Oral history interview with Dora Martin Berry, August 14, 1997 [excerpts]
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Dora Martin Berry's recollections of becoming the first African American to win the Miss State University of Iowa pageant.
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"Queen of the campus," February 4, 1956
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Saturday evening post
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Correspondence between Orval Nielsen and University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher, December 1955
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Correspondence between LeMars Elementary Schools Principal Orval Nielsen and University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher regarding the election of an African American homecoming queen.
Hancher, Virgil Melvin, 1896-1965; Nielsen, Orval
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1955-12
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"Negro girl crowned as Miss S.U.I.," 1955
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Des Moines Register and Tribune Company
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1955
2007-10-04
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Arabic-language publication with feature on Miss S.U.I. 1955
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Publication contains an article with photographs about Dora Martin Berry's election as the first African American Miss State University of Iowa.
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1955
2007-10-04
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"The election of Dora Lee Martin," February 26, 1956
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1956-02-26
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"Queen of the campus," December 12, 1955
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"SUI shocks Houston," December 29, 1955
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Pilot tribune (Storm Lake, Iowa)
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1955-12-29
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"Iowa versus Alabama," February 15, 1955
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Globe-gazette (Mason City, Iowa)
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1956-02-15
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"A Negro girl is SUI queen," December 13, 1955
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1955-12-13
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