Alphabetical List of Collections: L
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LAGE, GLADYS MOELLER (1912-2006)
- Memoir, 1992.
- Family history and memories of childhood in rural Cedar, Clinton, and Scott counties.
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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.
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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 (1925-2008)
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 H.
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 UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS COUNCIL 10 (Davenport, Iowa)
Records, 1959-2009. 5.75 linear feet.
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 MOUNT 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 (1890-1973)
Papers, 1878-1977. 6 linear inches. - Educator, author, collector of children's books.
LEHMAN, ALBERTA EVELYN SWAN (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.
LEWALLEN, JOY SMITH
Memoir, 1985. 103 pages.- "This is My Story, This is My Song," unpublished memoir.
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 B. (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.
LIPSKY, JOAN (1919- )
Papers, 1941-2008. 9.5 linear feet. - Iowa legislator and community acitvisit from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
LLOYD, BILLIE D. (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.
LOEWENBERG, INA (1931- )
Papers, 1999-2007- Research materials for her book, The View From 70:Women's Recollections and Reflections, published in 2004.
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.
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