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Ann Larimer Papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0107
Abstract

Queen City, Iowa, resident who wrote to her husband while he was serving in the Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Augusta Gustafson Swanson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0072
Abstract

Swedish immigrant who moved to Iowa in 1889. (In Swedish with English translations.)

Dates: 1884-1993

Bernadine Solberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0579
Abstract

Engineering clerk, weaver, photographer, and traveler from Boone, Iowa.

Dates: 1855-1980

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

Carrie Lindahl papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0638
Abstract

Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.

Dates: 1875-2001

Catherine Snedeker Hill papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0009
Abstract

Illinois student who moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

Dates: 1854-1871

De Jong Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0906
Abstract

Dutch immigrants who settled in Iowa in the 1910s, and four generations of their descendants.

Dates: 1852-2011

Ellen Mowrer Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0298
Abstract

Correspondence of 19th century Iowa woman includes letters from brother in medical school and Civil War and from sister who raised a family and maintained a farm.

Dates: 1856-1994

Elvira Gaston Platt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0181
Abstract

Teacher and abolitionist who assisted fleeing slaves on the Underground Railroad while living in Fremont County, Iowa. Taught school to Pawnee children in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.

Dates: 1853-1974

Florinda Wakefield More papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0652
Abstract

Correspondence from friends, family and her husband, the itinerant minister Thomas More.

Dates: 1853-1891

Keyes Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0039
Abstract

Mount Vernon, Iowa, family whose papers include photographs, account books, correspondence and civil war diaries.

Dates: 1832-1992

Lucy Van Voorhis White papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0074
Abstract

Schoolteacher and farm wife of Dallas County, Iowa.

Dates: 1861-1939

Marie Rumble papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0505
Abstract

A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.

Dates: 1890-2002

Marta Werner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0361
Abstract

Native of Mexico who came to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1914. Her community activism centered on the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.

Dates: 1892-1989

Pittman Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0821
Abstract

Postal card albums of Marilla and Edith Pittman.

Dates: 1838-1909

Reese Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0818
Abstract

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

Dates: 1800-2009

Robinson-Lacy Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0424
Abstract

Correspondence diaries, scrapbook, and genealogical information regarding this Dubuque-area family.

Dates: 1852-2001

Rose Ettinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0063
Abstract

Concert singer who toured Europe from 1897 to 1907.

Dates: 1880-1929

Rosebelle Pierce Luick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0828
Abstract

Corresponence about daily life in the late 19th century from friends and family to Luick, a resident of Belmond, Iowa.

Dates: 1854-1902

Shale and Wolf Families letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0425
Abstract

Family correspondence recording farm life in northern Iowa and the Dakota territory, primarily from a farm woman's perspective.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1878-1999

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Names
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 1
Brown, Bill 1
Brown, Harriet Connor, 1872- 1
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Brown, Maria Dean Foster, 1827-1929 1
Coggon Ladies' Literary Society (Coggon, Iowa) 1
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 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
Delta Zeta Sorority 1
Dubuque Ladies' Literary Association (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Ettinger, Rose, 1877-1909 1
Farthing, Carol 1
Fullerton family 1
Fullerton, Grace, 1879-1972 1
Fullerton, William J. 1
Halferty family 1
Hedges family 1
Hedges, Bertha, 1887-1978 1
Hedges, Charles 1
Hedges, Mildred 1
Henderson family 1
Hensley, Grace Ricketts 1
Hill, Catherine Snedeker 1
Hill, William, 1834-1896 1
Iowa State College 1
Keck family 1
Keran, Amy Halferty 1
Keyes family 1
Keyes, Catharine 1
Keyes, Charles R. (Charles Reuben), 1871-1951 1
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 1
Keyes, Margaret Purves 1
Keyes, Marsden 1
Keyes, Martha Whittington 1
Lacy family 1
Lacy, Benjamin 1
Lacy, Frank Robinson 1
Lacy, Mary Woodbury, 1824-1897 1
Lacy, May Robinson 1
Larimer, Ann 1
Larimer, John 1
Leff family 1
Leff, Nellie Josephine, 1884-1972 1
Llindahl, Carrie, 1887-1977 1
Luick, Rosebelle Pierce, 1836-1914 1
Luick, William Christian 1
Miller family 1
Miller, Albert, 1843-1938 1
Miller, Ellen Mowrer, 1848-1922 1
Mirich, Pearl Rumble 1
Monticello Female Seminary 1
More, Florinda Wakefield, 1839-1890 1
More, Thomas, 1832-1877 1
Mowrer family 1
Mowrer, Milton 1
Mowrer, Nathan 1
Mowrer, Peter (Physician) 1
Mowrer, William 1
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs 1
Nauman family 1
Nauman, Catharine Ann Keck 1
Nauman, Sarah 1
Naumann, Jacob, 1832-1883 1
New York Medical College for Women and Hospital for Women and Children 1
Northeast Iowa Suffrage Association 1
Pittman family 1
Pittman, Edith 1
Pittman, Marilla 1
Platt family 1
Platt, Elvira Gaston, 1818-1914 1
Reese Family 1
Reese family 1
Reese, Donald, 1916-1998 1
Reese, Henrietta Nordyke 1
Reese, Howard, 1881-1979 1
Reese, Richard Thomas, 1831-1910 1
Rhoad, Sarah A. Mowrer 1
Ricketts, Ruth Keran 1
Robinson family 1
Robinson, Belle 1
Robinson, Laura Goddard 1
Rumble, Edna 1
Rumble, Marie, 1894-1974 1
Schobert family 1
Schobert, Wilda Jean, 1920-2002 1
Seipp, William 1
Shale family 1
Shale, Lizzie 1
Shale, Mary 1
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