African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Anson R. Butler Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0001
Abstract
Civil War soldier and mayor of DeWitt, Iowa. Letters written to his wife while he was serving with the 26th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.
Arlene Morris papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0276
Abstract
Clinical psychologist and University of Iowa alumna who was a member of the Des Moines Know Your Neighbor panel.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Arlene Morris papers
Ben F. Jensen Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0147
Abstract
U.S. Representative from Iowa. Correspondence, subject files, legislative records, and speeches relating to his career in the Congress.
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract
Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Cecile Cooper papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0006
Abstract
Civil rights worker in Davenport.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Cecile Cooper papers
FBI Investigation of the Lemuel A. Penn Murder Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0507
Abstract
Obtained from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act in 1999, these papers document the FBI's investigation into the murder of Lemuel A. Penn. Ku Klux Klan members who murdered him were the first persons convicted under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Frances Hawthorne papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0473
Abstract
Des Moines educator whose materials include You Can't Go Back to Buxton and African Americans in Iowa: a Chronicle of Contributions, 1830-1992.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Frances Hawthorne papers
Geneva Southall papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0380
Abstract
Professor Emeritus of Afro-American Studies and Music at the University of Minnesota; University of Iowa alumna.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Geneva Southall papers
Gwendolyn Fowler papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0365
Abstract
The first African American woman pharmacist licensed in Iowa and presidential appointee to the United States Foreign Service in the 1950s.
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Gwendolyn Fowler papers
Harry Harper Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0365
Abstract
Physician and civil rights leader in Fort Madison, IA. Correspondence, speeches, biographical and autobiographical materials, and subject files document both his career and his Civil Rights activism.