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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

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

Myrtle Keppy papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0480
Abstract

Champion hog breeder, farm woman, 4-H leader, and president of the Iowa Porkettes.

Dates: 1926-2009

Nancy V. "Rusty" Barceló Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0351
Abstract

Activist and administrator at the University of Iowa whose papers provide insight into Latino life and culture in Iowa and across the Midwest.

Dates: 1946-2005

Olabelle Reed papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0343
Abstract

Teacher, community activist, and co-founder of Club Les Dames, an African American women's club in Waterloo.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1935-1997

Otilia Gomez Savala papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0827
Abstract

Davenport woman raised in the Cook's Point neighborhood, whose parents emigrated from Mexico in the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1937-2014

Patricia Peterson Wiese papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0810
Abstract

English as a Second Language teacher in West Liberty, Iowa.

Dates: 1978-2010

Phoebe Kellum Mericle papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0302
Abstract

Early settler in Webster County, Iowa.



Arrangement

One item, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1893

Rosa Knutson Gangestad papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0614
Abstract

The daughter of Norwegian immigrants who came to Humboldt County, Iowa in 1872. Reflections on pioneer life through handwritten stories and letters for her grandchildren.

Dates: 1867-1943

Rosebelle Pierce Luick papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0828
Abstract

Corresponence about daily life in the late 19th century from friends and family to Luick, a resident of Belmond, Iowa.

Dates: 1854-1902

Ruth Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0185
Abstract

Social activist and writer.

Dates: 1956-1997

Ruth Pitkanen Johnson and Juliet Mattila Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0350
Abstract

Mother and daughter who wrote creatively. Ruth Pitkanen Johnson was an art educator and Juliet Mattila was a professor and academic advisory administrator.

Dates: 1932-1997

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Migrant Action Program (Mason City, Iowa) 2
Older Women's League (U.S.) 2
University of Iowa. Hospitals and Clinics 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 Mothers, Inc. 1
American National Red Cross 1
American Theological Society 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
Baker, Carl (poet) 1
Barcelo family 1
Barceló, Nancy V., 1946- 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
Bartley, Joy Hedges 1
Becker, Virginia (1918-2009) 1
Beth El Jacob Synagogue (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Blundall, Joan, 1945- 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 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
Cano family 1
Carlson, Agnes Bollesen 1
Carr, Martha Ashby 1
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 1
Central College (Pella, Iowa) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
Cheek, Eugene Lloyd, 1953-1990 1
Chicago Theological Seminary 1
Childress, Elizabeth 1
Christen, Inez, 1906-1999 1
Christensen, Esther, 1895-1987 1
Christian Children's Fund 1
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Clark, Dene 1
Clark, Esther Treptow, 1905-2004 1
Club Les Dames (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Coggon Ladies' Literary Society (Coggon, Iowa) 1
Collins, Susan 1
Costantino, A. Mori, 1924 - 2020 1
Costantino, Anthony 1
Crawford family 1
Crawford, Anita, 1909-1998 1
Cripliver family 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
De Koster, Sarah Poppen, 1891-1957 1
DeKoster, Lucas James, 1918- 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
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