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African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection

: 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. 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: The following officers have been elected," December 9, 1920

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

: "Iowa City, Iowa: On Saturday night, February 12th, the Kappa Alpha Psi will initiate," February 25, 1916

: "Iowa City, Iowa: Rev. Farribee preached during quarterly meeting service," November 3, 1916

: "Iowa City, Iowa: Thanksgiving recess ended Monday noon," December 3, 1915

: "Iowa City, Iowa: The Easter program at the church was very good," April 16, 1915

: "Iowa City items, Delta Sigma Theta: A party Saturday April 10 marked the beginning of festivities," April 16, 1920

: "Iowa City: Mrs. Mattie Dameron left Friday afternoon for Muscatine," February 20, 1920

: "Iowa City news: Allen Christian Endeavor was well attended," March 30, 1916

: "Iowa City news: House cleaning at Kappa Alpha Phi," October 8, 1915

: "Iowa City news: The Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity will entertain the homecomers," November 12, 1915

: "Iowa City notes: Commencement at the State University this year," June 18, 1920

: "Iowa City notes, Delta Sigma Theta: The Delta Sigma Theta sorority held its annual opening party," October 14, 1920

: "Iowa City notes: Iowa City has been on the dead list," December 31, 1917

: "Iowa City notes: Misses Iva McClain, Elizabeth Gross, Naomi Harper," April 13, 1917

: "Iowa City notes: The Kappa Alpha Nu fraternity entertained," November 6, 1914

: "Iowa City: The Delta Sigma Theta girls entertained last Saturday," October 10, 1919

: "Iowa City: The State University opened with the largest number of students it has yet had," October 13, 1916

: "Kappa Alpha Psi: With only eight more weeks of school before us, we have begun to lay plans."" April 16, 1920

: Oral history interview with Barbara Brown James, May 18, 1998 [excerpts]

: "Queen and two attendants chosen at the Kappa Alpha Psi dance," May 9, 1948

: "The stained glass window," January 26, 1963

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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