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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.
Reach out

Reach out

Embrace Iowa; Photo album
Couldn't get in

Couldn't get in

Now can't get out; Flood victims; Do not cross; Caution; Delays; Red tape
Tip of the iceberg

Tip of the iceberg

Housing; Subprime crisis; Commercial real estate loans; Home-equity loans; Student loans; Credit card debt; Corporate debt
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

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.
The negro student at the University of Iowa: a sociological study

The negro student at the University of Iowa: a sociological study

Studying in student housing, the University of Iowa, fall 1948

Studying in student housing, the University of Iowa, fall 1948

Aerial view of married housing barracks, the University of Iowa, 1948

Aerial view of married housing barracks, the University of Iowa, 1948

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