Alphabetical List of Collections: A

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AGUILERA, MARIA MERCEDES (1936- )
Papers, 1950-2004. 5 linear inches.

Factory worker who was among the first Latinas to be hired at the International Harvester Company Farmall plant in Davenport, Iowa.

ALBAUGH, EILEEN FERRETER (1915-1952)
Papers, 1914-1952. 2.5 linear inches.

Junior high school teacher who taught in Tipton and Wellsburg, Iowa, and died of polio.

ALDRICH, BESS STREETER (1881-1954)
Letters, 1915, 1919. 2 items.

Twentieth-century writer.

ALEXANDER, MRS. DIXON (1871-1872)
Papers, 1 linear inch.

Correspondent for a weekly newspaper,"The Fayette Leader."

ALLEN, BENITA (1911-1983). 
Memoir, 1981. 130 pages.

Russian immigrant recalls her childhood in Russia , World War I and the 1917 revolution.

ALLEN, HILDA ELLYSON (1888-19xx).
Papers, 1884-1958.  13.5 linear feet.

The papers consist largely of correspondence between Hilda and George Allen and their three children and cover a broad range of family, social and political issues.

AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, GRANT WOOD CHAPTER
Records, 1971-1996. 3.33 linear feet and audiovisual material.

Iowa City chapter.

ANDERSON, CHRISTINE (1912- )
Papers, 1945. 1 linear inch.

Appanoose County 4-H leader, farmer, and teacher.

ANDERSON, DELVENA (1887-1973)
Diary, 1958. 13 pages.

Diary of a trip from Iowa City through eastern Canada in 1958.

ANDERSON, MARGARET S. ("PEG")
Papers, 1973-1978. 1 linear foot.

Subject files, correspondence and clippings relating to women's rights.

ANDERSON, RUTH BLUFORD (1921- )
Papers, 1977-1997. 0.5 linear inches.

Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa, author, and Black Hawk County Supervisor.

ANDRE, HAZEL BECK (xx -1956)
Memoir, 1956. 3 pages.

Memoir written by Iowa native dying of cancer in 1956.

ANDREWS, NETA
Papers, 1919-1922. 2.5 linear inches.

1921 graduate of the Army School of Nursing in Washington D.C.originally from Gliddon, Iowa.

ARTISTS IN ACTION (MUSCATINE, IOWA)
Records, 1974-1998. 7.5 linear feet. 

Muscatine organization of area artists who opened a shop and organized an annual craft fair, classes, and craft demonstrations.

ATALIG, ANGELICA LYNN ROSE
Oral history, 1999. 

The narrator describes growing up in a bilingual, biracial family in Garner, Iowa.

ATHENS HISTORY CIRCLE (Iowa City, Iowa)
Records, 1902-2004. 9 linear inches.

Iowa City study club organized in 1897.

ATKINSON, EDITH REED (1919-2000)
Papers, 1935-1997 (bulk 1986-1997). 2 linear inches.

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.

AUDUBON SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER, IA.
Records, 1903-2001, 9 linear inches.

Eastern Iowa women's study and social club.

AUER, AMY SOPHIA (1900- )
Memoir, 1993. 141 pages. 

Photocopied memoir of the Olson and Auer families who emigrated from Norway in the nineteenth century and settled in Northwood, Iowa.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Papers, 1998-1999. 0.5 linear inches.

Reminiscences of Iowa Farm Bureau women donated to the Rural Women's Project.

AYDELOTTE, MYRTLE KITCHELL (1917- )
Papers, 1934-1994. 20 linear feet.

Professor of nursing,1957-1976, dean of the College of Nursing, 1949-1957, and director of nursing for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,1968-1976.