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International Book Year 1972 scrapbook, vol. 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

International Book Year 1972 scrapbook, vol. 2

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

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

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1949

"Books close the gap," November 28, 1972

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

Esther Walls posed with a copy of La Vida by Oscar Lewis, 1972

Jewette Lewis and friend, Albia, Iowa, 1900s

Madelyn and Esther Walls in graduation caps and gowns, Mason City, Iowa, 1944

Mason City Junior College friends posing, Mason City, Iowa, 1946

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

"Education drive profits Britain," May 8, 1967

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

"Two distinct libraries serve readers in Harlem," October 18, 1964

Eldist Walls and sisters in front of house, 1900s

Harold telegram to Esther Walls, May 17, 1968

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

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

"Book job to Esther Walls," July 31, 1971

Female students at Currier Hall, University of Iowa, 1946

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

Esther Walls with Allen Ginsberg and friend, New York, N.Y., ca. 1968

"You meet such interesting people," November 1, 1965

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

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

Esther Walls' correspondence with prominent figures, 1955-1991

Esther and sister Madelyn Walls, Mason City, Iowa, 1994

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

Esther Walls and father Eldist Walls, Mason City, Iowa, 1950s

"Painting nets $1.65 million, sale benefits women's archives," May 16, 1991

"The stained glass window," January 26, 1963

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

"Straight 'A' hall of fame scroll presented to J.C." June 2, 1959