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Cedar Rapids (Iowa)

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

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Audio recording, January 14, 2020

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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Liz Bennett about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, being one of Iowa's first openly LGBTQ+ politicians, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Audio recording, September 16, 2019

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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Kay Chapman about her legislative service, gender roles in politics, and male attitudes toward women legislators.

Dates: September 16, 2019

Audio recording, January 14, 2020

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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Molly Donahue about her legislative service, male attitudes towards women officeholders, and differences between the political parties in terms of gender roles.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Audio recording, January 14, 2020

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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator Tracy Ehlert about her legislative service, male attitudes toward women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 14, 2020

Audio recording, January 15, 2020

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Audio recording of an interview with Iowa state legislator (and later U.S. House member) Ashley Hinson about her legislative service, including her floor management of a 2017 medical malpractice reform bill, women in politics, and advice for other women running for office.

Dates: January 15, 2020

Carrie Kelly Beatty papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0127
Abstract

Young woman who came to Hancock County, Iowa in 1868; her experiences were recorded in the book, A Prairie Rose, by Bertha E. Bush.

Dates: 1874-1999

Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Records

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Identifier: MsC0138
Abstract

Budgets, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other material.

Dates: 1874 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1946

Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Papers

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Identifier: MsC0156
Abstract

Correspondence, account books, reports, lists, attendance registers, minutes, rosters of officers, publicity material, programs, and financial records.

Dates: 1923 - 1958

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Ticket Agent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0085
Abstract

Records of the Cedar Rapids ticket agent for the railway, this collection consists of record books, correspondence with headquarters in Chicago, and correspondence dealing with problems of passenger transportation. Bulk dates are 1896-1899.

Dates: 1890 - 1907; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1899

Christie York papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0701
Abstract

University of Iowa graduate and laboratory assistant who was active in student government and served as a steward in AFSCME Local 12.

Dates: 1950-2001

David Elderkin Papers

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Identifier: MsC0511
Abstract

Lawyer. Photocopies of correspondence, editorials, photographs, and speeches.

Dates: 1966-2001

Dick Clark papers

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Identifier: MsC0414
Abstract

U.S. Senator from Iowa , and educator. Arranged in 9 series, the papers consist of subject files, casework files, issue statements, clippings, audio, visual, film and photographs during his term in office. Subjects of special concern to Clark range from Africa and international relations to agriculture and conservation, Democratic Party politics to the aged, and education to transportation.

Dates: 1973-1988; Majority of material found within 1973-1979

Dieman-Bennett Dance Theatre of the Hemispheres (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0265
Abstract

Cedar Rapids dance studio founded in 1951 by Edna Dieman and Julia Bennett.

Dates: 1929-2017

Dora Jane Hamblin papers

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Identifier: IWA0087
Abstract

Iowa native who wrote for the Cedar Rapids Gazette, LIFE magazine, and other periodicals.

Dates: 1937-1993

Edith Neal papers

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Identifier: IWA0660
Abstract

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

Dates: 1931-1997

Edith Reed Atkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0251
Abstract

Singer and radio-script editor from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Atkinson performed in a song-and-dance act with her brothers Wallace and Cecil Reed from 1935 to 1944.

Dates: 1935-1997

Edna Herbst papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0536
Abstract

Videotaped interview with Herbst about the history of television broadcasting in Iowa, 1998.



Arrangement

One folder shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1924-2003

Eliza Hickok Kesler papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0040
Abstract

Cedar Rapids native who worked on the radio show 'The Quiz Kids.'

Dates: 1946-1947

Frances Hawthorne papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0473
Abstract

Des Moines educator whose materials include You Can't Go Back to Buxton and African Americans in Iowa: a Chronicle of Contributions, 1830-1992.

Dates: 1906-2000

Frank Nye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0437
Abstract

Reporter and editor for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Correspondence, subject files, and photographs relating to Nye's career with the Gazette. Includes information on Iowa politics and legislature, reapportionment, Herbert Hoover, and copies of articles written by Nye.

Dates: 1942-1983