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Soldiers

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

James Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0408
Abstract

Civil War naval engineer. Documents concerning his military service on Navy gunboats on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Also includes materials relating to his mechanical inventions in the late 1880s.

Dates: 1849 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1862-1865

John W. Pratt Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0011
Abstract

Civil War soldier. Relates his feelings and experiences with the 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Dates: 1862-1865

John Wagner Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0002
Abstract

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

Dates: 1862

Joseph Franklin Culver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0373
Abstract

Civil War soldier, lawyer, and banker. Letters about his military service with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, and his life after the war as a lawyer and banker in Illinois and Kansas. Letters Written During the Civil War (Friends of the University of Iowa Library, 1978). These letters were published as Leslie W. Dunlap, editor, Your Affectionate Husband, J.F. Culver: Letters Written During the Civil War (Friends of the University of Iowa Library, 1978).

Dates: 1860-1900; Majority of material found within 1860-1864

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

Lot Abraham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0073
Abstract

Correspondence, Civil War diaries, military records, business papers, family papers.

Dates: 1843-1921

Louise Liers papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0570
Abstract

World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.

Dates: 1911-1983

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

Mann Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0161
Abstract

Civil War letters and military records of Asahel Mann, Jr., John Mann, and William Mann, all of whom were members of Co. A, 4th regiment, Iowa Cavalry.

Dates: 1861-1913; Majority of material found within 1851-1866

Manuel and David Macias papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0887
Abstract

Brothers who emigrated to Bettendorf, Iowa, from Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1914 and 1915.



Arrangement

The full extent of the Manuel and David Macias collection is preserved in the Iowa Digital Library.

Dates: 1890-2009

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

Margaret Strang Corothers papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0324
Abstract

Family History of the McDowall-Wilson, Strang-McDowall, and Corothers-Strang Families, 1934.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1934

Marion Cox Lichty papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0116
Abstract

Waterloo, Iowa native who served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II and then in the United States Air Force Reserve.

Dates: 1942-1989

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

Mary Vasquez Olvera papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0559
Abstract

Davenport, Iowa, woman whose parents came to Iowa from Mexico in the 1910s.

Dates: 1923-2003

Mead Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0372
Abstract

Civil War correspondence and pension records of an Iowa County family. Some of the topics of correspondence include the Battle of Corinth, Copperheads in Iowa, Black troops, and farm life in Iowa.

Dates: 1861-1929; Majority of material found within 1862-1866

Paisley Family Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0450
Abstract

Diaries of John and Chloe Paisley. John served in the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, and later lived in Burlington, Iowa. Also includes diaries kept by Mabel Paisley and Susan Swan Lippitt. Contains Civil War diaries.

Dates: 1864-1918

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

Paul Mitchell papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0847
Abstract

An edited copy of Frances Mitchell's diary entries chronicling her journey from Seattle, Washington to Tokyo, Japan in 1948.

Dates: 1948-2007