American History: Iowa Resources
A guide to resources that support research in American History
Iowa Newspapers
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Daily Iowan Historic NewspapersDating back to 1868 the Daily Iowan Newspaper Collection provides access to digitized versions of The Daily Iowan and its predecessors: the University Reporter (1868-81), the Vidette (1879-81), the Vidette-Reporter (1881-1901) and the University Mirror (1881). The newspaper editions are full text searchable. Though not yet comprehensive, issues will continue to be added up to 2006.
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Des Moines Register (Proquest Digital Microfilm) This link opens in a new windowCoverage 2002-current
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Newspapers.com Library Edition-Iowa newspapers This link opens in a new windowHistorical newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s (not current). Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of around 150 Iowa newspapers
Journals about Iowa history
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Annals of IowaA quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of history published by the State Historical Society of Iowa containing articles on a wide variety of topics related to Iowa history.
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Iowa Heritage Illustratedcontinues The Palimpsest
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Iowa Historian
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Iowa Journal of History
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The Palimpsest
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Iowa Historian