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Alphabetical List of Collections: D
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- DALLNER-PETERSEN FAMILY
Papers, 1907-2001. 2.5 linear inches.
- Peterson's journals describe daily life in rural Iowa from 1907 to 1910; Dallner's writings focus on two mysterious deaths that occurred in 1925.
- DANBOM, ROWENE (1920- )
Papers, 1941-1987. 5 linear inches.
- Journalist who worked at the International News Service in Des Moines, Iowa during World War II and became its first woman bureau chief.
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- DAUGHTERS OF CERES
Records, 1898-1988. 5 linear inches.
- Walnut and Webster chapter records of this social and benevolent club comprised of farmwomen.
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- DAVIS, ALDEEN (1916-2001)
Papers, 1954-1995. 1.5 linear feet.
- Muscatine, Iowa, newspaper columnist active in arts, civic, educational, and religious organizations.
DAVIS, LAURA F. HUTCHISON (1916-1993)
Papers, 1880, 1918-1993. 8.75 linear feet and audiovisual material.- Social worker in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from the 1930s though the 1960s.
DAY, CORNELIA SHRAUGER (1919-2004)
Papers, 1912-1995. 6 linear feet. - Educated in journalism and law. Washington, Iowa, resident active in YWCA, Planned Parenthood and UNICEF.
DAYS GONE BY: REMINISCENCES OF NORTHWEST IOWA
Oral history, 1992, 138 pages. - Typescript of an oral history project by Sibley-Ocheyedan High School students interviewing six residents of Osceola County.
DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS WOMEN’S NETWORK, DISTRICT 1
Records, 1981-1998. 1.25 linear feet. - Organization created to recruit, educate and elect Democratic women to public office in Iowa.
DENDEL, ESTHER SIETMANN WARNER (1910-2002)
Papers, 1922-1996. 2.5 linear inches. - Author and artist from Laurel, Iowa.
DES MOINES BIRTHPLACE
Records, 1980-1993. 2.75 linear feet.- The first licensed birth center in Iowa, specializing in nurse-midwifery.
DENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT, University of Iowa- See, University of Iowa Dental Hygiene Department and Brine,
Pelton and Thompson v. the University of Iowa.
DICK, MARGARET (1877-1959)
Papers, 192?-1982. 0.6 linear inches.- Member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and active in Democratic Party politics.
DICKENS, MARY (1925- )
Papers, 1991-1993 and undated. 7 items. - Community activist, volunteer, and poet in Waterloo.
DIEMAN-BENNETT DANCE THEATER OF THE HEMISPHERES
Records, 1929-1996. 9.5 linear feet. - Cedar Rapids dance studio founded in 1951 by Edna Dieman and Julia Bennett.
DIX, DOROTHY PEARL UNMACK (1908-1997)
Papers, 1982-1999. 1 linear inch. - Harrison County, Iowa-born schoolteacher.
DODERER, MINNETTE (1923-2005)
Papers, 1944 -2005. 29.25 linear feet. - State legislator from Iowa City, first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1964.
DONAHUE, MARY PATRICIA (1939- )
Papers,1872-2006. (bulk 1960-2000)
3 linear feet and audiovisual material.- Nurse educator and scholar.
DONOVAN, VERGENE
Papers, 1975-1995. 1 linear inch. - Spencer, Iowa, resident active in the Iowa Federation of Republican women.
DORMAN, JANE
Unprocessed papers.
DOUGLASS, ETHEL ROBERTA (1899-1984)
Papers, 1919. 1 item. - West Branch, Iowa, resident who graduated from the University of Iowa in 1921 with a B.A. in geology.
DREWELOWE, EVE (1899-1988)
Papers, 1924-1995. 2.5 linear feet. - Artist who attended the State University of Iowa and in 1924 became the first person to receive a masters degree in Painting and Art History.
DRIFTMIER, LEANNA (1886-1976)
Papers, 1954, 1976, 1991. 2 linear inches. - Radio homemaker who broadcast the "Kitchen Klatter" program from the 1920s to the mid-1970s.
DRYDEN, MURIEL ANNE (1911-1993)
Papers, 1935-1990. 2.5 linear feet. - Federal government employee who held various positions during her career, including White House mail analyst.
DUCOMMUN, MINNIE (1906-1988)
Papers, 1936-1939 and 1988. 2 items.- Diary and obituary of a rural Iowa housewife.
DUTSON, CHRISTINE (1954- )
Papers, 1954-1999. 1.2 linear feet. - Multi-volume memoir of a Mormon woman who was an educator, poet and advocate for the mentally ill.
