The Iowa Digital Library is fortunate to host the college scrapbooks of three University of Iowa students from the 1920s and 1930s, which provide views of the African-American community during their time on campus.
Althea Beatrice Moore Smith scrapbook cover, 1924-1928
The Althea Beatrice Moore Smith scrapbook was added to the Iowa Digital Library thanks to a collaboration between the African American Museum of Iowa and the Iowa Women’s Archives.
Althea Moore and friend on steps of Old Capitol, Iowa City, Iowa, between 1924 and 1928
Patrobas Cassius Robinson college scrapbook cover, 1923-1928
Hal and Avril Chase of Des Moines, Iowa, funded the purchase of this album for the University of Iowa Archives.
Patrobas Cassius Robinson
James B. Morris Jr. photo album cover, 1937-1941
James Morris was the son of James Morris, Sr., a long-time publisher of the Iowa State Bystander, an African-American newspaper. James Morris Jr. married Arlene J. Roberts Morris, the first African-American woman psychologist to be licensed by the Iowa State Board of Psychology.
Captain James B. Morris, Jr. 1944