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Abigail Van Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0912
Abstract

Iowa City resident who worked to preserve and restore Iowa City landmarks including the Old Capitol building.

Dates: 1968-2008

Adelia M. Hoyt papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0844
Abstract

Photos and a memoir written by a blind woman who helped establish the Iowa Home for Sightless Women in Des Moines.

Dates: 1915-2011

Adella Martinez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0582
Abstract

A former resident of Cook's Point, Davenport, whose parents emigrated from Mexico to the United States in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1922-2005

Alice Kelley papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0485
Abstract

University of Iowa graduate who worked as a secretary. The papers mainly consist of the diaries she kept from 1926-2002.

Dates: 1888-2005

Alma Marie Kouba Kress papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0405
Abstract

Buchanan County elementary school teacher and clubwoman.

Dates: 1925-2006

Alta Martin papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0353
Abstract

Homemaker and mother of five who received her private pilot license in 1963.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1963-2004

Anna Marie Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0909
Abstract

Papers of Iowa missionary serving in Japan from 1950-1982.

Dates: 1925-2000

Annette Cech papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0593
Abstract

Iowa City housewife and mother whose son, Thomas Cech, won the Nobel Prize in 1989.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1945-2002

Arlene Jens papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0499
Abstract

Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1962-2006

Athens History Circle (Iowa City, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0293
Abstract

Iowa City study club organized in 1897.

Dates: 1902-2011

Audubon Society of Manchester (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0588
Abstract

Eastern Iowa women's study and social club.

Dates: 1903-2001

Ayako "A. Mori" Costantino papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0905
Abstract

Japanese American activist who, after being interned in a War Relocation Center during World War II, travelled extensively and was heavily involved in human and civil rights campaigns in Iowa City and beyond.

Dates: 1944-2012; Other: Date acquired: 2012-12-06

Basilisa Herrera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0868
Abstract

Mexican immigrant to Iowa in the 1910s, member of the Cook's Point community in Davenport, and matriarch of a large family.

Dates: 1924-2003

Bernice Zimmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0876
Abstract

Diaries of an Iowa woman.

Dates: 1932-2010

Bertha Hedges papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0846
Abstract

A talented seamstress and milliner, Bertha Gotter Hedges was born in Greene County, Iowa, in 1887.

Dates: 1870-2014

Bettie McKenzie papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0136
Abstract

Community activist from Red Oak, Iowa.

Dates: 1870-2005

Beverly Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0148
Abstract

Family farmer, volunteer, and community activist who served on U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and the International Women's Year Commission.

Dates: 1856-2001

Birdie Sears papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0903
Abstract

Autograph book and genealogy of 19th century Iowa woman.

Dates: 1875-2013

Blanca Vasquez Gaines papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0899
Abstract

Puerto Rican woman who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and trained at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1944-2009

Bonnie Love papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0860
Abstract

Oral history of donor Bonnie Love’s mother-in-law, Annabelle Bowman; home movies and writing by Love’s mother, Kathryn Lyman Love.

Dates: 1948-2012

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Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 3
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 3
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Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 3
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 3
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 3
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Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 2
Gerber, John C. 2
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Iowa Civil Liberties Union 2
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Iowa Mothers Association 2
Iowa State College 2
League of United Latin American Citizens 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009 2
Muscatine Migrant Committee 2
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 2
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Shrauger, Harold, Sr. 2
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 2
UNICEF 2
United Nations 2
United States. Navy 2
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University of Wisconsin 2
World Conference on Women 2
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Adams family 1
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
Adams, Monroe Milton 1
Aguilera, Maria Mercedes, 1936-2013 1
Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
Alfred University 1
Algona High School (Algona, Iowa) 1
Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1
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American Educational Research Association 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
American Mission Upper Nile 1
American Mothers, Inc. 1
American Patients Association 1
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American Theological Society 1
Another Mother for Peace (Association) 1
Anothor Mother for Peace (Association). Northeastern Iowa Chapter 1
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women's (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Arizona State University 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Associated Country Women of the World 1
Associated Country Women of the World. Conference 1
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 1
Athens History Circle (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women 1
Atlantic Refining Company 1
Audiovisual Education Association of Iowa 1
Audubon Society of Manchester (Iowa) 1
Barcelo family 1
Barceló, Nancy V., 1946- 1
Bartlett family 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Becker, Ruth Salzmann, 1922-2007 (1922-2007) 1
Beisswenger family 1
Beisswenger, Don 1
Beisswenger, Joyce, 1930-2002 1
Beisswenger, Judy 1
Benedict Home (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Berg, Anna Margaret Skramstad 1
Berg, Mary J. (Mary Jaylene), 1950- 1
Bergmann family 1
Bergmann, Gustav (1906-1987) 1
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