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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

Bernice Larson Boyum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0194
Abstract

Ellsworth, Iowa, woman who served in World War II.

Dates: 1943-1993

Bette Brooks Stone papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0360
Abstract

Mapleton, Iowa high school student who sent telegrams for Western Union during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1993

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

Clara Steen Skott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0216
Abstract

Free-lance writer, home economics teacher, and civic leader who wrote articles and diaries concerning life in Iowa, China, and Wisconsin.

Dates: 1899-1994

Constance Frick Irwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0208
Abstract

Author, librarian, and professor of library science who was a WAVE during World War II.

Dates: 1918-1995

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

Dorothy Ashby Pownall papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0025
Abstract

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

Dates: 1918-1974

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

Eleanor Gildner Hageboeck papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0460
Abstract

University of Iowa alumna and clubwoman. She wrote a column for the Iowa City Press Citizen during World War II.

Dates: 1929-1993

Emma Lou Leeper Phelan papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0226
Abstract

Brooklyn, Iowa, native who was a riveter for Ryan Aeronautical Company in California, 1944 to 1945.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1945-1998

Entre Nous records (Iowa City, Iowa)

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0081
Abstract

Women's drama study club founded in 1914 in Iowa City.

Dates: 1914-2002

Evelyn Crary Bacon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0012
Abstract

Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.

Dates: 1917-2000

Gladys Spayde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0042
Abstract

Stage actress who spent her childhood in Saskatchewan and was a teacher in Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1932-1982

Gretchen Anton Coy papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0234
Abstract

Artist and teacher in Okoboji, Iowa, who participated in the Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Program during World War II.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1943-1995

Harriet Adeline Stevens papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0707
Abstract

Teacher of nutrition education and dietetics; U. S. Army Second Lieutenant who served as a medical hospital dietician at Camp Gordon, Georgia during World War II.

Dates: 1928-1994

Helene Scriabine papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0080
Abstract

Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.

Dates: 1940-1996

Iowa Nurses' Association records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0023
Abstract

State branch of the national organization. The overall purpose of the association has been to promote and improve the professional skills and status of nurses.



Arrangement

Administrative Records, 1904-1989 (boxes 1-18) American Nurses Association, 1928-1989 (boxes 18-24) Committees, 1933-1989 (boxes24-34) Continuing Education, 1955-1989 (boxes 34-36) Conventions, 1904-1989 (boxes 37-44) Districts, 1920-1984 (boxes44-48) Economic Security,1946-1989(boxes 48-57) Iowa League for Nursing,1913-1980 (boxes 57-61 Iowa Organizations, 1926-1989 (boxes 61-68) Membership, 1904-1988 (boxes 68-70) Publications, 1917-1985 (box71) Sections, 1940-1984 (boxes 71-77) Student Nurses Association, 1949-1984 (boxes 77-78) Photographs, 1918-1987 (boxes 78-79) Artifacts, 1981-1988 (box 80) Audiotapes, 1974-1987 (box 81) Oversize, 1916-1987 (box 82 and container 83)

Dates: 1904-1989

Kathy Ormond papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0703
Abstract

Red Cross recreation aide who was stationed in Vietnam from July 1968 to October 1969.

Dates: 1966-2007

Laura F. Hutchison Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0075
Abstract

Social worker in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from the 1930s though the 1960s.

Dates: 1869-1993

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American Academy of Neurology. Women's Auxiliary 1
American Nurses Association 1
Angrick, William 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Aydelotte, Myrtle K. (Myrtle Kitchell) 1
Bacon, Evelyn Crary, 1916-1997 1
Black Hills Playhouse (Theater group) 1
Boyum, Bernice Larson, 1922- 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Camp Fire Girls 1
Camp Shows, Inc. 1
Casteel, Rachel 1
Clark, Marion Jones, 1916-2011 1
Coe College 1
Colorado. Department of Highways 1
Costantino, A. Mori, 1924 - 2020 1
Costantino, Anthony 1
Cousin, Ruth Hager, 1895-1994 1
Coy, Gretchen Anton, 1923- 1
Crary, Julia 1
Curtiss-Wright Corporation 1
Dakota Dunes Country Club (Dakota Dunes, S.D.) 1
Danbom, Rowene, 1920- 1
Daughters of Mokanna 1
Davis, Laura Hutchison, 1916-1993 1
Davis, Lloyd L. 1
Denison, Ella Strong 1
Des Moines Garden Club 1
Des Moines Ladies Band 1
Des Moines Women's Club 1
Dow Chemical Company 1
Dow Chemical Physics Lab 1
Dryden, Muriel Anne, 1911-1993 1
Eddy, Susan 1
Ehrhardt, Louis 1
Entre Nous (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Evans, Mary 1
Fairfield Junior High School (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Fatherson, Editha Phillips 1
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa 1
Fleming, Everett A. 1
Fleming, Minerva Etheline Ford 1
Fleming, Vesie 1
Gaines, Blanca Vasquez, 1918- 1
Gingery, Joseph 1
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1
Grinnell College 1
Hageboeck, Eleanor Gildner, 1908- 1
Hager, Thora 1
Hamblin family 1
Hamblin, Dora Jane, 1920-1993 1
Horsley, Jess 1
Horsley, Maureen 1
Iglesias, Marvel 1
Illinois Training School for Nurses 1
Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1
Iowa Broadcasters Association 1
Iowa City Human Relations Commission (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Iowa Civil Liberties Union 1
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women 1
Iowa Council of Republican Women 1
Iowa League for Nursing 1
Iowa Lutheran Hospital (Des Moines, Iowa). School of Nursing 1
Iowa Medical Society. Woman's Auxiliary 1
Iowa Nurses' Association 1
Iowa State College 1
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
Irwin, Constance, 1913-1995 1
Jamison, Esther, 1901-2001 1
Johnson, Margaret Langland, 1912-1972 1
Johnson, Ursula 1
Jones, Joe Allen 1
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 1
Junior League of Des Moines 1
Junior League of Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa 1
Kappa Delta Alumni Association (Iowa State College) 1
Lais, Leonore Evans 1
Lamsa, George M. (George Mamishisho), 1893-1974 1
League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa 1
Lichty, Marion Cox, 1915- 1
Liers, Louise, 1887-1983 1
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) 1
Lyon, Pauline, 1922- 1
Mapleton High School (Mapleton, Iowa) 1
McHenry, Mary Sears, 1834-1912 1
Mills family 1
Mills, Ernest 1
Mills, Glenn 1
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