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Byron McClain Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0004
Abstract

Letters to McClain's family in Wilton Junction, Iowa, telling of experiences in Tennessee with the 2nd Regiment of Iowa Cavalry.

Dates: 1863-1864

Carl and Laura White papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0904
Abstract

Letters to Iowa resident Laura Birgen from Carl White who served in the U.S. Army in France during and after World War I.

Dates: 1918-1993

Charles Thomas Ackley Civil War Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0541
Abstract

One hundred and eighteen letters from Charles Thomas Ackley, mostly to his wife in Marble Rock, Iowa. Also included are newspaper clippings, brief biographies of some of the men in the Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and historical commentary.

Dates: 1864-1865

Edith Neal papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0660
Abstract

Known as the Vietnam Mail Lady, Neal corresponded with servicemen stationed in Vietnam from 1966 to 1969.

Dates: 1931-1997

Frank Malcolm Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0026
Abstract

Letters to Malcolm's wife, describing experiences in Georgia and elsewhere with the 7th Regiment of Iowa infantry.

Dates: 1864-1865; 1960

George Marion Shearer Civil War Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0080
Abstract

Diaries of a soldier in Company E, 17th Iowa Infantry, who was captured and imprisoned in Sumter Prison, 1864-65.

Dates: 1863-1965

George W. Strong Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0057
Abstract

Correspondence to and from the Second Lieutenant.

Dates: 1862-1868; Majority of material found within 1862-1865

Henry Clay Russell Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0546
Abstract

Russell's correspondence to his sister, Mary, of Crawfordsville, Iowa.

Dates: 1861-1902; Majority of material found in 1865

John Wagner Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0002
Abstract

Correspondence to his wife from Camp Strong describing his experiences in the Graybeard regiment.

Dates: 1862

Kathy Ormond papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0703
Abstract

Red Cross recreation aide who was stationed in Vietnam from July 1968 to October 1969.

Dates: 1966-2007

Magdalena "Helen" Tylee papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0471
Abstract

A German war bride who came to Iowa in 1922. During World War II she ran the family farm while her husband was serving in the armed forces.

Dates: 1917-1988

Marcellus Warner Darling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0236
Abstract

Civil War soldier, Congregational minister, and father of Jay Norwood Darling. Consists primarily of letters, a diary, and memoirs of his service in Company K, 154th New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862-1911; Majority of material found within 1862 -1865

Martin Mericle Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0106
Abstract

Personal letters describing Martin Mericle's Civil War experiences while serving with the 114th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Also includes and account book, 1863-1875.

Dates: 1862-1877

Mary Frances Reger-Wilkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0501
Abstract

Social worker who worked for the American National Red Cross during and after World War II.

Dates: 1942-2002

Palmer/Calkins/Corbin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0528
Abstract

Letters, diaries, genealogies, papers, and videocassette dealing with the Civil War, the Mormon move west, and World War II.

Dates: 1859-2000; Majority of material found within 1864-1865

Virginia Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0058
Abstract

Community activitst and writer Virginia Shrauger Jones grew up in Atlantic Iowa and served as a Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II.

Dates: 1829-2010

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Birgen family 1
Birgen, Lorinda "Laura", 1898-1963 1
Birgen, Martina 1
Calkins, Asa Starkweather 1
Calkins, Charles McNeil 1
Calkins, John, Captain, 1785- 1
Corbin, E. Palmer 1
Darling, Marcellus Warner 1
Farley, Angelina Calkins 1
Fedderson, R. T. 1
Fluent, George 1
Jones, Joe Allen 1
Jones, Virginia Shrauger, 1921- 1
Lais, Leonore Evans 1
Malcolm, Frank 1
Malcolm, Lida 1
McClain, Byron 1
Mericle, Imanuel. 1
Mericle, Martin 1
Miles, Mary E. Russell 1
Neal, Edith, 1916-2007 1
Ormond, Kathy, 1945- 1
Palmer family 1
Palmer, Harriet Calkins Catlett 1
Palmer, John E. IV 1
Palmer, John Edgerton, IV 1
Palmer, John Edgerton, V 1
Palmer, Joseph Ward 1
Palmer, Thomas Sharp 1
Palmer, William 1
Red Cross Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas Program 1
Reger-Wilkinson, Mary Frances, 1909-2006 1
Russell, Henry Clay 1
Russell, Henry Clay, d. 1902 1
Shearer, George Marion 1
Shearer, George Marion, 1837-1912 1
Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss, 1896-1985 1
Strong, George W., approximately 1833- 1
Tylee, Ben 1
Tylee, Frances 1
Tylee, Magdalena, 1894-1988 1
United States Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865) 1
United States Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 154th (1861-1865), Company K 1
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United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864-1866). Company H. 1
United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 13th (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865) Company E 1
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865). Company E 1
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 28th (1862-1865) 1
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United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 15th (1862-1865). Company F. 1
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865) 1
United States. Army. Tennessee Volunteers of African Descent Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864) 1
United States. Marine Corps 1
University of Iowa 1
Wagner, Dinah 1
Wagner, John 1
White family 1
White, Carl, 1897-1989 1
Wilkinson, Bernard, -1962 1
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