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: "1955 Miss SUI was black coed," October 10, 1968

: "A $10,000 drive, all expected to help," August 1, 1919

: "A group of State University girls looking for a home," August 22, 1919

: "A Mason City woman's globe-traveling career," December 7, 1971

: "A memorable page in Iowa's black history," November 20, 1977

: "A Negro girl is SUI queen," December 13, 1955

: "A pinnacle of professionalism ... a quiet kind of humanism," 1960s

: Affirmative Action policy, 1985, 1988

: African-American communications network, 1978-1986

: al-Ma'rifah (Knowledge), volume 3, no. 56/73, February 1956

: Althea Beatrice Moore Smith scrapbook, 1924-1928

: "Among the alumni"

: Arlene Roberts Morris posed with bicycle, Iowa City, Iowa?, 1946

: Assembly line at Hormel meatpacking plant, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1970s?

: "At the August 31 dinner during the 1965 New Books Preview," September 20, 1965

: Aunt Hattie and her husband Melvin in front of sod home, Speed, Kansas, 1860s

: "Author, scholar Prestage honored at UI," October 24, 1990

: "Author snubs U of I award; cites 'racism,'" July 27, 1985

: "Awards dinner," October 6, 1976

: Ben and Sally Lewis and baby Udeil, Albia, Iowa, 1890s

: Bethel A.M.E. Sunday School record, 1954

: "Black pioneer began life in Gravity," June 9, 1991

: "Black poet says racism persists in U.S.," November 3, 1977

: "Board of directors, Esther J. Walls"

: "Book job to Esther Walls," July 31, 1971

: Book Publishing and Library Workshop attendees, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1973

: "Book talks appreciated"

: "Books close the gap," November 28, 1972

: "Bulletin of research in the humanities"

: "Campus appointments," October 17, 1974

: "Campus sweetheart," 1955

: Cecile Cooper correspondence, 1966-1979

: Cecile Cooper newspaper clippings, 1964-1998

: Cecile Cooper newspaper clippings, 1966-1987

: Cecile Cooper photographs, 1965-1968

: "Clouds of Joy" choral group directed and organized by Esther J. Walls, Mason City, Iowa, 1949

: "Colored girl gets honors at SUI," June 20, 1919

: "Colored students in the State University of Iowa," December 19, 1913

: Correspondence between Helen Downey and University of Iowa administration, 1919

: Correspondence between Orval Nielsen and University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher, December 1955

: Correspondence - Franklin Trip 3, test with OCR

: A dance performance at International House, New York, N.Y., 1951

: Dancers at a party at Esther Walls' apartment, New York, N.Y., 1960s

: "Delta Sigma Theta Delta chapter: Miss Wilma Reed of Wichita, Kan., has been made a pledge," February 6, 1920

: "Delta Sigma Theta Delta chapter: Mr. J.L. Dameron, who has been ill with bronchial trouble," January 23, 1920

: "Delta Sigma Theta Delta chapter: Mr. Russell Jackson of Des Moines was a visitor," December 5, 1919

: "Delta Sigma Theta Delta chapter: The members and pledges of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity entertained," December 12, 1919

: "Delta Sigma Theta, Iowa City, Iowa items: The Easter program arranged by Miss Hazell Shaw," April 9, 1920

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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