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Emma Lou Leeper Phelan papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0226
Abstract

Brooklyn, Iowa, native who was a riveter for Ryan Aeronautical Company in California, 1944 to 1945.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1945-1998

Entre Nous records (Iowa City, Iowa)

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0081
Abstract

Women's drama study club founded in 1914 in Iowa City.

Dates: 1914-2002

Evelyn Crary Bacon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0012
Abstract

Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.

Dates: 1917-2000

Fox Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0449
Abstract

Dr. Walter Fox was a physician who served in France during WWI and later died in Serbia while working for the Italian Red Cross. Helen Fox Angell was a Red Cross worker during WWII and later in the Panama Canal Zone. Primarily photographs, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1880-1966; Majority of material found within 1918-1947

Gladys Spayde papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0042
Abstract

Stage actress who spent her childhood in Saskatchewan and was a teacher in Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1932-1982

Gretchen Anton Coy papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0234
Abstract

Artist and teacher in Okoboji, Iowa, who participated in the Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Program during World War II.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1943-1995

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

Harriet Adeline Stevens papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0707
Abstract

Teacher of nutrition education and dietetics; U. S. Army Second Lieutenant who served as a medical hospital dietician at Camp Gordon, Georgia during World War II.

Dates: 1928-1994

Heidi Posch Keir Galer papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA1326
Abstract

Award-winning German teacher that taught in Iowa City for 35 years who came to Iowa from Austria as a displaced refugee orphan in 1952.

Dates: 2018 - 2021

Helene Scriabine papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0080
Abstract

Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.

Dates: 1940-1996

Hilda Ellyson Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0371
Abstract

The papers consist largely of correspondence between Hilda and George Allen and their three children and cover a broad range of family, social and political issues.

Dates: 1884-1958

Homer Calkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0504
Abstract

Historian, archivist, and author. Correspondence files; diaries; memorabilia; scrapbooks dealing with his early life, education, career in the State Department, and work for the Methodist Church.

Dates: 1897-1996

Jackson L. Hyde Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0422
Abstract

World War II soldier. Correspondence, medals, scrapbook, and photographs primarily related to his service in the 210th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored (Tiger) Division, U.S. Army.

Dates: 1915-1976

Jeanne Jones Cook papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0795
Abstract

Nurse Jeanne Jones Cook grew up in Iowa and Colorado. She completed her training with the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps in 1945.

Dates: 1939-1949

John Martin M.D. Ph.D. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0501
Abstract

Neurosurgeon and book collector specializing in rare medical books. These papers primarily concern Dr. Martin's association with the University of Iowa. The establishment of the John Martin Rare Book Room and the donation of his collection of rare medical books is well documented with correspondence, clippings, brochures, etc. Some autobiographical sketches are included along with records of Dr. Martin's military service.

Dates: 1926-2000

John N. Calhoun Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0274
Abstract

Lawyer in Burlington, Iowa and Iowa state senator. Correspondence and subject files relating to his legal and political careers and his military service in World War II.

Dates: 1923-1954; Majority of material found within 1933-1936

John W. Tobin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0387
Abstract

Judge, attorney, and environmentalist from Vinton, Iowa. Subject files, speeches, and correspondence relating to his law career, the Vinton community, and the Izaak Walton League of America.

Dates: 1885-1980

Joiner Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0815
Abstract

Iowa family that corresponded during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1945

Joseph E. Evans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0275
Abstract

Editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal. Correspondence, clippings and photographs relating to his editorial work, his experience in World War II, and his days as a graduate student at the University of Iowa.

Dates: 1935-1971

June Lundy Boyd papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IWA0479
Abstract

Memoir describes growing up and teaching in southwestern Iowa, Lundy's wartime wedding and subsequent life in Knoxville, Iowa.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 2002

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Achttien, Jack, -1924 1
Allen family 1
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Allen, Hilda Ellyson, 1988- 1
Allen, Philip, 1915- 1
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Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1
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American Friends Service Committee 1
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Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women 1
Atlantic High School (Atlantic, Iowa) 1
Bacon, Evelyn Crary, 1916-1997 1
Baker, Hermione Georgette Allen, 1917- 1
Bartlett, Wes 1
Black Hills Playhouse (Theater group) 1
Blunt, Dorothy 1
Boller, Betty, 1924- 1
Boone High School (Boone, Iowa) 1
Bowen, Howard Rothmann, 1908- 1
Boyd, June Lundy, 1922- 1
Boyum, Bernice Larson, 1922- 1
Burgess family 1
Burgess, Nellie 1
Burr Oak Farm Press 1
CBS Television Network 1
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Calkin, Homer L. 1
Camp Algona (Algona, Iowa) 1
Camp Shows, Inc. 1
Casteel, Rachel 1
Child, Charlotte Joiner 1
Church of the Brethren Conference 1
Clarence E. Hamilton, Lawyer 1
Clark, Marion Jones, 1916-2011 1
Coe College 1
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Colorado. Department of Highways 1
Cook, Jeanne Jones, 1927-1993 1
Cooper, Fannie Wilson 1
Costantino, A. Mori, 1924 - 2020 1
Costantino, Anthony 1
Coy, Gretchen Anton, 1923- 1
Crary, Julia 1
Curtiss-Wright Corporation 1
Dakota Dunes Country Club (Dakota Dunes, S.D.) 1
Danbom, Rowene, 1920- 1
Davis, Laura Hutchison, 1916-1993 1
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Denison, Ella Strong 1
Des Moines Suffrage Club 1
Dow Chemical Company 1
Dow Chemical Physics Lab 1
Drake College of Pharmacy 1
Easton, Elsie 1
England, Artis 1
Entre Nous (Iowa City, Iowa) 1
Erickson family 1
Evans, Joseph E. 1
Evans, Mary 1
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Fox, Margaret, 1912-2010 1
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Fullerton, Grace, 1879-1972 1
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Gaines, Blanca Vasquez, 1918- 1
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Gerber, Zella May, 1904-1997 1
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Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1
Gunderson, Helen, 1945- 1
Hageboeck, Eleanor Gildner, 1908- 1
Hall, W. Earl 1
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