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Discover freely accessible local newspapers, photographs, documents, and other primary sources shared by partner institutions.

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Children and Families of Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

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The collection shared by the Children and Families of Iowa includes document collections.

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A community's history is made up of many lives and perspectives. Historical materials offer a way to explore those connections without reducing the past to a single story.

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Enterprise City Library

Enterprise, Oregon

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Explore newspapers and document collections in the collection shared by the Enterprise City Library. The collection also includes local history resources.

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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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Grundy Center Historical Society

Grundy Center, Iowa

You can explore newspapers and document collections through the collection shared by the Grundy Center Historical Society. The collection also includes journals and diaries; local history resources; and personal writings.

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A familiar story can become more layered when you encounter another kind of source. Read with its date and purpose in mind, and see what new questions or connections it suggests.

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Marion Public Library

Marion, Iowa

Use the collection shared by the Marion Public Library to explore newspapers and directories. The collection also includes cemetery and funeral home records; voting records and registrations; document collections; local history resources; meeting agendas and minutes; government records; and transportation records and history.

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Government records reflect what an office documented for its work. Directories place recorded names and addresses in a particular year.

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Williamson Public Library

Williamson, New York

Explore newspapers and document collections in the collection shared by the Williamson Public Library.

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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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XIT Museum

Channing, Texas

Browse newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals in the collection shared by the XIT Museum. The collection also includes directories; census records; financial and tax records; court and legal records; document collections; local history resources; personal writings, including correspondence; meeting agendas and minutes; programs and souvenirs; land and property records; and scrapbooks, clippings, and articles.

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Directories place recorded names and addresses in a particular year. Meeting agendas and minutes preserve an organization’s recorded business.

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