Librarian and UI alumna Esther Walls was elected director of the United States Secretariat for the International Book Year 1972. In this capacity, she coordinated the activities of the U.S. Secretariat, an agency established to promote the United…
Gretchen Caracas is a graduate of the University of Colorado and studied at the Brooklyn Museum School and the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria. An adjunct faculty member at the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History from 1973 through…
Contents: Invitation to 1st annual conference banquet, American Society of African Culture, Jun. 14; Invitation to BBQ in Zambia, Oct. 5, 1976; Invitation to conference dinner in Zambia, Oct. 6, 1976; Invitation to conference farewell party Zambia,…
Contents: 4eme Semaine de la Jeunesse de l'USRDA, Jul. 3-11, 1965; ALA Watch for these new books, African Encounter; Buffet luncheon and High Life party invitation, Sept. 30, 1961; Carte d'invite no.49, Semaine de la Jeunesse, Mali; Conference…
Amy Worthen is a well known Des Moines printmaker and scholar in the art of printmaking. Her engravings, often architectural in content, combine humor, history and a dedication to expressing the full effect of the printmaking medium. All of her…
Holograph and printed copies of correspondence, orders, and invoices of the 1st Iowa Cavalry, mustered into service in Sept. 1861 under the command of Colonel Fitz Henry Warren, sent to Benton Barracks in Saint Louis and then on patrol in Missouri.
