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Adella Martinez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0582
Abstract

A former resident of Cook's Point, Davenport, whose parents emigrated from Mexico to the United States in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1922-2005

Anna Moore Cheney diaries

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0595
Abstract

Diarist, mother, and minister's wife.

Dates: 1892-1953

Antonia and Federico Lopez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0808
Abstract

Mexican couple from the state of Guanajuato who settled permanently in Iowa in the 1910s.

Dates: 1927-1983

Arlene Jens papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0499
Abstract

Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1962-2006

Barbara Wommack papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0698
Abstract

Clubwoman and member of the Semper Fidelis Club in Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1990-2005

Basilisa Herrera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0868
Abstract

Mexican immigrant to Iowa in the 1910s, member of the Cook's Point community in Davenport, and matriarch of a large family.

Dates: 1924-2003

Birdie Sears papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0903
Abstract

Autograph book and genealogy of 19th century Iowa woman.

Dates: 1875-2013

Cecile Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Abstract

Civil rights worker in Davenport.

Dates: 1964-1998

Connie Heckert papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0422
Abstract

Author and English instructor at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1989-1995

Cook Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0109
Abstract

Diaries of Edward E. Cook, journals and ledgers of the law firm of Cook & Dodge of Davenport, Iowa, and other business and legal papers.

Dates: 1841 - 1912; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1880

Davenport Besler Corporation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0081
Abstract

Business records of a liquidated Davenport, Iowa, locomotive manufacturing company.

Dates: 1909-1955

Ella Bushnell-Hamlin papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0201
Abstract

Early suffragist and owner of Trident Publishing Company in Davenport, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1912-1985

Ernella Van Horn papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0724
Abstract

The second of four generations of women in her family to play basketball in Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1993-2001

Ernest Rodriguez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0784
Abstract

Davenport civil rights and Chicano activist, born in the predominantly Mexican settlement of Holy City in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Dates: 1910-2014

Estefania Joyce Rodriguez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0569
Abstract

Family photographs taken in Iowa, Alabama, and Mexico.

Dates: 1902-2008

Frances Hawthorne papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0473
Abstract

Des Moines educator whose materials include You Can't Go Back to Buxton and African Americans in Iowa: a Chronicle of Contributions, 1830-1992.

Dates: 1906-2000

Fred Schwengel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0456
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Iowa Representative Fred Schwengel.

Dates: 1940-1993; Majority of material found within 1960-1979

George Kepner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0016
Abstract

Business papers and correspondence relating primarily to Kepner's management of the Henry C. Potter Company dry goods store in Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: 1865-1866

Harold E. Hughes Gubernatorial Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0385
Abstract

Governor and U.S. Senator from Iowa. Gubernatorial and senatorial office files relating to his political career.

Dates: 1962-1975

Hiram Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0455
Abstract

Congressman and banker from Davenport, Iowa. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a notebook relating to banking issues and temperance.

Dates: 1867-1899; Majority of material found within 1894-1899

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Names
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 5
League of United Latin American Citizens 3
Godwin, Trula, 1940-2002 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Vargas, Henry (1929-2021) 2
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Adams family 1
Adams, Monroe Milton 1
Aguilera, Maria Mercedes, 1936-2013 1
American Institute of Commerce 1
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women 1
Balster, Stella Werden 1
Berry, Vern, 1906-2004 1
Bollinger, James W. (James Wills), 1867-1951 1
Bonney, Margaret Atherton 1
Brewton, Frances 1
Brown, Geraldine 1
Bucklew, Jeanette, 1946- 1
Bushnell-Hamlin, Ella 1
Carson, Frances 1
Catholic Interracial Council (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Charleton, Gwyn 1
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
Cheney, Anna Moore, 1877-1953 1
Cheney, Burton H. 1
Christensen, Jeanne, 1938- 1
Clionian Club (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Coffin, Barbara, 1941- 1
Coggeshall, Mary Jane Whitely, 1836-1911 1
Cook & Dodge 1
Cook Family 1
Cook family 1
Cook, Edward E. 1
Cook, Eliza A. 1
Cook, John P. (John Parsons), 1817-1872 1
Cooper, Cecile, 1900-1997 1
Davenport Academy of Sciences 1
Davenport Besler Corportation 1
Davenport Locomotive Works 1
Davenport-Besler Corporation 1
Democratic Party (Iowa) 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Estes, Simon 1
Fillers, Freddie 1
Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 1
Francis, Betty 1
Furgerson, Betty Jean, 1927- 1
Garnica family 1
Garnica, Genero, 1896-1973 1
Garnica, Modesta Lopez, 1901-1974 1
Goldman, Louise, 1924-1998 1
Gomez, Joseph 1
Gomez, Luz Salazar, 1900-1956 1
Gomez, Peter, 1900-1984 1
Grubbs, Joyce Godwin 1
Harling, George 1
Harling, Icey Lenora Teel, 1878-1964 1
Harling, Maurice 1
Harris, Gwendolene Barry 1
Hawthorne, Frances E. 1
Heckert, Connie K. 1
Henry, Phylliss, 1940- 1
Herrera family 1
Herrera, Basilisa, 1899-2003 1
Herrera, Primitivo, -1936 1
Hughes, Harold E. 1
Iowa Association of Colored Women's Clubs 1
Iowa Commerce Commission 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Jens, Arlene (1926-2014) 1
Johnson, Ruth Ashton, 1933- 1
Juilliard School 1
Kepner, George 1
Kneeland, Abner, 1774-1844 1
Lessmeier, Mary Jo, 1952- 1
Lopez, Antonia (1897-1963) 1
Lopez, Frederico (1888-1981) 1
Lopez, Joan 1
Lopez, Salvador, 1928- 1
Marsh, Marjorie, 1913- 1
Martinez, Adella, 1929- 1
Mason, Kären 1
Maxwell, Artice 1
McCowen, Jennie, 1845-1924 1
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
Meyer, Ann J., 1954- 1
Muscatine Migrant Committee 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
O'Connor, Reverend William 1
Ockenfels-Jordahl, Cathy, 1959- 1
Olvera, Albert 1
Olvera, Augustine 1
Olvera, Mary Vásquez, 1927- 2016 1
Oral Histories of Iowa Policewomen (Peoject) 1
Palmer, Dorothy, 1919- 1
Peterson, Dana 1
Piper, Karlene, 1938- 1
Pollock, Joanne M., 1959- 1
Price, Hiram 1
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