| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Photo | Women railroad wipers | Women worked on railroads in Iowa during World War II (1941-45). These women worked for the the Chicago and North Western Railroad in Clinton. April 1943. |
| 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. |
| 1999 | Photo | Soybeans in pods | Soybeans in pods at harvest time. Iowa is the leading state in the production of soybeans, so harvest time is a very busy time of year for soybean growers. 1999. |
| 2008 | Video | Midwest Farm Fields Devastated by Floods | Midwestern farmers deal with losses and what the future might hold after the Iowa floods of 2008. |
| 1999 | Photo | Repairing Gold Dome During Capitol Restoration, 1999 | Workers repair gold dome during the capitol restoration. Workers rappelled off the dome to replace the fragile gold on the dome. 1999. |
| 1939 | Video | Out of Hitler’s Reach | The story of a Quaker boarding school near West Branch, Iowa, which in 1939 offered a safe haven for Europeans fleeing Nazi rule, is featured. This program aired in 1998. |
| 1700's | Map | Western U.S. shown in 1776 map | This map shows that in 1776 land west of the Mississippi, including Iowa, was divided into large masses by European governments. The map displays the area that would later become the Louisiana Purchase. |