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Collection
Identifier: IWA1347
Scope and Contents
The Aime Wichtendahl oral history collection consists of the recording and transcript of one oral history interview conducted with Wichtendahl by Kate Orazem in 2023. The collection also contains a business card and a button representing Wichtendahl's campaign promotional materials.In her oral history interview, Wichtendahl discusses the development of her political beliefs, campaigns, and her experiences as a city councilor for Hiawatha, Iowa. Municipal topics covered in the interview include the passage of a higher minimum wage for Linn County in 2017, zoning and housing development, and strategies Wichtendahl used to lower property taxes while maintaining service levels in her community. Wichtendahl also narrates her personal biography, including reflections on growing up trans in an Iowa Christian family, memories of political awakening, her coming-out process, her divorce, and parenthood. She provides her analysis of anti-trans legislation in Iowa in the 2020s and...
Dates:
2023
Collection
Identifier: IWA0638
Abstract
Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
Dates:
1875-2001
Collection
Identifier: IWA0251
Abstract
Singer and radio-script editor from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Atkinson performed in a song-and-dance act with her brothers Wallace and Cecil Reed from 1935 to 1944.
Dates:
1935-1997
Collection
Identifier: IWA0862
Abstract
Amateur historian and clubwoman from Fayette County, Iowa.
Dates:
1912-2010
Collection
Identifier: MsC0225
Abstract
Pioneer family from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Typed transcriptions of diaries, letters, and cards describing life in early Johnson, Jones, and Linn counties in Iowa.
Dates:
1790-1936; Majority of material found within 1860-1889
Collection
Identifier: IWA0471
Abstract
A German war bride who came to Iowa in 1922. During World War II she ran the family farm while her husband was serving in the armed forces.
Dates:
1917-1988
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0385
Abstract
My Story describes Block's training as a nurse, family life, her employment off and on the farm, and her activities in Benton County, Iowa.
Arrangement One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1942-1998
Collection
Identifier: IWA1382
Abstract
Cedar Rapids feminist activist organization.
Dates:
1983 - 1988
Collection
Identifier: IWA0833
Abstract
An Iowa native, avid traveler, and community activist.
Dates:
1968-2008