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African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection

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

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

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

: "Des Moines women go over top in home drive: Home at Iowa City is purchased," September 12, 1919

: "Des Moines women launch drive," August 29, 1919

: "Noble negro women of Iowa," September 19, 1919

: "Painting nets $1.65 million, sale benefits women's archives," May 16, 1991

: Pamphlet advertising fund raising drive for dormitory for African American women students

: "People of the trustee board of Iowa federation home," September 2, 1920

: "Students home drive," August 22, 1919

: "Students home drive official report," September 26, 1919

: Tag day advertisement, July 11, 1919

: "Tag day: July 18-19 will be tag days all over the state," July 11, 1919

: "Tag day: Watch for the date," June 27, 1919

: "Trustees of Iowa federation home holds meeting," December 23, 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