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A Political Dialogue: Iowa's Women Legislators oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0089
Abstract

Interviews with Iowa women legislators conducted by Suzanne O'Dea Schenken.

Dates: 1988-1993

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

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

Bridging the Generations Exhibit: Master Farm Homemakers Guild records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0589
Abstract

This exhibit was created by the Master Farm Homemakers Guild to publicize their history in Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1992-2001

Catharine King Herr papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0172
Abstract

Farm wife who kept a diary from 1945 until her death in 1978.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1976-1978

Days Gone By: Reminiscences of Northwest Iowa

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0601
Abstract

Typescript of an oral history project by Sibley-Ocheyedan High School students interviewing six residents of Osceola County.

Dates: 1992

Dorothy Sprout Place memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0384
Abstract

Reflections on life as a farmwoman and young mother during World War II.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1993

Elizabeth Fagan Lynch memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0465
Abstract

Teacher and farmer of Irish descent from Dubuque County, Iowa whose memoir is called, A Trunk and its Chips.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1991

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 Mae Christensen Grow memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0210
Abstract

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

Esther Ver Meer papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0408
Abstract

Farmwoman and member of the Porkettes, the women's auxiliary of the Iowa Pork Producers Council.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1991-1998

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

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (founding chapter) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0381
Abstract

An organization advocating the prevention of farm-related childhood injuries, health risks and fatalities.

Dates: 1990-1998

Grace Ferns papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0608
Abstract

Memoir and oral history transcript of a rural Iowa school teacher.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1987-2002

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

Hedwig Schmidt papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1044
Abstract

Resident of Clayton County, Iowa, whose diaries from the 1960’s to the 1980’s related to rural life.

Dates: 1961-2015

Helen Knievel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0718
Abstract

Librarian from rural Iowa.

Dates: 1973-2000

Her Own Story: Ten Benton County Women

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0134
Abstract

Project of the Vinton, Iowa, American Association of University Women.

Dates: 1984-1992

Histories of Rural Iowa Women's Clubs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0714
Abstract

Rural women participated in a great number and variety of clubs.  This collection has short histories of a variety of clubs formed in Iowa in the first part of the 20th century.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1996-1998

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Archives (groupings) 29
Farm life 22
Oral histories 21
1981-1990 19
Diaries 19
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Farmers 19
Personal papers 19
Autobiographies 18
Twentieth century 16
Memoirs 15
Families 13
Homemakers 13
Iowa 12
2001-2010 11
Photographs 11
Rural families 10
Rural girls 10
Rural schools 9
Teachers 9
1971-1980 8
Agriculture 8
Social participation 8
Administrative records 7
Rural conditions 7
Depressions -- 1929 6
Stock Market Crash, 1929 6
Teaching 6
Women -- Societies and clubs 6
Correspondence 5
Scrapbooks 5
Women in public life 5
Country life 4
Marriage 3
Rural churches 3
Video recordings 3
Women 3
Women -- Political activity 3
Women in education 3
1931-1940 2
Clayton County (Iowa) 2
Clubs 2
Community organization 2
Cooking 2
Courtship 2
Des Moines (Iowa) 2
Farms 2
Housekeeping 2
Johnson County (Iowa) 2
Legislators 2
Mahaska County (Iowa) 2
Natural foods 2
Nineteenth century 2
O'Brien County (Iowa) 2
Ogden (Iowa) 2
Plymouth County (Iowa) 2
Political participation 2
Sound recordings 2
Speeches 2
Women and War 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
1941-1950 1
1961-1970 1
20th century 1
African American women -- Iowa 1
Agricultural laws and legislation 1
Air Force spouses 1
Allamakee County (Iowa) 1
Ames (Iowa) 1
Annual reports 1
Appanoose County (Iowa) 1
Artificial collections 1
Artists 1
Awards 1
Basketball 1
Basketball for girls 1
Basketball for women 1
Basketball players 1
Benton County (Iowa) 1
Bisexuals 1
Blairstown (Iowa) 1
Boone County (Iowa) 1
Brazil 1
Bremer County (Iowa) 1
Buchanan County (Iowa) 1
Butler County (Iowa) 1
Cedar City (Iowa) 1
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 1
Charles City (Iowa) 1
Cherokee County (Iowa) 1
Children's accidents 1
Christmas service 1
City and town life 1
Civic leaders 1
Cleghorn (Iowa) 1
Clerks 1
College students 1
College teachers 1
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Names
Gruhn, Josephine, 1927-2015 2
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation 2
Adams, Janet (1937-) 1
American Association of University Women 1
Anderson, Helen 1
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Ashby, Rhoda 1
Balster, Stella Werden 1
Basgall, Carol 1
Baxter, Elaine (1933-2021) 1
Beatty, Linda, 1942- 1
Beck, Jennie, 1903- 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Berg, Orville 1
Bishop, Nellie, 1904-1999 1
Bloom, Amy 1
Blundall, Joan, 1945- 1
Blunt, Dorothy 1
Bob's Creek Neighbors (Club : Allamakee County, Iowa) 1
Boyd, Nancy Shimanek, 1947- 1
Brandt, Diane, 1938- 1
Bruggmann, Charles 1
Bruggmann, Dominique 1
Bruggmann, Sibylle 1
Buhr, Florence, 1933- 1
Burrows, Bess, 1895- 1
Carl, Janet (1948-) 1
Carlson, Agnes Bollesen 1
Carr, Martha Ashby 1
Chapman, Kathleen "Kay" Halloran (1937-) 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Betty Jean, 1920-2005 1
Cohen, Gertrude (1913-2016) 1
Conklin, Charlene, 1929-2022 1
Corning, Joy (1932-2017) 1
Crabb, Helen M., 1916- 1
Doderer, Minnette, 1923-2005 1
Ducommun, Minnie, 1906-1988 1
Duitscher, Lucille Dreier, 1922- 1
Duncan, Bob 1
Easton, Elsie 1
England, Artis 1
Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" 1
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America 1
Evans, Alpha, 1918- 1
Fae Ridge Farm (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids 1
Ferns, Grace, 1909- 1
Fisher, Gladys 1
Francis, Betty 1
Garman, Teresa, 1937- 1
Geiger, Nira, 1901- 1
Geiken, Freida, 1895- 1
Gentleman, Julia (1931-) 1
Girard family 1
Girard, Madge Clark, 1904-2000 1
Glickman, Miriam Wijkman 1
Grand Meadow Women's Club (Allamakee County, Iowa) 1
Gregerson, Mary Pat, 1938- 1
Grow family 1
Grow, Esther Mae Christensen, 1891-1993 1
Hagen, Mary Doebel, 1922- 1
Hammond, Johnie (1932-) 1
Hannon, Beverly A., 1932- 1
Harper, Mattie 1
Harper, Patricia (1932-) 1
Herr, Catharine King, 1885-1978 1
Herr, King 1
Hoffmann-Bright, Betty, 1921- 1
Huffey, Jean, 1932- 1
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Women's Committee 1
Iowa Organic Growers and Buyers Association 1
Iowa Porkettes 1
Iowa State Fair 1
Iowa State Teachers College 1
Iowa State University. Cooperative Extension Service 1
Iowa's Women Legislators Oral Histories (Project) 1
Iowa. General Assembly 1
Iowa. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
J.I. Case Company 1
Jacobsma, Irma 1
Kausch, Lani 1
Keir family 1
Kipp, Alice, 1918- 1
Knievel, Helen A. 1
Kuehl, Curt 1
Larsen, Sonja, 1941- 1
Lauter, Laura 1
Lipsky, Joan (1919-2015) 1
Lloyd-Jones, Jean (1929-) 1
Lonergan, Joyce, 1934- 1
Losby, Jan L. 1
Ludemann family 1
Ludemann, Richard, -1946 1
Ludwigs, Doris 1
Lynch, Elizabeth Fagan, 1908- 1
Mahaska County Farm Bureau. Women's Committee 1
Master Farm Homemakers Guild (Iowa) 1
McElroy, Lillian M., 1917- 1
McKenzie, Bettie 1
McLay, Angus 1
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