Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 141 - 160 of 210

Marta Werner papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0361
Abstract

Native of Mexico who came to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1914. Her community activism centered on the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.

Dates: 1892-1989

Martha Jean Nicholson Browneller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0804
Abstract

Mahaska County, Iowa, farm woman who was active in 4-H and rural organizations. She recorded her daily activities in her diaries between 1935 and 1973.

Dates: 1920-2010

Mary C. Hooper papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0850
Abstract

Diary chronicling Hooper's daily life in Princeton, Iowa.

Dates: 1873-1874

Mary Hagen memoir

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0531
Abstract

Memoir describing life on a family farm near Manly, Iowa during the 1920s and 1930s.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1996

Mary Henrietta Peters papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0908
Abstract

Resident of Illyria Township near Wadena, Iowa, who recorded her daily activities from 1891 until her death in 1931.



Arrangement

The Iowa Women's Archives gratefully acknowledges the transcription of the diaries by Dr. Lisa Guinn, a visiting assistant professor at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, and Rio Farren, an undergraduate history major at Upper Iowa University. They completed the transcription in 2014.

Dates: 1891-1934

Mary Jane Parsons papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0517
Abstract

Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1935

Mary Johnston Elson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0730
Abstract

Iowa teacher from Jefferson County who taught in rural schools for forty-four years and was active in the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs.

Dates: 1928-2004

Mary McDermott Shideler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0404
Abstract

Theologian, writer and lecturer whose work encompassed religious theology, philosophy and psychology.

Dates: 1900-2000

Mary Sears McHenry papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0423
Abstract

Diary and account book of the bride of a Civil War officer.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1865-1998

Mary Terronez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0497
Abstract

Davenport area community activist and leader in its Mexican American community.

Dates: 1936-2018

Mary Ungerer Hauth papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0190
Abstract

Nurse in Sioux City during the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: 1905-1948

Mary Vasquez Olvera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0559
Abstract

Davenport, Iowa, woman whose parents came to Iowa from Mexico in the 1910s.

Dates: 1923-2003

Maude Barkley Keck papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0554
Abstract

Diaries and account books of this Cherokee, Iowa woman record farm chores and expenses, housekeeping and family life.

Dates: 1937-1976

May Bennett Harshbarger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0088
Abstract

Schoolteacher from eastern Carroll County, Iowa who managed the family farm after her husband's death in 1926.

Dates: 1898-1993

McGill Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0543
Abstract

The collection consists mainly of correspondence and includes the papers of early twentieth century labor activist, IWW member, and Buffalo school teacher, Pearl McGill.

Dates: 1885-2005

Melba Gardemann Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0456
Abstract

Benton County, Iowa, farm girl and teacher who played on her high school's basketball championship team in 1927.

Dates: 1916-1993

Minnie Ducommun papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0553
Abstract

Diary and obituary of a rural Iowa housewife.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1936-1998

Miriam Baker Nye papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0311
Abstract

Moville, Iowa, farm wife and columnist for the Sioux City Farm Journal Weekly.

Dates: 1938-1996

Modesta and Genaro Garnica papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0885
Abstract

Davenport family that emigrated from Mexico in the 1910s.

Dates: 1949-2004

Mujeres Latinas Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0822
Abstract

Oral histories with Latino women and family members conducted by the staff of the Iowa Women's Archives through its Mujeres Latinas project.

Dates: 2003-2017

Filtered By

  • Subject: Women X
  • Subject: Families X
  • Subject: Families X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Repository
Iowa Women's Archives 209
University of Iowa Archives 1
 
Subject
Archives (groupings) 185
Families 161
Personal papers 160
20th century 148
Photographs 137
∨ more
Rural women 98
Diaries 95
Women in agriculture 95
Oral histories 84
Rural families 72
Autobiographies 70
Farm life 70
2001-2010 66
Correspondence 64
Homemakers 60
Memoirs 58
Farmers 52
Scrapbooks 46
Teachers 42
Women -- 19th century 36
Rural girls 34
Teaching 32
College students 30
1991-2000 29
Cultural artifacts 26
Photograph albums 25
Hispanic American families 24
Hispanic American women 24
Iowa City (Iowa) 24
Iowa 23
Women in education 22
Immigrant families 21
Marriage 21
Rural schools 21
Sound recordings 21
1981-1990 20
Social participation 20
Twentieth century 19
Women 17
Housekeeping 16
Immigrants 16
Mexican American women 16
Speeches 16
World War, 1939-1945 16
Yearbooks 16
Authors 15
2011-2020 14
Davenport (Iowa) 14
Family papers 14
Volunteers 14
1971-1980 13
Community activists 13
Depressions -- 1929 13
Stock Market Crash, 1929 13
Video recordings 13
Autograph albums 12
Clubs 12
High school students 12
Mexican American families 12
Voyages and travels 12
Women -- Political activity 12
Agriculture 11
Des Moines (Iowa) 11
Women -- Societies and clubs 11
Working class women 11
Journalists 10
Women and War 10
Women lawyers 10
Administrative records 9
Friendship 9
Frontier and pioneer life 9
Home economics 9
Rural conditions 9
Blue collar workers 8
Country life 8
Family-owned business enterprises 8
Farm management 8
Girls 8
Local history 8
Mexican Americans 8
Political activists 8
Rural churches 8
Slides (photographs) 8
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 8
World War, 1914-1918 8
1901-1910 7
African American women 7
African American women -- Iowa 7
Artists 7
Community life 7
Courtship 7
Drawings (visual works) 7
Emigration and immigration 7
Political participation 7
Sewing 7
Women in journalism 7
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women 7
4-H clubs 6
Ames (Iowa) 6
Civil rights 6
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Dutch; Flemish 1
 
Names
State University of Iowa 14
Iowa State Teachers College 6
University of Iowa 6
League of United Latin American Citizens. Council 10 (Davenport, Iowa) 4
White family 4
∨ more
Iowa Mother of the Year 3
Iowa State College 3
League of United Latin American Citizens 3
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 3
Blundall, Joan, 1945- 2
Democratic Party (Iowa) 2
Iowa Mothers Association 2
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 2
Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 2
Muscatine Migrant Committee 2
O'Brien, Denise, 1949- 2
Ohio State University 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
Prentiss family 2
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 2
University of Minnesota 2
Vargas, Henry (1929-2021) 2
White, Stanley V., 1901- 2
Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Adams family 1
Adams, Monroe Milton 1
Aguilera, Maria Mercedes, 1936-2013 1
Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
Aldrich, Bess Streeter, 1881-1954 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Legion Auxiliary 1
American Mothers, Inc. 1
American National Red Cross 1
American Theological Society 1
Anderson, Marilyn 1
Anneberg, Dorothy Spencer 1
Antioch Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Artists In Action (Muscatine, Iowa) 1
Ashby, Rhoda 1
Associated Country Women of the World 1
Associated Country Women of the World. Conference 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Atlantic Refining Company 1
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 1
Attlee, Felicity 1
Attlee, Martin 1
Attlee, Violet 1
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States 1
Auer family 1
Auer, Amy Sophia, 1900- 1
Baker, Carl 1
Barcelo family 1
BarceloĢ, Nancy V., 1946- 1
Barker, Patti 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Basgall, Carol 1
Bassett, Ella 1
Bayard Women's Club (Iowa) 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Beth El Jacob Synagogue (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Bevin, Nancy 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Blom, Nancy De Vries, 1907-1993 1
Bollin, Kathy 1
Bonham, Catherine 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 1
Bradley family 1
Bradley, Cornelia Fitch, 1838-1893 1
Bradley, David Ogden, 1827-1895 1
Bradley, Henry 1
Bradley, Rhoda Ogden 1
Brandt family 1
Brant family 1
Brant, Alice Sophia, 1882-1956 1
Brant, Naomi 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
Britton family 1
Britton, Cheryl, 1910-2003 1
Britton, Chester, 1904 - 1968 1
Brown, Bill 1
Brown, Harriet Connor, 1872- 1
Brown, Maria Dean Foster, 1827-1929 1
Browneller, Martha Jean Nicholson, 1920- 1
Browneller, Max 1
Bruggmann, Charles 1
Bruggmann, Dominique 1
Bruggmann, Sibylle 1
Buchanan County Farm Bureau (Iowa). Women's Committee 1
Buckwalter, Elizabeth, 1817-1886 1
Buckwalter, Mary Jane, 1852- 1
Buell family 1
Buell, Levina Willis 1
Burchard family 1
+ ∧ less