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Albert J. Cohen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0126
Abstract

American motion picture and television script writer and producer. Program scripts, department materials, memos, clippings, notes, correspondence, production budgets, and miscellaneous photographs.

Dates: 1948-1961; Majority of material found within 1951-1955

Alice French Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0605
Abstract

One of the most successful women writers of the later 19th century, Octave Thanet's stories and novels celebrated the status quo; she lived much of her life in Davenport, Iowa. Our holdings consist of a holograph draft of her story, The Governor's Prerogative, photographs, photocopies of other stories, and a microfilm of Voice of Nature.

Dates: 1868-1962

Anne E. Pierce Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0232
Abstract

Professor of music. Head of music at S.U.I. Experimental Schools. Performance programs and correspondence.

Dates: 1893-1937

Augustus Sinning Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0391
Abstract

Physician. Correspondence, clippings, notebooks, and other papers.

Dates: 1892-1948

Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0138
Abstract

Budgets, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other material.

Dates: 1874 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1946

Cornelia Meigs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0658
Abstract

Children's author and Iowa's first Newbery Award winner. This collection consists of a manuscript and various clippings. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1949

Dante Pierce Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0061
Abstract

Farm editor. Correspondence with State and National Political figures including Smith Brookhart, Calvin Coolidge, Robert LaFolette, Henry Wallace, and George Wilson.

Dates: 1916-1948; Majority of material found within 1925-1945

Davenport Besler Corporation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0081
Abstract

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

Dates: 1909-1955

D.C. Spriestersbach Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0255
Abstract

Faculty, Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, 1940. Dean, Graduate College, 1965-1987. Interim University President, 1981-1982. Reports, memoranda, appointment books, scrapbooks, and correspondence, pertaining to a variety of University-related topics, including advancement of research, anti-war protest, and federal funding for public institutions.

Dates: 1952-2000

Dina Rees Evans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0189
Abstract

High school educator in dramatic arts. Awarded first Ph.D. in dramatic arts from an American university, received from the University of Iowa in 1932.

Dates: 1937 - 1974

Dr. Mark Ranney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0190
Abstract

Physician and book collector. Photographs, financial records, clippings and memorabilia.

Dates: 1854-1909; Majority of material found within 1870-1909

Edward C. Eicher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0049
Abstract

Lawyer, Government official, and U.S. Representative from Iowa. Correspondence, and speeches, including material on Iowa politics and government.

Dates: 1899-1944; Majority of material found within 1899-1901; Majority of material found within 1935-1938

Edwin Ford Piper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0040
Abstract

Piper's notes on Western ballads, with music for some; other folk materials including rhymes, riddles, games, folk sayings, quadrille calls, slang, superstitions, and folk remedies.

Dates: 1929-1941

Elbert Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0042
Abstract

Legal papers, diplomas, certificates of appointments, scrapbook, 2 issues of Keosauqua, Iowa, newspapers (1852-58), and other papers.

Dates: 1828-1895; Majority of material found within 1850-1869

Eleanor Pownall Simmons Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0698
Abstract

Printmaker and artist, Simmons wrote and illustrated a number of books for children. This collection includes her artwork, typescript drafts, and artist's ephemera.

Dates: 1960 - 1970

Emlin McClain Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0035
Abstract

Lawyer, judge, and professor. Personal and business correspondence, diaries, and speeches on painting. Most of the material dates before 1880, while McClain was a law student at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1869 - 1915

Frank Emmanuel Stucki Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0090
Abstract

Minister. Correspondence, sermons, and tax returns.

Dates: 1910-1961

Frank Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0659
Abstract

Editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register. 100 original drawings, cartoons with over-lays and color processes, engraving printing plates, correspondence, photos and other papers.

Dates: 1951 - 1983; 1960-1979

George J. Schaller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0833
Abstract

Banker and businessman. Legal, personal, and business papers, as well as correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1871-1964

Hazel E. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0573
Abstract

Writer and friend of both Grant Wood and Marvin Cone. The collection contains research notes and manuscripts for the book, as well as clippings about Brown herself. Iowa Author Mss.

Dates: 1926-1973

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University of Iowa 4
American College Testing Program 1
American Wildlife Institute 1
Bissell, Bess G., 1908-1970 1
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Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), 1894- 1
Cain Park Theatre 1
Calvin, Samuel 1
Carlson, Esther Elizabeth 1
Cassill, R. V. (Ronald Verlin), 1919-2002 1
Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce 1
Clark, Glenn, 1882-1956 1
Cohen, Albert J. 1
Colby, Anthony Owen 1
Cone, Marvin Dorwart, 1891-1965 1
Crary, Margaret 1
Darling, Jay N. 1
Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962 1
Davenport Besler Corportation 1
Davenport Locomotive Works 1
Davenport-Besler Corporation 1
Drake University 1
Eastman, Harold Lloyd 1
Eicher, Edward Clayton, 1878-1944 1
Elbert, John Downs 1
Elbert, S. LeRoy 1
Elbert, Samuel Hitt, 1833-1899 1
Elston, Hattie Phinnette, 1900- 1
Engle family 1
Engle, Paul 1
Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 1
Evans, Dina Rees 1
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 1
French, Alice 1
General Wildlife Federation 1
Iowa Author's 1
Iowa Natural Resources Council 1
Iowa Writers' Workshop 1
Iowa. State Archaeologist 1
Ironmen (Football team) 1
Izaak Walton League of America 1
J.N. "Ding" Darling Foundation 1
John Morrell & Co. 1
Johns-Manville, Incorporated 1
Kinnick, Nile C. 1
Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943 1
League of Iowa Municipalities 1
Lindquist, E. F., 1901- 1
MacVicar, John 1
MacVicar, John, 1859-1928 1
Maibaum, Richard 1
McClain, Emlin 1
McDonald, Julie 1
McDonald, Julie, 1929- 1
McKusick, Marshall 1
McMillin, John V. 1
Measurement Research Center (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Medary, Marjorie 1
Meier, Norman C. 1
Meigs, Cornelia 1
Meigs, Cornelia, 1884-1973 1
Miles, Mary E. Russell 1
Miller, Frank 1
Miller, Frank, 1926-1983 1
Morrill family 1
Muehl, Lois Baker 1
Nature Conservancy (U.S.). Iowa Chapter 1
Pearson Education, Inc. 1
Pierce, Anne E. 1
Pierce, Dante 1
Pierce, Dante M. 1
Radio Corporation of America 1
Ranney, Dr. Mark 1
Ranney, M. H. 1
Rohlf, Willam Amos, 1867- 1
Rohlf, William A. 1
Rosheim, David L. 1
Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946 1
Russell, Henry Clay 1
Russell, Henry Clay, d. 1902 1
Saltzman, (Katherine) Eleanor (1904-1946) 1
Saltzman, Eleanor 1
Saunders, William Irving 1
Schaller, George J. 1
Schaller, George J., 1873-1964 1
Simmons, Eleanor Pownall 1
Simmons, Elly (artist) 1
Simpson, Frank B. 1
Sinning, Augustus 1
Sinning, Augustus, 1864-1960 1
Smith, Grace Noll, 1878-1974 1
Smith, Lewis Worthington, 1866-1947 1
Spriestersbach, D.C. 1
Springer, John 1
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur 1
Stern, Stewart 1
Stucki, Frank Emmanuel 1
Stucki, Frank Emmanuel, 1895-1961 1
Thanet, Octave, 1850-1934 1
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1
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