About the collection

This collection, based on Dr. Richard M. Breaux's research of African American women students at The University of Iowa (see "Resources"), draws from the following archival collections:

The Iowa Women's Archives
Iowa Federation Home
Esther Walls Papers
Arlene Roberts Morris Papers
Giving Voice to Their Memories
The University of Iowa Archives
Vertical Files on University History
Yearbooks and Student Newspapers
Papers of Walter A. Jessup
Oral History Interviews
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Association of Colored Women's Clubs Records
Iowa Newspaper Collection
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
Althea Beatrice Moore Smith

This digital collection was created as part of a UI School of Library and Information Science fellowship project in digital librarianship funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Site editor: Shawn Averkamp
Project mentor: Jen Wolfe

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