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Conrad Historical Museum

Beaman, Iowa

Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Beaman.

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14Titles

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1858 to 2023Dates represented

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383,720Archive pages

Historical pages reported for this collection.

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Beaman, Iowa.

Discover another side of Beaman, Iowa through newspapers preserved in the Conrad Historical Museum's digital archive. Its fourteen titles include material from 1858 to 2023.

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  • Selected titles

    Examples from Conrad Historical Museum’s collection include “Clarinda Chronicle” and “The Herald - Journal”.

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    No subscription or payment required.

  • A closer look

    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.

The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.

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Titles in this collection

Browse fourteen titles and 383,720 digitized pages, with material from 1858 to 2023. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Conrad Historical Museum shares these sources from the past. 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.

Clarinda Chronicle

10,236 pages from 1992 to 1993

Clarinda Herald - Journal

19,368 pages from 2006 to 2013

Clarinda Herald Journal

19,308 pages from 2013 to 2023

Daily Evening Star

1,346 pages from 1882 to 1883

Labor News

58 pages from 1887 to 1888

Page County Democrat

33,658 pages from 1868 to 1926

Page County Herald

1,258 pages from 1859 to 1862

The Clarinda Daily Journal

366 pages from 1898 to 1917

The Clarinda Herald

58,872 pages from 1887 to 1930

The Clarinda Herald Journal

185,158 pages from 1933 to 2005

The Clarinda Iowa Herald-Journal

3,286 pages from 2018 to 2019

The Clarinda Journal

40,814 pages from 1884 to 1932

The Fremont Herald

378 pages from 1858 to 1859

The Herald - Journal

9,614 pages from 1990 to 1993

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About the Community

About Conrad, IA

J.W. Conrad, Conrad's namesake, settled in southern Grundy County near Wolf Creek in 1853. In the spring of 1880, the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad began work on a rail line running through Wolf Creek Valley; soon after, a plan for the town of Conrad was established. In 1894, a fire broke out and destroyed nearly every downtown building. The town rebuilt immediately, replacing wood frame structures with brick buildings. Known for its rich black dirt, Conrad claims to be the "Black Dirt Capital of the World." For more historical facts concerning Conrad, be sure to visit the Conrad Heritage Hall and Museum located at 204 East Center Street, Conrad.

About the Library

About the Conrad Public Library

The Conrad Public Library serves the Iowa community by providing a wide range of resources and services, including a large selection of books, magazines, newspapers, and electronic resources. The library strives to be a welcoming community center for all seeking personal and professional growth and development.

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Contact Information

Address: 123 Main Street, Conrad, IA 50621 Phone: (319) 555-5678 Email: conradlibrary@conrad.lib.ia.us Website: www.conradpubliclibrary.us

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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

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Research Guidance

Check a text match against the page

The history of Beaman includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Conrad Historical Museum, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. 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.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Conrad Historical Museum, 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

Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.

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March 18, 2025

It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?

We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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