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Iowa

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

Found in 442 Collections and/or Records:

George Marion Shearer Civil War Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0080
Abstract

Diaries of a soldier in Company E, 17th Iowa Infantry, who was captured and imprisoned in Sumter Prison, 1864-65.

Dates: 1863-1965

George R. Hill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0246
Abstract

State senator and judge. Political correspondence, speeches, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1905-1966

George Stimpson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0704
Abstract

Journalist, writer, and President of the National Press Club. Manuscripts for four of his informational books. Iowa Author

Dates: Undated

George W. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0246
Abstract

Member of faculty, University of Iowa colleges of law and engineering. Transportation safety consultant.

Dates: 1949-1983

George Walker Shane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0277
Abstract

Painter and art critic. Articles about Shane and artwork by Shane. Including pencil sketches and paintings as they appeared in the Des Moines Register.

Dates: 1949-1969

George Weber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0269
Abstract

Businessman and Iowa state senator. Subject files, correspondence, campaign material, legislation, and speeches documenting his legislative career.

Dates: 1955-1969

Gerald Bogan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0352
Abstract

Public affairs consultant. Subject files and correspondence relating to his activities inIowa politics, elections, and the Republican Party. Topics include annual legislative sessions, reapportionment, Iowans for Right to Work, and Iowa Good Roads Association.

Dates: 1947-1986; Majority of material found within 1962-1976

Gertrude Cohen papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0358
Abstract

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 1965-1966, and the first Jewish woman elected to the Iowa Legislature.

Dates: 1964-1991

Giauque Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0110
Abstract

Primarily the correspondence of James Giauque, a Civil War soldier who served in the 30th Iowa Infantry. Letters to his brother relate to army life, the siege of Vicksburg, and Copperheads. Also includes letters from his cousin Florian Giauque who served with the 102nd Ohio Volunteers.

Dates: 1861-1880

Giving Voice to their Memories: Oral Histories of African American Women in Iowa

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0331
Abstract

Oral history project of the Iowa Women's Archives.

Dates: 1997-1998

Gladys Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0662
Abstract

Republican Iowa legislator from 1950 to 1956 and former president of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.

Dates: 1938-1995

Glenn E. Whitehead Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0237
Abstract

State legislator and Perry, Iowa, newspaper publisher. Correspondence, poetry, diary, subject files, etc. relating to both his private and professional life. Includes items ranging from campaign advertising to his WWI supply officer's manual.

Dates: 1924-1963

Governor Ray's Commission on the Status of Women (Iowa) records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0529
Abstract

The Commission addressed issues such as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), abortion reform, daycare, equal pay for equal work, and sex discrimination in employment, insurance, and education. At the end of 1970, the GCSW reported two major legislative accomplishments: the passage of no-fault divorce laws and the addition of sex to the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965.

Dates: 1964-2003

Greene Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0225
Abstract

Pioneer family from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Typed transcriptions of diaries, letters, and cards describing life in early Johnson, Jones, and Linn counties in Iowa.

Dates: 1790-1936; Majority of material found within 1860-1889

Guy G. Butler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0233
Abstract

Iowa state legislator, banker, and farmer. Scrapbooks, speeches, and correspondence all relating to his service in the Iowa legislature.

Dates: 1951-1953

Guy M. Gillette Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0745
Abstract

Research for a biography that was never published, this collection consists of papers from Gillette as well as Stelck's research materials.

Dates: 1936-1959

Hardin Craig Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0054
Abstract

Professor of English at the University of Iowa 1919-1928. Authority on Shakespeare and Milton. Typescripts.

Dates: 1926-1947

Harding Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0383
Abstract

Diaries, genealogical records, account and ledger books, correspondence, and reminiscences of three generations. Includes descriptions of Iowa City and the surrounding area in the 19th century.

Dates: 1840-1975

Harold E. Hughes Gubernatorial Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0385
Abstract

Governor and U.S. Senator from Iowa. Gubernatorial and senatorial office files relating to his political career.

Dates: 1962-1975

Harold E. Wolfe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0261
Abstract

Mason City, Iowa, chief of police, chairman of the Iowa Liquor Control Commission, and member of the Iowa House of Representatives. Correspondence, clippings, radio broadcast scripts, photographs, campaign material, and other papers.

Dates: 1929-1970