Lyman and Violet Greiner farm near Blairsburg, photograph, undated.

Photographs, Pork Queens, 1968. 

State Girls' Championship Basketball team, Newhall, Iowa, 1927.

Gwendolyn Johnson Hein in basketball uniform, Newhall, Iowa, 1927.

Davenport LULAC Council 10 charter with founding members listed on the back, February 16, 1959.

National LULAC officers meet with leaders of Iowa's first LULAC council (Fort Madison's LULAC Council 304) to discuss challenges facing Mexican Americans in Iowa.

"Easter leaflet" promoting the boycott of Heinz tomato products and the passage of two migrant worker bills, 1969.

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GANGESTAD, ROSA KNUTSON. (1867-1943). Papers, undated. 1 linear inch. Born to Norwegian immigrants who came to Humboldt County, Iowa in 1872, Gangestad’s handwritten stories and letters for her grandchildren provide insight into pioneer life at the turn of the century.

GIDDINGS, MARIE. Family history, 1980. 1 linear inch. Detailed account of farm and rural community life as Marie knew it growing up in Kossuth County during the early 20th century.

GIRARD, MADGE. (1904-2000). Reminiscence, 1972-1991. Farm woman and mother from Blackhawk County, Iowa recounts her childhood and growing up in rural Iowa. 

GREENE TOWNSHIP WOMEN’S CLUB (IOWA COUNTY).  Records, 1959-1996, 3 linear inches.  Social club of Iowa County farmwomen that began as a Farm Bureau club but later dropped that affiliation.

GREINER, VIOLET (1915-1991). Papers, 1960-1999, 3 linear inches. Farmwoman, columnist, community volunteer from Blairsburg, Iowa who wrote a monthly column for the Rural Electric Cooperative News.

GROW, ESTHER MAE CHRISTENSEN (1891-1993). Memoir, undated. 1 item. Memoir describing childhood in western Iowa and Nebraska, and experiences in country school, in college and as a teacher.

GRUHN, JOSEPHINE (1924- ). Papers, 1982-1992. 5 linear inches. Britt, Iowa-born member of the Iowa House of Representatives and vice chair of the Committee on Agriculture during the farm crisis of the 1980s.

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HAGEN, MARY DOEBEL (1922- ) Papers, 1996. 0.25 linear inches. Memoir describing daily life on a family farm in Manly, Iowa during the 1920s and 1930s.

HALL, ARLENE GARDNER (1908-1999). Papers, ca. 1912-1999. 10 linear inches. Rural Mt. Ayr , Iowa woman who worked in local homes as a washerwoman and housekeeper.

HARRINGTON, HELEN. Scrapbooks, 1962-1992. Poet and farm woman from Lamoni, Iowa.

HARRISON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMEN’S COMMITTEE. Scrapbook, 1974-1976. 2 linear inches.

HARSHBARGER, MAY BENNETT (1880-1966). Papers, 1898-1993. 1 linear foot. Schoolteacher from eastern Carroll County, Iowa who managed the family farm after her husband’s death in 1926.

HARTUPEE SOCIAL CLUB (WEST LIBERTY, IOWA).  Records, 1930-1995, 8 linear inches.  Social club organized in 1930 by rural women living near West Liberty, Iowa .

HEIN, GWENDOLYN JOHNSON (1911-). Papers, 1892-1997, 1.5 linear inches. Farmwoman, basketball player on Newhall High School girl’s state championship team in 1927.

HER OWN STORY: TEN BENTON COUNTY WOMEN. Oral histories, 1983-1992. 10 linear inches. Women’s oral history project of the Vinton, Iowa, American Association of University Women. Transcripts edited by Bettie McKenzie of Red Oak, Iowa.

HERR, CATHARINE KING (1885-1978). Diary excerpts, 1991. 2 items. Farm wife who kept a diary for thirty-three years, from 1945 until her death in 1978.

HIDLEBAUGH, EDNA (1892-1995).  Papers, 1871-1987, 9 linear inches.  Prominent Bayard, Iowa clubwoman who helped found the local library.

HIGHLAND DO-BETTER CLUB (O’BRIEN COUNTY).  Records, 1958-1983, 2 linear inches.  Farm Bureau-sponsored women’s club in O’Brien County, Iowa.

HILL, CATHERINE SNEDEKER (ca. 1843-1890). Papers, 1854-1871. 6 linear inches. Illinois student who moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa .

HISTORIES OF RURAL IOWA WOMEN’S CLUBS (1936- ). Records, 1996-1998. 1 linear inch.

HODNE, CAROL (1953- ) Papers, 1921-2005. 1.5 linear feet.  Iowa farm activist who served as the first executive director of the North American Farm Alliance during the farm crisis of the 1980s.

HOMAN, GLADYS (1899-1996).  Papers, 1907-1995, 17.3 linear feet.  Farm wife and club woman in Corning, Iowa , who corresponded almost daily for five decades with her son, Delmar Homan, who became a professor of English at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas .

HOOVER, IRENE (1907-). Papers, 1923-2000, 10 linear inches. Farmwoman, 4-H leader, and a volunteer in Mahaska County, Iowa, who was active in the Farm Bureau and the Master Farm Homemakers Guild.

HOUSTON, ELVIRA (1901-1981).  Papers, 1928-1984.  1.25 linear feet.  Account books of a Tama County, Iowa farm woman who ran for city council on the Women’s Progressive Ticket in 1942.

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INGELS, CAROLINE (1914- ). Papers, 1937-1999. 1 linear inch.

IOWA PORKETTES (1964-1994). Records, 19.2 linear feet. Women’s auxiliary of the Iowa Pork Producer’s Association, founded in 1964. Merged with the men’s organization in 1992.

IOWA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE NEWS. Records, 1960-1978, 1.1 linear feet. News Magazine of rural electric cooperatives serving Iowa and surrounding states.

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JOHNSON FAMILY LETTERS (CRESCO, IOWA). Letters, 1903-1925. 1 linear inch.

JOHNSON, MARGARET (1915- ). Papers, 1929-2001. Farmwife and homemaker who ran the family farm in Davis County, Iowa after her husband was killed in a bulldozer accident in 1964.

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KEPPY, MYRTLE (1924-2009). Papers, 1926-2001, 2 linear feet. Champion hog breeder, farm woman, 4-H leader, and president of the Iowa Porkettes.

KNIEVEL, HELEN. (1923-).  Papers, 1973-2000, 7.5 linear inches.  Rural Iowa librarian who held a variety of positions throughout her life in libraries in Iowa, Minnesota , South Dakota , Oregon and California .

KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR CLUB (Williams, Iowa) Records, 1926-1996. 5 linear inches. Farm women’s club organized in 1926.

KOPPENHAVER, DELLA MARIE. (1904- ). Papers, 1958-1981. 1 linear inch. Two reminiscences of Alice Tenley Hora, an Iowa farm woman, detailing farm life in the 1920s.

KROHN, EMMYLOU. (1920-). Papers, 1940-1998, 1.3 linear feet. Teacher, columnist, and textbook author from Council Bluffs area.

KROMMINGA, MARIA MARGARETHA (1874-1937). Papers, 1897-1921. 6 linear inches. Monticello, Iowa , native who never married but had one son whom she raised alone, living with her parents on their farm.

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LACY AND ROBINSON FAMILIES. Papers, 1852-2001.10 linear inches.

LAGE, GLADYS (1912- ). Reminiscence, 1992. 1 linear inch. “I Remember,” memories of an eastern Iowa farm woman.

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.

LULAC COUNCIL 10. Records, 1932-2019. 12.5 linear feet. The members of Davenport LULAC Council 10 engaged in a wide range of social and political activities including annual fiestas, civil rights, fair housing, and supporting the rights of agricultural workers in Iowa.

LULAC COUNCIL 306/308. Records, 1957-2011. 4 linear feet. The League of United Latin American Citizens Councils #306 and #308 provided opportunities for educational, social, and civil rights advancement for Latinos, including agricultural workers, in the area through scholarships, social events, and political activism.

LOPEZ, ANTONIA AND FEDERICO. Papers, 1927-1983. 1.5 linear inches. Mexican couple from the state of Guanajuato who settled permanently in Iowa in the 1910s.

LOZANO, ALEJANDRA (HONDO) PORREZ. Papers, 1929-2007. 2 linear inches. Longtime resident of Fort Madison, Iowa, and leader in LULAC Council 304, the first council of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

LYNCH, ELIZABETH FAGAN. (1908 -). Memoir, “A Trunk and its Chips,” 1991, 166 pp. Teacher, farmer, and writer of Irish descent from Dubuque County, Iowa.