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If we let anything happen to destroy that San Francisco conference.

If we let anything happen to destroy that San Francisco conference.

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

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

Pamphlet describing the Iowa Federation Home, 942 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, Iowa. It was founded by the Iowa Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in 1919 to house African American female students at the University of Iowa. <br><br> Contents:…
Kitchen in Riverside Park, the University of Iowa, 1966

Kitchen in Riverside Park, the University of Iowa, 1966

List of African American women University of Iowa students and their residences, 1907-1947

List of African American women University of Iowa students and their residences, 1907-1947

Louder, folks. Guess they didn't hear you.

Louder, folks. Guess they didn't hear you.

Married housing barracks, the University of Iowa, 1952

Married housing barracks, the University of Iowa, 1952

Housing barracks in Riverdale Park
Nailed themselves up in their own barrel.

Nailed themselves up in their own barrel.

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

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

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