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Alphabetical List of Collections: U-V
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- UNITED SISTERS OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY
Records, 1984-1996. 10 linear inches.
- Iowa affiliate of Networking Together, Inc., an organization for women of color.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT AMONG WOMEN
Records,1981-2007 and ongoing. 8 linear inches.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING
Records,1887-2005. 5.75 linear feet and artifacts.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Records, 1976-2005. 5.25 linear feet. - Women seeking solutions to problems of sexual harassment, violence, homophobia, and childcare at the University.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM
Records, 1913-1995 (bulk 1953-1995). 20 linear feet. - Started in 1949 and was one of the earliest such programs in the United States.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS
Records, 1913-1989. 1.5 linear feet. - Provided training in a variety of careers including dieticians, extension agents, designers, and homemakers.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN
Records, 1919-1960s.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN, WOMEN'S RECREATION ASSOCIATION
Records, 1920-1975. 8.5 linear feet.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WOMEN’S INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Records, 1973-1997. 2 linear feet. - Passage of Title IX led to the creation of a separate intercollegiate athletics department for women.
UPDEGRAFF, RUTH (1902-1999)
Papers, 1999. 0.5 linear inches.- Professor at the University of Iowa Child Welfare Research Station who authored Practice in Preschool Education (1938) and helped implement the Lanham Act during World War II. A 1977 oral history interview with Updegraff is held in University Archives.
URBANY, SISTER MARY DOMINICA (1864-1936)
Papers, 1866-1936. 8 items. - Member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and a missionary to China from 1928 to 1936.
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- VAN HAAFTEN, MABEL KORVER (1901-1989)
Memoir, 1986. 1 linear inch.
- Dutch-American farmwoman in early nineteenth century Iowa.
VAN HORN, ERNELLA (1932- )
Papers, 1993-2001. 0.25 linear inches. - The second of four generations of women in her family to play basketball in Iowa.
VAN KLEY, JEANNE (1916- )
Memoir, 1987-1998. 1 linear inch.
VAN LIEW, JOSEPHINE WITMER (1890-1985)
Papers, 1908-2000, [bulk 1908] 1 linear inch.- Secretary of the West Des Moines High School Class of 1908. Maintained alumni relations through the 65th class reunion.
VAN WYNGARDEN, MILDRED (1918-2005)
Papers, 1931-1940. 6 linear inches.- Rural school teacher who taught near Monroe, Iowa.
VAN ZANTE AND DE COOK FAMILIES
Papers, 1888-1960s. 1 linear inch.- Late19th century diary of adolescent Dutch-American farm girl and 1932 farm diary of her daughter-in-law.
- VANDER WILT, IOLA (1930-)
Papers, 1963-1973. 4 linear inches.
- Farmwoman, and past Queen of Flying Farmers of Iowa who encouraged farm wives and teens to learn to fly.
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- VANDERVELDE, MARJORIE (1908-)
Papers, 1837-2008. 7.25 linear feet.
- Photojournalist and writer who lived among primitive peoples to learn their culture and traditions.
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- VER MEER, ESTHER
Papers, 1991-1998. 1 linear inch.
- Farmwoman and member of the Porkettes, the women's auxiliary of the Iowa Pork Producers Council.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS - LADIES AUXILIARY.
“Fifty years of Growth and Service: Ladies Auxiliary to the Department of Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1929-1979.”
VOIGTS, ANABETH KOOB (1943- )
Papers, 1976-1996 (bulk 1979-1981). 2.5 linear feet.- Materials relate to the efforts of Voigts to obtain the release of her sister, Kathryn Koob, who was held hostage in Iran between 1979 and 1981.
