Papers of Dorothy S. Grant, 1917-1996.

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Papers of Dorothy S. Grant, 1917-1996.

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The papers contain extensive autobiographical materials, correspondence, household account books, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and speeches documenting Grant's personal life and her extensive activities in civic clubs. Noteworthy for her personal life are her complete records of household expenses from 1932 to 1991, providing a history of one household's budgeting arrangements for sixty years, including during the Depression. A videotaped interview by Marlise Riffel concerns Grant's work on behalf of victims of spousal abuse. The papers also contain materials from three of the organizations Grant belonged to, namely, the Charles Eliot Club, the Supper Club, and the local unit of Planned Parenthood; a complete index of the many speeches she has given since 1923 together with a small selection of those speeches including several about the life and writings of Cedar Falls native, Ruth Suckow; photographs, slides, travel logs, and descriptions of Grant's travels to Columbia, Iran, Norway, and Tahiti; and audiocassettes, newsletters, and writings documenting her life as a member of the Unitarian Universalist Society, showing her many activities at the local, regional, and national levels. Among the writings are two histories on Unitariansim and Universalism in Iowa and Black Hawk County.

7.5 linear ft.6 videocassettes.16 sound cassettes.

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Unitarian Universalist Society.

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Suckow, Ruth, 1892-1960

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Author and pacifist. From the description of Papers of Ruth Suckow, 1887-1988. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105070 Author Ruth Suckow was born in Iowa and moved to Denver, Colo. to join her sister Emma (.d 1923) who had moved to Denver to seek relief from tuberculosis. Suckow graduated from the University of Denver, earning a B.A. degree (English) in 1917 and an M.A. in 1918. She worked as a graduate assistant for Dr. Ida Kruse McFarlane, head of th...

Grant, Dorothy Nelson, 1908-

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Homemaker and civic activist in Cedar Falls, Iowa, holding office in various organizations, such as the American Association of University Women study group, the Cedar Falls Woman's Club, Girl Scouts, Parents and Teachers Association and others. Grant served as secretary for the local unit of Planned Parenthood from 1937 to 1944. In 1950 the Grants helped organize a Unitarian Fellowship and Dorothy Grant devoted much of her energies for 45 years to serving this organizat...

Riffel, Marlise.

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Charles Eliot Club (Cedar Falls, Iowa)

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Planned Parenthood of Iowa.

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Supper Club (Cedar Falls, Iowa)

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Grant, Martin L. (Martin Lawrence), 1907-1968

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