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Coggon Historical Society
Coggon, Iowa
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Coggon.
1892 to 2024Dates represented
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46,882Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Coggon, Iowa.
Get to know Coggon, Iowa in earlier years through newspapers as well as photographs and illustrations shared in the Coggon Historical Society's digital archive. Its five titles include material from 1892 to 2024.
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Selected titles
Examples from Coggon Historical Society’s collection include “Coggon High School Yearbooks” and “Historical Slide Photographs”.
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Different views of the past
A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue. An image adds a visual perspective on the past. Look at what it actually shows, keeping any caption or date with the detail that draws you in.
Historical newspapers can connect a family name with the events and everyday concerns of an earlier time, offering more than a date or a name on its own. Bring a family connection, a question about a familiar place or an interest in local history, and see where the sources lead. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse five titles and 46,882 digitized pages, with material from 1892 to 2024. A partnership between Coggon Historical Society and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Start with a detail you already know, then browse the titles below for another perspective on the people and places connected with this collection.
Coggon High School Yearbooks
13,322 pages from 1927 to 2024
Coggon Monitor
31,670 pages from 1892 to 1972
Historical Slide Index
38 pages in 2019
Historical Slide Photographs
1,702 pages in 2019
Lynx High School Yearbooks
150 pages in 1967
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About the Community
About Coggon, IA
Coggon was established in 1857. We are located in Northeastern Linn County along the banks of the Buffalo Creek. Our population is approximately 701 people. Our slogan is "The One and Only". This is due to the fact that there is not another Coggon in the whole world!
About the Library
About the Coggon Public Library
The Coggon Public Library provides a variety of resources and services to the community. The library offers a large selection of books, magazines, newspapers, and electronic resources available to be checked out by our library card holders. Additionally, the library provides access to historical archives, including the Coggon Monitor and historical slide photographs and indexes.
Partner Story
Contact Information
Address: 123 Main Street, Coggon, IA 52218
Phone: (319) 555-1234
Email: coggonlibrary@coggon.lib.ia.us
Website: www.coggonpubliclibrary.us
Partner Story
Hours of Operation
- Monday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
- Sunday: Closed
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Check a text match against the page
A local report can place everyday life in Coggon within the events of its time. Follow one question through the newspaper titles shared by the Coggon Historical Society, noting the issue date and page so another account can add perspective without erasing what the first source says. If a search result looks incomplete or misspelled, inspect the scanned page when available. Record the issue date and page, then distinguish the printed wording from search text before following the story to another mention.
If a text match looks incomplete, compare it with the scanned newspaper page when available. Check whether wording or names differ, then record the page's printed wording with the issue date and page. Keep the search result distinct from what the page itself shows.
As you connect materials, note where each detail came from and what it can support. Record the title, date, and page or item reference where available. Keep names and relationships tentative until the evidence is strong enough to connect them, and mark which words come from the record and which are your interpretation.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Coggon Historical Society, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
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Stories, research tips, and archive news
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