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Louise Liers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0570
Abstract

World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.

Dates: 1911-1983

Magdalena "Helen" Tylee papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0471
Abstract

A German war bride who came to Iowa in 1922. During World War II she ran the family farm while her husband was serving in the armed forces.

Dates: 1917-1988

Margaret Langland Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0816
Abstract

Nurse who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.

Dates: 1925-1972

Maria Mercedes Aguilera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0558
Abstract

Factory worker who was among the first Latinas to be hired at the International Harvester Company Farmall plant in Rock Island, Illinois.

Dates: 1950-2013

Marie Schultz Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0121
Abstract

Postville, Iowa, native who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1940.

Dates: 1901-1993

Marjorie Vandervelde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0375
Abstract

Photojournalist and writer who lived with Cuna Indians on the San Blas Islands to learn their culture and traditions.

Dates: 1837-2008

Martha Eimen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0218
Abstract

Nurse who worked for the Public Health Service and the United Nations in Italy and the Middle East, 1945-1948.

Dates: 1945-1995

Martha Nash papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0235
Abstract

Civil rights activist, community and religious leader, she was executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Education and Vocational Training in Waterloo.

Dates: 1939-2000

Mary Jane Odell papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0056
Abstract

Television journalist and politician who served as Iowa Secretary of State from 1980 to 1986.

Dates: 1936-2002

Mary McDermott Shideler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0404
Abstract

Theologian, writer and lecturer whose work encompassed religious theology, philosophy and psychology.

Dates: 1900-2000

Mary Vasquez Olvera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0559
Abstract

Davenport, Iowa, woman whose parents came to Iowa from Mexico in the 1910s.

Dates: 1923-2003

McCown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0852
Abstract

Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.

Dates: 1909-2012

Melba Gardemann Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0456
Abstract

Benton County, Iowa, farm girl and teacher who played on her high school's basketball championship team in 1927.

Dates: 1916-1993

Mildred "Micki" Zeller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0722
Abstract

Costume designer and avid traveler whose papers include an extensive collection of slides, related travel diaries, and materials pertaining to the Iran Hostage Crisis.

Dates: 1946-2000

Myrle Olive Ward papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0078
Abstract

Native of Hamburg, Iowa and missionary to the West Indies and the Belgian Congo from 1925 until 1959.

Dates: 1908-1992

Naomi Schedl papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0548
Abstract

Artist and professor in the Department of Home Economics at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1966-2004

Patricia Hillard papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0715
Abstract

Papers document Hillard's work as Western U.S. Division Director of La Leche League International.



Arrangement

Administrative, Boxes 1-10

Area Conferences, Boxes 10-11

Area Coordinator of Leaders (ACL), Boxes 11-13

Areas, Boxes 13-18

Biographical information, Box 1

Conferences, Boxes 18-20

Correspondence, Boxes 20-25

Division Director, Boxes 25-27

Financial Records, Boxes 27-29

Human Relations Enrichment (HRE), Boxes 29-30

Other Divisions, Boxes 31-33

Photographs, Box 46

Professional Liaison Department (PLD), Boxes 33-34

Programs, Boxes 34-35

Publications, Box 35-42

Publicity, Box 42

Regional Administrators (RA), Boxes 42-44

Resource and Development (R&D), Boxes 44-46

Dates: 1963-2001

Pauline Lyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0202
Abstract

Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.

Dates: 1884-1994

Reese Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0818
Abstract

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

Dates: 1800-2009

Ruth Hager Cousin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0522
Abstract

Trained as a nurse between 1917 and 1920, and worked as a school nurse in Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, Iowa from 1931 to 1965.

Dates: 1914-1985

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Algona High School (Algona, Iowa) 1
American Legion Auxiliary 1
American Theological Society 1
Anneberg, Dorothy Spencer 1
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women's (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States 1
B'nai Jeshurun Temple (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Bayard Women's Club (Iowa) 1
Bondurant, Dorothy, 1908-2002 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
Bryn Mawr College 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Burns, John 1
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 1
Charleton, Gwyn 1
Chicago Theological Seminary 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
Cousin, Ruth Hager, 1895-1994 1
Davis, Laura Hutchison, 1916-1993 1
Davis, Lloyd L. 1
De Jong family 1
De Jong, Bernard, 1918- 1
De Jong, Eunice, 1923-2012 1
De Jong, Frederick, -1942 1
De Jong, Henry, 1913-2002 1
De Jong, Jan, 1884-1965 1
De Jong, Jeanette, 1914-2004 1
De Jong, Joanne, 1927-2005 1
De Jong, Lorraine Schol, 1914-2007 1
De Jong, Trentje Beuckens, 1885-1978 1
Des Moines Women's Club 1
Displaced Homemakers Network 1
Door Opener (Mason City, Iowa) 1
Dorothy Paul (1927-2024) 1
Edna Means Dramatic Service 1
Ehrhardt, Louis 1
Eimen, Martha, 1912-1997 1
Emerson College of Oratory 1
Frankel, Babette Scheuerman 1
Frederick County Human Relations Commission (Frederick County, Iowa) 1
Friends of New Hampshire Music Festival 1
García, Inés, 1931-2009 1
García, Teresa 1
Garrity, Margaret 1
Garrity-Sandage Associates, Inc. 1
Goad family 1
Grand Army of the Republic 1
Greiner family 1
Greiner, Violet, 1916-1991 1
Grinnell College 1
Gumbleton, Thomas J. 1
Guthrie, Walter 1
Hager, Thora 1
Halferty family 1
Hall, Norman 1
Hammond, Ilene 1
Hedges family 1
Hedges, Bertha, 1887-1978 1
Hedges, Charles 1
Hedges, Mildred 1
Hensley, Grace Ricketts 1
Hergenreter, Jane McDermott 1
Hidlebaugh, Edna, 1892-1995 1
Hidlebaugh, Lee 1
Highland Park College (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Hillard, Patricia, 1947-2000 1
Horsley, Jess 1
Horsley, Maureen 1
Human Resources Research Organization 1
Iglesias, Marvel 1
Illinois Training School for Nurses 1
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives 1
Iowa Governor's Commission on Health Care Costs 1
Iowa Lutheran Hospital (Des Moines, Iowa). School of Nursing 1
Iowa Maternal Health League 1
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network 1
Iowa State College 1
Iowa State Teachers College 1
Iowa State University 1
Iowa. Secretary of State 1
Irene, Princess of Netherlands 1
Johnson, Margaret Langland, 1912-1972 1
Johnson, Ursula 1
Jones, Joe Allen 1
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 1
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