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A. Louise Mays papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0645
Abstract
Social worker and University of Iowa professor. Arrangement There are three videocassettes in the collection. "The Road Not Taken: A Retrospective" and "80th Birthday Party" (1994) VHS and 8mm. These two videocassettes are identical except for their format. They both represent a video version of Mays's scrapbook, including photographs not contained in Mays's papers,followed by filmed footage from her eightieth birthday party on June 4, 1994."At Arm's Length" and "Raw Footage of Louise Mays" (1992) VHS. This videocassette includes a documentary on aging in Iowa, produced by Mary Frances Evans, in which Mays participated. It is followed by the unedited interview with Mays. Other persons featured on the videotape are: Estelle Alleman, Margaret Allen, Betty Atwater, Margaret Bastian, MaryEllen Buck, Robert Buck, Eileen Dawson, King Dawson, Venita Ellison, B. J.Fedler, Harold Forrester, Mildred Forrester, Helen Gore, Wayne...
Dates:
1939-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Alice McMurry papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0646
Abstract
Arrangement
Promise City, Iowa elementary school teacher and poet.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1993-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract
Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.
Dates:
1910-1991
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Christine Dutson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0249
Abstract
Multi-volume memoir of a Mormon woman who was an educator, poet and advocate for the mentally ill.
Dates:
1954 - 2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Dale McCormick papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0513
Abstract
Carpenter and activist for women in non-traditional jobs.
Dates:
1958-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Esther Everett papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0880
Abstract
Home economics professor raised on a farm in Lacey, Iowa.
Dates:
1911-2008
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Esther J. Walls papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0288
Abstract
Mason City, Iowa native and librarian who was the first African-American female student at University of Iowa elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Dates:
1860-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Esther Mae Christensen Grow memoir
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0210
Abstract
Arrangement
Reflections on growing up in western Iowa and Nebraska include experiences in country school, college and as a teacher.
Arrangement
One folder shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Eva Donelson Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0355
Abstract
Native of Ogden, Iowa, and professor of nutrition at colleges in the United States and Brazil.
Dates:
1994
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Francoise Martinet papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0719
Abstract
Arrangement
Ballerina and professor of dance at the University of Iowa from 1978-1997.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1978-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Geneva Southall papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0380
Abstract
Professor Emeritus of Afro-American Studies and Music at the University of Minnesota; University of Iowa alumna.
Dates:
1960-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Gladys Talcott Rife papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0284
Abstract
Mt. Vernon, Iowa high school teacher who later owned and directed The Depot Museum in Fayette County, Iowa.
Dates:
1920-2002
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Hazelle Keir Schmuecker papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0244
Abstract
Autobiographical essays and family history of six generations by rural schoolteacher, homemaker, and artist.
Dates:
1983-2007
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Helena Jongewaard McDonald papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0390
Abstract
Arrangement
Teacher who attended Iowa State College in 1914.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1913-1952
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Henrietta Ruff papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0289
Abstract
Arrangement
Amana, Iowa, school teacher.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1985-1996
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
James A. Van Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: RG99.0142
Scope and Contents
Student records in advisee files are restricted. THE JAMES A. VAN ALLEN PAPERS, 1938-1990, chronicle the professional career in upper atmosphere research, space physics research, and academia of Dr. James Van Allen; and document how the shifting research trends affected the career of one scientist. This substantial collection includes papers created or consolidated by Dr. Van Allen excluding those connected to his tenure as Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa. The Van Allen Papers (The Papers) encompass a multitude of topics from early upper atmospheric research in the 1950s, using balloons, to spacecraft missions to the outer planets in the 1970s; from the unofficial post-World War II V-2 Panel in the mid 1940s to the creation of NASA in 1958; and from his advice to students and to presidents. In addition, Van Allen's membership on numerous planning and advisory committees, documented in this collection, complement the technical record...
Dates:
1938-1990
Found in:
University of Iowa Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
Jo Ann Zimmerman papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0351
Abstract
Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1982 and in 1986, she became the first woman Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.
Dates:
1958-1995
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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