Papers of Laura F. Hutchison Davis, 1880-1993 (bulk 1937-1985).

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Papers of Laura F. Hutchison Davis, 1880-1993 (bulk 1937-1985).

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, handbooks, news releases, training plans, conference papers, speeches, notes, newspaper clippings, school reports and compositions, genealogies, oral history interviews, financial records, photographs, and general materials relating to Davis's personal life and professional career. The social work series documents her membership on community boards and task forces, notably the Linn County Council of Social Planning, the Family Service. Agency, which Davis worked to start, the Linn Economic Action Project, and the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program. This series also contains Davis's notes and the policy statement she wrote for the 1961 White House Conference on Aging and records pertaining to her service on several of the Governor's commissions, most notably the Iowa Commission for Senior Citizens. Davis's extensive volunteer activities are documented in records relating to the Linn County Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Quota Club, and the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Especially noteworthy are the records relating to her volunteer service with the Geneva Corporation which built the thirteen-story retirement appartment building, Geneva Tower, in downtown Cedar Rapids. The education series contains records, reports, papers, diplomas, and transcripts from Davis's school work, from the primary and secondary grades through her undergraduate work at Coe College (1934-1938), her graduate work at the State University of Iowa (1938-1940 and 1949-1950), and her teaching assignments at Mount Mercy College and St. Luke's School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids. The personal series contains extensive correspondence, chiefly with her husband, Lloyd L. Davis, and two oral history interviews.

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Geneva Corporation

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Coe College

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Coe College and the Mound View Neighborhood Association sponsored a Marvin Cone Dedication Day, May 28, 1995, and an event entitled Grant Wood & Marvin Cone, Friends and neighbors, July 1, 1995. From the description of Materials prepared for Marvin Cone celebrations, 1995. (Coe College). WorldCat record id: 36759035 Coe College sponsored a fine arts festival 1952 through ca. 1968. From the description of Fine Arts Festival files, 1952-1968. (Coe College). Wor...

Westminster Presbyterian Church (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

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Organized 1855. From the description of Records, 1855-<1986> [microform]. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28463668 ...

Quota Club of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Family Service Agency (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

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Iowa. Commission for Senior Citizens.

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Hawkeye Area Communtiy Action Program.

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American Red Cross. Linn County Chapter.

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Heritage Agency on Aging (Iowa)

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Mount Mercy College (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

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White House Conference on Aging 1961 Washington, D.C.

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Linn County (Iowa). Council of Social Planning.

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State University of Iowa. School of Social Work

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Young Women's Christian Association of Cedar Rapids and Linn County, Iowa.

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Iowa State University

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On March 22, 1948, Iowa State College (University) sponsored a 90th anniversary celebration in honor of the founding of the college, which occurred on the same date in 1858 when the charter act establishing a state agricultural college became law. The celebration included a symposium, luncheon, departmental open houses, and a dinner. From the description of 90th anniversary collection, 1947-1948. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 54799482 In 1958, Iowa State Colle...

Davis, Lloyd (Lloyd Benjamin)

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Davis, Laura F. Hutchison, 1916-1993.

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Social worker and community volunteer; resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From the description of Papers of Laura F. Hutchison Davis, 1880-1993 (bulk 1937-1985). (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233106874 ...

St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids, Iowa). School of Nursing.

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Linn Economic Action Program.

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