Alphabetical List of Collections: T

T

TALCOTT, CARRIE V. (1890-1981)
Papers, 1913-1981.1.25 linear feet.

Active clubwoman, Methodist, writer and farmer from Fayette County who spent 19 years in a retirement home in Fort Dodge.

TALLMAN, JULIE LITCHFIELD
Papers, 1955-1995 (bulk 1961-1963).6.5 linear inches.

High school and college student from Des Moines, Iowa, who was a talented golfer and musician.

TATE, ELIZABETH (BETTYE) CRAWFORD (1906-1999) Papers, 1932-1996 and undated. 5 linear inches.

Owner and operator of the Tate Arms, a boarding house for African American male students at the University of Iowa during the 1940s and 1950s.

TAYLOR, GENEVIEVE (1916-1997)
Papers, 1916-1997. 1 linear inch.

Adoption records from The Willows Maternity Sanitarium in Kansas City, Missouri regarding the 1924 adoption of Oren Jay Taylor.  Also included is a 1916 school paper on equal suffrage by Dorothy Mills.

TAYLOR, RUTH FATHERSON (1912- )
Papers, 1915-2002. 3 linear inches.

Reminiscences and essays by Taylor and the transcript of a 1915 memoir written by Editha Phillips Fatherson.

TAYLOR, SARAH C. (1835-1907)
Papers, 1881-1907.13 items.

Physician who ran the Taylor Sanitarium in Hamburg, Iowa for two decades around the turn of the century.

TEEPLE, VELMA SCOTT (1913- )
Memoir, 70pp.

Childhood memories of an Eastern Iowa teacher, writer, and farmwoman.

TERRONEZ, FLORENCE VALLEJO (1924- )
Papers, 1913-2006. 1 linear inch.

The family came to Horton, Kansas, from Mexico in 1910 and moved to West Des Moines in 1941.

TERRONEZ, MARY (1918- )
Papers, 1979-2002. 0.25 linear inches.

Davenport area community activist and leader in that city’s Latino community.

THARP, ROSEMARY (1921-1994)
Papers, 1940s-1994.1 linear inch.

Cedar Falls native who served in the WAVES during World War II.

THAYER, MARCIA (1936-1982)
Papers, 1927, 1962-2000. 2.5 linear feet.

Dancer, choreographer and educator who worked in Iowa, Massachussetts, Oregon and New York.

THERISTRIAI CLUB (MARION, IOWA)
Records,1871-2004.1.75 linear feet.

Marion, Iowa, study club which was founded in 1867.

THIMBLE CLUB (RICEVILLE, IOWA)
Records, 1912-1957.1 linear inch.

Reading club organized in 1901.

THORNHILL, ESTHER
Papers, 1956-1996. 6 items.

Ida Grove, Iowa mother and homemaker who worked at a hatchery and at a hamburger shop before marrying.

THORPE, VINA (1906- )
Papers, 1893-1995 (bulk 1907-1995). 1.25 linear feet.

Des Moines newspaper columnist and editor who ran Thorpe Publications with her husband.

THURSTON, JOSIE (1892-1991)
Papers, 1893-1990. 1 linear foot.

Journalist who worked for the Des Moines Register between 1947 and 1957 and was later a freelance writer.

TINSMAN, MAGGIE (1936-)
Papers, 1977-1997. 14.7 linear feet.

Bettendorf Republican who served on the Scott County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa State Senate.

TORRENCE-LAUGHLIN, JANIS (1926- )
Papers, 1976-1990. 7 linear inches.

Muscatine County Supervisor from 1976 to 1982 and Representative in the Iowa Legislature from 1983 to 1985.

TOWNER, NANCY PFEIFFER (1924-2003)
Papers, 1966-2000. 3 linear inches.

Iowa City artist and poet who published in a variety of journals and won numerous awards for her work.

TRIMBLE FAMILY (1883-1999)
Papers, 1879-1999. 1 linear inch.

Reminiscences of Gladys Trimble Leith and Marie Jeffers about their mother, Mary Pyle Trimble as well as their own childhood.

TRUMMEL, ELEANOR EYESTONE (1915- )
Papers, 1916-2004. 6 linear inches.

Home demonstration agent for Iowa State College Extension Service and homemaker.

TUCKER, BERTHA KORN (1908- )
Papers and oral history, 1920-1999. 2 linear feet.

Writer and life-long student who was active in the Sisterhood (Jewish aid society) at the Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines and Hadassah, a national organization aiding disadvantaged Jews, primarily children.

TYLEE, MAGDALENA "HELEN" (1894-1988)
Papers, 1917-1988. 2.25 linear feet.

A German war bride who came to Iowa in 1922. During World War II she ran the family farm while her husband was serving in the armed forces.