| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890's | Video | Coal Workers Unionize | Poor pay, long hours and dangerous conditions lead Iowa coal miners to organize a union. John L. Lewis from Lucas, Iowa, became a national leader in unions. |
| 1836 | Video | Iowa and Missouri Dispute Border | In 1836 the state of Missouri and the Iowa Territory disagreed about their boundary line. |
| 1800's | Video | Frontier Education | Frontier education included simple reading, writing and arithmetic lessons in the 1800s. Most children were homeschooled. |
| Late 1800's | Video | Book Farming | New farming tools and techniques were made known to farmers via publications like "Wallaces' Farmer." Henry A. Wallace was the owner and publisher of the ag magazine. He was also the U.S. secretary of agriculture. |
| 1800-2008 | Video | History of the Iowa Caucus | Explore the history, the process and the influence that the Iowa caucus has on the nation. |
| Early 1500's | Video | European Explorers Meet Early Iowans | The first European explorers met the native Indians and learned from them in the early 1500s. |
| 1938 | Photo | 1909 Maytag touring car | 1909 Maytag Touring Car on display at the Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, 1938. |
| 1975 | Video | Life as a Refugee | Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray talks sbout life as a refugee. |
| 1910s-1930s | Video | African-American Legal Associations | Charles P. Howard Jr. (1921-1994), a former president of the National Bar Association, discusses discrimination faced by black attorneys. |
| 1875 | Photo | Downtown Des Moines, 1875 | Des Moines, Iowa's capital city. 1875 |