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Bertha Korn Tucker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0434
Abstract

Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.

Dates: 1920-1999

Catherine Gayle Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract

Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.

Dates: 1910-1991

Cheryl Britton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0873
Abstract

Career nurse and avid traveler who grew up in Dedham, Iowa and Des Moines.

Dates: 1890-2003

Dorothy Rubenstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0739
Abstract

Federal Civil Service employee who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Communication in 1932.

Dates: 1928-2004

Edna Griffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0443
Abstract

Civil rights activist, later known as the Rosa Parks of Iowa.

Dates: 1948-2004

Ethel Reames papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0673
Abstract

Businesswoman who was the creator and proprieter of the Reames Noodle Company in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dates: 1954-1999

Florence Vallejo Terronez papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0577
Abstract

The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.

Dates: 1913-2006

Icey Lenora Teel Harling papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0238
Abstract

Lecturer, author and playwright who ran the Teel School of Expression in Davenport, 1918-1934 and was later a writer and editor for the Durant News.

Dates: 1902-1973

Margaret McCollum papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0143
Abstract

Des Moines resident who was a leader in women's organizations including American Mother's Inc., PTA and AAUW.

Dates: 1942-2008

Ruth Schanke papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0339
Abstract

Des Moines woman who organized a support group for spouses of lesbians and gays in 1994.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1994-1997

Swope and DeLand Families papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0391
Abstract

Family papers and subject files concerning women artists, women writers, and peace activism in Northwest Iowa.

Dates: 1876-1998

Vina Thorpe papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0253
Abstract

Des Moines newspaper columnist and editor who ran Thorpe Publications with her husband.

Dates: 1893-1995

Wallace Women History Project

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0403
Abstract

Transcripts of 13 oral history interviews describe the experiences of the Henry Wallace family in Iowa.

Dates: 1974-1994

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Britton family 1
Britton, Cheryl, 1910-2003 1
Britton, Chester, 1904 - 1968 1
Bruggmann, Charles 1
Bruggmann, Dominique 1
Bruggmann, Sibylle 1
Carlson, Agnes Bollesen 1
Carr, Martha Ashby 1
Central College (Pella, Iowa) 1
DeLand family 1
DeLand, Ida Sherman 1
DeLand, Mary Lurene Swope, 1896-1978 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Phi Chapter (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Drake University 1
Glickman, Miriam Wijkman 1
Goad family 1
Griffin, Edna, 1909-2000 1
Griffin, Phyllis 1
Harling, George 1
Harling, Icey Lenora Teel, 1878-1964 1
Harling, Maurice 1
Holmes, Marjorie, 1910- 1
Iowa Mothers Association 1
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Iowa. Department of Social Services 1
Katz Drug Store (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Kausch, Lani 1
Kearney, Barbara DeLand 1
Korn family 1
Korn, Samuel 1
Lawrence, Noah 1
McCollum, Margaret, 1916-2006 1
McLay, Angus 1
McLay, Annabelle J. 1
Mikels family 1
Mikels, Lyman 1
Milloy, Nancy Ashby 1
Morado family 1
Noun, Louise R. (1908-2002) 1
Olwein High School (Olwein, Iowa) 1
Pitts family 1
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948) 1
Reames Noodle Company (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Reames, Ethel, 1926- 1
Reames, William 1
Roberts family 1
Roberts, Clyde L. 1
Roberts, Clyde Leslie 1
Roberts, Dora Belle 1
Rubenstein, Dorothy, 1928-2004 1
Schanke, Robert 1
Schanke, Ruth, 1941- 1
Smith, David A. 1
State University of Iowa. School of Journalism 1
State University of Iowa. School of Social Work 1
Swope family 1
Swope, Howard 1
Swope, Jessie West 1
Swope, Sarah Jane Buell, 1841-1918 1
Teel School of Expression (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Terronez, Florence Vallejo, 1924- 1
Thorpe Publications (Des Moines, Iowa) 1
Thorpe, Ray, -1961 1
Thorpe, Vina, 1906- 1
Tucker, Bertha Korn, 1908-2010 1
Tucker, Isadore 1
Tucker, Janey 1
Tucker, Yale 1
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 1
University of Iowa. School of Journalism and Mass Communication 1
Vallejo family 1
Vallejo, Julio R. 1
Vallejo, Martina Morado 1
Wallace Women History Project 1
Wallace family 1
Warner, Betty Ann 1
Western College for Women 1
White family 1
Wijkman, Ruth Wallace 1
Williams, Catherine Gayle, 1914- 1
Williams, Richard, -1995 1
Zamojska-Hutchins, Danuta 1
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