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Oral history interview with Dora Martin Berry, August 14, 1997 [excerpts]

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Berry, Dora Martin

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Dora Martin Berry's recollections of becoming the first African American to win the Miss State University of Iowa pageant. Contact the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/iwa/ Audio digitally captured from analog cassette using 16 bit resolution at 44 kHz. Archival wav available.
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University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives (host institution)
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the Iowa Women's Archives.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Beauty Contests
  3. Berry, Dora Martin
  4. Race Relations
  5. Students
  6. Universities
  7. University Of Iowa

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