Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 81 - 100 of 411

Denise O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0156
Abstract

Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.

Dates: 1964-2007

Donna Schmidt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0856
Abstract

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

Dates: 1938-2010

Dora E. Mackay papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0248
Abstract

African American singer and beauty shop owner in Des Moines, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF; one audiocassette [AC1109] shelved in audiocassette collection.

Dates: 1932-2006

Dora Jane Hamblin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0087
Abstract

Iowa native who wrote for the Cedar Rapids Gazette, LIFE magazine, and other periodicals.

Dates: 1937-1993

Dora Mason papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0221
Abstract

Sculptor and art teacher who traveled and studied sculpture across Europe and North America.

Dates: 1915-2017

Doris Bender Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0326
Abstract

Student who attended the University of Iowa in the 1940s and later became a teacher and child-welfare worker.

Dates: 1945-2013

Dorothy and Warren Wirtz papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0117
Abstract

Brother and sister from Keokuk, Iowa who attended the State University of Iowa and pursued careers as a composer and French professor, respectively.

Dates: 1915-2012

Dorothy Ashby Pownall papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0025
Abstract

Journalist who reported on Camp Dodge in Iowa during World War I.

Dates: 1918-1974

Dorothy Bondurant papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0451
Abstract

Waterloo music educator and multicultural programs coordinator.

Dates: 1926-1999

Dorothy Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0780
Abstract

Methodist Episcopal deaconess who later worked with the Mahaska County Historical Society to found the Nelson Pioneer Farm in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dates: 1850-1994

Dorothy Fox Wurster papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0700
Abstract

Mahaska County farm girl who won a blue ribbon in the Mahaska County's Boys' 4-H.

Dates: 1942-1987

Dorothy Misbach papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0468
Abstract

Educator whose lifelong career of working with partially seeing and blind students began in 1938 at the Perkins School for the Blind in Massachussetts.

Dates: 1890-1999

Dorothy Paul papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0349
Abstract

Iowa City peace activist and educator who was executive director of the UNA-USA Iowa Division from 1976 to 1996.

Dates: 1955-2016

Dorothy Rubenstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0739
Abstract

Federal Civil Service employee who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Communication in 1932.

Dates: 1928-2004

Dorothy Schramm papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0183
Abstract

Human rights advocate from Burlington, Iowa who was active in local and international issues, particularly UNA-USA and the League of Women Voters.

Dates: 1938-2006

E. Virginia Mowry papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0345
Abstract

Newton, Iowa teacher who later worked as an adminstrative assistant to James Cash Penney of J. C. Penney Company.

Dates: 1956-2000

Edith Edmund Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0740
Abstract

Longstanding member of Fairfield, Iowa clubs including the Fancy Work Circle and the Good Cheer Society.

Dates: 1922-2005

Edith Neal papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0660
Abstract

Known as the Vietnam Mail Lady, Neal corresponded with servicemen stationed in Vietnam from 1966 to 1969.

Dates: 1931-1997

Edith Reed Atkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0251
Abstract

Singer and radio-script editor from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Atkinson performed in a song-and-dance act with her brothers Wallace and Cecil Reed from 1935 to 1944.

Dates: 1935-1997

Edmund Blunden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0829
Abstract

Correspondence and manuscripts of the British scholar and poet.

Dates: 1918-1982

Filtered By

  • Subject: 20th century X
  • Subject: Personal papers X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Repository
Iowa Women's Archives 405
University of Iowa Special Collections 5
University of Iowa Archives 1
 
Subject
20th century 410
Archives (groupings) 409
Photographs 324
2001-2010 152
Correspondence 114
∨ more
Oral histories 109
Iowa City (Iowa) 108
Scrapbooks 107
Diaries 103
Families 102
Cultural artifacts 96
Rural women 80
Teachers 77
Women in agriculture 76
Memoirs 75
Sound recordings 74
College students 72
Speeches 72
Autobiographies 68
Teaching 64
Video recordings 58
Women -- Political activity 57
Des Moines (Iowa) 53
Homemakers 52
Farm life 50
Iowa 49
Farmers 47
Women in education 47
Women lawyers 46
World War, 1939-1945 44
College teachers 41
Photograph albums 41
Women and War 41
Rural families 39
Women in public life 35
Authors 34
Volunteers 34
Women 34
Yearbooks 34
African American women -- Iowa 32
Community activists 32
Women in higher education 32
African American women 30
Voyages and travels 30
High school students 28
Journalists 27
Slides (photographs) 26
Women -- 19th century 26
Political campaigns 24
Nurses 22
Davenport (Iowa) 21
Rural girls 21
2011-2020 20
Political activists 20
Social participation 20
Women in journalism 20
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women 20
Legislators 19
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Associate degree) 19
Nursing -- Study and teaching (Graduate) 19
Political participation 19
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 18
Drawings (visual works) 18
Artists 17
Hispanic American families 17
Hispanic American women 17
Pacifism 17
Peace 17
Waterloo (Iowa) 17
Soldiers 16
Women in medicine 16
Women in nonprofit organizations 16
Home economics 15
Marriage 15
Social workers 15
Sports for girls 15
Sports for women 15
Women -- Societies and clubs 15
Women in community organization 15
Women's rights 15
Autograph albums 14
Mexican American women 14
4-H clubs 13
Women in church work 13
1941-1950 12
Businesswomen 12
Immigrant families 12
Immigrants 12
Posters 12
Rural schools 12
Volunteer workers in social service 12
Women in charitable work 12
Civic leaders 11
Feminists 11
Friendship 11
Mexican American families 11
Working class women 11
1931-1940 10
Chicago (Ill.) 10
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Finnish 1
French 1
German 1
Icelandic 1
Japanese 1
∨ more
Norwegian 1
Swedish 1
+ ∧ less
 
Names
State University of Iowa 50
University of Iowa 33
Democratic Party (Iowa) 12
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 10
Republican Party (Iowa) 10
∨ more
American Association of University Women 8
Iowa State Teachers College 8
Grinnell College 7
League of Women Voters of Iowa 7
American National Red Cross 6
Mason, Kären 6
Iowa State College 5
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 5
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 5
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 5
White family 5
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
Daughters of the American Revolution 4
Iowa State University 4
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 4
State University of Iowa. Department of Home Economics 4
United Nations 4
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 4
University High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 4
University of Iowa. College of Nursing 4
Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 3
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 3
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 3
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 3
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 3
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 3
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 3
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 3
State University of Iowa. School of Nursing 3
United Nations Association of the United States of America 3
United States. Navy 3
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 3
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 3
University of Minnesota 3
University of Northern Iowa 3
University of Wisconsin 3
Young Women's Christian Association (State University of Iowa) 3
American Association for the United Nations 2
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 2
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 2
Coe College 2
Conlin, Roxanne Barton, 1944- 2
Des Moines Art Center 2
Drake University 2
Ellsworth family 2
Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 2
Everett family 2
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 2
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 2
Gerber, John C. 2
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 2
Grefe, Mary 2
Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City, Iowa) 2
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 2
Iowa Falls High School (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 2
Iowa Mother of the Year 2
Iowa Mothers Association 2
Iowa Parent Teacher Association 2
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 2
Keene, Carolyn 2
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 2
League of United Latin American Citizens 2
League of Women Voters (Des Moines, Iowa) 2
League of Women Voters of Iowa City, Iowa 2
Monroe Busy Bees (4-H Club : Mahaska County, Iowa) 2
Moore, Mary Ellen, 1919-1998 2
Morris, Arlene Roberts (1926-2016) 2
Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
National Federation of Republican Women 2
National Women's Conference (1st : 1977 : Houston, Tex.) 2
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 2
O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2
Radcliffe College 2
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 2
Simpson College 2
UNICEF 2
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 2
United States. Army 2
United States. Army Nurse Corps 2
University of Chicago 2
University of Colorado Boulder 2
University of Iowa. College of Pharmacy 2
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education and Dance 2
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 2
University of Iowa. Museum of Art 2
White, Stanley V., 1901- 2
Whitehead, Floy Eugenia, 1913-1998 2
Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002 2
Womens International League for Peace and Freedom 2
World Conference on Women 2
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 2
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
+ ∧ less