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Mary Louise Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0027
Abstract

First woman to chair the Republican National Committee, serving from 1974 to 1977. Co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.

Dates: 1925-1997

Mary Sears McHenry papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0423
Abstract

Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1865-1998

Mary Terronez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0497
Abstract

Davenport area community activist and leader in its Mexican American community.

Dates: 1936-2018

Maude Barkley Keck papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0554
Abstract

Diaries and account books of this Cherokee, Iowa woman record farm chores and expenses, housekeeping and family life.

Dates: 1937-1976

Maude Esther White papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0196
Abstract

Founder of the Des Moines Tutoring Center, and Iowa's first Affirmative Action administrator from 1973 to 1978.

Dates: 1957-1996

McCown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0852
Abstract

Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.

Dates: 1909-2012

McGill Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0543
Abstract

The collection consists mainly of correspondence and includes the papers of early twentieth century labor activist, IWW member, and Buffalo school teacher, Pearl McGill.

Dates: 1885-2005

Melba Gardemann Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0456
Abstract

Benton County, Iowa, farm girl and teacher who played on her high school's basketball championship team in 1927.

Dates: 1916-1993

Mildred "Micki" Zeller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0722
Abstract

Costume designer and avid traveler whose papers include an extensive collection of slides, related travel diaries, and materials pertaining to the Iran Hostage Crisis.

Dates: 1946-2000

Minnie Ducommun papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0553
Abstract

Diary and obituary of a rural Iowa housewife.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1936-1998

National Abortion Rights Action League of Iowa records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0640
Abstract

Local chapter of the national association.

Dates: 1990-2001

Nellie Bishop oral history

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0092
Abstract

Buchanan County, Iowa, native who farmed with her husband.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF; two videocassettes [V169 and V183] shelved in videocassette collection.

Dates: 1995-1998

Nellie M. Gebers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0189
Abstract

Artist, writer and teacher from Ira, Iowa who studied with Grant Wood.

Dates: 1991-1995

Olson/Clampitt memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0736
Abstract

Memoirs of life in rural Iowa.

Dates: 1933-1995

Oral Histories of Iowa Policewomen

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0046
Abstract

15 interviews and associated materials document the entry of women into Iowa's law enforcement agencies.

Dates: 1968-2005

Ortha Lane papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0747
Abstract

1917 graduate of Cornell College, Iowa, who served as a missionary in the Changchao District of Northern China.

Dates: 1921-1932

Ortha P. Neff papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0561
Abstract

Red Cross staff member who was stationed in Okinawa and Hawaii during World War II.

Dates: 1944-2006

Patricia Geadelmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0812
Abstract

Feminist and physical educator who was a strong proponent of the ERA and Title IX.

Dates: 1965-2006

Pearl Knoop papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0379
Abstract

Librarian and bird watcher from Marble Rock, Iowa.

Dates: 1933-1998

Phylliss Henry papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0044
Abstract

First woman assigned to patrol duty on the Des Moines police force, serving from 1972 to 1982.

Dates: 1971-2004

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O'Dea, Suzanne, 1950- 3
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Girl Scouts of the United States of America 2
Henry, Phylliss, 1940- 2
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Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation 2
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 2
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McKenzie, Bettie 2
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Neuhauser, Mary C., 1934- 2
Orr, Joann, 1923-2017 2
Republican Party (Iowa) 2
Southall, Geneva H. 2
Svoboda, Jane, 1944- 2
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 2
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education and Dance 2
University of Iowa. Women's Studies Program 2
University of Minnesota 2
Wood, Mary Elizabeth, 1902- 2
Ackeman, Karen 1
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
Adams, Vicki 1
Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
Alfred University 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Association for the United Nations 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Geophysical Union 1
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1
Anderson, Helen 1
Anderson, Marilyn 1
Annin, Marilyn 1
Arecibo Observatory. Advisory Board 1
Arizona State University 1
Ashby, Rhoda 1
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 1
Atalig, Angelica Lynn Rose 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Aurora Reading Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
Balster, Stella Werden 1
Barclay, Winston 1
Barker, Patti 1
Basgall, Carol 1
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Beck, Jennie, 1903- 1
Bennett, Mary 1
Berry, Dora Martin, 1937- 1
Berry, Jean, 1938- 1
Beth El Jacob Synagogue (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Bettendorf Public Library (Bettendorf, Iowa) 1
Bevin, Nancy 1
Bishop, Nellie, 1904-1999 1
Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1908-1999 1
Blind Tom, 1849-1908 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Bloom, Isabel 1
Blundall, Joan, 1945- 1
Bobbitt family 1
Bobbitt, Benjamin Claiborne 1
Bobbitt, Laura Littlefield 1
Bobbitt, Randolph 1
Boedeker family 1
Boedeker, Margaret Talcott 1
Bolden, Louise, 1922- 1
Boller, Betty, 1924- 1
Bollin, Kathy 1
Bonham, Catherine 1
Boulware, Lois, 1903-1998 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Branstad, Terry E. 1
Braverman, Rosalie, 1910-2010 1
Brewton, Frances 1
Briggs, Nancy 1
Briles, Margaret Stevenson 1
Britton, Jennifer 1
Brooks, Beth 1
Brown, Geraldine 1
Brown, Sara Slee 1
Browneller, Martha Jean Nicholson, 1920- 1
Browneller, Max 1
Bruene, Barbara 1
Bruggmann, Charles 1
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