Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1887 | Photo | View of Icarian community | View of Icarian community with resident, Jules Gentry, and dog in foreground. Site near Corning, Iowa. 1887. |
1890 | Photo | View From the Capitol, ca. 1890 | View of Des Moines taken from the newly finished capitol, ca. 1890. |
1975 | Photo | Vietnamese Refugees, 1975 | Vietnamese refugees in Des Moines in 1975. |
1964-75 | Video | Vietnam: Welcome Home | Samuel Sours, a representative of the Vietnam Veterans of America who served in Vietnam for 27 months and moved up the ranks from supply clerk to helicopter crew chief, recalls his experiences. |
Video | Vietnam War Veteran Describes Precautions Taken When Returning to U.S. | 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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Video | Vietnam War Veteran Describes Experience Returning to U.S. | Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In this segment from Iowa Experience: Vietnam, Smith describes the political climate in the United States as he and other soldiers returned from the war. |
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Mid-1800's | Video | Variety of Immigrants Come to Iowa | During the 1800s many different immigrant groups settled in Iowa. The most populous groups were the Germans, British Islanders and the Norwegians. |
1979 | Video | US Navy Helps Refugees | Former Vice President Walter Mondale talks about the role of the US Navy in saving refugees from Southeast Asia in 1979. |
1968 | Video | University Minority Recruitment | Dr. Philip Hubbard (1921-2002), first African-American professor at the University of Iowa, recalls changes at the university in the late 1960s. |
1918 | Video | University Dorm Integration | Dr. Philip Hubbard (1921-2002), first African-American professor at the University of Iowa, talks about integrating dorms at the university. He was being interviewed by Robert Morris, whose father was one of the first African-Americans to live in the dorms. |