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A women's poetry reading publication, flyer cover, 1971-1972

International Book Year 1972 scrapbook, vol. 1

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

Strawberries drawing, Sept. 13, 1912

Edith Hansen displays her baked goods, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

Up a country lane, radio program excerpts, 1950

Eve Drewelowe and Jacob Van Ek marriage certificate, June 14, 1923

The greasy thumb automechanics manual for women, front cover, 1976

Vase painting sketches from Drewelowe's thesis, 1924

Esther Walls and mother Jewette Walls, Mason City, Iowa, 1950s

Esther Walls and Femi Oyewole in front of Nigerian map, Nigeria, August 1964

Meskwaki mother and baby, Tama, Iowa, October 1, 1910

Florence Falk and rooster at table in dining room where Farmer's Wife broadcast originated, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

Beer-drinking frog drawing, Jan. 1916

Esther J. Walls interview, October, 1986

Esther Walls' telegram to LT at Franklin Book, May 5, 1967

Book Publishing and Library Workshop attendees, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1973

Boulder Artists' Guild 40th annual exhibition invitation, Apr. 16, 1965

Biographical diary by Dr. Jan Carnes, 1978

Evelyn Birkby driving tractor pulling hay wagon, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

"Esther Walls has discussion series at New York branch library which she heads," October 26, 1962

Girls' Dance Team, Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA of Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, March 25, 1941

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

Members of Black Writers panel chatting, Countee Cullen Branch of New York Public Library, 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

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

Esther Walls' letter to Alden Clark of Franklin Book, April 25, 1967

Sketch pad by Drewelowe, 1947-1949

Imogene Hub, 2009

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

Sketch pad by Drewelowe, 1943

International Book Year 1972 scrapbook, vol. 2

Sketches while traveling in Aquitania, England, Russia, 1935

Leanna Driftmeier, Evelyn Birkby Collection of Radiomakers, 1946

Eve Drewelowe Digital Collection

Multiracial quartet in performance, First United Methodist Church, Iowa City, Iowa, late 1940s

Evelyn Birkby's sister, Ruth Bricker (left), and mother, Mae Corrie (right), sit atop steps of Ruth's house, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

Esther Walls' letter to Franklin Book Program staff, May 25, 1968

Christmas cards, bookplates, landscape, 1920s

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1949

"Books close the gap," November 28, 1972

Meskwaki Indian Settlement children, Tama, Iowa, September 12, 1915

Noble Photographs

Myrtle Brooks, friend and neighbor to Evelyn Birkby, at her piano, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s?

Christmas card, 1926

Mildred Wirt Benson Collection

Evelyn Birkby interviewing guests on KMA radio program, Shenandoah, Iowa, March 21, 1951