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Bartholow Crawford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0055
Abstract

Professor in English Department 1921-1956. Taught American literature and American drama courses.

Dates: 1909-1945

Bernadine Solberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0579
Abstract

Engineering clerk, weaver, photographer, and traveler from Boone, Iowa.

Dates: 1855-1980

Bertha Korn Tucker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract

Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.

Dates: 1920-1999

Best Ever Club (Percival, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0179
Abstract

A women's study club in Percival, Iowa that was founded in 1922.

Dates: 1929-1994

Church Women United (Johnson County, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0597
Abstract

Johnson County, Iowa chapter of Church Women United.

Dates: 1963-2013

Clara Steen Skott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0216
Abstract

Free-lance writer, home economics teacher, and civic leader who wrote articles and diaries concerning life in Iowa, China, and Wisconsin.

Dates: 1899-1994

De Jong Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0906
Abstract

Dutch immigrants who settled in Iowa in the 1910s, and four generations of their descendants.

Dates: 1852-2011

Dorothy Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0780
Abstract

Methodist Episcopal deaconess who later worked with the Mahaska County Historical Society to found the Nelson Pioneer Farm in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dates: 1850-1994

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 Means papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0171
Abstract

Characterist and dramatic reader, and chatauqua performer from Tama, Iowa organized her own talent agency.



Arrangement

A gift copy of James W. Foley's, Some one like you (1915), presented to Means by Elias Day in 1936, has been removed to the printed works collection and cataloged separately.

Dates: 1908-1986

Four Seasons Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0877
Abstract

This collection contains meeting minutes, annual reports, and scrapbooks of club activities.

Dates: 1970-2010

Friendly Circle Club (Washington, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0533
Abstract

A Washington, Iowa women's social club which was founded in 1934.

Dates: 1934-2011

Gwendolyn Fowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0365
Abstract

The first African American woman pharmacist licensed in Iowa and presidential appointee to the United States Foreign Service in the 1950s.

Dates: 1905-1996

Helen Lee Hensleigh Wenger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0142
Abstract

University of Iowa graduate and teacher whose papers include correspondence and scrapbook files relating to her work on a variety of social issues.

Dates: 1922-2006

Iowa City Area Christian Women's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0538
Abstract

The Iowa City Area Christian Women's Club holds Friendship Bible Coffees and monthly luncheons. The ICCW formed in 1967 as an offshoot of Stonecroft Ministries.

Dates: 1967-2006

Iowa City Women's Press records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0220
Abstract

Iowa City publisher and printer of lesbian and feminist books that existed from 1973 to 1985.

Dates: 1973-1985

Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0565
Abstract

Nondenominational and nonpartisan organization bringing Iowa women's clubs together.

Dates: 1853-2006

Irene Hoover papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0472
Abstract

Farmwoman, 4-H leader, and volunteer who was active in the Farm Bureau and the Master Farm Homemakers Guild.

Dates: 1923-2001

Josie Thurston papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0514
Abstract

Journalist who worked for the Des Moines Register between 1947 and 1957 and was later a freelance writer.

Dates: 1893-1990

Joyce Beisswenger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0823
Abstract

Social worker and civil rights activist from Osage, Iowa.

Dates: 1906-2005

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American National Red Cross. Nursing Service 1
American Theological Society 1
Andrews, Neta (1895-1981) 1
Ankeny High School (Ankeny, Iowa) 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Associated Country Women of the World 1
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Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States 1
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Beisswenger, Joyce, 1930-2002 1
Beisswenger, Judy 1
Bergmann family 1
Bergmann, Gustav (1906-1987) 1
Bergmann, Leola Nelson, 1912-2011 1
Best Ever Club (Percival, Iowa) 1
Beth El Jacob Synagogue (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 1
Bridgeport Central High School (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1
Brigance, Linda 1
Briggs family 1
Briggs, John Ely, -1952 1
Briggs, Lela Powers, 1896-1953 1
Briggs, Nellie Upham, -1973 1
Briggs, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1918-2004 1
Briggs, Wilbur 1
Brown, Bill 1
Brown, Harriet Connor, 1872- 1
Brown, Maria Dean Foster, 1827-1929 1
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Central Methodist Episcopal Church (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Theological Seminary 1
Church Women United (Johnson County, Iowa) 1
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Dorothy, 1900-1986 1
Clark, Harold 1
Clark, Leola 1
Clark, Stillman 1
Coffin, Winnie 1
Cooper, Fannie Wilson 1
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) 1
Crawford, Bartholow 1
Curtis High School (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.) 1
Davis, Aldeen 1
De Jong family 1
De Jong, Bernard, 1918- 1
De Jong, Eunice, 1923-2012 1
De Jong, Frederick, -1942 1
De Jong, Henry, 1913-2002 1
De Jong, Jan, 1884-1965 1
De Jong, Jeanette, 1914-2004 1
De Jong, Joanne, 1927-2005 1
De Jong, Lorraine Schol, 1914-2007 1
De Jong, Trentje Beuckens, 1885-1978 1
Delta Zeta Sorority 1
Des Moines Suffrage Club 1
Des Mond, Lucy 1
Domond, Nadine, 1975- 1
Drake College of Pharmacy 1
Drake University 1
Edna Means Dramatic Service 1
Eisinger, Mary 1
Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 1
Ellsworth family 1
Ellsworth, Eugene 1
Elson, Mary Johnston, 1914-2011 1
Emerson College of Oratory 1
Fancy Work Circle (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Four Seasons Garden Club (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Fowler, Gwendolyn Wilson, 1907-1997 1
Fox, Steven 1
Fox, William B. 1
Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975 1
Friendly Circle Club (Washington, Iowa) 1
Fullerton family 1
Fullerton, Grace, 1879-1972 1
Fullerton, William J. 1
Good Cheer Society (Fairfield, Iowa) 1
Grand View College 1
Grefe, Mary 1
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