Collection Timeline

1940 to 2020

1940
Quilt, synthetic fabric, three inch squares of pink and orange alternating with blocks of black; quilted with pink thread; backed with pink synthetic fabric, bound with black. Embroidered with names, date, and name of St. Paul AME Church. Circa 1940-1941. 62 x 71.5 inches. Handmade by donor's grandmother, Nora McKee Dixon, 1870-1958, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County, as fundraiser for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of Des Moines at the beginning of World War II. Nora's daughter, Madeline Dixon Berry, did the handwriting on the blocks. Names of church officials, including bishop, pastor, elders, embroidered on middle orange and black blocks. Names around the center represent those who gave ten cents to the Junior Missionaries to have their names on the quilt. Photographs of the McKee family including Nora as a girl and young woman are held in Special Collections, Des Moines. The family of Madaline and John McKee were residents of Dallas County after the Civil War.

1942
Program, Des Moines District Conference and the Women's Mite Missionary Convention of the Northwest Annual Conference of the AME Church; Bethel Church, 1524 East University Avenue, Rev. W.F. Ogleton, pastor; May 27-28, 1942_ Names listed include: Rt. Rev. Jno. A. Gregg; Rev. W.H. Ogleton; Rev. T.B. Stovall; Mrs. G.T. Fant; Rev. W.M. Berry; R.C. Campbell; Dr. R. Hopkins; Rev. J.W. Collins; Estella Coats; Goldie Fant; Dock Slaughter; Rev. H.C. Boyd; E.N. Warren; Harry Warnum; Rev. Grant Page; Julia Stewart; Rachel Turner; Rev. C.H. Copeland; Mrs. S. Robinson; Clara Bailey; Rev. T.W. Hightower; Malena Brooks; Missouri Slater; Rev. L.P. Ashford; Cattie McNeal; Mabel Mason; E.C. Allen; J.W. Collins; Rev. A.L. Preston; Grant Dozier; Rev. H.J. Parker; W.F. Ogleton; L.L. Johnson; Bro. Wm. Brewer; Rev. W.M. Berry; Rev. L.P. Ashford; Mrs. Anna Collins; Mrs. Lucy Page; Mrs. Alice Thompson; Mrs. T.W. Hightower; Mrs. Donna Ogleton; Mrs. G.T. Fant; Mrs. L.P. Ashford; Thelma Reeves; Mrs. L.L. Johnson; Mrs. Sophia Nichols; Mrs. E. Preston; Mrs. M. Copeland.

1973_04
Schedule of events laid out for the week's celebration.

1974
Program for Black History Week titled "Towards a United State of Mind" and schedule of events.

1975
Program for Black History week titled "Voices for Liberation".

1982

2000
Poster for presenters and events for the monthlong celebration.

2007
List of Black Student Alliance Executive Board members.
Minutes from the Black Student Alliance Black Leadership Conference planning meeting.

2008
List of Black Student Alliance Executive Board members.

2012
Constitution of the Black Student Alliance that lays out the purpose of the organization, membership, executive board, and executive board's duties.

2020
Black Lives Matter yard sign