RESEARCH CENTER STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA (515) 281-6200 [email protected] Manuscripts Collection The manuscript collections are listed here in alphabetical order. Collections contain original source materials related to the named individual, family, or organization, and can range in size from several items to multiple boxes. A portion of these collections are described in more detail in the Library & Archives Research Center Catalog, and many have finding aids that are available upon request. Available at Des Moines Research Center 34th Division, World War II American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. - Department 4-H Foundation of Iowa-Minnesota 51st Iowa (Infantry) Mothers Prayer Circle American League of Municipalities ACCESS in Northeast Iowa American Legion Auxiliaries (Iowa) A.H. Walker & Company American Legion (Grundy Center, Iowa) Abercrombie, John C. American Legion (Iowa Falls, Iowa) Abernethy, Alonzo American Legion Auxiliary, Post #620 Abraham, Cora American Legion Post #60 (Argonne, Des Moines) Abraham, Lot American Library Association (Library War Service) Academy of Immaculate Conception American Railway Union, Local 163 Ackley, Wayne American Red Cross (Des Moines, Polk Co.) Adams, Bertram Anderson & Lane Adams, Mary Newbury Anderson, Adrian Advocate Welfare Answering Service Anderson, Daniel Ainsworth, F. C. Anderson, Herman and Hulda Akins, Andrew Anderson, Joseph H. Alaska-Canadian Highway Collection Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith Albion Seminary Anderson, Matthias Alden, Ebenezer, Jr. Andreen, Gustav Aldrich, Charles Andrews, Henry F. Algona (Iowa) Diamond Jubilee Andrews, Malcomb S. Allen, Benjamin Franklin Anglo-American Union Allen, Bertram Ankeny, Henry Giese Allen, Blanche Bradley Ankeny Family Allen, Luther Anneberg, Walter Allen, William Anson, Thomas Allin, Thomas B. & Banbury Jabez Archie Parker Dry Goods (Marshalltown, Iowa) Allis Family Art Directors Association of Iowa Allison Monument Commission Asbach, John (Johann) Allison, William Boyd Ashby, Paul Aloha Club Athena Club (Des Moines Federation) Altrusa Club (Des Moines, Iowa) Atkinson, Benjamin Walker Amana Society Atwood Family American Association of Railway Surgeons Augusta Methodist Church American Association of University Women Austinville Creamery (White Rose Creamery) American Board & Woman's Board of Missions (Mission Dayspring) Babcock, E. American Free Trade League Bacon, Daniel IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS STATE HISTORICAL BUILDING • 600 E. LOCUST ST. • DES MOINES, IA 50319 • IOWACULTURE.GOV Badham, Elizabeth Bellizzi, James V. Bailey, A. S. Benedict, Abbie Anna Mott Bailey, Gideon Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Bailey, Joel Benner, Mabel Falls Bainbridge, William E. and Mary Bennett & Co., J. W. Baird, Henry S. Bennett Family (Francis et al) Baker, Howard H., Jr. Bentley, Frank S. Baker, John Dodge Benton, Thomas H., Jr. Baker, Nathaniel B. Bergan, Gerald T. Baker, Noah Berger, Frederick R. Baldwin, Caleb Berryhill, James G. Baldwin, Charles Betts, Arthur Baldwin, Jim Bever, Belle Baldwin, W. W. Beving Family (and associated families) Ballou, Michael & Starks Family Beymer and Company (Des Moines) Ballou, V. A. Bibler Family Banbury, Jabez Bierring, Walter L. Bankers Life Company (Des Moines, Iowa) Bigelow Family Banta Family Biggs Family (David, Elizabeth, et al) Baptist Church (Marshalltown, Iowa) Bimson, John Barakat, M. E. Birch, Carl F. Baring-Gould, Sabine Bird, William K. Barker, Catharine Birge, Charles Pitkin Barker, H. H. Bishard, Daniel C. Barker, Noah Bitzer, Joseph Paul Barkluff, Hattie V. Bixby, Newell Willard Barnes, G. W. Black, A. N. Barnes, W. S. Black, Gladys Barnett Family Black, James S. Barnett, Fred Black, Loomis O. Barr, Samuel Blackford, John Ellison Barringer, Lyman Blaine, James Gillespie Bartlett, Maro L. Blair, James A. Barton, Mary A. Blair, John Insley Basher, Edward E. Blair, John Milton Bass, Earl Blair, William L. Bass, Jason G. Blanchard, Charles Bassett, Milton Blanchard, Henry Bassett, Thomas C. Blanchard Family Papers (Henry E.) Bassett, William Bland, Jacob Andrew Baughman, Nathaniel M. Bliss, Ralph K. Baylies, Nicholas Bloomer, Albert Beach, Abel Bloomer, Dexter C. Beall, G. W. Blue Jeans School Beard, Ezra & E. T. H. Blue, Robert Beardsley, William S. Blythe, Joseph William Beatty, John & Delilah Bobinhouse, Henry Beaumont, Abbie L. Boget, Ellis J. Beck, Joseph Marcus Boggs, Lois H. Beckwith, Zenas & Mary Bohlman, Edna McCaull Behne, F. K. Bohlman, Henry Belknap, Horace Boies, Horace Belknap, William Worth Bollhoeffer, Albert W. Bell, David Bolter, Lemuel R. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS STATE HISTORICAL BUILDING • 600 E. LOCUST ST. • DES MOINES, IA 50319 • IOWACULTURE.GOV Bolton, Lewis Brumback, Don & Scott Bond Family (Jesse and Edward) Brumback, Jack Booge, James E. Bruner, Elias D. Boomer, Albert Bruner, Harry D. Boruski, E. F. Bryan, George and Paschal Bosteter, Jacob Bryan, William Jennings Bosworth, Fred & Frank Buell, Fran Boutin, Lawrence K. Bullis, Elsie & Annie Bowe, G. G. & William Bulman, Walter Bower, Jacob W. Bunker, Anna Bond Bowers, Henry F. Burbank, Oscar Bowles, William Burch, Rollin Bowles & Cook Families Burlington University Boyce, Nicholas Hall Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Boyd, Allen & Family Burnap Family Boyd, Cyrus F. Burnside, Raymond A. Boyd, John Burson, Aaron E. Boylan, John T. Burt, Alvin Brackett, Gustavus Burt, William Austin Bradfield, Adolphus Burton, John Bradway, George C. Busby, Elijah Brainard Family (Doris et al) Busby, Samuel Brandt, Isaac Business Womens' Association Foundation (Des Brann, Denny Moines, Iowa) Bras, John Henry Bussey, Cyrus Brasher, Edward E. Butler, Ellis Parker Bray, Thomas J. Butler, Frank Brenton, Max (Thomas Max Brenton) Butler, Michael Brewer, Sarah Belle Buxton, Iowa (Coal Mining Community) Brewster, Jacob DeWitt Byers, Samuel H. M. Briggs, Ansel Briggs, Minerva Cadle, Richard Briggs, Wilbur A. Caldwell, Beryl D. Brigham, Johnson Caldwell, Henry Clay Bright, Rex A. Calhoun, Ross Brindley, John Edward California City, Iowa Brinton, Calvin Call, Ambrose A. Bristow, Pierson H. Call, Asa Cyrus Brockett, O. M. Callahan, Genevieve and Richardson, Louvica Brockway, Edwin Franklin Callanan, James, Jr. and Martha Brockway, George Callen, Martin & Jane Bronson Family Calvary Baptist Church (Des Moines) Brookhart, Smith W. Camera Craftsmen of America Brooks, Marion Camp, Joseph Brower, J. H. Campbell School (Polk County, Iowa) Brown, Alex Campbell, Carlyle B. Brown, Hugh B. Campbell, Edith King Brown, John Campbell, Lewis Brown, Leonard Campbell, William H. Brown, Marcia Canfield, Andrew N. & Elizabeth Brown, Nicholas T. Capital City Commercial College (Des Moines) Brown, Robert Carlson, Elmer Brown, William H. and Jossie Carlson, Herman Bruce, James Carpenter, Cyrus C. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS STATE HISTORICAL BUILDING • 600 E. LOCUST ST. • DES MOINES, IA 50319 • IOWACULTURE.GOV Carpenter, William L. Cliff, J. W. Carr, Inez Overholt Climax School Records (Allamakee County) Carrell, Frank M. Clinton County Historical Society Carroll, Beryl F. (Gov.) Clinton County Republicans Carroll, Beryl F. (Mrs.) Clio Club (Des Moines, Iowa) Carss, James Clock, Edward E. Carter, Edward A. Clock, Edward, Jr. Carter, George H. Clock, Hezekiah Carter, William Lytle Clodd, Edward Casady, Phineas M. Cloud, David C. Casady, Simon Cloutman, Charles C. Cassily, M. P. & Benjamin Richards Clute, Oscar Casson, Henry Coates, Alexis U. Castle and Plaza Theaters (Manchester, Iowa) Coates, Earl H. Catholic Daughters of American, Iowa Court #302 Coats, Leota (Des Moines) Coca Cola Bottling Company (Des Moines, Iowa) Catholic Woman’s League (Des Moines) Cogswell, Celia (Theater Collection) Catlow, Agnes & Marie Cokenower, J. W. Cedar County Old Settlers Association Colburn, Harrison Central Iowa Fuel Company (Chariton, Iowa) Colby Motor Company (Mason City, Iowa) Central Iowa Mineral Society Cole, Chester C. Central Presbyterian Church Cole, Chester G. and Thomas H., Jr. Chamberlain, Izanna Cole, Eli, Jr. Chambers, John Colfax Mineral Springs Chambers, Steven A. Collins, Mahlon Day Chandler, Harvey Gott Collins, Susan Chantland, Thomas Collins, W. L. Charles City Vocational School Colton, Kenneth Chase, Abner S. Columbian Rebekah Lodge No. 131 (Des Moines) Chase, D. D. Commission to Revise Revenue Laws Cheney, Joseph Warren Communia Workingman's League Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Comstock, George Chicago, Great Western Railroad Conger, Edwin H. Child, George Conger, Patrick Henry Children and Families of Iowa Conkey, John P. Childs, Charles Conklin, Erastus Choate, Joseph Conlee, Reuben Christy, William D. Conley-O'Brian Store Church Women United of the Des Moines Area Connor, James E. Churchill, Thomas Consumers Consolidated Coal Company Civic Music Association of Des Moines Conway, William B. Clamby, Leonie Cook Family (Jasper Ward Cook et al) Clapier Family Cook, Andrew Clark, Alexander M. Cook, Claude R. Clark, Arthur B. Cook, Henry Earl Clark, Charles A. Cook, James Clark, Dorothy Cooke, Thomas F. Clarke, Felix G. Cooley, Gilbert Clarke, G. A. Coomes, Oll (Oliver) Clarke, George W. Coon, Elisha Clarke, James Cooper, Henry Booth Clarke, William Penn Cooper, Samuel F. Clarkson, James S. Cooper, Signe Scott Clay County Normal Institute Coppersmith, Lewis IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS STATE HISTORICAL BUILDING • 600 E. LOCUST ST. • DES MOINES, IA 50319 • IOWACULTURE.GOV Core Family Daughters of American Colonists Core, Caleb Daughters of the American Revolution (Abigail Corlies, Samuel Fisher