Finding Guides

Thanks to a grant from the document section of the State Historical Society of Iowa Historical Resource Development Program, the Musuem is able to offer the finding guides for most of its major archival collections online. Follow the links below to find out more about these collections and the history they represent.

AAHMCCI Collection
AIC Credit Union Collection
Edith Atkinson Collection
Robert Carney Collection
George Washington Carver at Iowa State University Collection
George Washington Carver at Simpson College Collection
Clementine Chipley Collection
Louis Dade Collection
Aldeen Davis Collection
BeBe Davis Collection
DePatten Family Collection
William Doan Collection
Merle Fleming Full Collection
Merrita Florence Collection
Viola Gibson Collection
Lois Harper Eichacker Collection
William H. Harper, Jr. Collection
Grace Harris Collection
Dr. Lyell Henry Collection
Phillip Hubbard Collection
Iowa Women Collection
Larry W. Carter NAACP Collection

Dr. Montague Lawrence Collection
Roger Maxwell Collection
Timothy Mims Collection
Moore Family Collection
Altheda Moore Collection
Mount Zion Baptist Church Collection
Ottumwa Collection
Oversized Collections
Virgil Powell Collection
Pre-WWI Photos Collection
Quality Integrated Education Collection
Cecil Reed Collection
Robinson Family Collection
Jack Schneiders Collection
Small Collections
Vernon and Phoebe Smith Family Collection
Terry Strothers Collection
Luther Trent Collection
George and Emma Turner Collection
United Grande Lodge of Iowa Collection
Eugene White Collection