Series 1

Biographical Information (1998)

extent:

.05 linear feet (1 folder)

description:

The series contains Williams’ resume.

Box 1/1

Biographical Information - resume, 1998

Series 2

Publicity (1985-1991)

extent:

.05 linear feet (2 folders)

description:

The series contains brochures, newspaper advertisements, and posters of Verda Williams’ productions “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” and “A Rose Is A Rose” both before and after broadcast in 1985.

Box 1/2

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Brochures, Newspaper Advertisement, 1985-1986, n.d.

Series 3

Correspondence (1985)

extent:

.20 linear feet (5 folders)

description:

The series contains congratulatory letters on the outcome of the show, audience response letters to the program, and general correspondence pertaining to “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard.”

Box 1/3

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Letters of Congratulations, 1985

Box 1/4

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Correspondence, Memorandum, and Brochures, 1985

Box 1/5

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Correspondence, 1985

Box 1/6

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Correspondence, 1985

Box 1/7

Audience Response - correspondence, 1985

Series 4

Script, Tape Descriptions, and Scene Descriptions (1985)

extent:

.42 linear feet (1 manuscript box)

description:

The series contains the script for “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard”, including written scene descriptions of the program and detailed videotape descriptions of the videos contained in Series 5.

Box 1/8

“Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard” - Script, 1985

Box 1/9

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Script, 1985

Box 1/10

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Tape Descriptions (A-Z5) {see boxes 3 & 4}, 1985

Box 1/11

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Tape Descriptions (2, 4-5, 7-16, 18-33) {see boxes 5 & 6}, 1985

Box 1/12

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Tape Descriptions (Program Master, Miscellaneous Tapes) {see box 7}, 1985

Box 1/13

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard,” Scene Descriptions, 1985

Box 2/1

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard,” Scene Descriptions/Program Close, 1985

Box 2/2

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard,” - Interview, Marguerite Cothorn, 1985

Box 2/3

“Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard,” - Research Notes, Brochures, 1984-1985

Box 2/4

The Making of “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” - Interview with Verda Williams, 1985

Box 2/5

Rosa Guy – Audiocassettes (3), 1-Selma, n.d.

Box 2/6

Rosa Guy – Photograph, n.d.

Series 5

Video Tapes 3/4 inch (ca. early 1980’s)

extent:

13 linear feet (10 records center cartons)

description:

The series contains Verda Williams videotapes, including the master of the program “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard,” research tapes for the program, interviews, stills, historic events, and footage used to compile the program.

Box 3

Videotapes

Tape A

Subject:  Judge Willie Glanton, 1985

Tape B

Subject:  Footage of places around the Des Moines area, streets, buildings, etc., 1985

Tape C

Subject:  History of Des Moines, growth, change, activities, 1985

Tape D

Subject:  Scenes around early Des Moines, areas for “colored” people, black social groups and their leaders, 1985

Tape E

Subject:  Aerial views of Des Moines, Willkie House, 1985

Tape F

Subject:  Willkie House, M. Cothorn, 1985

Tape G

Subject:  Clubs for “negros” open in Des Moines, 1985

Tape H

Subject:  W. E. B. Dubois, Margaret Bush Wilson, J. B. Morris, Catherine Williams, Edna Griffin, Saunders, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Affirmative Action Groups, 1985

Tape I

Subject:  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and family, Black Panthers, Jesse Jackson, Joan Mondale, Julian Bond, Dick Gregory, Wes Chapman, Al Parrish, Morris funeral, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1985

Tape J

Subject:  Union Baptist Church, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Black-Hispanic Coalition, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - hiring of blacks in Des Moines, Monroe Branch killing and trial, Leonard Johnson, Wes Chapman, Monroe Colston, Elaine Estes, Celian Johnson, Judge George Strickler, Al Parrish, Viola Neighbours, Craig Clarke, 1985

Tape K

Subject:  Women in uniform, kids, Stan Satterfield, social clubs, sports and entertainment, YMCA, MCNAR, Jr. Pride, 1985

Tape L-1

Subject:  Dr. Sarah Moten, Rev. Sherman Brown, Iowa Governor Branstad, 1985

Tape L-2

Subject:  1915 Polk County road construction, Charles P. Howard, Brown, Ft. Des Moines, Adah Hyde, Gertrude North, 1985

Tape M

Subject:  Wesley Redhead, Jeff Logan, J. L. Thompson, Jack Trice, J. B. Morris and family, Bystander, return from World War II, Camp Dodge, YMCA, Knights of Columbus Hall, 1985

Tape N

Subject:  Camp Dodge, Archie Alexander, Fire Department, Jim Thompson, Henry Wallace and Paul Robeson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Clara Bayles, Mayor Urban, 1985

Tape O

Subject:  Parades, John Walker, Charles Knox, Drake University, Lacy Spriggs, National Black United Front, 1985

Tape P

Subject:  Kids, people, Edna Griffin, Katz clippings, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. murder, Muhammad Ali, 1985

Tape Q

Subject:  Camp Dodge, Isaac Brandt (John Brown), Jeff Logan, Abe Lincoln, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Stephen Kearney, Katz, Lyric Theatre, 1985

Box 4

Videotapes

Tape R

Subject:  Theatres, KRNT Theatre, street scenes, parks, schools, 1985

Tape S

Subject:  Y Camp, hotels, Brown House, Elliot, Ft. Des Moines, Detective James Allen, Kirkwood, Black Panthers, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, Khalil Abdel Alim, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Negro Press, Negro Center, 1985

Tape T

Subject:  J.B. Morris, Frank Dixon, Black History Week, Blacks in Des Moines (Iowa), Robert Hyde, 1985

Tape U

Subject:  Lynchings, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Joe and Sue Brown, Duke Ellington, Booker T. Washington, Marian Anderson, George Washington Carver, 1985

Tape V

Subject:  Illinois Certificate of Freedom, mining tools, war maps, uniforms, 1985

Tape W

Subject:  Burns Chute, Archie Alexander, 1985

Tape X

Subject:  Archie Alexander, Sepia Club, YWCA, Women’s Air Corps, Virginia Williams, Verda and Nova, Verda on “Positively Black”, 1985

Tape X-1

Subject:  People in uniform and at various establishments, Willkie House, J. B. Morris, 1985

Tape X-2

Subject:  Kids in various settings, Olympian Club, J. B. Morris, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, churches, John Estes, Elks, group photos, 1985

Tape Y

Subject:  Mme. Walker, Florence Mills, Harlem (New York), Pauline Humphrey, black beauty school, various Des Moines (Iowa) shots, 1985

Tape Z-1

Subject:  Mrs. Charles Dockery (Louise Stewart), Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, President J. F. Kennedy, President George Washington, President Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, Roosevelt, Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Johnny Mathis, Dorothy Dandridge, Chubby Checker, Klan v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, James Meredith articles, 1985

Tape Z-2

Subject:  Louis Armstrong, Anna Lucasta, Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson, Floyd Patterson, Willie Mays, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Nat Cole, Harry Belafonte, Billy Eckstine, Sidney Poitier, etc. (famous black Americans), 1985

Tape Z-3

Subject:  Famous black Americans, blacks in headlines, events in black history, 1985

Tape Z-4

Subject:  Famous black Americans, blacks in headlines, interviews - Darlene Freeman, Judy Wade, Ida Bell Jarrett, Alonzo Jarrett, 1985

Tape Z-5

Subject:  WACS, MCTV, 1985

Box 5

Videotapes

Tape 2

Subject:  Dr. Saunders, 1985

Tape 4

Subject:  AKO Part II, 1985

Tape 5

Subject:  Glantons, 1985

Tape 7

Subject:  Jackson, 1985

Tape 8

Subject:  E. Jackson, Bowman, 1985

Tape 9

Subject:  J. B. Morris III, 1985

Tape 9A

Subject:  Jim Bowman Take 2, 1985

Tape 10

Subject:  Larry Carter, 1985

Tape 11

Subject:  Wes Chapman, n.d.

Tape 12

Subject:  Wes Chapman, 1985

Tape 13

Subject:  Edna Griffin, n.d.

Tape 14

Subject:  Edna Griffin, n.d.

Tape 15

Subject:  Student interviews, Des Moines (Iowa) skyline, n.d.

Tape 16

Subject:  B-roll Black Students Meeting, various sights around Des Moines (Iowa), n.d.

Tape 18

Subject:  Center Street Tech High, Fort Des Moines, Willkie House, n.d.

Box 6

Videotapes

Tape 19

Subject:  Elementary schools and children, KUCB Radio, CU, n.d.

Tape 20

Subject:  Business District, n.d.

Tape 21

Subject:  Tiny Tots B-roll, Iowa Governor Branstad, view of Des Moines (Iowa) - mid 1800s, n.d.

Tape 21A

Subject:  Eastern Star Masonic Temple, high schools, churches, n.d.

Tape 22

Subject:  Catherine G. Williams, 1985

Tape 23

Subject:  Catherine Williams, 1985

Tape 24

Subject:  Catherine Williams, M. Cothorn, n.d.

Tape 25

Subject:  M. Cothorn, n.d.

Tape 26

Subject:  Edith Webb, graves, Glanton’s house, Lera Payne, George Payne, Beverley Settles, George Nichols, Steve Strother, Shawn Nichols, Sharpe, n.d.

Tape 27

Subject:  Barber shop, Jenkins, Woods, Barbara Calderon, Dora MacKay, Manuel Calderon, churches, streets, parks, Garrison, n.d.

Tape 28

Subject:  Garrison, Hawkeye Lodge, Bradley, barber shop, Kyles American Methodist Zion church, n.d.

Tape 29

Subject:  various freeway shots, Lillian Edmunds, Wendell Willkie, churches, rivers, Iowa State Capitol, 1985

Tape 30

Subject:  unidentified, n.d.

Tape 31

Subject:  unidentified, n.d.

Tape 32

Subject:  program close, 1985

Tape 33

Subject:  program close, 1985

Box 7

Videotapes

Tape 1

Subject:  The Negro Soldier, n.d.

Tape 2

Subject:  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Biography Part I, n.d.

Tape 3

Subject:  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Biography Part II, n.d.

Tape 4

Subject:  Effects 1 - A roll, n.d.

Tape 5

Subject:  Effects 2 - B roll, n.d.

Tape 6

Subject:  Birth of a Nation, blacks and the Klu Klux Klan, n.d.

Tape 7

Subject:  Muhammad Ali excerpts, n.d.

Tape 8

Subject:  “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” edited master, 1985

Tape 9

Subject:  “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” edited master, Part 1 of 2, 1985

Tape 10

Subject:  “Black Des Moines:  Voices Seldom Heard” edited master, Part 2 of 2, 1985

Tape 11

Subject:  “Southern Accents, Northern Ghettos” Part 1, 1983

Tape 12

Subject:  “Southern Accents, Northern Ghettos” Part 2, 1983

Tape 13

Subject:  Buxton (Iowa) Slides, n.d.

Tape 14

Subject:  Drake University tape, slides, President Johnson signs bill, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, n.d.

Box 8

Videotapes

Tape 1

Subject:  Rosa Guy, pictures, books, friends, n.d.

Tape 2

Subject:  Rosa Guy, books, n.d.

Tape 3

Subject:  Rosa Guy, John A Williams, Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughs, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Zora Hurston, n.d.

Tape 4

Subject:  Rosa Guy, Harlem (New York), n.d.

Tape 5

Subject:  Rosa Guy, Harlem (New York), an urban black culture, n.d.

Tape 6

Subject:  Rosa Guy, Harlem (New York), Stars, n.d.

Tape 7

Subject:  Rosa Guy, Harlem (New York), 1930-1939, n.d.

Tape 8

Subject:  Harlem (New York), 1930-1940, n.d.

Tape 9

Subject:  Harlem (New York), 1940’s, n.d.

Tape 10

Subject:  Harlem (New York), 1940-1950, n.d.

Tape 11

Subject:  Harlem (New York), 1950-1959, n.d.

Tape 12

Subject:  Harlem (New York), 1950-1960, n.d.

Tape 13

Subject:  Harlem (New York), 1960-1968, n.d.

Tape 14

Subject:  Harlem (New York), 1960-1968, n.d.

Tape 15

Subject:  Title/Trinidad Books, n.d.

Tape 16

Subject:  Rosa Guy, n.d.

Tape 17

Subject:  Rosa Guy, n.d.

Box 9

Videotapes

Tape 1

Subject:  Sun City, 1986

Tape 2

Subject:  Women of South Africa into Maids and Madames, 1986

Tape 3

Subject:  Women of South Africa into Maids and Madames, 1986

Tape 4

Subject:  Women of South Africa, 1986

Tape 1

Civil Rights 1, n.d.

Tape 2

Civil Rights 2, n.d.

Tape 3

Civil Rights 3, n.d.

Tape 4

Civil Rights 4, n.d.

Box 10

Videotapes

Tape A

Subject:  Block graphics, n.d.

Tape 1

Subject:  Black Artists, 1983

Tape 2

Subject:  Black Artists, 1983

Tape 2A

Subject:  Black Artists, 1983

Tape 3

Subject:  Black Artists, 1983

Tape 1

Subject:  Sports, Dallas, Edwin Moses, Falcon Crest, Downy, Cascade, Channel 5 Sports, Boys and Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Soccer, Hall and Oates, VH-1 promotion, John Lennon, Kim Carnes, Phil Collins, Stephanie Mills, n.d.

Tape 2

Subject:  Sports, Iowa State Basketball, Stephanie Mills, Al Jarreau, Sheena Easton, Toto – Africa, Subway, Michael McDonald, Elton John, Diana Ross, Carole Baumgarten, game footage, National Football League, n.d.

Tape 3

Subject:  Sports, football, Jets, Johnny Orr, ABC challenge, Bud Lite, Visa, Nissan, Hawks, hockey, boxing, swimming, Pearle Vision, Miller Beer, Bill Cosby, n.d.

Tape 4

Subject:  Sports, Olympic gold, Mary Decker, Skiing, Pole Vault, Carl Lewis, Channel 8 News, Drake University, Dallas Cowboys, Love Boat, Chunky Soup, Milk, Grapenuts, Kate and Ally, n.d.

Tape 5

Subject:  Sports, Advertisements, Promotions, n.d.

Tape 6

Subject:  Sports, Advertisements, Promotions, n.d.

Tape 7

Subject:  Sports, Advertisements, Promotions, n.d.

Tape 7B

Subject:  de la Baca interview, Diane Sawyer, 60 Minutes, n.d.

Tape 8

Subject:  Sex Roles and Sports, n.d.

Tape 9

Subject:  Sex Roles and Sports, n.d.

Tape 10

Subject:  Sex Roles and Sports, n.d.

Tape I

Subject:  LeRoy Mitchell, n.d.

Tape II

Subject:  Energy, Our Dying Need, n.d.

Box 11

Videotapes

Tape 1

Subject:  Carole Baumgarten, “Sex Roles and Sports”, n.d.

Tape 2

Subject:  Carole Baumgarten, n.d.

Tape 3

Subject:  Carole Baumgarten, Drake University, 1985

Tape 4

Subject:  Life Force demo tape, n.d.

Tape 5

Subject:  Life Force promotion, 1984

Tape 6

Subject:  Life Force promotion, 1981

Tape 7

Subject:  Liscomb interview, n.d.

Tape 8

Subject:  Commercials, n.d.

Tape 9

Subject:  Unidentified, n.d.

Tape 11

Subject:  “Dallas”, commercials, n.d.

Tape 12

Subject:  Promotion, Cutting Energy Bills, n.d.

Tape 13

Subject:  Promotions, commercials, n.d.

Tape 14

Subject:  Promotions, commercials, n.d.

Tape 15

Subject:  Promotions, commercials, n.d.

Tape 16

Subject:  Dynasty, commercials, n.d.

Tape 17

Subject:  Continued Iowa Artists, 1981

Tape 18

Subject:  Unidentified, n.d.

Box 12

Videotapes

Tape 1

Subject:  Women of the 19^th Century, 1986

Tape 2

Subject:  Women of the 19^th Century, 1986

Tape 3

Subject:  Women of the 19^th Century, 1986

Tape 4

Subject:  Women of the 19^th Century, 1986

Tape 1

Subject:  Harlem Cotton Club, Part 1, 1987

Tape 2

Subject:  Harlem Cotton Club, Part 2, 1987