UI Collection Guides -Elizabeth Shaw papers, 1965-1977

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Guide to the Elizabeth Shaw papers

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Collection Overview

Date Span:	1965-1977
Creator:	Shaw, Elizabeth (1923-)
Extent:	12.50 linear feet.
Collection Number:	IWA0026
Repository:	Iowa Women's Archives
Summary:	Iowa state legislator from 1967 to 1977.

Arrangement: Topical files, arranged alphabetically, boxes 1-22; correspondence, boxes 23-30.

Access: The papers are open for research.

Use: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa.

Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 27) were donated by Elizabeth Shaw.

Preferred Citation: Elizabeth Shaw papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.

Repository:	Iowa Women's Archives
Address:	100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:	319-335-5068
Curator:	Kären Mason
Email:	lib-women@uiowa.edu
Website:	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa

Elizabeth Orr Shaw was born on October 2, 1923 in Monona, Iowa, to Harold T. and Hazel Kean Orr. She received her B.A. from Drake University, her M.A. in public administration from the University of Minnesota, and her J.D. from the University of Iowa Law School. Shaw was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972. She served in the Iowa Senate from 1973 to 1978, holding the position of Assistant Minority Leader during the 1977-1978 session.

Browse by Series:
Series 1: TOPICAL FILES
Series 2: CORRESPONDENCE
Series 3:

Series 1: TOPICAL FILES
Box 1:
Abortion - 1971-1974
Accountant Bill - 1967-1969
Administrative Rules - 1967
Adoption - 1971-1977
Adult Rights (age of majority) - 1967-1976
Advertising Tax - 1967-1969
Aged, Problems of - 1973-1977
Agriculture, Department of - 1966-1977
Alcoholism - 1967-1977
Aldermen (Attorney General opinion) - 1969
Amtrak - 1974
Box 2:
Annie Wittenmyer Home - 1972-1974
Anti-Trust - 1973-1976
Area IX Community College - 1970-1976
Area Schools - 1968-1976
Assessment (see also: Local Government Finance; Property Tax Relief; Property Tax Study Committee; Tax, Property) - 1975-1977
Barbers - 1967-1970
Barbers and Cosmetology - 1977
Bikeways - 1965-1977
Box 3:
Billboards - 1965-1967
Blue Cross/ Blue Shield - 1968-1969
Boats - 1970-1975
Bond Elections - 1969-1975
Business Interests - 1976
Campaign Finance Disclosure, n.d.
Child Services - 1976
Chiropractic Law - 1968-1974
Cities and Towns - 1972-1977
Civil Rights Commission - 1968-1976
Coal Mining - 1974-1975
Collective Bargaining, - 1971-1977
Computer System (Coopers & Lybrand) - 1976
Conflict of Interest - 1972
Congress - 1970
Congressional Districts - 1973
Congressional Redistricting, including letters from H.R. Gross, John Kyl, and Fred Schwengel - 1969-1971
Box 4:
Constitution Amendment (Special session) - 1974
Constitution Amendments - 1958-1970
Constitution: Changes (62nd General Assembly), including a letter from Maurice Van Nostrand - 1958-1968
Constitution: Convention (see also: Reapportionment) - 1959-1967
Consumer Credit Regulation - 1968-1974
Box 5:
Consumer Credit Regulation - 1968-1974
Box 6:
Consumer Credit Regulation - 1968-1974
Box 7:
Consumer Credit Regulation (see also credit) - 1968-1974
Consumer Protection - 1968-1969
Corporate Farming - 1975-1977
County Extension Service, Scott County - 1976
Credit (Costs and incidents) - 1975-1977
Credit Life Insurance - 1076-1977
Davenport, City of - 1972-1977
Davenport Special Urban Improvement District - 1973-1976
Box 8:
Davenport Special Urban Improvement District - 1973-1976
Day Care Centers (fire regulations) - 1973-1977
Dissolution of Marriage - 1969-1977
Effigy Mounds including letter from Fred Schwengel - 1966-1976
Elections - 1975-1977
Energy - 1975-1977
Environmental Quality - 1974-1977
Box 9:
Equality of Sexes, including a letter from Dick Clark - 1970-1977
Expenses - 1975
Fair Housing - 1966-1968
Fair Trade - 1970-1976
Federal Annuitants - 1968-1973
Fishing Licenses - 1974-1975
Box 10:
Food Stamps, including letters from Jack Miller and Fred Schwengel - 1966-1971
Foster Parents - 1974
Franchise Agreements - 1969
Fraternal Benefit Society - 1969
Funeral Home Regulation - 1969
Gambling (see also Pari-mutuel betting) - 1967-1974
Gas Tax Refunds - 1969
Government Reorganization - 1967-1976
Grain inspection - 1977
Guidance Counselors - 1971
Gun Control - 1968-1976
H.F. 702 and Proposed Changes (taxation) - 1967-1969
Handicapped Development Center - 1973-1975
Health, Department of - 1974-1975
Hearing Aid Licenses - 1969-1974
Highway Safety - 1966
Housing - 1974
Immunization - 1977
Industrial Bonds (municipally financed) - 1967-1969
Inheritance Tax - 1974
Insurance, Automobile - 1976-1977
Insurance, No-fault - 1967-1977
Interstate Cooperation Commission - 1969
Box 11:
Iowa Public Employees Retirements System - 1964-1977
Judicial Pensions - 1967-1974
Judiciary Committee - 1975-1977
Juvenile Justice - 1974-1977
LEAP Study (Legislators Education Action Project) - 1974-1975
Labor - 1966-1968
Labor - 1975-1976
Land Use - 1974-1977
Box 12:
Landlord/Tenant (see also Mechanics Lien) - 1972-1974
Landscape Architects - 1974
Law Day - 1964-1972
Legislation, Positions on - 1975-1976
Legislative Affairs - 1967-1970
Legislative Reform - 1963-1971
Library, Law - 1975-1976
Licensing Boards, n.d.
Lieutenant Governor - 1973
Liquor - 1966-1977
Local Government Finance (see also Assessment; Property tax relief; Property Tax Study Committee; Tax, property) - 1975-1976
Marriage License Bill - 1967
Marycrest/Area College Contract - 1967
Massage parlors - 1973-1976
Meat Inspection - 1969-1971
Box 13:
Mechanics Lien (see also Landlord /Tenant) - 1967-1976
Medicaid and Medicare, n.d.
Medical Malpractice - 1966-1977
Mental Health - 1973-1976
Migrant Labor - 1967
Military Exemption - 1973-1977
Minimum Wage (state) - 1963-1969
Monitoring - 1976-1977
Motor Vehicle Inspection - 1969
Motor Vehicle Registration - 1975
Motorcycle Helmets - 1972-1977
Name Changing - 1971-1972
Natural Resources Council - 1977
Notary Act - 1974
Box 14:
Nursing Homes - 1967-1976
Obscenity - 1967-1971
Okoboji: West Okoboji Lake Marina - 1976-1977
Ombudsman - 1966-1969
Open Meetings (confidentiality), n.d.
Optical Licensing - 1967-1969
Optometry - 1976
Oratory, n.d.
Organ Donor Program - 1976-1977
Osteopathic Appropriation - 1972-1975
Pari-mutuel Betting (see also Gambling) - 1972-1975
Pensions - 1976
Performance Auditing - 1977
Personal - 1972
Pesticides - 1969
Pet Care - 1967-1973
Planning Office - 1969
Pollution Control - 1965-1976
Prepaid Comprehensive Health Care - 1971
Press, n.d.
Prisons - 1973-1976
Private School Aid - 1968-1977
Probate - 1973-1975
Professional Certification - 1977
Box 15:
Property Tax Relief (elderly) (see also Assessment; Local Government Finance; Property Tax Study Committee; Tax, Property) - 1972-1973
Property Tax Study Committee (see also Assessment; Local Government Finance; Property tax relief; Tax, Property) - 1975
Public Bidding - 1974
Public Health - 1973
Quad Cities Graduate Center - 1972-1973
Quad City Air Pollution - 1975
Railroads - 1975
Reapportionment - 1962-1972
Box 16:
Reapportionment - 1962-1972
Reapportionment (final report of the Legislative Apportionment Commission) - 1969
Reapportionment (see also Congressional Redistricting; Constitutional Convention) - 1971-1972
Box 17:
Reciprocal Tax Agreement - 1969-1972
Recording, Sound - 1975
Regional Jails - 1970
Road Money - 1969-1977
St. Luke's Hospital - 1974
Salaries - 1966-1977
Savings - 1966-1977
School, Community Program - 1975
School Buses - 1966-1967
School Finance - 1967-1968
School Finance - 1970
School Finance - 1970-1975
Box 18:
School Finance - 1970-1975
School Finance - 1971-1977
School Finance - 1976-1977
Box 19:
School Reorganization - 1971-1977
Schools - 1967
Self Defense, n.d.
Sex Education - 1968-1969
Sex Offenders - 1969
Sixty-Fifth General Assembly - 1973-1974
Social Security - 1975-1976
Soldiers Home - 1973
Soldiers Relief - 1969-1973
Speeches - 1966-1977
Stockholders, Minority - 1973
Studded tires - 1965-1975
TRACIS (traffic Records and Criminal Justice Information System) - 1971
Tax Bank Franchise - 1975-1977
Tax Corporation - 1971-1977
Tax Income - 1968-1977
Tax Local - 1977
Tax Local option - 1975
Box 20:
Tax Postcard returns - 1967-1969
Tax Property (see also Assessment; Local Government Finance; Property Tax Relief; Property Tax Study Committee) - 1967-1976
Tax Sales - 1974-1977
Tax Bill (Shaw) - 1973-1974
Tax Burden - 1964-1976
Tax Reform - 1966-1975
Tax Revenue - 1975-1976
Terrace Hill - 1971-1974
Testing, Basic Skills - 1976-1977
Box 21:
Testing, Basic Skills - 1976-1977
Title XX - 1976-1977
Tort Liability, Government - 1973-1977
Tractor Safety - 1973-1977
Transportation, Department of, n.d.
Trucks - 1967-1975
Tuition Grants - 1972-1975
Unemployment Compensation - 1966-1977
University Unrest - 1969-1970
Urban Renewal - 1969
Utility Annuities - 1966-1973
Vietnam Veterans Bonus - 1973-1974
Vocational Rehabilitation - 1968-1977
Wage Collection - 1962-1975
Box 22:
Welfare Costs - 1963-1977
Workman's Compensation - 1967-1976
World Food Exposition - 1971-1972

Series 2: CORRESPONDENCE
Box 23:
A-D - 1966-1967
E-J - 1967
K-O - 1967
P-So, including letters from Robert Ray and Fred Schwengel - 1967
St-Z, including a letter from Philip D. Adler - 1967
Box 24:
D-G - 1969
H-K - 1969
L-N - 1969
O-S, including a letter from Fred Schwengel - 1969
T-Z - 1969
A-D - 1970
Box 25:
E-K - 1970
L-O - 1970
P-Z - 1970
A-C - 1971
D-I - 1971
J-L - 1971
Box 26:
M-P - 1971
R-S, including a letter from Robert Ray - 1971
T-Z - 1971
A-G - 1972
H-M - 1972
N-W - 1972
Box 27:
A-D - 1973
E-Ha - 1973
He-L - 1973
M-R - 1973
S-T - 1973
U-Z - 1973
Box 28:
A-E - 1974
F-J - 1974
K-P - 1974
R-Z - 1974
A-D - 1975
E-H - 1975
Box 29:
J-K - 1975
M-R - 1975
S-Z, including a letter from Richard Turner - 1975
A-G - 1976
H-O - 1976
P-W - 1976
Box 30:
A-F, including a letter from Dick Clark - 1977
G-K - 1977
L-P - 1977
R-Z - 1977

Series 3:
Sub-Series:
Box 35:
For the Public Record: A Documentary History of the League of Women Voters, by Barbara Stuhler - 2003

This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.

Personal Names:
Shaw, Elizabeth Orr, 1923-

Corporate Names:
Iowa General Assembly, House of Representatives
Iowa General Assembly, Senate

Dates:
1960-1969
1970-1979

Topics:
Women in politics

Occupations:
Legislators

Geographic Names:
United States -- Iowa -- Des Moines
United States -- Iowa

Genre/Form of Materials:
Archives
Personal papers
Correspondence

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