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Albert J. Cohen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0126
Abstract

American motion picture and television script writer and producer. Program scripts, department materials, memos, clippings, notes, correspondence, production budgets, and miscellaneous photographs.

Dates: 1948-1961; Majority of material found within 1951-1955

Alice Kipp papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0492
Abstract

The papers include Kipp's reminiscence of her childhood on an Iowa farm.

Dates: 1986-2006

Angelica Lynn Rose Atalig oral history

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0587
Abstract

Oral history, 1999. The narrator describes growing up in a bilingual, biracial family in Garner, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1999

Birdie Sears papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0903
Abstract

Autograph book and genealogy of 19th century Iowa woman.

Dates: 1875-2013

Bonnie Kern papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0797
Abstract

Iowa author who was a victim of sexual and physical abuse, served time in prison and later placed into Iowa's work release program.



Arrangement

Bonnie Kern's book, Proclivity, is shelved in the printed works collection in IWA.

Dates: 1945 - 2014

Booster Women's Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0322
Abstract

Social and philanthropic club organized in 1947 by African American women in Fort Madison, Iowa

Dates: 1947-1998

C. Pauline Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0627
Abstract

An outstanding athlete and the first woman to receive an athletic letter at the University of Iowa. She graduated in 1923.

Dates: 1920 -1985

Carolyn Dyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0884
Abstract

Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Iowa and Nancy Drew scholar.

Dates: 1905-2016

Catherine Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0217
Abstract

Interviews and field reports prepared by Lewis for the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklore.

Dates: 1995

Charlotte Faxon papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0086
Abstract

Teacher who traveled widely during the Civil War period.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1864-1867

Christine Grant papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0329
Abstract

Sports administrator, professor, and gender equity activist.

Dates: 1952-2022

City Union of Mothers' Clubs (Des Moines, Iowa) records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0805
Abstract

Organization made up of representatives of the mothers' clubs of Des Moines schools.



Arrangement

1 folder shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1905-1908

Cora Louise Scofield papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0779
Abstract

Iowa-born historian and author who attended Vassar College.

Dates: 1881-1912

Dallner and Petersen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0484
Abstract

Peterson's journals describe daily life in rural Iowa from 1907 to 1910; Dallner's writings focus on two mysterious deaths that occurred in 1925.

Dates: 1907-2001

Days Gone By: Reminiscences of Northwest Iowa

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0601
Abstract

Typescript of an oral history project by Sibley-Ocheyedan High School students interviewing six residents of Osceola County.

Dates: 1992

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

Della Marie Koppenhaver papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0436
Abstract

Two reminiscences of an Iowa woman detailing farm life in the 1920s.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1958-1981

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 Fox Wurster papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0700
Abstract

Mahaska County farm girl who won a blue ribbon in the Mahaska County's Boys' 4-H.

Dates: 1942-1987

Dorothy Mae Kessler photo album

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0633
Abstract

Photograph album, undated. Scenes of children and young adults, apparently in Iowa City, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: Existence: 1916

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Camp Fire Girls. Iowana Council 2
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Ellsworth Community College (Iowa Falls, Iowa) 2
Everett, Beverly, 1926-2001 2
Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 2
Grand View College 2
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Newhall High School (Newhall, Iowa) 2
University of Iowa. Department of Physical Education for Women 2
Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa) 2
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Ackeman, Karen 1
Adams, Vicki 1
Albia Woman's Club (Albia, Iowa) 1
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 1
American Association of University Professors 1
American Basketball League 1
American Legion Auxiliary 1
Ankeny High School (Ankeny, Iowa) 1
Anneberg, Dorothy Spencer 1
Annin, Marilyn 1
Atalig, Angelica Lynn Rose 1
Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Atwood, Roy Alden 1
Balster, Stella Werden 1
Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Bayard Women's Club (Iowa) 1
Beran family 1
Beran, Janice A. 1
Berry, Jean, 1938- 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Bloom, Isabel 1
Bloomfield, Clarice 1
Bolin, Molly, 1957- 1
Booster Women's Club (Fort Madison, Iowa) 1
Branyan, Helen 1
Bridgeport Central High School (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1
Briggs, Nancy 1
Brown, Sara Slee 1
Browneller, Martha Jean Nicholson, 1920- 1
Browneller, Max 1
Bruene, Barbara 1
Buckley, Susan C. 1
Buckwalter, Elizabeth, 1817-1886 1
Buckwalter, Mary Jane, 1852- 1
Burke, Norma Peg, 1933- 1
Burns-Knutson, Sharon 1
Cadoret, Jeanne 1
Camp Fire Girls 1
Camp Hitaga 1
Camp Hiwela 1
Campbell, Bonnie J., 1948- 1
Carmack, Patricia Jo 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chavenelle, Gail 1
Childs, Lue Prentiss, 1902-1968 1
Childs, Malissa 1
Christ, Ruth Moe, 1943- 1
Christen family 1
Christen, Inez, 1906-1999 1
Christensen, Esther, 1895-1987 1
Churchill, Isabella Van Osdall 1
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
City Union of Mothers' Clubs (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Clampitt, Frank T., 1860-1943 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Dene 1
Clark, Esther Treptow, 1905-2004 1
Clark, M. Maeve 1
Cline, Kate 1
Cohen, Albert J. 1
Coleman, Susan 1
Conn family 1
Conn, Gladys, 1910-2005 1
Cook, Marie 1
Cox, Marvel Kohlhoff 1
Coy, Gretchen Greta 1
Crane, Amanda Jean 1
Cuplin, Millicent Mary, 1866-1950 1
Dallner family 1
Dallner, Pauline Levendahl, 1918- 1
De Cook family 1
De Cook, Besse De Prenger 1
De Cook, Ernest 1
De Cook, Mary Van Zante 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
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