National Bar Association collection

The collection consists primarily of publicity ephemera for the National Bar Association (NBA) and contains publications, annual convention materials, photographs, programs, press clippings, and other materials. The collection also documents the NBA's 71st annual convention held in Chicago. Included are programs, fliers, brochures and other related ephemera for the 71st convention. Also included with the collection are correspondence, news articles, programs, and publications from the 1997 annual convention held in Minneapolis.

Of note are correspondence, articles, and related ephemera from the annual convention in Memphis. Also included is a videocassette entitled: Iowa's Civil Rights Legends: Charles and Joseph Howard. Items of interest deal with the controversial selection of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as the keynote speaker for the 1998 annual convention. In addition, the collection consists of publications and memorabilia regarding the 76th annual convention in Dallas in the summer of 2001; ephemera from the 2002 national convention; 1994, 2001, and 2002 annual reports; collected material on various members of the NBA; and materials from the 2003 annual convention.