Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1980s | Video | Rural Advocacy Groups Draw Attention to the 1980s Farm Crisis | Rural advocacy groups lead protests and events to support farmers and draw attention to the farm crisis during the 1980's. |
1996 | Video | Iowa Caucus History: Bob Dole's Battle with the Conservative Right in 1996 | Kansas Senator Bob Dole, a World War II veteran, was in the political fight of his life in 1995. |
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. |
1980s | Video | Activism During the 1980s Farm Crisis | Farmers, politicians, and activists rally around the 1980s farm crisis. |
2001-2014 | Video | An Iowa Army Medic Deals with the Chaos of a Field Hospital during the War in Afghanistan | Sergeant Heather Eberly describes her experiences as an Army Medic in a field hospital during the war in Afghanistan. |
1964-1975 | Video | Iowa Veteran Describes Experiences as a Helicopter Pilot in the Vietnam War | Iowa veteran Lieutenant Gerald Berry, a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, describes his experiences. His duties ranged from delivering mail to troop insertion and extraction and picking up wounded. |
Video | Iowa's Loess Hills | The story of the Loess Hills of Iowa started more than 25,000 years ago when a large glacier began to retreat from the area. As the glacier melted, water filled the Missouri River valley. When the water level dropped, large amounts of silt were left behind. |