The cover page of this document says “Constitution of the State of Iowa” Adopted in Convention at Iowa City March 5th A.D. 1857 Submitted to the People for Adoption or Rejection at the Election to be held in August 1857....
This page, taken out of a longer book, Senate, 34th Congress, 3rd Session, Mis. Doc. No. 17, is titled “Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to Slavery, and the admission of Kansas into the...
“A Public Statement of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson on the Occasion of the Opening of the ‘Jesse Jackson ’88 Iowa State Exploratory Office’ Greenfield, Iowa” This handout of Jackson’s speech in Iowa discusses who he is in Greenfield Iowa...
The front cover has a full page illustration of President Lincoln with the caption “President Lincoln Taking the Oath At His Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865–Photographed by Gardner, Washington” with an article on page 164. Pages 168-169 is a double...
These fans were provided by the church to parishioners to cool off during services prior to the wide adoption of air conditioning. Space on the fans was typically purchased by funeral homes, ambulance services, mortuaries, and insurance companies to advertise...
Photograph shows a White woman speaking at a microphone outdoors. Back: a small piece of a newspaper article is glued onto the back of the photo. It reads: “Mrs. Philip F. La Follette. The governor’s wife is shown pinch-hitting for...
This announcement, printed on one side of a thin sheet of paper, states: East Des Moines Booster Club Picnic at South Union Park Monday, August 20, 1934 Basket Picnic; Free Barbecue. Free Ice Cream for the Kiddies. As host to...
Photo postcard showing a group of Black students sitting in an auditorium-like setting. The title over the top of the postcard says “Martin Luther King at Communist Training School.” An arrow points to one seated man with the word “King”...
collection of 17 snapshot photographs showing the incident “Disturbance in Good Park,” April 13, 1969. “North Side Revolutionaries in the Civil Rights Struggle” by Bruce Fehn and Robert Jefferson The Annals of Iowa 69 (Winter 2010) Excerpt: “During fall 1968...
front of envelope (postal cover) shows drawing of seated women in stars and stripes dress holding seal with American eagle and another sign saying “loyalty to the Union State of Iowa” back: across the top of envelope: “For Sale by...
Fascism Philosphy Communism Leftist Patti-Jo ‘n Ginger cartoon in “The New Masses.” Patti-Jo was a cartoon by Jackie Ormes, the first Black woman cartoonist in a syndicated newspaper. The cartoon here was reproduced from the Pittsburgh Courier, July 12, 1947...
button: “Iowa for Obama” portrait of Obama waving against a map of Iowa. Obama became president in 2008 and in 2012. According to the New York Times, “In 2008, as the story goes, black voters were uncertain about Barack Obama’s...
Button says “Democratic Presidential Debate” “January 7 1980, Des Moines IA” and shows portraits of the three candidates Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Jerry Brown, with their names under their portrait.
Author: [COMMUNIST PARTY USA] ” Shall It Be Bullets? Yes, Says Father Coughlin, the Man Behind Lemke. What Do You Say? On September 25 Father Coughlin said in Cincinnati: ‘When the ballot is useless, I shall have the courage to...
Stereoview of President Roosevelt giving a speech to an enormous crowd. Many elderly White men in front row. The caption: “Citizens of the Great West honoring the Nation’s Chief–President Roosevelt at Keokuk Iowa. Copyright 1908 Underwood and Underwood. Underwood &...
1948 Press Photo Charles Howard Supporters during convention-Philadelphia. a scene of an enormous crowd with signs. Caption under Press Photo reads: “Philadelphia, July 24–Delegates for Howard– This was the scene around the speaker’s stand as delegates put on demonstration last...
This photo postcard is titled “Kangaroo Court, Bellevue, Iowa” at the bottom of the image. Photo shows an animated crowd of men on a wooden sidewalk, participating in an event and several young boys watch them and a young Black...
The Chicago Republican, Chicago, IL, Wednesday, November 7, 1866 The Chicago Republican articles on Black citizens, including: p. 3 “The Outrages on Freedman;” p. 4 “Education of the Freedman;” and p. 5 “Indianapolis: The Colored Men’s Equal Rights Convention–Grand Division...
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