Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1929-1939 | Video | Public Housing for Miners | Miners living near Granger, Iowa, worked only part of the year. Their families lived in shacks. A priest helped acquire better housing for the miners and their families. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Dr. Kenneth James Gee | Dr. Kenneth Gee and a small cadre of people built a 3,000 bed hospital in Batangas, Philippines. They trained medics at Camp Grant who assessed wounded in the field throughout the Philippine islands. Dr. |
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. |
2005 | Video | New Iowan: Nermina | This is an interview with a young, New Iowan, as part of the documentary "Our Kids." |
1890 | Photo | The Brick Capitol in Des Moines, 1858-84 | This structure served as the state capitol from 1858 until 1884. It was located just to the south of the present day capitol, on the site where the Soldiers and Sailors Monument now stands. ca. 1890 |
1855-1898 | Video | The Icarians | A group of French people came to Iowa in 1857. They started a utopian community. |
1991 | Photo | Soldiers Returning from Persian Gulf | A parade in Mason City honored the returning soldiers from Iowa's 1133rd Truck Company. The soldiers were returning from a deployment in the Persian Gulf region. 1991. |