Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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2001-2014 | Video | The Mission and Plan of an Iowa National Guard Division during the War in Afghanistan | Colonel Ben Corell, Iowa National Guard, talks about how fighting the war in Afghanistan went beyond just the battles and skirmishes with the enemy. It also involved coordination among several groups on both sides. |
late 1800's | Photo | The Last Icarians | The last Icarians, Adams County. The Icarian community disbanded in 1898. |
1944-1945 | Video | The Last Days of World War II | World War II was a long and brutal war. After three years, eight months and eight days, the fighting for American forces was over. It is estimated that more than 60 million people were killed in the conflicts, many of them civilians. |
2000 | Video | The Iowa Capitol Building Was Built to Last | Restoring the Iowa Capitol building became the opportunity of a lifetime for many Iowa craftsman. The restoration process allowed them to to challenge their skills against those that came before. This segment is from Iowa PBS’s This Old Statehouse documentary. |
1930s-1940s | Video | The Iowa Bystander Publisher Fights for Success | Elaine Graham Estes, longtime director of the Des Moines Public Library, talks about the publisher of The Iowa Bystander. J.B. Morris was a lawyer and businessman who published the African-American newspaper in the 1920s. |
1864-present | Video | The Iowa Bystander Provides Communication | Arlene Roberts-Morris, widow of African-American publisher James Morris, Jr., talks about the role of the newspaper, The Iowa Bystander. |
1920s | Video | The Iowa Bystander Newspaper Brings Hope | Elaine Graham Estes, longtime director of the Des Moines Public Library, describes the impact of the African-American newspaper, The Iowa Bystander. |
1935-1941 | Video | The Importance of the Railroad in Small Town Iowa in the 1940s | Although the automobile was around in the 1940s, railroads were still a main source of transportation for many small rural Iowa communities. Learn more about how the railroad played a key role in daily life in this segment from Iowa PBS’s "Picture Perfect: Iowa in the 1940s" documentary. |
1980s | Video | The Impact of the 1980s Farm Crisis on Iowa's Rural Communities. | The farm crisis affects more than farmers in Iowa as it spreads to small town communities, rural businesses, and even cities where agricultural machinery plants are located. |
1855-1898 | Video | The Icarians | A group of French people came to Iowa in 1857. They started a utopian community. |