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Alice Kipp papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0492
Abstract

The papers include Kipp's reminiscence of her childhood on an Iowa farm.

Dates: 1986-2006

Alpha Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0605
Abstract

Rural middle school teacher who chaired the Iowa committee to revise teacher standards in the 1970s.

Dates: 1977-2001

Audubon Society of Manchester (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0588
Abstract

Eastern Iowa women's study and social club.

Dates: 1903-2001

Autobiographical Sketches of Rural Iowa Women

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0407
Abstract

Reminiscences of Iowa Farm Bureau women donated to the Rural Women's Project.



Arrangement

Four folders, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1998-1999

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

Burchard Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0800
Abstract

The family lived in New York state until 1862 when they moved to Illinois before settling in Iowa in 1910. The diaries are from several generations.

Dates: 1861-2003

Carol Hodne papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0488
Abstract

Iowa farm activist who served as the first executive director of the North American Farm Alliance during the farm crisis of the 1980s.

Dates: 1921-2005

Carrie Lindahl papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0638
Abstract

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

Dates: 1875-2001

Cedar Valley Community Club (Muscatine County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0594
Abstract

Club formed in 1920 by rural women living near West Liberty, Iowa.

Dates: 1922-2009

Cloverleaf Club (Cass County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0397
Abstract

A social and benevolent women's club near Atlantic, Iowa.

Dates: 1918-2002

Denise O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0156
Abstract

Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.

Dates: 1964-2007

Donna Schmidt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0856
Abstract

University of Iowa nurse who farmed with her husband in Johnson County, Iowa

Dates: 1938-2010

Edith Edmund Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0740
Abstract

Longstanding member of Fairfield, Iowa clubs including the Fancy Work Circle and the Good Cheer Society.

Dates: 1922-2005

Edna Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0915
Abstract

Author, artist, and amateur historian from Washington County, Iowa.

Dates: 1940-2008

Elizabeth Buckwalter papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0916
Abstract

Diaries of farm and family life written by Elizabeth Buckwalter and her daughter Mary Jane Buckwalter in Scott County, Iowa from 1867-1878.

Dates: 1817-2013

Ericka Peterson-Dana papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0670
Abstract

Organic farmer and activist in Poweshiek County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2000

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

Esther Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0880
Abstract

Home economics professor raised on a farm in Lacey, Iowa.

Dates: 1911-2008

Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radio Homemaker Materials

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0126
Abstract

Cookbooks, newsletters, and other publications of the Radio Homemakers who broadcast over KMA and KFNF in southwest Iowa.

Dates: 1924-2021

Faye T. Wookey papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0699
Abstract

Native of Red Oak, Iowa who who recalls family life on a farm in Montgomery County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2000

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Names
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 3
Hodne, Carol 2
Iowa State Teachers College 2
Mahaska County Farm Bureau. Women's Committee 2
Rural Women's Project (University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives) 2
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Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
Anderson, Marilyn 1
Associated Country Women of the World 1
Associated Country Women of the World. Conference 1
Audubon Society of Manchester (Iowa) 1
Balster, Stella Werden 1
Barker, Patti 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Bennett, Mary 1
Bevin, Nancy 1
Birkby, Evelyn, 1919 - 2021 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Blundall, Joan, 1945- 1
Blunt, Dorothy 1
Bollin, Kathy 1
Boyd, June Lundy, 1922- 1
Brindley family 1
Browneller, Martha Jean Nicholson, 1920- 1
Browneller, Max 1
Bucey family 1
Buckwalter, Elizabeth, 1817-1886 1
Buckwalter, Mary Jane, 1852- 1
Buell family 1
Buell, Levina Willis 1
Burchard family 1
Burchard, Celestia 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Burns, Jean I. 1
Burr Oak Farm Press 1
Carney, Lloyd 1
Carney, Velma, 1907-2004 1
Cedar Valley Community Club (Muscatine County, Iowa) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Christensen, Naomi 1
Cloverleaf Club (Cass County, Iowa) 1
Coggon Ladies' Literary Society (Coggon, Iowa) 1
Cronkhite, Vera Shepard, 1906-2003 1
Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington County Chapter (Washington County, Iowa) 1
Depot Museum (Fayette County, Iowa) 1
Dubuque Ladies' Literary Association (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Easton, Elsie 1
Eddy, Pat 1
Elliott, Wende 1
Elson, Mary Johnston, 1914-2011 1
Embree, Wilma 1
England, Artis 1
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America 1
Evans, Alpha, 1918- 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 1
Everett, Esther, 1910-2008 1
Everett, Fred 1
Fae Ridge Farm (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Faga, Linda 1
Falk, Florence 1
Fancy Work Circle (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Ferns, Grace, 1909- 1
Fisher, Gladys 1
Francis, Betty 1
Friendly Circle Club (Washington, Iowa) 1
Garst, Liz 1
Garst, Mary 1
Good Cheer Society (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Grabner, Barbara 1
Gradwell, Shelley 1
Griffieon, LaVon 1
Grinnell College 1
Grinnell Historical Museum (Grinnell, Iowa) 1
Grinnell Tuesday Club (Grinnell, Iowa) 1
Gunderson, Helen, 1945- 1
Halferty family 1
Hansen, Betty 1
Hansen, Edith 1
Harris, Briana 1
Harris, Larry 1
Hedges family 1
Hedges, Bertha, 1887-1978 1
Hedges, Charles 1
Hedges, Mildred 1
Helm family 1
Henderson family 1
Henley, Bill 1
Henley, Pearl Smith 1
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 1
Hensley, Grace Ricketts 1
Hill, Willow, 1945- 1
Hoidahl, Florence 1
Homan family 1
Homan, Charles Foote, 1897-1988 1
Homan, Delmar Charles, 1927- 1
Homan, Gladys, 1899-1996 1
Hoover, Irene (1907-2001) 1
Horsley, Jess 1
Horsley, Maureen 1
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