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Helen D. Gunderson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 21/7/92
Scope and Contents The collection (1854-ongoing) centers around materials Helen DeElda Gunderson collected in the course of creating her "The Road I Grew Up On" project. Documenting social change from 1854-1997 in rural Iowa, this project was based primarily on events in Roosevelt and Garfield townships, Pocahontas county, though it includes material gathered across the state of Iowa. In addition to the "Road" material, this collection contains materials pertaining to the history and...
Dates: 1887 - 2015

Shaw Family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 21/8/1
Abstract Arvin Benjamin Shaw was born in Tipton, Iowa on December 2, 1857. He earned a B.S.E (1876) in engineering from Iowa State College (University). He married Winifred Dudley Shaw, the step-daughter of Adonija S. Welch (first President of Iowa State). The collection contains biographical information regarding Arvin Benjamin Shaw and Genevieve Welch Shaw. Other materials include news clippings, articles, and a chemistry experiment notebook belonging to Arvin. The collection also contains two...
Dates: 1873-1961, undated