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

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Anamosa Library & Learning Center

Anamosa, Iowa

The collection shared by the Anamosa Library & Learning Center offers newspapers as well as maps and atlases to explore. The collection also includes local history resources as well as military records and history.

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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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Cedar Rapids Public Library

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Updated

You can explore newspapers and directories through the collection shared by the Cedar Rapids Public Library. The collection also includes census records; maps and atlases; photographs and illustrations; architectural documents; local history resources; meeting agendas and minutes; military records and history; and land and property records.

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Newspapers capture the public conversation of their day. Photographs and illustrations add a visual perspective.

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Fayette Community Library

Fayette, Iowa

The collection shared by the Fayette Community Library includes newspapers as well as maps and atlases. The collection also includes registers, rosters, and listings.

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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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James V. Brown Library

Bastress, Pennsylvania

In-Person Access

Use the collection shared by the James V. Brown Library to explore newspapers and directories. The collection also includes maps and atlases; cemetery and funeral home records; vital records; financial and tax records; journals and diaries; local history resources; meeting agendas and minutes; religious organization documents; land and property records; and personal writings.

Archive access is in person; the partner profile has details for planning a visit.

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A detail passed down through a family can lead beyond the first source you find. Read accounts alongside one another to explore what they preserve, where they differ, and what remains unknown.

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Linn County Atlas

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Explore maps and atlases as well as records and documents of historical places through the collection shared by the Linn County Atlas.

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A map can connect the names in a historical account with the landscape around them, offering another way to explore a place as it was understood at the time.

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Manchester Public Library

Manchester, Iowa

The collection shared by the Manchester Public Library includes newspapers and census records. The collection also includes maps and atlases as well as military records and history.

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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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Manchester Public Library

Manchester, Iowa

In-Person Access Updated

Browse newspapers and census records in the collection shared by the Manchester Public Library. The collection also includes maps and atlases as well as military records and history.

Archive access is in person; the partner profile has details for planning a visit.

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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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Mitchell County Public Library

Collinsville, Texas

You can explore newspapers and census records through the collection shared by the Mitchell County Public Library. The collection also includes maps and atlases as well as 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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Postville Public Library

Postville, Iowa

Use the collection shared by the Postville Public Library to explore newspapers as well as maps and atlases. The collection also includes registers, rosters, and listings.

More about these materials

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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The History Center

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Updated

The collection shared by The History Center includes yearbooks and annuals as well as maps and atlases. The collection also includes photographs and illustrations as well as land and property records.

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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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The History Center

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Updated

The collection shared by The History Center offers yearbooks and annuals as well as maps and atlases to explore. The collection also includes photographs and illustrations as well as land and property records.

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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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Waverly Public Library

Waverly, Iowa

Explore newspapers as well as maps and atlases through the collection shared by the Waverly Public Library. The collection also includes registers, rosters, and listings.

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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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West Union Community Library

West Union, Iowa

You can explore newspapers as well as maps and atlases through the collection shared by the West Union Community Library. The collection also includes registers, rosters, and listings.

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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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