African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection

Althea Beatrice Moore Smith scrapbook, 1924-1928

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

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

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

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

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

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

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' correspondence on trips to West Africa on behalf of Franklin Books, 1965-1966

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

Esther Walls' correspondence with prominent figures, 1955-1991

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1949

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1960-1969

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1970-1974

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1980-1988

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 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

Eyes magazine [excerpt]

Female students at Currier Hall, University of Iowa, 1946

"First negress candidate for Ph.D. in Iowa," July 20, 1941

First United Methodist Church sorority, Iowa City, Iowa, 1947

Hawkeye 1912 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1920 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1922 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1929 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1930 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1941 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1947 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1948 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1949 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1950 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1953 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1955 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1956 [excerpt]

Invitations and programs collected by Esther Walls, 1966-1978

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

Iowa Federation Home, operated by Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

Jane Burleson, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1986

Jewette Lewis and friend, Albia, Iowa, 1900s

Kappa sisters in formal gowns, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, late 1940s