local history resources found in iowa libraries - State Historical ...

Index to records at local funeral home
Special resources:
Photograph collections
Oral history collections (audio, transcripts—100 relating to local history with an emphasis on transportation)
Scrapbooks of pictures of local people in Iowa’s Bicentennial Year (over 1000 people)
Scrapbooks of local businessmen’s snapshots
Copies of photodirectories of local churches
POLK COUNTY
Grimes Public Library
P. O. Box 280
200 North James
Grimes, IA 50111-0280
(515) 986-3551 (phone)
(515) 986-9553 (fax)
pfaffk@desk2.grimes.lib.ia.us
Microforms and print functions: no
COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES:
Local histories
Plat maps of county
City directories of town
Telephone books of town
Plat maps of other counties (Dallas County)
Newspapers:
Northeast Dallas County Record (1987-present) print
Public Library of Des Moines
100 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 283-4152 (phone)
(515) 237-1654 (fax)
dsmlib@netins.net
Microforms and print functions: yes
COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES:
Local histories
County histories of county
County atlas of county
Plat maps of county
County atlases of other counties
County histories of other counties (a few)
City directories of town
Telephone books of town
City directories of other towns (current year)
Telephone books of other towns (current)
State Census for county: (1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925)
Newspapers:
Des Moines Register (1871-present) film
Des Moines Tribune (1907-September 25, 1982 some gaps) film
Daily Iowa Capitol (March 14, 1888-April 20, 1890) film
Des Moines Daily Record (1926-1949, many gaps) film
Des Moines Daily Record (1949-1987) print
Iowa Bystander (1894-1987, gaps) film, some print
Communicator (1987-present) print