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James W. McDill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0204
Abstract

U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and judge. Diaries, memoirs, correspondence, speeches, and other material relating to his life and career.

Dates: 1850-1894

Jane Elliott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0832
Abstract

Riceville, Iowa schoolteacher and anti-racism activist who pioneered diversity training with her famous "Blue Eyed, Brown Eyed" exercise

Dates: 1968-2011

Janet Shipton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0264
Abstract

Political activist and Johnson County, Iowa, supervisor who was the daughter of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

Dates: 1936-1991

Janette Ryan-Busch papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0675
Abstract

Organic farmer and activist from Johnson County, Iowa.

Dates: 1989-2006

Janie Yates-Glandorf papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0337
Abstract

Iowa City high school drama and English teacher.

Dates: 1943-2005

Jean Kern papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0631
Abstract

Professor of English and an independent scholar who taught in the Middle East and Eastern Europe as well as in Iowa.

Dates: 1921-1988

Jeanne Van Kley papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0388
Abstract

Farmer's wife from Ocheydan, Iowa who raised four children.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1987-1998

Jennie Sies papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0496
Abstract

Diary of a young Oxford, Iowa farm woman who died on October 3, 1880.

Dates: 1880

Jerry Yocum papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0704
Abstract

Transcript of the diary of Beulah Marie Lucas of Pocahontas, Iowa compiled by her son Jerry Yocum in 1997.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1997

Jesse Virginia Antrim Perkins papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0445
Abstract

Rural elementary school teacher and farm wife whose papers consist of three partial journals.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1905-1999

Jessie Field Shambaugh papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0133
Abstract

Shenandoah, Iowa teacher who became school superintendent for Page County, Iowa. She played a central role in the development of activities for rural youth and is referred to as the 'Mother of 4-H.'

Dates: 1901-1994

Jessie M. Buthmann Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1156
Abstract

Diaries and school papers of a rural school teacher and farm wife.

Dates: 1908-1982

John Loomis Stevens Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0005
Abstract

Lawyer and politician of Boone, Iowa. Correspondence relating primarily to Steven's political activities, particularly in 1912.

Dates: 1873-1932

John M. Lindly Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0433
Abstract

Pharmacist and banker from Winfield, Iowa. Diaries, scrapbook, and subject files documenting Lindly's career and family. Also includes historical materials relating to Winfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1828-1946; Majority of material found within 1890-1910

Josiah Proctor Walton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0194
Abstract

Holograph forms and forms from the Smithsonian Institution and War Department. Also includes United States War Department, Office of the Chief Signal Officer's monthly summaries of voluntary observers' meteorological reports from various locations in Iowa.

Dates: 1838-1909

Joy Smith Lewallen memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0738
Abstract

This is My Story, This is My Song, unpublished memoir.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1985

Judith Sutcliffe papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0067
Abstract

Tile artist and printer who formed Greentree Enterprises in Audubon, Iowa.

Dates: 1935-2016

Judy Herron Hoit papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0373
Abstract

Disability access and awareness advocate and 1996 Ms. Wheelchair Iowa winner.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1950-1998

Judy Klemesrud papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0094
Abstract

Nationally recognized journalist whose reporting included coverage of the women's movement.

Dates: 1939-1995

Kate Martinson papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0084
Abstract

Facsimiles of a diary and poetry notebook chronicling the late 19th and early 20th century life of an Iowa farm woman including her marriage, childrearing, family farm management, divorce, and remarriage.



Arrangement

Two folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1872-1956

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American National Red Cross 3
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 3
Christen, Inez, 1906-1999 2
Democratic Party (Iowa) 2
Drake University 2
Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 2
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 2
Grinnell College 2
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 2
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate 2
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 2
Keck family 2
Keyes, Margaret N., 1918-2015 2
Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943 2
Mason, Kären 2
McKenzie, Bettie 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Stuart family 2
University of Iowa. Department of History 2
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 2
White family 2
Wood, Mary Elizabeth, 1902- 2
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. 2
Abraham, Lot 1
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Adams, Vicki 1
Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
Allspaugh, Harrison 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Historical Association 1
American Legion Auxiliary 1
American Theological Society 1
Anderson, Delvena, 1887-1973 1
Andersonville Prison 1
Annin, Marilyn 1
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women's (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) 1
Ashby, Rhoda 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 1
Attlee, Felicity 1
Attlee, Martin 1
Attlee, Violet 1
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States 1
Aurora Reading Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
Aydelotte, William O. 1
B'nai Jeshurun Temple (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Backes, Lenora 1
Balster, Stella Werden 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
Barnes, Lela Boyce (1895-1989) 1
Bartlett family 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Basgall, Carol 1
Batchelder Family 1
Batchelder, Joseph Mayo, 1822- 1
Batchelor family 1
Bayard Women's Club (Iowa) 1
Beck, Jennie, 1903- 1
Berry, Dora Martin, 1937- 1
Berry, Jean, 1938- 1
Bettendorf Public Library (Bettendorf, Iowa) 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Bissell, Bess G., 1908-1970 1
Bixby, Newell W. 1
Bixby, Newell Willard 1
Black Hills Playhouse (Theater group) 1
Bloom, Isabel 1
Bobbitt family 1
Bobbitt, Benjamin Claiborne 1
Bobbitt, Laura Littlefield 1
Bobbitt, Randolph 1
Bockes, Elmer 1
Bockes, Russell 1
Bolden, Louise, 1922- 1
Bonham, Catherine 1
Bonner family 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 1
Boot, Estella 1
Bourret, Joan Liffring-Zug (1929-2022) 1
Braunwarth, Sarah, 1853-1927 1
Briggs, John Ely, -1952 1
Briggs, Nancy 1
Briggs, Nellie Upham, -1973 1
Briggs, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1918-2004 1
Briggs, Wilbur 1
Briles, Margaret Stevenson 1
Britton family 1
Britton, Cheryl, 1910-2003 1
Britton, Chester, 1904 - 1968 1
Broer, Bethany 1
Broer, Faye York 1
Broer, Jacob 1
Broer, Kyle 1
Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), 1894- 1