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Cornell College

Mount Vernon, Iowa

The collection shared by Cornell College offers newspapers, including school newspapers as well as college and university materials to explore.

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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.

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Ellsworth Community College

Iowa Falls, Iowa

Use the collection shared by Ellsworth Community College to explore newspapers, including school newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals. The collection also includes financial and tax records; business and industry publications; land and property records; probate and estate records; and college and university materials.

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One source rarely tells an entire story. A name, place or event can lead into another part of the collection, offering a different perspective on the question that brought you here.

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Mary F. Shipper Library At Potomac State College of WVU

Keyser, West Virginia

Explore newspapers as well as college and university materials through the collection shared by the Mary F. Shipper Library At Potomac State College of WVU.

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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.

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Morningside University

Sioux City, Iowa

The collection shared by Morningside University offers newspapers, including school newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals to explore. The collection also includes college and university materials.

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The way a campus newspaper reports an event may differ from the way a yearbook remembers a school year. Together, these publications offer connections between individual lives and the college community around them.

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Northwestern College

Orange City, Iowa

You can explore newspapers, including school newspapers as well as college and university materials through the collection shared by Northwestern College.

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Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it.

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Simpson College

Indianola, Iowa

Use the collection shared by Simpson College to explore yearbooks and annuals as well as school newspapers. The collection also includes college and university materials.

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Yearbooks and annuals can offer glimpses of the people, activities and institutions of an earlier time, placing familiar names within the communities around them.

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Southeastern Community College

West Burlington, Iowa

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Explore “Yearbooks” in the collection shared by Southeastern Community College.

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Explore “Yearbooks” with a question of your own. Notice who created the source and whom it was intended for as you follow a familiar name, place or event.

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St. Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa

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Explore yearbooks and annuals as well as school newspapers in the collection shared by St. Ambrose University. The collection also includes magazines or catalogs as well as college and university materials.

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Yearbooks and annuals can offer glimpses of the people, activities and institutions of an earlier time, placing familiar names within the communities around them.

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Stewart Memorial Library – Coe College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

The collection shared by Stewart Memorial Library – Coe College offers yearbooks and annuals as well as school newspapers to explore. The collection also includes college and university materials.

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Yearbooks and annuals record selected moments in the life of an institution or community, offering a way to explore how people represented their own time.

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