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: Esther Walls posed with a copy of La Vida by Oscar Lewis, 1972

: Esther Walls second letter to Alden Clark of Franklin Book, April 25, 1967

: Esther Walls' speeches, 1959

: Esther Walls' speeches, 1960s

: Esther Walls' speeches, undated

: "Esther Walls (SUNY/Stony Brook) & Michael Albin (Library of Congress/Cairo)"

: Esther Walls' telegram to LT at Franklin Book, May 5, 1967

: Esther Walls with a disc jockey and Tony Bennett for a teenage program at the Donnell Library Center, New York, N.Y., 1956

: Esther Walls with Allen Ginsberg and friend, New York, N.Y., ca. 1968

: Esther Walls with International Book Year and reading promotion posters, 1972

: Eyes magazine [excerpt]

: Female students at Currier Hall, University of Iowa, 1946

: "First negress candidate for Ph.D. in Iowa," July 20, 1941

: First United Methodist Church sorority, Iowa City, Iowa, 1947

: "Former Mason Cityan gets UNICEF board position," June 1, 1970

: "From Mason City to Uganda," June 7, 1969

: Girls' Dance Team, Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA of Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, March 25, 1941

: "Hall of Fame inductee reflects on difficult past," September 14, 1992

: "Harlem librarian," September 13, 1965

: Harold telegram to Esther Walls, May 17, 1968

: "Have you heard?" April 5, 1975

: Hawkeye 1912 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1920 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1922 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1929 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1930 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1941 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1947 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1948 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1949 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1950 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1953 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1955 [excerpt]

: Hawkeye 1956 [excerpt]

: "Her vision, her way"

: Highway 61 correspondence and documents, 1968-1974

: "Homecoming guest: Recruit, support minorities," October 26, 1990

: International Book Year 1972 scrapbook, vol. 1

: International Book Year 1972 scrapbook, vol. 2

: Invitation to Mason City Junior College dinner-dance, May 27, 1946

: Invitations and programs collected by Esther Walls, 1966-1978

: Invitations received and programs attended by Esther Walls, 1959-1965

: "Iowa City, Iowa, Delta Sigma Theta: A Grecian party was given by the Delta chapter," March 26, 1920

: "Iowa City, Iowa, Delta Sigma Theta: Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Bush and son," November 18, 1920

: "Iowa City, Iowa: Everybody is preparing to go home for the holidays," December 25, 1914

: "Iowa City, Iowa: Mrs. George Patterson died at her home," May 7, 1915

: "Iowa City, Iowa: Mrs. Mary Perkins was confined to the hospital," February 4, 1916

: "Iowa City, Iowa: Mrs. Moore gave an after examination whist party," February 26, 1915

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Title: African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection
Date Created: 1860/2006
Description: More than 250 items, including photographs, news clippings, correspondence, and scrapbooks, reflecting the experience of African American women in Iowa during the 20th century.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Civil rights
Segregation
Racism
Universities & colleges
Activists
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American women
Subject: Time: 1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
Subject: Place: United States -- Iowa
Archival Collection: African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection; African American Women Students at the University of Iowa, 1910-1960
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. University Archives
University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Date Digital: 2006/2008
Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information: Contact the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/iwa/
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): photographs
clippings (information artifacts)
Item Type (IMT): jpeg