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20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 647 Collections and/or Records:

Rosemary Sackett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0230
Abstract

Lawyer and justice on Iowa Court of Appeals.

Dates: 1960-1996

Rosemary Tharp papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0114
Abstract

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



Arrangement

One folder, shelved in SCVF.

Dates: 1940-1994

Rowene Danbom papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0494
Abstract

Journalist who worked at the International News Service in Des Moines, Iowa during World War II and became its first woman bureau chief.

Dates: 1941-1987

Roxanne Barton Conlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0005
Abstract

Attorney and political activist who co-founded the Iowa Women's Political Caucus and was appointed Federal Prosecutor in 1977.

Dates: 1969-1998

Ruby Crumley Mitchell diaries

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0228
Abstract

Daily diaries of this Rhodes, Iowa, native.

Dates: 1904-1966

Ruth Cromer Weir papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0490
Abstract

Journalist and children's author from Union, Iowa.

Dates: 1926-1964

Ruth Fatherson Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0489
Abstract

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

Dates: 1915-2002

Ruth Fuller papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0482
Abstract

The first female pilot in Appanoose County and active in the local Democratic Party.

Dates: 1925-2002

Ruth Hager Cousin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0522
Abstract

Trained as a nurse between 1917 and 1920, and worked as a school nurse in Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, Iowa from 1931 to 1965.

Dates: 1914-1985

Ruth Hamilton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0192
Abstract

Teacher and world traveler who served in the New Hampshire legislature.

Dates: 1895-2008

Ruth Koob papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0848
Abstract

Correspondence and training materials on selling the Lincoln Library, a popular reference book, sent to Ruth Koob by The Frontier Press Company.

Dates: 1934

Ruth Laughlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0185
Abstract

Social activist and writer.

Dates: 1956-1997

Ruth Lechlitner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0474
Abstract

Poet and teacher. Correspondence, subject files, and preliminary drafts of her writings.

Dates: 1919-1988

Ruth Pitkanen Johnson and Juliet Mattila Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0350
Abstract

Mother and daughter who wrote creatively. Ruth Pitkanen Johnson was an art educator and Juliet Mattila was a professor and academic advisory administrator.

Dates: 1932-1997

Ruth Salzmann Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

Dates: 1858-2012

Ruth Schaefer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0746
Abstract

A Latin teacher who served as friend and mentor to Vietnamese refugees in the Iowa City community.

Dates: 1956-2002

Ruth Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0498
Abstract

Journalist who worked for the Stars and Stripes in postwar Europe.

Dates: 1957-2002

Sally Wiesenfeld papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0478
Abstract

Peace activist and member of Another Mother for Peace which was organized to protest the Vietnam War during the 1970s.

Dates: 1969-2001

Samuel O. Dunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0435
Scope and Contents

Editor and writer on railroads. Speeches and articles.

Dates: 1917-1929; Majority of material found in 1919

Sandy Ballasch Library Postcards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0854
Abstract

Postcards, mostly from the midwest, showing libraries, many of them Carnegie Libraries.

Dates: 1913-1947