Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 20 of 23

Clara Steen Skott papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0216
Abstract

Free-lance writer, home economics teacher, and civic leader who wrote articles and diaries concerning life in Iowa, China, and Wisconsin.

Dates: 1899-1994

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

Dorothy Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0780
Abstract

Methodist Episcopal deaconess who later worked with the Mahaska County Historical Society to found the Nelson Pioneer Farm in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dates: 1850-1994

Edna Means papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0171
Abstract

Characterist and dramatic reader, and chatauqua performer from Tama, Iowa organized her own talent agency.



Arrangement

A gift copy of James W. Foley's, Some one like you (1915), presented to Means by Elias Day in 1936, has been removed to the printed works collection and cataloged separately.

Dates: 1908-1986

Gwendolyn Fowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0365
Abstract

The first African American woman pharmacist licensed in Iowa and presidential appointee to the United States Foreign Service in the 1950s.

Dates: 1905-1996

Hedy Hustedde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0879
Abstract

A librarian who worked at the Bettendorf Public Library in Bettendorf, Iowa for over thirty years.

Dates: 1879-2018

Helen Lee Hensleigh Wenger papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0142
Abstract

University of Iowa graduate and teacher whose papers include correspondence and scrapbook files relating to her work on a variety of social issues.

Dates: 1922-2006

Iowa City Women's Press records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0220
Abstract

Iowa City publisher and printer of lesbian and feminist books that existed from 1973 to 1985.

Dates: 1973-1985

Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0565
Abstract

Nondenominational and nonpartisan organization bringing Iowa women's clubs together.

Dates: 1853-2006

Lela Powers Briggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0043
Abstract

An artist who farmed with her husband near La Porte, Iowa.

Dates: 1892-1992

Lonabelle Kaplan Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0160
Abstract

American Association of University Women member and advocate for women's issues including dual listings for married women in Iowa telephone directories.



Arrangement

1997 ACCESSION: Boxes 1-11

2007 ACCESSION: Boxes 12-41

2008 ACCESSION: Boxes 42-65

Dates: 1931-2007

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

Mary Jane Odell papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0056
Abstract

Television journalist and politician who served as Iowa Secretary of State from 1980 to 1986.

Dates: 1936-2002

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

McCown Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0852
Abstract

Northwest Iowa family including Robert McCown, head of the University of Iowa Libraries Department of Special Collections from 1986-1997.

Dates: 1909-2012

Nadine Domond papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0787
Abstract

Hawkeye women's basketball star, WNBA player and entrepreneur.

Dates: 1994-1998

Phyllis Harper-Bardach papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0319
Abstract

Educator of hearing-impaired children and retired professor of Education at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1940-1998

Pilot International Club of Iowa City records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0788
Abstract

Organization to promote improvement of conditions and treatment for brain-related disorders.

Dates: 1939-2012

Quota Club (Sioux City, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0342
Abstract

Professional women's service club formed before 1935, which is active in community and world service, with special emphasis on hearing and speech aid.

Dates: 1960-1997

Rhonda Penquite papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0669
Abstract

Professional basketball player and coach who played for the Iowa Cornets and the New Mexico Energee.

Dates: 1967-1998

Filtered By

  • Subject: Yearbooks X
  • Subject: Cultural artifacts X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
20th century 21
Photographs 21
Personal papers 17
Scrapbooks 15
2001-2010 11
∨ more
Correspondence 9
College students 8
Diaries 8
Families 8
Iowa City (Iowa) 8
Sound recordings 7
High school students 6
Oral histories 6
Photograph albums 6
Speeches 6
Teachers 6
2011-2020 4
Administrative records 4
Autobiographies 4
Clubs 4
Des Moines (Iowa) 4
Rural women 4
Slides (photographs) 4
Teaching 4
Video recordings 4
Women in agriculture 4
Women in education 4
Autograph albums 3
Basketball for girls 3
Basketball teams 3
Civic improvement 3
Iowa 3
Volunteer workers in social service 3
Volunteers 3
Women 3
Women -- Societies and clubs 3
African American women 2
African American women -- Iowa 2
Artists 2
Awards 2
Basketball for women 2
Basketball players 2
Family papers 2
Farm life 2
Farmers 2
Friendship 2
Girls 2
High school athletes 2
Homemakers 2
Librarians 2
New York (N.Y.) 2
Political campaigns 2
Posters 2
Professional athletes 2
Rural families 2
Sports for girls 2
Sports for women 2
Voyages and travels 2
Washington (D.C.) 2
Waterloo (Iowa) 2
Women -- 19th century 2
Women -- Political activity 2
Women in nonprofit organizations 2
Women in public life 2
Women lawyers 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
1971-1980 1
1981-1990 1
1991-2000 1
19th century 1
African Americans 1
Agriculture 1
Air quality 1
Ames (Iowa) 1
Ankeny (Iowa) 1
Art 1
Australia 1
Banks and banking 1
Basic guide to pesticides 1
Basketball 1
Basketball coaches 1
Berlin (Germany) 1
Bettendorf (Iowa) 1
Birds 1
Birmingham (Iowa) 1
Bisexuals 1
Botany 1
Boyden (Iowa) 1
Bridgeport (Conn.) 1
Businessmen 1
Casting directors 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
China 1
Christmas cards 1
Church history 1
Church officers 1
Civic leaders 1
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Dutch; Flemish 1
 
Names
State University of Iowa 4
University of Iowa 3
Daughters of the American Revolution 2
Grinnell College 2
Iowa State Teachers College 2
∨ more
Algona High School (Algona, Iowa) 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Basketball League 1
Ankeny High School (Ankeny, Iowa) 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States 1
Barnes, Irston R. 1
Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Bettendorf Public Library (Bettendorf, Iowa) 1
Birmingham High School (Birmingham, Iowa) 1
Bridgeport Central High School (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1
Brigance, Linda 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
Brown, Bill 1
Brown, Harriet Connor, 1872- 1
Brown, Maria Dean Foster, 1827-1929 1
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 1
Center for the American Woman and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics) 1
Central Methodist Episcopal Church (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
City High School (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Dorothy, 1900-1986 1
Clark, Harold 1
Clark, Leola 1
Clark, Stillman 1
Coffin, Winnie 1
Columbus High School (Waterloo, Iowa) 1
Cooper, Fannie Wilson 1
Curtis High School (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.) 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
De Jong, Joanne, 1927-2005 1
De Jong, Lorraine Schol, 1914-2007 1
De Jong, Trentje Beuckens, 1885-1978 1
Des Moines Suffrage Club 1
Domond, Nadine, 1975- 1
Drake College of Pharmacy 1
Edna Means Dramatic Service 1
Elson, Mary Johnston, 1914-2011 1
Emerson College of Oratory 1
Florida Women's Consortium 1
Fowler, Gwendolyn Wilson, 1907-1997 1
Fox, Steven 1
Fox, William B. 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Grand View College 1
Grefe, Mary 1
Grinnell Historical Museum (Grinnell, Iowa) 1
Grinnell Tuesday Club (Grinnell, Iowa) 1
Harper-Bardach, Phyllis (1928-2015) 1
Highland Park College (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Hustedde, Hedy N. R., 1950- (1950-) 1
Hustedde, Michael 1
Illinois School for the Deaf 1
International Conference of Girl Scouts/Guides (1965 : Acapulco, Mexico) 1
International Women's Year, 1975 1
Iowa City Women's Press 1
Iowa Cornets (Basketball team) 1
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network 1
Iowa State College 1
Iowa State College. Agricultural Extension Service 1
Iowa Women's Hall of Fame 1
Iowa. Department of Agriculture 1
Iowa. Secretary of State 1
KRNT (Television station : Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Kansas City National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries 1
LePort, Donna 1
Mahaska County Historical Society 1
Manuscript Society (U.S.) 1
Marycrest College 1
McCown family 1
McCown, Alfred Brown, 1850-1929 1
McCown, Anne Elizabeth, 1965- 1
McCown, Don Cleveland, 1884-1950 1
McCown, Frances Anne, 1902-1963 1
McCown, John Patrick, 1964- 1
McCown, Margaret 1
McCown, Robert A., 1939-2015 1
McNaughton family 1
McNaughton, Arnold 1
McNaughton, Donald 1
Means, Edna, 1887-1979 1
+ ∧ less