“BLACK DES MOINES: VOICES SELDOM HEARD.” Videocassette, 1985.

Documentary produced by Verda L. Williams for WOI-Television, Iowa State University, Ames, chronicling the history and achievements of Blacks in Des Moines. Williams conducted interviews with Black residents and prominent Black men and women living in Des Moines, including Edna Griffin. Tapes of the interviews and selected transcripts can be found in the Verda Williams papers.

GIVING VOICE TO THEIR MEMORIES: ORAL HISTORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN IOWA

Interviews with thirteen African American women in Iowa conducted by Kathryn Neal and Julia Siverls for the Iowa Women’s Archives. Includes audiotapes, transcripts and a small amount of associated materials. The following women were interview subjects:

• Berry, Dora Martin, elected Miss State University of Iowa in 1955.
• Bolden, Louise, Centerville native and University of Iowa (UI) employee.
• Davis, June, civil rights activist and UI administrator.
• Dungy, Madgetta, Cornell College and UI alumna, UI administrator.
• Felton, Geraldene, Professor and Dean of the UI College of Nursing.
• James, Barbara, teacher and UI alumna.
• James, Barbara, educator and UI alumna who helped integrate the dormitories. Interview includes material about her mother, Pauline Humphrey, a cosmetologist in Des Moines.
• Johnson, Helen I., Marshalltown native and department store manager.
• Penney, Dianna, artist and UI employee.
• Southall, Geneva, University of Minnesota professor and UI alumna.
• Smith, Ruby T., caretaker and volunteer who received her GED at age 85.
• Stringer, C. Vivian, head coach, UI women’s basketball from 1983 to 1995.
• Wing, Adrien, faculty, UI College of Law.
• Wood, Mary, first African American executive director of a metropolitan YWCA.

GRIGGS, CREOLA BAKER (1913-1994) AND MAXINE BAKER (1915-1998). Videocasette, 1990 [V40].

Residents of Clarinda, Iowa. 

IOWA WOMEN ARTISTS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

Collection of 77 oral histories of Iowa women artists conducted by Jane Robinette in 1998-1999. Includes interview with Jean Berry.

A POLITICAL DIALOGUE: IOWA’S WOMEN LEGISLATORS

Interviews with women who served in the Iowa General Assembly conducted by Suzanne Schenken. Includes interview with A. June Franklin, who served in the Iowa General Assembly from 1966 to 1972.

VOICES FROM THE LAND: AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT IN IOWA

Oral histories with Iowa farm women conducted as part of the Rural Women’s Project of the Iowa Women’s Archives, 2000-2001. See interview with Vivian Schelker.

“WE ASK NO SPECIAL FAVORS.” Videocassette, 1993 [V122].

Interviews with African American families in Clarinda, Iowa.