Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1910s-1930s | Video | African-American Legal Associations | Charles P. Howard Jr. (1921-1994), a former president of the National Bar Association, discusses discrimination faced by black attorneys. |
1910s | Video | African-American Athletes at the University | Dr. Philip Hubbard (1921-2002), first African-American professor at the University of Iowa, recalls early athletes. |
Video | African-American and White Families Lived Side By Side in the Early 1900s Mining Town of Buxton, Iowa | In the early 1900s, the diverse nature of the small mining town of Buxton, Iowa stood in stark contrast to much of the racially segregated United States. |
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1925 | Photo | Advertisements on Bridge, ca. 1925 | Advertisements on Chicago Great Western Railroad underpass on the Lincoln Highway - U.S. 30 on east edge of Carroll. Note angle of underpass and advertising - all safety hazards that would not be allowed today. ca. 1925. |
1980s | Video | Activism During the 1980s Farm Crisis | Farmers, politicians, and activists rally around the 1980s farm crisis. |
1975 | Video | A Wonderful Risk | Former president of the Des Moines Register, Michael Gartner, talks about the risks involved with welcoming refugees to a state. |
Video | A U.S. Soldier Recalls Vietnam War Battle Experiences | U.S. veteran Caesar Smith gives a first hand account of the fighting conditions in Vietnam. Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In 1964, he was a U.S. advisor to South Vietnamese troops. |
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Video | A U.S. Platoon Leader Remembers Vietnam | Dan Gannon is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He spent more than 300 days in combat, rising to the rank of Captain before leaving the military. |
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2003 | Video | A Survivor’s Story | A Guatemalan native adopted by Iowans tells of life in her war-torn homeland where her parents were massacred and she was left to bury her baby sister. |
1980s | Video | A Short-Lived Agriculture Boom Leads to the 1980s Farm Crisis | Extensive land loans, high land prices, and low interest rates combine in the 1970s to build the short-lived agricultural boom that lead to the 1980s Farm Crisis. |