IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
SUE M. REED (1910- )
PAPERS, 1934-1996
5 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The Sue M. Reed papers
(donor no. 194) were donated in 1993 and succeeding years. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open
for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In box 1. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Mary Sackett, 1995 and Robert Jett, 1996. |
Biography
Sue M. Reed was born on February 19, 1910 in
Franklin County, Iowa. She attended Des
Moines University and the University of Commerce (now the American Institute of
Business.) Reed worked from 1935 to
1945 in the War Department in the Quartermaster Department, in which clothing
and subsistence was provided for a body of troops, and in the War Ordnance
Department, which was in charge of procuring, distributing, and storing
military supplies. She also worked in
the Iowa House of Representatives as journal clerk and chief journal clerk from
1950 to 1973.
Reed was an advocate for greater participation by
women in civic and political affairs.
She served as state president of the Iowa Council of Republican Women
from 1963 to 1964. She also held the
positions of membership chairman of the National Federation of Republican Women
(NFRW) from 1970 to 1971 and historian for the NFRW from 1972 to 1975.
Iowa
governor Robert D. Ray appointed Sue Reed as a public member of the State
Medical Assistance Advisory Council in 1971.
Reed was also the state volunteer chairman and the Polk County
coordinator for the Nixon re-election campaign in 1972.
Scope and
Content Note
The Sue M. Reed papers date from 1934 to 1996 and measure 5 linear
inches. The papers are arranged in four
series: Biographical, Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Iowa
Council of Republican Women, and Newsletters.
The Biographical series
(1954-1972 and undated) consists of a resume and newspaper clippings which
highlight Reed's career, including her appointment by Governor Robert Ray to a
term on the Medical Assistance Advisory Council.
The Iowa American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission series (1977) is composed of an album documenting
the creation of the Iowa First Ladies Dolls in Inaugural Gowns collection, an
idea suggested by Mrs. Robert D. Ray as her state Bicentennial Project. Included are brief biographies of each of
the First Ladies and miscellaneous photographs.
The project was financed by a federal grant from the American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration and a matching grant from the Iowa American
Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
The Iowa Council of Republican
Women series (1934-1996) primarily consists of agendas and papers which
Reed presented during her term as president from 1963 to 1964. Included are two different essays she
delivered on the importance of membership.
Included
are letters Reed received or wrote while holding various offices in the Iowa
Council of Republican Women and yearbooks of the Council (which underwent a
name change in 1968 to become the Iowa Federation of Republican Women) which
include officer and committee rosters, bylaws, and other information. The correspondence documents how Reed's active
involvement encouraged other women to participate in civic and political
affairs at every level of government.
Attached is a list of the correspondents, in alphabetical order.
The Newsletters series
(1962-1971) consists of Republican newsletters to which Reed contributed
articles or in which she was mentioned.
Related Collections
Judith
Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe designed and molded the
Iowa First Ladies Dolls. See Box 2; Newspaper Clippings, 1974-1989, 1996; “The
Story of the Iowa First Lady Dolls” and Photographs; Collector’s Plates, Dolls,
and Tile Designs, 1973-1977 and undated.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Biographical
Resumes, undated
Newspaper clippings,
1951-1972
"The Green Sheet,"
1972
Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Iowa’s First Ladies Dolls in
Inaugural Gowns album, 1977 (disbound)
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Certificate, undated
Conference Programs,
1963-1964
Correspondence
Incoming, 1960-1996, and
undated
Outgoing, 1956, 1963-1964,
1973, 1976
History: “The Republican
Women’s Club Movement in Iowa, 1934-1948” by Mrs. J.W. (Harriet) Ballard
Membership drive essays,
1971
President's report,
1963-1964
Yearbooks
1947/48-1966 (scattered)
[Iowa Council of Republican Women]
1968/69-1994/95 [Iowa
Federation of Republican Women]
1955/56 [Fifth District Council of Republican Women]
Newsletters
Focus,
1969-1971
The Iowa Indicator, 1962-1971
The Iowa Republican Party Line, 1962-1963
Photographs, 1977
Correspondence
Incoming:
"Betty," undated
Crawford, Reid, 1976
Cunningham, Rosa E., 1964
Frost, Norma, 1973
Goldwater, Barry, 1964
Haggart, Roni, 1972
Harbor, William H., 1973
Kreamer, Robert M., 1970
Lefton, Paul, 1962
McDonald, John C. and
Patricia J. Pardun, 1970
May, Joseph G., 1975
Miller, Jack, 1963
Miller, William, 1964
Nixon, Richard, 1960
President Ford Committee,
1976
Ray, Robert D., 1964-1976
Reed, Lois, 1969
Roberts, Stephen, 1978
Rockefeller, Governor Nelson
A., 1964
Rufus, Jim, 1962
Smith, Mary Louise, 1975,
1996
Synhorst, Melvin D., 1971
Tyson, Robert F., 1962