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Phylliss Henry papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0044
Abstract

First woman assigned to patrol duty on the Des Moines police force, serving from 1972 to 1982.

Dates: 1971-2004

Pi Lambda Theta, Theta Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0817
Abstract

Honorary society for women students in the field of education.

Dates: 1918-2008

Pittman Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0821
Abstract

Postal card albums of Marilla and Edith Pittman.

Dates: 1838-1909

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

Reese Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0818
Abstract

Business documents, correspondence and travel ephemera of the Reese Family from Turin, Iowa.

Dates: 1800-2009

Robinson-Lacy Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0424
Abstract

Correspondence diaries, scrapbook, and genealogical information regarding this Dubuque-area family.

Dates: 1852-2001

Rose Ettinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0063
Abstract

Concert singer who toured Europe from 1897 to 1907.

Dates: 1880-1929

Rose Stoops papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0542
Abstract

Teacher, farm woman and nurse who later participated in many community organizations in Grinnell, Iowa.

Dates: 1916-2004

Rosebelle Pierce Luick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0828
Abstract

Corresponence about daily life in the late 19th century from friends and family to Luick, a resident of Belmond, Iowa.

Dates: 1854-1902

Ruth Schaefer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0746
Abstract

A Latin teacher who served as friend and mentor to Vietnamese refugees in the Iowa City community.

Dates: 1956-2002

Ruth Scharnau papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

Teacher and community activist who was a founding member of the Dubuque National Organization for Women.

Dates: 1970-2017

Ruth Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0498
Abstract

Journalist who worked for the Stars and Stripes in postwar Europe.

Dates: 1957-2002

Sally Stiles papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0684
Abstract

Poet and president of the Artists in Action group in Muscatine, Iowa.

Dates: 1988-1999

Sarah Hanley papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0076
Abstract

University of Iowa professor of history, feminist, and political activist.

Dates: 1900-2008

Sarah Poppen De Koster papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0841
Abstract

Family correspondence received by a pastor's wife during the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1896-1932

Sarah White papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0077
Abstract

Correspondence and circle letters of a northwestern Iowa farmwoman.

Dates: 1915-1979

Sarilda Phillips papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0671
Abstract

Mississippi schoolteacher who was forced into retirement in 1956 following desegregation.

Dates: 1913-1986

Shale and Wolf Families letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0425
Abstract

Family correspondence recording farm life in northern Iowa and the Dakota territory, primarily from a farm woman's perspective.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1878-1999

Shirley A. Briggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0197
Abstract

Artist, editor, and naturalist.

Dates: 1840-2008

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White family 5
Democratic Party (Iowa) 4
American Association of University Women 3
Daughters of the American Revolution 3
Grinnell College 3
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 3
Iowa State College 3
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 3
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 3
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 3
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 3
American National Red Cross 2
Day, Cornelia, 1919-2004 2
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 2
Koob, Kathryn 2
Mason, Kären 2
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays 2
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 2
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 2
Republican National Convention 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Shrauger family 2
Shrauger, Harold, Sr. 2
UNICEF 2
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 2
White, Stanley V., 1901- 2
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1
Alternative Living for the Aging (Organization) 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Film Institute 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
American Mothers, Inc. 1
American Theological Society 1
American Women in Radio and Television Inc. 1
Antioch Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Artists In Action (Muscatine, Iowa) 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Atlantic Refining Company 1
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 1
Attlee, Felicity 1
Attlee, Martin 1
Attlee, Violet 1
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States 1
Baker, Carl 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Beck, Jennie, 1903- 1
Beisswenger family 1
Beisswenger, Don 1
Beisswenger, Joyce, 1930-2002 1
Beisswenger, Judy 1
Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.) 1
Bettendorf Public Library (Bettendorf, Iowa) 1
Birgen family 1
Birgen, Lorinda "Laura", 1898-1963 1
Birgen, Martina 1
Bixler, Genevieve Knight 1
Bloomfield, Clarice 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 1
Bourret, Joan Liffring-Zug (1929-2022) 1
Brain family 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Branyan, Helen 1
Briggs, John Ely, -1952 1
Briggs, Nellie Upham, -1973 1
Briggs, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1918-2004 1
Briggs, Wilbur 1
Britton family 1
Britton, Cheryl, 1910-2003 1
Britton, Chester, 1904 - 1968 1
Brown, Bill 1
Brown, Harriet Connor, 1872- 1
Brown, Maria Dean Foster, 1827-1929 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Burns, Jean I. 1
Burns, John 1
Burrows, Bess, 1895- 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Bywater, Jessie Cannon 1
Camp Courageous of Iowa 1
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 1
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 1
Casteel, Rachel 1
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission 1
Center for Population Options (U.S.) 1
Central Methodist Episcopal Church (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
Chamber of Commerce (Studio City, Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Chicago Theological Seminary 1
Child Development Club (Manchester, Iowa) 1
Child, Charlotte Joiner 1
Children Now (Organization) 1
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