At my request, 94-year-old Marylou Gatens of Iowa City kindly dug out a special memento from her very distant past. It was a small dance card with a plastic pearl cover attached to a blue cord with ...

This is an installment in a multi-part series. Throughout the University of Iowa’s history, dances have found their home in recreational life. Though now seen as Greek Life formals and fraternity ...

When George Drake (Law1905) attended the first annual charity ball in the university’s Armory building on Feb. 3, 1905, he carried a red, heart-shaped dance card to record his partners’ names for each ...