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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

Dorothy Paul papers

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Identifier: IWA0349
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Iowa City peace activist and educator who was executive director of the UNA-USA Iowa Division from 1976 to 1996.

Dates: 1955-2016

Dorothy Schramm papers

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Identifier: IWA0183
Abstract

Human rights advocate from Burlington, Iowa who was active in local and international issues, particularly UNA-USA and the League of Women Voters.

Dates: 1938-2006

Iowa Peace Links records

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Identifier: IWA0625
Abstract

Newsletters of pacifist group Peace Links, based in the Northwest Iowa towns of Paullina and Primghar.

Dates: 1985-2001

Jean Lloyd-Jones papers

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Identifier: IWA0066
Abstract

State legislator from Iowa City and president of the Iowa Peace Institute.

Dates: 1964-2021

Kathleen Wood Laurila papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0458
Abstract

Iowa activist involved in the peace movement as well energy conservation and environmental protection coalitions.

Dates: 1956-1999

Kathryn W. Hansen

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0859
Abstract

Photographer, Peace Corps volunteer, and United Nations Association leader and member.

Dates: 1959-2012

Lois Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0184
Abstract

Papers of an activist from West Branch, Iowa, include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to her husband's status as a conscientious objector.

Dates: 1939-2007

Marilyn O. Murphy papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0547
Abstract

Social activist from Sioux City, Iowa.

Dates: 1973-2010

Marilyn Sippy papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0680
Abstract

Peace activist and volunteer from Marion, Iowa, who was active in UNICEF for over thirty years.

Dates: 1955-2004

Marion Carson papers

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Identifier: IWA0132
Abstract

Graduate of Ministry at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, where she was the first Unitarian Universalist student.

Dates: 1960-2004

Mary Louise Smith papers

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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

Paula Watts Brown papers

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Identifier: IWA0002
Abstract

Civic leader in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1930-1974

Peg Mullen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0082
Abstract

Anti-Vietnam War activist whose son, Michael, was killed by 'friendly fire' in Vietnam in 1970.



Arrangement

Copies of the hardcover and paperback versions of "Friendly Fire" and a hardcover copy of "Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir" are shelved in the printed works collection.

Dates: 1966-2010

Polly Ely papers

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Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract

Peace and civil rights activist who was a longtime member of Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids.

Dates: 1937-2008

Ruth Scharnau papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0224
Abstract

Teacher and community activist who was a founding member of the Dubuque National Organization for Women.

Dates: 1970-2017

Sally Wiesenfeld papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0478
Abstract

Peace activist and member of Another Mother for Peace which was organized to protest the Vietnam War during the 1970s.

Dates: 1969-2001

Sister Gwen Hennessey papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0491
Abstract

Franciscan nun sentanced to six months in federal prison for trespassing at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Dates: 2000-2005

Swope and DeLand Families papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0391
Abstract

Family papers and subject files concerning women artists, women writers, and peace activism in Northwest Iowa.

Dates: 1876-1998

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Des Moines Chapter) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0240
Abstract

Members of the Des Moines chapter of WILPF studied government policy on nuclear testing, the draft , the war in Vietnam, and the arms race.  They held informational rallies and demonstrations and maintained a vigorous letter-writing campaign.

Dates: 1962-2008

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United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 5
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Another Mother for Peace (Association) 1
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Bonham, Catherine 1
Brown, Paula Watts, 1909-1974 1
Bush, George, 1924- 1
Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 1
Carson, Marion, 1927- 1
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission 1
Cullen, Bill, 1920-1990 1
DeLand family 1
DeLand, Ida Sherman 1
DeLand, Mary Lurene Swope, 1896-1978 1
Des Moines Art Center 1
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Dorothy Paul (1927-2024) 1
Drake University 1
Dubuque Human Rights Commission (Dubuque, Iowa) 1
Ely, Polly, 1920-2008 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Global Cedar Rapids (Organization) 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Grinnell College 1
Hansen, Kathryn W. 1
Harris, Briana 1
Harris, Larry 1
Hennessey, Dorothy Marie 1
Hennessey, Gwen, Sister, 1932-2008 1
Holmes, Marjorie, 1910- 1
Iowa Church Leaders Peace Caravan 1
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Farmers Union 1
Iowa Peace Institute 1
Iowa Peace Links 1
Iowa State University 1
Kearney, Barbara DeLand 1
Laughlin, Don, 1922- 1
Laughlin, Lois, 1925-2008 1
Laurila, Kathleen Wood, 1940- 1
League of Women Voters (U.S.) 1
Magers, Jane 1
Mount Holyoke College 1
Mullen family 1
Mullen, Michael Eugene, 1944-1970 1
Murphy, Marilyn, 1921-2012 1
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1
National Family Farm Coalition (U.S.) 1
National Farmers' Union (U.S.) 1
National Federation of Republican Women 1
National Organization for Women. Dubuque Chapter 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Northwest Iowa Peace Links 1
Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa) 1
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 1
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 1
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays 1
Peace Corps (U.S.) 1
Peace Inquiry and Action Group (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 1
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1
President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations 1
Ray, Robert D. (1928-2018) 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 1
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Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City, Mo.) 1
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Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Scharnau, Ruth, 1933- 1
Schramm, Dorothy (1909-2006) 1
Siouxland Women's Political Caucus (Sioux City, Iowa) 1
Siouxlanders Concerned About the Nuclear Arms Race (Organization : Sioux City, Iowa)) 1
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Smith, Elmer M. 1
Smith, Mary Louise (1914-1997) 1
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Unitarian Universalist Peoples Church of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 1
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 1
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