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To locate any of the documents mentioned
below, go to:
Archives, Libraries & Societies
Periodicals
The following are several valuable periodicals, which have been published in Iowa.
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Periodical Title |
Publisher/Holder |
Annals of Iowa
1863-74 and 1882-83
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State Historical Society of Iowa
(now published by Iowa State History Department,
Division of Museum & Archives) |
Iowa Historical Record
1885-1902 |
State Historical Society of Iowa
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Iowa Journal of
History & Politics |
State Historical Society of Iowa
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Quarterly Iowa
Journal of History
(started in 1903) |
State Historical Society of Iowa
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Palimpsest
(monthly since 1920) |
State Historical Society of Iowa
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Hawkeye Heritage
(quarterly since 1966) |
Iowa Genealogical Society
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Newspapers
The "Du Buque Visitor," Iowa's first newspaper, was published in 1836 at
Dubuque, followed a year later by "The Western Adventurer" at Montrose.
Redbook's suggested references include:
- "Newspaper Collection of the State Historical Society of Iowa,"
compiled by L.D. Cheever. Iowa City: State Historical Society
of Iowa, 1969. An update file to this listing is available at the
State Historical Library, Iowa City.
- "A Bibliography of Iowa Newspapers, 1836-1976,"
an Iowa Pilot Project of the Organization of American Historians,
The Library of Congress, US Newspaper Project. Iowa City:
Iowa State Historical Department, 1979.
- "The Pageant of the Press, A Survey of 125 Years of Iowa
Journalism," by W.J. Petersen. Iowa City: Iowa State Historical Society, 1962.
- "Index to Bound Newspapers in Iowa State Department of
History and Archives," by Edward F. Pitman. Des Moines: State of Iowa, 1947.
Manuscripts
The Manuscript Department of the State Historical Society of Iowa has many manuscripts in
its collection,
including civil war diaries, papers of an 1866 Indian agent, and a witness to a
presidential assassination. Check:
"Guide to Manuscripts," compiled by Katherine Harris, Iowa City: State
Historical Society of Iowa, 1973, for
numerous genealogical treasures. This is only a sampling of available material.
Those researching in Iowa should be aware that there frequently are manuscript collections
in adjacent states that should be seriously considered in tracing families. For example,
the James J. Hill Papers, called the "Iowa
Properties Papers," are in St. Paul, Minnesota; and the Iowa Territorial Papers,
1838-1846, are held by the
National Archives/Central Plains Region.
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