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Sister Mary Dominica Urbany papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0692
Abstract

Member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and a missionary to China from 1928 to 1936.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1866-1936

Stewart Stern Papers (this collection is currently being re-processed)

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0440
Abstract

American motion picture and television screenwriter. Primarily material documenting his career, with research notebooks, rough dra s and final versions of many of his screen and teleplays, along with photographs from the productions. Also personal material including correspondence and his education and military records.

Dates: 1931-1983

Stong Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0819
Abstract

Correspondence of Alice Stong details her undergraduate experiences at The University of Iowa.

Dates: 1887-2007

Thelma Petersen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0567
Abstract

Diaries of homemaker from Kirkman, Iowa.

Dates: 1926-2003

Tom and Ruth Blanchard Chautauqua Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0150.12
Abstract

Chautauqua and radio performers. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1907-1982; Majority of material found in 1920-1940

Tuesday Nighters (Manchester, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0576
Abstract

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

Dates: 1950-2006

Vera Shivvers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0464
Abstract

Iowa farm woman who was elected to fill her husband's term in the Iowa Senate following his death in 1962.

Dates: 1914-1990

Verda Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0137
Abstract

Communication specialist at Iowa State University who produced the documentary Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard.

Dates: 1965-2004

Viola Nesfield Owen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0801
Abstract

Mother and piano teacher living in Wisconsin, cooresponding with family in Waterloo, Iowa.

Dates: 1911-1963

Virginia Harper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0199
Abstract

One of five African American women who integrated Currier Hall at the University of Iowa in 1946. Former president of the Fort Madison chapter of the NAACP.

Dates: 1940-2005

Virginia Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0058
Abstract

Community activitst and writer Virginia Shrauger Jones grew up in Atlantic Iowa and served as a Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II.

Dates: 1829-2010

Wallace Stegner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0703
Abstract

Award-winning novelist, story writer, essayist, historian, English professor at Stanford, and frontline conservationist. Preliminary drafts and proofs for seven novels.

Dates: 1957 - 1977

Walling Family papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0124
Abstract

Oskaloosa family whose daughter Ivyl Walling Welton graduated from Grinnell College and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1919-1991

Walsh Construction Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0053
Abstract

This small collection contains papers of the company started by Patrick T. Walsh. These are mostly photocopies and photostats, and include information on the Walsh Company, correspondence, and materials relating to their bid to build the Panama Canal.

Dates: 1916-1952

War Brides of World War II papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0215
Abstract

1995 honors thesis of University of Iowa undergraduate student, Rachel Casteel.

Dates: 1946-1996

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

Wilda Jean Schobert papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0180
Abstract

Percival, Iowa farm woman and club woman.

Dates: 1840-2000

Willard Marsh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0794
Abstract

Graduate of the Writers' Workshop, a musician and an English professor.

Dates: 1940-1970

Zella White Stewart papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0683
Abstract

Allergist who practiced in Iowa City from 1910 to 1938.

Dates: 1917-1943

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United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 3
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White, Stanley V., 1901- 2
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Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
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American Theological Society 1
Antioch Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) 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
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Baker, Carl 1
Baldridge, Alfred E. 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
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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
Bissell, Bess G., 1908-1970 1
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Blanchard, Tom 1
Blees, Robert 1
Blunden, Edmund 1
Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974 1
Bob Hanscom Players (Theatrical group) 1
Bohnen, Salesian Father Laurent 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 1
Bourret, Joan Liffring-Zug (1929-2022) 1
Brain family 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Briggs, John Ely, -1952 1
Briggs, Nellie Upham, -1973 1
Briggs, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1918-2004 1
Briggs, Wilbur 1
Brink, Christine 1
Britton family 1
Britton, Cheryl, 1910-2003 1
Britton, Chester, 1904 - 1968 1
Broer, Bethany 1
Broer, Faye York 1
Broer, Jacob 1
Broer, Kyle 1
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Brown, Harriet Connor, 1872- 1
Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), 1894- 1
Brown, Maria Dean Foster, 1827-1929 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Burns, Jean I. 1
Burns, John 1
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