| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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| 1955-1968 | Video | King's Message | Robert A. Wright, Sr., a long-time president of the NAACP Iowa-Nebraska State Conference, talks about Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy. |
| 1975 | Video | Iowa Responds to Tai Dam | Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray discusses his decision to bring Tai Dam refugees to Iowa in 1975 after receiving a letter from Art Crisfield, an American who had met the Tai Dam while living in Southeast Asia. |
| 1861 | Video | Civil War Battle in Iowa | Missouri rebels fought with Iowa Union troops over the Des Moines River in 1861. It was the only Civil War battle on Iowa land. |
| 1956 | Photo | Sheaffer Pen Company | Employee inspecting pens at the Sheaffer Pen Company in Ft. Madison, Iowa. December 1956. |
| Video | Iowa's Leadership in Resettling Southeast Asian Refugees | The state of Iowa was a leader in resettling Southeast Asian refugees, not only because the government got behind it, but because of the way it was done. The state wanted the refugees to work and live their lives as they became acculturated, not wait till they learned English. |
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| 1840's | Video | Coal Mining Towns | Coal mines could be found in the south central part of Iowa in the 1800s. In the 1850s coal mining became an important industry. Many immigrants worked in the coal mines of Iowa. |
| 1969 | Photo | Iowa Airman, Vietnam | 1st Lt. Lyle Bainbridge from the 174th Tactical Fighter Wing standing by an F-100C plane during the Vietnam War. This picture was taken at the Phu Car Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam in 1969. |