Dates: 1963-1994

Mary C. Neuhauser papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0455
Abstract

Democrat who served four terms in the Iowa House and one four-year term in the Senate (1986-1998).

Dates: 1968-1999

Mary G. Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0310
Abstract

Librarian and author of columns in the Iowa City Press Citizen.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1995-1997

National Organization for Women, Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0017
Abstract

Feminist activist organization records.

Dates: 1977-1997

Patricia Herring papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0741
Abstract

Feminist, social worker, and advocate for persons with HIV/AIDS.

Dates: 1979-2008

Sharon Township Farm Bureau Women's Club (Johnson County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0452
Abstract

Farm Bureau women's club that provided education and services organized around farm issues.

Dates: 1953-1985

West Lucas Women's Club (Johnson County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0572
Abstract

The club initially met on the second Tuesday of the month for conversation, a program, and refreshments. Later, meetings were held bimonthly and were dedicated to study, roll call, a program, and refreshments.

Dates: 1923-1976

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University of Iowa 4
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Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 1
Attlee, Felicity 1
Attlee, Martin 1
Attlee, Violet 1
Bowersox family 1
Bowersox, Dorothy LeVier 1
Bowersox, Edna 1
Bowersox, Elizabeth C. 1
Bowersox, Fred 1
Bowersox, Jan Erkert 1
Bowersox, Lizzie E. 1
Bowersox, Mary Margaret Shuey 1
Bowersox, Thomas L. 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Church Women United (Johnson County, Iowa) 1
Clark, Mary G. 1
Collins, Susan 1
Democratic Party (Iowa) 1
Eaton, Linda 1
Eggers, Lolly, 1929-2021 1
Fae Ridge Farm (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Ferns, Grace, 1909- 1
Four Cs of Johnson County 1
Harris, Claudine (1926-2022) 1
Herring, Patricia, 1944- 1
Hoover Health Council (Iowa) 1
Hurless, Ruia Bowersox 1
Iowa Center for AIDS Resources and Education 1
Iowa City Free Medical Clinic 1
Iowa City Press-Citizen Writers Group 1
Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Iowa Community AIDS Partnership 1
Iowa Organic Growers and Buyers Association 1
Iowa. Department of Public Health 1
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 1
John F. Kennedy School of Government 1
Johnson County (Iowa). Department of Public Health 1
Johnson County Council on the Status of Women (Iowa) 1
Johnson County ERA Coalition (Johnson County, Iowa) 1
Johnson County Health Council (Iowa) 1
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission (Iowa) 1
Johnson County Women's Political Caucus (Iowa) 1
Knowler, Faith (1911-2002) 1
Losby, Jan L. 1
Maroni family 1
Maroni, Valentine 1
Missouri Women's Network 1
Mondale, Walter F., 1928- 1
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (U.S.) 1
National Organization for Women. Johnson County-Iowa City Chapter 1
Neuhauser, Mary C., 1934- 1
Nineteenth Century Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
O'Donovan, Joan 1
Older Women's League (U.S.) 1
Osborn family 1
Osborn, Inez Smyth 1
Osborn, Mary A. 1
Osborn, Thomas F. 1
Osborn, Wayland 1
Radcliffe College 1
Ryan-Busch, Janette, 1955- 1
Schmidt, Donna, 1921-2011 1
Sharon Township Farm Bureau Women's Club (Johnson County, Iowa) 1
Shipton, Ann 1
Shipton, Harold 1
Shipton, Janet (1923-2019) 1
Shuey, Jacob 1
Southeast Iowa HIV CARE Consortium 1
State University of Iowa 1
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1
University of Iowa. College of Law 1
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 1
West Lucas Women's Club (Johnson County, Iowa) 1
Womens International League for Peace and Freedom 1
Yessler, Alta Bowersox 1
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