African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: 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.
Dates:
1861-1900; Majority of material found within 1861-1864
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.
Dates:
1946-1996; 1961-1966
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.
Dates:
1939-1964
Catherine Gayle Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0242
Abstract
Professional dancer and deputy commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services.
Dates:
1910-1991; 1942-1991
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.
Dates:
1964-1998
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.
Dates:
1964-1967
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.
Dates:
1906-2000; 1950-2000
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.
Dates:
1960-2004
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.
Dates:
1905-1996
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.
Dates:
1946-1985
Jacqueline Scott papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0295
Abstract
Elementary schoolteacher in Keokuk, Iowa.
Dates:
1988-1997
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Jacqueline Scott papers
Jane Burleson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0340
Abstract
Teacher's aide, packinghouse worker, and union activist, Burleson was the first woman and first African American elected to the Fort Dodge City Council.
Dates:
1956-1998
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Jane Burleson papers
Jean and John L. Schneiders papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0783
Abstract
Davenport community and civil rights activists during the 1960s.
Dates:
1962-1971
Jo Rabenold papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0191
Abstract
Iowa City activist who collected lesbian and feminist publications during the 1970s and 1980s.
Dates:
1965-1983
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Jo Rabenold papers
Leola Bergmann papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0237
Abstract
Scholar, writer and artist.
Dates:
1935-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Leola Bergmann papers
Linda Yanney papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0413
Abstract
Iowa City feminist and champion of LGBT rights.
Dates:
1948-2000
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Linda Yanney papers
Mead Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0372
Abstract
Civil War correspondence and pension records of an Iowa County family. Some of the topics of correspondence include the Battle of Corinth, Copperheads in Iowa, Black troops, and farm life in Iowa.
Dates:
1861-1929; 1862-1866
Venise T. Berry papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0344
Abstract
Novelist and associate professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Iowa.
Dates:
1996-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Venise T. Berry papers
Verda Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0137
Abstract
Communication specialist at Iowa State University who produced the documentary Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard.
Dates:
1969-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Verda Williams papers
Wise Clark Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0419
Abstract
Family papers consisting of correspondence on life in Iowa and Illinois in the Civil War era and beyond.
Dates:
1855 - 1923; 1860s