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Iowa

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

Found in 440 Collections and/or Records:

Ralph William Smith Collection of the Iowa Grange Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0133
Abstract

Includes minute books, correspondence, and other records.

Dates: 1872-1934; Majority of material found within 1870-1879

Richard Pike Bissell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0565
Abstract

Typescript and holograph drafts, galley proofs, editor's notes, source material, etc., documenting the writings of this Dubuque novelist and author of 7 1/2 Cents (1953), the basis of the musical hit, The Pajama Game (1954, filmed 1957).

Dates: 1951-1973

Rita Benton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0129
Abstract

Professor of music. Head of music library named for her in 1980. Reviews, offprints, articles.

Dates: 1952-1978

Robert B. Tabor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0272
Abstract

Iowa artist. Diaries and sketchbooks, correspondence and biographical material documenting his career.

Dates: 1933-1972

Robert B. Wylie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0037
Abstract

University of Iowa professor of botany, 1908-1940. Director of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, 1919-1923. Workshop and was instrumentalnd was instrumental in designing the first doctoral program in mass communication in the U.S.

Dates: 1890-1956

Robert Donald Blue Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0466
Abstract

Governor of Iowa . Correspondence, subject files, photographs, scrapbooks, etc. relating to his political career.

Dates: 1934-1976; Majority of material found within 1945-1948

Robert K. Beck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0394
Abstract

Newspaper publisher in Centerville, Iowa . Correspondence, clippings, speeches, subject files, etc., relating to newspaper publishing, Republican politics, and the Rathbun Dam.

Dates: 1938-1968; Majority of material found within 1966-1968

Robert K. Goodwin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0462
Abstract

U.S. Representative from Iowa and businessman. Correspondence and subject files relating to his political activities with the Republican Party.

Dates: 1866-1983; Majority of material found within 1950-1980

Rowene Danbom papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0494
Abstract

Journalist who worked at the International News Service in Des Moines, Iowa during World War II and became its first woman bureau chief.

Dates: 1941-1987

Roxanne Barton Conlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0005
Abstract

Attorney and political activist who co-founded the Iowa Women's Political Caucus and was appointed Federal Prosecutor in 1977.

Dates: 1969-1998

Ruth Cromer Weir Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: msc0722
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, MsC0869.

Dates: 1948 - 1968

Ruth Cromer Weir papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0490
Abstract

Journalist and children's author from Union, Iowa.

Dates: 1926-1964

Ruth Fatherson Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0489
Abstract

Reminiscences and essays by Taylor and the transcript of a 1915 memoir written by Editha Phillips Fatherson.

Dates: 1915-2002

Sadie Seagrave Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0693
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author’s Manuscript Collection, MsC0869.

Dates: -

Samuel Calvin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0083
Abstract

University of Iowa professor of geology, and first head of that department. Instructor in paleontology, zoology, botany. Geologist for state of Iowa. Photographer of the Iowa City area.

Dates: 1862-1980

Second Iowa Cavalry Association Biennial Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0544
Abstract

Scrapbook containing handwritten minutes and published programs from the biennial meetings of the Second Iowa Cavalry Association.

Dates: 1899-1905

Seth Temple Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0339
Abstract

Architect of Davenport, Iowa. These are architectural drawings, and they are not really organized, but they are not exactly unprocessed either. They are kept in three large-size wallet type folders. They are candidates for presesrvation.

Dates: 1895-1900

Seth Thomas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0101
Abstract

Judge and educator. Subject files and correspondence documenting his career. Includes speeches, court cases, genealogy, and memorial tribute.

Dates: 1904-1962

Sewell E. Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0337
Abstract

Attorney and Iowa state legislator. Subject files and correspondence concerning his business, family and political career. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondence dealing with business conditions during the 1920s and WWII, politics, and family life.

Dates: 1910-1975; Majority of material found in 1941-1952

Shale and Wolf Families letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0425
Abstract

Family correspondence recording farm life in northern Iowa and the Dakota territory, primarily from a farm woman's perspective.



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1878-1999