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Contains 14 Results:

HELEN LEMME READING CLUB, 1985 - 1998

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Helen Lemme Reading Club records date from 1984 to 1998 and measure 4 linear inches. The collection consists primarily of the club's meeting announcements, book lists, and articles. The articles files include book reviews, essays about Black literature, training guides for discussion leaders, and articles about race, as well as a few photocopied newspaper clippings about Helen Lemme. The collection also contains extensive book lists that demonstrate the focus of the reading group.The file representing the Black Women's Support Group, which was developed in conjunction with the reading club, contains three letters sent to group members. The Surveys file contains records of a survey conducted during one of the first meetings of the reading club, which solicitied suggestions for the group's name and ways to improve its operation. The correspondence file includes members' book proposals, inquiries about use of the Afro American Cultural Center (Afro House), and...
Dates: 1985 - 1998

Articles, 1987 - 1994

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: 1

Articles, undated

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: 2

Surveys, 1984

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: 11

HELEN LEMME READING CLUB LIBRARY, 2023

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Helen Lemme Reading Club records date from 1984 to 1998 and measure 4 linear inches. The collection consists primarily of the club's meeting announcements, book lists, and articles. The articles files include book reviews, essays about Black literature, training guides for discussion leaders, and articles about race, as well as a few photocopied newspaper clippings about Helen Lemme. The collection also contains extensive book lists that demonstrate the focus of the reading group.The file representing the Black Women's Support Group, which was developed in conjunction with the reading club, contains three letters sent to group members. The Surveys file contains records of a survey conducted during one of the first meetings of the reading club, which solicitied suggestions for the group's name and ways to improve its operation. The correspondence file includes members' book proposals, inquiries about use of the Afro American Cultural Center (Afro House), and...
Dates: 2023

Helen Lemme Reading Club records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IWA0399
Abstract

African American reading club formed in 1984 by University of Iowa graduate students.

Dates: 1984-1998