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Hawkeye 1953 [excerpt]

Hawkeye 1953 [excerpt]

Oral history interview with Helen Focht [excerpt]

Oral history interview with Helen Focht [excerpt]

Excerpted is Helen Focht's account of a trial integration of University of Iowa's Currier Hall in the summer of 1954 and her recollections of Betty (Arnett) Ward, the African American student involved in the integration.
Correspondence between Helen Downey and University of Iowa administration, 1919

Correspondence between Helen Downey and University of Iowa administration, 1919

Concerning the president's endorsement of a fund drive to provide housing for African American Students on campus.
Pamphlet advertising fund raising drive for dormitory for African American women students

Pamphlet advertising fund raising drive for dormitory for African American women students

Oral history interview with Dora Martin Berry, August 14, 1997 [excerpts]

Oral history interview with Dora Martin Berry, August 14, 1997 [excerpts]

Dora Martin Berry's recollections of becoming the first African American to win the Miss State University of Iowa pageant.
Oral history interview with Barbara Brown James, May 18, 1998 [excerpts]

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

Barbara Brown James' recollections of college experiences at The University of Iowa in the 1940s.
Esther Walls' correspondence with prominent figures, 1955-1991

Esther Walls' correspondence with prominent figures, 1955-1991

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1949

Esther Walls' general correspondence, 1949

Contents: Acceptance letter to State University of Iowa graduate college, Mar. 28, 1949; C.E. Cousins' letter (State University of Iowa), Aug. 2, 1949; S. Joe Brown's invitation to Founder's Day dinner, Nov. 12, 1949
Fine Arts Festival, University of Iowa, July 16-23, 1939

Fine Arts Festival, University of Iowa, July 16-23, 1939

Festival included: panel featuring Grant Wood, Paul Green, Lawrence Tibbett, Frank Lloyd Wright; exhibition of paintings by Grant Wood and Marvin Cone; graduate student art exhibition; plays and musical performances.
First summer exhibition of contemporary art, The State University of Iowa, 1945

First summer exhibition of contemporary art, The State University of Iowa, 1945

"The Fine Arts Festival at the University of Iowa was established in the Summer Session of 1939. Concerts, plays, art exhibitions, lectures , and radio programs are presented each year. This summer, for the first time, a major exhibition of…
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