| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early to Mid 1800's | Video | Iowans Help Abolitionist John Brown | In the early to mid-1800s the famous abolitionist, John Brown, spent time in Iowa. He was aided by Iowans who favored his cause. |
| ca 1925 | Photo | Confiscated Equipment During Prohibition, ca. 1925 | When officials found illegal stills, they confiscated the equipment or destroyed it on the site. ca. 1925 |
| 1845 | Video | Iowa Boundary Debate | Iowa fought the U.S. Congress to establish state boundaries in 1845. |
| 1861-1865 | Video | George Spencer: Spy | A re-enactment demonstrates how Grenville Dodge's spies tricked Confederates out of valuable information during the Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 1900-1920 | Video | Buxton: Racial harmony in an Iowa coal mining town | Buxton was a mining town in southern Iowa. It was unusual because 70-90 percent of the residents of the town were African American. |
| 1939 | Photo | Husking Corn, 1939 | Husking corn. Grundy County, Iowa. October, 1939. |
| 1940 | Photo | Family at Rest, 1940 | This family takes a rest enjoying a few quiet moments of reading. The mother sews. The stove provided the heat. Salem, Henry County, 1940. |
| 1979 | Video | A Legacy Continues | Former chief of the Bureau of Refugee Services Wayne Johnson talks about the roles former Iowa Governor Robert Ray and other Iowans played in helping refugees in 1979. These earlier events laid the foundation for future refugee efforts. |
| 1999 | Photo | Logs at the Sawmill | Harvested logs in northeast Iowa at a sawmill. Raw timber is processed at the sawmill. It takes several steps to produce building materials from raw logs. 1999. |
| 1930 | Photo | Steam tractor | Farmer beside Case steam tractor near Fertile, Iowa. Case and Oliver were two popular farm implement brands in Iowa. ca. 1930. |