"Campus sweetheart," 1955

Campus Sweetheart IOWA CITY, Iowa. A 17-year-old Negro coed has been elected sweetheart of the campus at Iowa State University here. Dora Lee Martin, of Houston, Texas, was nominated by residents of her campus dormitory. She was elected by men members of the student body from a field of 29 contestants. She was the only Negro in the run. University of Iowa Libraries. University Archives

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Title: "Campus sweetheart," 1955
Creator: unknown
Publisher: American reporter (New Delhi, India)
Notes: Photocopy only; Archives does not hold original.
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Beauty contests
Race relations
Students
African Americans
Subjects: Persons: Berry, Dora Martin
Subject: Time: 1950-1960
Archival Collection: Alumni and Former Students Vertical Files
Collection Identifier: RG01.15.01
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/3/resources/930
Series Title: Martin, Dora
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. University Archives
Digitization Specifications: Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 8-bit grayscale. Archival tiff available.
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 University Archives at the University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact/
File name: MartinBerry018.jpg
Item Type (DCMI): Text
Item Type (AAT): Clippings (Information artifacts)
Item Type (IMT): jpeg