African Americans; Iowa Federation Home (Iowa City, Iowa)
Pamphlet describing the Iowa Federation Home, 942 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, Iowa. It was founded by the Iowa Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in 1919 to house African American female students at the University of Iowa.
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane," Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper. Scrapbook also includes awards presented to Birkby by Iowa Press Women, Inc....
Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's untimely death and the many tributes that followed, which included scholarships, awards, memorials and the renaming of the University of Iowa's stadium to Kinnick Stadium.
Petition form, form letter, sample membership certificate, and news release by John Q. Adams, secretary of AFHBRMA, an organization established to save the Betsy Ross house as a shrine (c.1899).
Warning to voters to beware of bogus tickets of candidates for office -- lists legal political tickets for coming election (n.d.) -- Democratic State Convention, Council Bluffs (1892), 2 tickets. -- Gov. Horace Boies (1892), ticket to second...
J.W.Butler Paper Co., Chicago -- folder advertising the company's fancy stationery with calendar for 1890 inside -- ad folder for commencement folders, souvenir programs, napkins, and letter stationery (1893) -- ad folder for "National Bank Bond"...