Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 16 of 16

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

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0349
Abstract

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

Dates: 1955-2014

Dorothy Schramm papers

 Collection
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

Jean Lloyd-Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0066
Abstract

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

Dates: 1964-2014

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 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

 Collection
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

 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

Paula Watts Brown papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0829
Abstract

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

Dates: 1937-2008

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

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

Filtered By

  • Subject: Peace X
  • Subject: Iowa X
  • Subject: 20th century X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Personal papers 14
2001-2010 12
Photographs 11
Pacifists 10
Cultural artifacts 9
∨ more
Speeches 7
Women -- Political activity 6
Women lawyers 6
Correspondence 5
Des Moines (Iowa) 5
Political participation 5
Sound recordings 5
Women and peace 5
Women in nonprofit organizations 5
Oral histories 4
Political activists 4
Political campaigns 4
Scrapbooks 4
Volunteers 4
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 3
College students 3
Iowa 3
Iowa City (Iowa) 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Video recordings 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 3
Women 3
Autobiographies 2
Civil rights 2
Community activists 2
Diaries 2
Equal rights amendments 2
Families 2
Feminists 2
Human rights 2
Marion (Iowa) 2
Marriage 2
Memoirs 2
Peace movements 2
Rural women 2
United Nations associations 2
Women -- Societies and clubs 2
Women in agriculture 2
Women's rights 2
1961-1970 1
1971-1980 1
1981-1990 1
2011-2020 1
Abortion 1
Administrative records 1
Aging 1
Ames (Iowa) 1
Anti-war demonstrations 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Arms race 1
Art, Modern 1
Artists 1
Atlantic (Iowa) 1
Authors 1
Autograph albums 1
Black Hawk County (Iowa) 1
Buena Vista County (Iowa) 1
Burlington (Iowa) 1
Businesswomen 1
Campaign funds 1
Camps for girls 1
Cass County (Iowa) 1
Cedar Falls (Iowa) 1
Christmas cards 1
Civic leaders 1
Civil rights workers 1
Clergy 1
Collectors and collecting 1
Community organization 1
Conscientious objectors 1
Drug abuse 1
Dubuque (Iowa) 1
Educators 1
Elections 1
Environmentalism 1
Family papers 1
Farm life 1
Farm management 1
Farmers 1
Federal government 1
Grinnell (Iowa) 1
Historic preservation 1
Interior decoration 1
Interior decoration firms 1
Legislators 1
Liberty 1
Librarians 1
Lobbyists 1
Minority women 1
Mount Pleasant (Iowa) 1
National security 1
∧ less
 
Names
United Nations Association of the United States of America. Iowa Division 5
United Nations Association of the United States of America 3
American Association for the United Nations 2
League of Women Voters of Iowa 2
Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009 2
∨ more
United Nations 2
University of Iowa 2
World Conference on Women 2
Alfred University 1
American Association of University Women 1
Another Mother for Peace (Association) 1
Anothor Mother for Peace (Association). Northeastern Iowa Chapter 1
Arizona State University 1
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
DeLand family 1
DeLand, Ida Sherman 1
DeLand, Mary Lurene Swope, 1896-1978 1
Des Moines Art Center 1
Des Moines Human Rights Commission 1
Drake University 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
Holmes, Marjorie, 1910- 1
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1
Iowa ERA Coalition 1
Iowa Farmers Union 1
Iowa Peace Institute 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
Lloyd-Jones, Jean, 1929- 1
Magers, Jane 1
Mount Holyoke College 1
Mullen family 1
Mullen, Michael Eugene, 1944-1970 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
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Northwest Iowa Peace Links 1
Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa) 1
Noun, Louise R. 1
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 1
Paul, Dorothy, 1927- 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- 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.). Women's Division 1
Republican National Convention 1
Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City, Mo.) 1
Republican Party (Iowa) 1
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Schramm, Dorothy 1
Sippy, Marilyn, 1935- 1
Smith, Elmer M. 1
Smith, Mary Louise 1
State University of Iowa 1
Swope family 1
Swope, Howard 1
Swope, Jessie West 1
Swope, Sarah Jane Buell, 1841-1918 1
UNICEF 1
Unitarian Universalist Association 1
Unitarian Universalist Peoples Church of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 1
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 1
United Nations Decade for Women Conference (1985 : Nairobi, Kenya) 1
United Nations. General Assembly 1
United Nations. Population Commission 1
United States Commission on Civil Rights 1
United States Institute of Peace 1
University of Dubuque. Theological Seminary 1
University of Iowa. Center for Human Rights 1
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives 1
Western College for Women 1
Wiesenfeld, Sally, 1924- 1
Women's International League for Peace And Freedom. Des Moines Branch 1
Young, Elizabeth, 1910-1999 1
Zamojska-Hutchins, Danuta 1
∧ less