African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection

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

"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

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

Althea Beatrice Moore Smith scrapbook, 1924-1928

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

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

"Board of directors, Esther J. Walls"

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

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

"Campus appointments," October 17, 1974

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

Dance card for Currier Sweetheart Dance, February 14, 1948

Dance card for Dad's Day Dance All University Party, November 14, 1947

Dance card for Senior Ball All University Party, May 23, 1947

Dance card for University Prom All University Party, February 20, 1948

Dance card for Woodchoppers' Ball, December 5, 1947

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

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

"Dora Lee Martin, 17-year-old freshman," February 2, 1956

Dorothy Huddleston, Marian Martan, Tom Harkin and Jane Burleson, Waterloo, Iowa, September 1989

Dragging Currier Hall into the 20th century: first blacks to live in UI residence hall recall 1946 feat

"'Duchess Arlene' soars above race," February 21, 2006

Edna Griffin biographical information, 1998

Edna Griffin images

Edna Griffin newspaper clippings, 1972-2000

Eldist Walls and sisters in front of house, 1900s

Eldist Walls in uniform during World War I, 1918

Esther and sister Madelyn Walls, Mason City, Iowa, 1994

Esther Walls and father Eldist Walls, Mason City, Iowa, 1950s

Esther Walls and Femi Oyewole in front of Nigerian map, Nigeria, August 1964

Esther Walls and mother Jewette Walls, Mason City, Iowa, 1950s

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1960-1969

"Esther Walls has discussion series at New York branch library which she heads," October 26, 1962

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

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