African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection

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

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

"Among the alumni"

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

"Awards dinner," October 6, 1976

"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

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

Esther J. Walls interview, October, 1986

Esther Walls' correspondence on trips on behalf of Franklin Books, 1968

Esther Walls' correspondence with National Book Committee and report on trip to Africa, 1965-1972

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1950-1959

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1960-1969

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1970-1974

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1975-1979

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1980-1988

"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' speeches, 1959

Esther Walls' speeches, 1960s

Esther Walls' speeches, undated

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

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

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

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

"Harlem librarian," September 13, 1965

Invitations and programs collected by Esther Walls, 1966-1978

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

"Library group meeting for talk on novel," October 24, 1964

"Mason City's home," June 6, 1969

"Materials for the underprivileged theme of new books preview dinner," October 15, 1965

Members of Black Writers panel chatting, Countee Cullen Branch of New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., May 1963

"More text books for our school," September 19, 1964

"N.Y. librarian home," 1950s

Participants in the Black Writers' panel, Countee Cullen Branch, New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., May 1963

"Retired librarian could write book about life, career," December 23, 1996

"Role of the Black Artist" program at Countee Cullen Branch, New York Public Library New York, N.Y., August 6, 1963

"Role of the Black Writer" panel at New York Public Library, Countee Cullen Branch, New York, N. Y., May 1963

Roy DeCarava and Esther Walls at gallery show at Countee Cullen Branch, New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., 1963

"She finds our Book Year programme 'fantastic'," November 27, 1972

"Student jobs part of extended hiring freeze," April 23, 1975