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Ottumwa (Iowa)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf: Library Of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

David Edstrom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0752
Abstract

A small collection of papers of the Swedish-American sculptor, including 8 x 10 photographs of some of his busts.

Dates: 1917-1931

Herschel C. Loveless Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0184
Abstract

Governor of Iowa. Most of the papers relate to the 1960 gubernatorial race with correspondence, campaign materials, and speeches. There are also scrapbooks and office files.

Dates: 1958-1961

Ivory Winston papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0883
Abstract

Concert vocalist and Ottumwa housewife.

Dates: 1936-2010

Joann Weldon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0521
Abstract

A resident of Davenport from 1962, Weldon publicly acknowledged her lesbian identity during the early 1950s.

Dates: 1920-2003

Martha Wahl papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0090
Abstract

Mathematician and teacher who patented educational toys for teaching mathematics to children.

Dates: 1919-1999

Morrell Meat Packing Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: msc0100
Abstract

Business and personal correspondence, account books, statements, and other records, relating to the meat packing company particularly in Liverpool, England, and Ottumwa, Iowa; and papers, including some of Thomas Dove Foster.

Dates: 1850-1953; Majority of material found in 1850-1932

Ottumwa Railway & Light Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: msc0366
Scope and Contents

Street railroad, electric light and steam power business in Ottumwa, Iowa. Maps, legal documents, correspondence, and subject files.

Dates: 1915-1922; Majority of material found in 1922

Pauline Lyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0202
Abstract

Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.

Dates: 1884-1994

Shirley Rich papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0055
Abstract

Casting director who worked for Rodgers and Hammerstein; founded Shirley Rich Casting in 1969.

Dates: 1929-2010

Sonja Larsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0439
Abstract

Republican representative in the Iowa legislature who ran for mayor of Ottumwa in 1981.

Dates: 1977-1982