Alphabetical List of Collections: L

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LA SHECK, KATHARINE (1891-1971) Papers, 1904-1971 (bulk 1904-1920). 7.5 linear inches.: Musician, actress and dancer from Iowa City who toured on the Chautauqua circuit.
LAMBIE, CANDACE PACKARD Papers, 1959-1991. 4 items: Officer in local and state chapters of the League of Women Voters and Daughters of the American Revolution.
LANDHUIS, KIM. (1943- ) Papers, 1943-2004. 2.5 linear inches.: Native of Vietnam who became a teacher, school board member, and 1994 candidate for the Iowa senate.
LANE, ORTHA. (1894-1983) Papers, 1921-1932. 5 linear inches: 1917 graduate of Cornell College, Iowa, who served as a missionary in the Changchao District of Northern China.
LARIMER, ANN Letters, February-July 1865.: Queen City, Iowa, resident who wrote to her husband while he was serving in the Civil War.
LARSEN, SONJA. (1941- ) Papers, 1977-1982. 1 linear foot.: Republican representative in the Iowa legislature who ran for mayor of Ottumwa in 1981.
LARSON, HELEN (1899-1996) Papers, 1884 and 1905-1996. 2.25 linear feet.: Anamosa and Iowa City resident who worked for the The University of Iowa Hospital.
LATOURETTE, JANE Unprocessed papers. LAUGHLIN, LOIS (1925- ) Papers, 1939-2007. 2.5 linear feet.: Papers of an activist from West Branch, Iowa, include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to her husband's status as a conscientious objector.
LAUGHLIN, RUTH (1954-1986) Papers, 1956-1997. 3.35 linear feet.: Social activist and writer.
LAURILA, KATHLEEN WOOD (1940- ) Papers, 1956-1999. 34.5 linear feet.: Iowa activist involved in the peace movement as well energy conservation and environmental protection coalitions.
LAVIN, MILDRED Papers, 1972-1988. 1 linear inch.: Professor in instructional design and outreach education at the University of Iowa's College of Education.
LAWLER, LILLIAN B. (1898-1990) Papers, 1911-1968. 2.5 linear inches.: Scholar at the State University of Iowa in 1923.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CEDAR RAPIDS-MARION Records, 1968-1975. 0.25 linear inches. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF IOWA Records, 1920-1998. 77.5 linear feet.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF JOHNSON COUNTY Records, 1920-1994. 12 linear feet. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF METROPOLITAN DES MOINES. Records, 1936-1995. 8.25 linear feet. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MT. VERNON-LISBON Records, 1948-1996. 3 linear feet. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MUSCATINE Records, 1943-2000. 5.25 linear feet. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF SIOUX CITY Records, 1978-1993. 2.5 linear inches. LEARY, BERNICE E. (1890-1973) Papers, 1878-1977. 6 linear inches.: Educator, author, collector of children's books.
LEHMAN, ALBERTA (1907-2002) Papers, 1874-1932. 9 linear inches.: Correspondence and scrapbook of student years at Simpson Conservatory in Indianola, Iowa.
LEMME FAMILY Papers, 1970, 1995, 1998 and undated. 5 items.: Traces the family history of Helen Lemme, a civil rights activist who was named Iowa City's first Woman of the Year in 1955.
LEVIN, MYRTILLA F. (1938- ) Papers, 1972-1997. 6 linear inches.: Active in the Republican Party, mayor of Newton, Iowa, and executive director of Iowa Business Council.
LEWIS, CATHERINE Papers, 1995. 2 linear inches.: Interviews and field reports prepared by Lewis for the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklore.
LEWIS, THELMA (1904-1988) Papers, 1947-1967. 4 linear inches.: Iowa City mayor in 1961; served on the city council from 1958 to 1963.
LICHTY, MARION COX. (1915- ) Papers, 1942-1989. 10 linear inches.: Waterloo, Iowa native who served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II and then in the United States Air Force Reserve.
LIERS, LOUISE (1887-1983) Papers,1911-1983 (bulk 1917-1919). 5 linear inches.: World War I Army nurse from Clayton, Iowa.
LIFFRING-ZUG, JOAN Photographs, 1950-1985. 2.5 linear inches.: Iowa photographer and publisher of many regional and national photographic books.
LINDAHL, CARRIE (1887-1977) Papers, 1875-2001. 1.25 linear feet.: Rural Linn County banker who worked outside of the home from 1910s to 1960s.
LINGELBACH, ANNETTE (1908?-1996) Papers, 1937-1996. 2 linear inches.: Journalist who wrote for Des Moines and Waterloo newspapers.
LLOYD, BILLIE (1940-1991) Papers, 1957-1995 (bulk 1976-1991). 2.5 linear inches.: Social worker, community activist, and civic administrator who founded the Quad Cities Conference on Black Families, Inc.
LLOYD-JONES, JEAN (1929- ) Papers, 1964-2003. 9.5 linear feet.: State legislator from Iowa City and president of the Iowa Peace Institute.
LOMAS, ANNA COCHRANE (1896-1991) Papers, 1917-1991. 5 linear feet.: Republican National Committeewoman in the 1950s and 1960s from Red Oak, Iowa.
LONGCHAMP, SARAH ALIEN (1911-1996) Papers, 1911-1997 (bulk 1924-1938, 1972). 7 linear inches.: Basketball player from Ida Grove, Iowa, who was elected to the Iowa Hall of Fame in 1972.
LOWELL CLUB (Boone, Iowa) Centennial commemorative scrapbook, 1987. 2 linear inches.: Study club founded in 1887.
LOWRY, ANITA (1950-1996) Papers, 1982-1996. 5 linear inches.: Librarian Librarian who was the first head of the Information Arcade at the University of Iowa Libraries, 1992-1996.
LUDEMANN, MAE IRENE (1900-1997) Papers, 1926-1943. 2 linear inches.: High school history teacher who traveled to Europe in 1929 and recorded her experiences in a diary.
LYFORD, MARJORIE ELIZABETH (1910- ) Papers, 1890-2000. 10 linear inches.: Public health and visiting nurse who later taught at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.
LYNCH, ELIZABETH FAGAN (1908- ) Memoir, 1991. 166 pp.: Teacher and farmer of Irish descent from Dubuque County, Iowa whose memoir is called, “A Trunk and its Chips.”
LYON, PAULINE (1922- ) Papers, 1884-1994. 1 linear foot.: Waterloo, Iowa, native who served in WAVES during World War II and later worked for the American Red Cross.