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New Art Club of Marion (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0257
Abstract

Organized in Marion, Iowa in 1935 to for women to do needlework and handicrafts.

Dates: 1939-1974

New World Collective records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0664
Abstract

A Des Moines collective which existed between 1972 and 1980. Members lived communally and participated in a variety of progressive actions.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1971-1980

Nissen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0073
Abstract

Biographical materials relate to Walnut, Iowa clubwoman Wilma Parker Nissen and her daughters.

Dates: 1936-1996

North Madison Happy Pals 4-H Club records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0666
Abstract

Local chapter of 4-H organized in Mahaska County, Iowa, 1952.

Dates: 1952-1979

Olabelle Reed papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0343
Abstract

Teacher, community activist, and co-founder of Club Les Dames, an African American women's club in Waterloo.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1935-1997

Prairie View Club (Hardin County) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0432
Abstract

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

Dates: 1932-1995

Proteus Club (Des Moines) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0096
Abstract

Women's study club organized in 1896 by college graduates for their intellectual improvement.

Dates: 1896 - 2024

Ruth Schanke papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0339
Abstract

Des Moines woman who organized a support group for spouses of lesbians and gays in 1994.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1994-1997

Sheridan Hustlers 4-H Club (Scott County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0799
Abstract

Girls' 4-H club located in Sheridan Township near Eldridge, Scott County, Iowa.



Arrangement

The records arrived in two looseleaf notebooks. Because the notebooks were overly full, newspaper clippings and photographs filed at the end of each notebook were removed and filed in folders.

Dates: 1921-1954

Shirley M. Sandage papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0318
Abstract

Mason City, Iowa-born civil rights activist, United States field representative for the Christian Children's Fund and director of program development for the National Organization on Disability.

Dates: 1927-2012

The Recital Club (Garner, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0157
Abstract

Organized in 1901 to promote the arts and community service.

Dates: 1901-1994

Theristriai Club (Marion, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0571
Abstract

Marion, Iowa, study club that was founded in 1867.

Dates: 1871-2011

Thimble Club (Riceville, Iowa) records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0103
Abstract

Reading club organized in 1901.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1912-1957

Tuesday Nighters (Manchester, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0576
Abstract

A women's club concerned primarily with philanthropic and social activities.

Dates: 1950-2006

United Sisters of Black Hawk County records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0315
Abstract

Iowa affiliate of Networking Together, Inc., an organization for women of color.

Dates: 1984-1996

Willing Workers Club (Fayette County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0246
Abstract

A social and benevolent women's club initially formed as a Red Cross sewing club during World War I.

Dates: 1918-1987

Willow Hill papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0487
Abstract

Diaries describe growing up in rural Iowa in the 1960s and the period from1992 to 2001.

Dates: 1960-2001

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State University of Iowa 2
American Association of University Women 1
American Legion Auxiliary 1
Antioch Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Bayard Women's Club (Iowa) 1
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Bell,  Eleanor Nissen, 1925- 1
Camp Courageous of Iowa 1
Central College (Pella, Iowa) 1
Chenault, Phyllis, 1923-1967 1
Child Development Club (Manchester, Iowa) 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
Club Les Dames (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Cruikshank, Rena 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Eckhardt, Lois 1
Ellen Hanson Mason, 1897- 1
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America 1
Fae Ridge Farm (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Fancy Work Circle (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Farm Bureau Township Club (Iowa County, Iowa) 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Glad Girls of Grove 4-H (Cass County, Iowa) 1
Good Cheer Society (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Greene Township Women's Club (Iowa County, Iowa) 1
Grefe, Mary 1
Herr, Catharine King, 1885-1978 1
Herr, King 1
Hidlebaugh, Edna, 1892-1995 1
Hidlebaugh, Lee 1
Hill, Willow, 1945- 1
Homan family 1
Homan, Charles Foote, 1897-1988 1
Homan, Delmar Charles, 1927- 1
Homan, Gladys, 1899-1996 1
Howard, Alice Hanson 1
Huffey, Jean, 1932- 1
International Council for Adult Education 1
International Wives Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
International Women's Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Iowa Governor's Commission on Health Care Costs 1
Iowa Organic Growers and Buyers Association 1
Iowa State College 1
Johnson, Edith Edmund, 1893- 1
Kirk, Mary Lou, 1929-2004 1
Know Your Neighbor Club (Williams, Iowa) 1
Kriedeman, Joan, 1927- 1
Larson, Helen, 1899-1996 1
Lawrence family 1
League of United Latin American Citizens 1
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Lowell Club (Boone, Iowa) 1
Lutheran Church Women's Quilting Club (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Marks, Trudy, 1943-1991 1
Mason, Kären 1
McKenzie, Bettie 1
Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 1
National Advisory Council on Adult Education (U.S.) 1
National Association of Women in Construction. Des Moines Chapter 1
National Center for Human Development 1
National Committee on United States-China Relations 1
National Organization on Disability (U.S.) 1
National Secretaries Association (U.S.). Robert Lucas Chapter (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Naylor, Norma Hidlebaugh 1
Networking Together, Inc. 1
New Art Club of Marion, Iowa 1
New World Collective (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Newsome, Louane, 1906-2004 1
Nissen family 1
Nissen, Anna Justine 1
Nissen, Ewald Anton 1
Nissen, Harold 1
Nissen, Helen Wilma Parker, 1898-1957 1
North Madison Happy Pals 4-H Club (Mahaska County, Iowa) 1
Older Women's League (U.S.) 1
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays 1
Prairie View Club (Hardin County, Iowa) 1
Price, Lydia Ann 1
Price, William 1
Proteus Club (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Recital Club (Garner, Iowa) 1
Reed, Olabelle, 1935- 1
Republican Party (Iowa) 1
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
Ryan-Busch, Janette, 1955- 1
Sandage family 1
Sandage, Scott 1
Sandage, Shirley M., 1927-2012 1
Schanke, Robert 1
Schanke, Ruth, 1941- 1
Schmidt, Donna, 1921-2011 1
Sheridan Hustlers 4-H Club (Scott County, Iowa) 1
Swab, Joy 1
Theristriai Club (Marion, Iowa) 1
Thimble Club (Riceville, Iowa) 1
Tuesday Nighters (Manchester, Iowa) 1
Unesco Conference on Adult Education 1
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