Arts
See also
museums
"American Gothic"
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Athletics
Drake Relays
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- Iowa High School Athletic Association http://www.iahsaa.org/
Extensive coverage of Iowa high school sports.
- Iowa sports teams http://www.50states.com/sports/iowa.htm
High school, college, league and professional sports. From 50states.com.
- Iowa State University Cyclones http://cyclones.collegesports.com/
Men's and women's headlines, features, links. Camps, tickets, schedules.
- University of Iowa Hawkeyes http://www.uiowa.edu/homepage/sports/
Men's and women's teams, sports clubs, camps, media, tickets.
- University of Northern Iowa Panthers http://www.unipanthers.com/
Men's and women's sports, etc.
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Books
Iowa Bird Atlas
"Voices from the Prairie" |
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Communities
Downtown Grinnell
Bonaparte
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Demographics
& Economics
Farmers market, Iowa City
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Education
Longfellow Elementary |
- Iowa Department of Education, the home page.
http://www.state.ia.us/educate/
School districts, community colleges, universities and colleges, teacher licensing, etc.
- Area Education Agencies
http://www.edinfo.state.ia.us/web/re_address.asp?b=13&r=all&q=1
A directory of Iowa's 16 AEAs, maintained by the Iowa Department of Education
- Bureau of Community Colleges
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/blogcategory/183/942/
Directory, programs, licenses and adult education, from the Iowa Department of Education.
- Iowa City Community School District
http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/
Home pages for each school in the district, also school board, staff directory, job openings.
- Iowa Distance Learning Database
http://www3.iptv.org/iowa_database/default.cfm
Access to opportunities for both K-12 and higher education, via Iowa Public Television.
- Iowa four-year colleges
http://www.edinfo.state.ia.us/web/re_address.asp?b=15&1=4&2=0&q=1&r=web
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Geology
Mississippi River
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Government
See also politics
State capitol
Iowa flag
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- State of Iowa home page
http://www.iowa.gov/
Government, business, education, employment, state agencies, etc.
- Iowa county government sites
http://www.iowa.gov/state/main/govcounties.html
- Code of Iowa
http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/
Not all sections have been formatted yet for electronic distribution.
- Governor's office
http://www.governor.state.ia.us/
Features the Iowa governor's "desk" & monthly schedule, a photo tour, current legislation information and a searchable list of state boards and commissions.
- Iowa Communications Network (ICN)
http://www.icn.state.ia.us/
ICN is a state-administered fiber optics network offering classrooms, state phone directory, domain name registrations and long distance voice communications for distance learning, telemedicine, telejustice, and state and federal agency service needs.
- Iowa Constitution
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Constitution.html
- Iowa Freedom of Information Council
http://www.drake.edu/journalism/IFOICWebSite/index.html
"Incorporated in 1977 as a non-profit consortium of newspapers, radio and tv stations, media associations, educators, publishers, broadcasters and others interested in openness in government and First Amendment rights. About 22 such statewide organizations are active in the nation today, and the Iowa FOI Council is among the oldest, if not the oldest." -from the Website
- Iowa General Assembly
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/
Members of the State Senate and House of Representatives. Laws and bill tracking.
- Iowa information sources
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/ref/guides/iowa.html
The University of Iowa Government Publications Department is a permanent depository for the State of Iowa. This means the library regularly receives the documents of Iowa state agencies and makes them available to the public.
- Iowa legislature
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Members/78GA-members.html
Member directory and links to house and senate officials and committees.
- State Boards & Commissions
http://www.iowai.net/iowa/governor/boards/
List is searchable by board name, department, state code, or interest.
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History
Hoover birthplace
Ice cutting, Amana
Almshouse, Clarinda
Black Hawk
Carrie Chapman Catt
Irving Weber
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- Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
http://www.iowaheritage.org/
Online collection of Iowa history and culture culled from material held by a wide range of organizations throughout the state.
- State Historical Society of Iowa
http://www.iowahistory.org/
User-friendly site providing quick access to historical sites, services and cultural affairs.
- Abbie Gardner-Sharp cabin (Lake Okoboji)
http://www.iowahistory.org/sites/gardner_cabin/background_history.htm
One of the sites of the 1857 "Spirit Lake Massacre," the Gardner cabin survives as a reminder of one of Iowa's tragic frontier events.
- The Amanas: "Community of True Inspiration"
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/origins.htm
Seven villages in eastern Iowa which trace their utopian origins to 1714 Germany.
- Carstens 1880 farmstead
http://www.thefarmstead.org/
This farm in Pottawattamie County is listed on the National Register of historic places.
- Circuit Chautauqua in the 20th Century
http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/traveling-culture/
The first circuit Chautauqua appeared in 1904 and traveled to 15 towns in Iowa. This digital exhibit, "Traveling Culture," was prepared by UI Libraries for the American Memory Project.
- Bibliography of the History of The University of Iowa 1847-1997
http://tango.lib.uiowa.edu:8003/proj/history/keyword.qry?function=form
The electronic version of the print publication edited by UI Librarian Earl Rogers.
- Brief history exhibits at Iowa State University
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/online.html
Includes Petersen sculptures, Carrie Chapman Catt, and long ago VEISHEA's.
- Carrie Chapman Catt
http://www.catt.org/
Charles City native Catt founded the League of Women Voters.
- GLO timeline
http://www.glo.gis.iastate.edu/pinfo/timeline.html
From the General Land Office survey, the timeline tracks Iowa from the 1600s to the 1900s.
- Gravestone Photo Project
http://iowagravestones.org/index.php
Using IowaGenWeb for genealogical research, browse over 16,400 Iowa records.
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/heho/
31st president of the United States, Hoover was born in West Branch in 1874 and became known as "the Great Humanitarian" globally and a scapegoat in his own land.
- Hoover Online. Presidential Library and Museum, with extensive biography.
- Iowa history
http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00000135/01/history/7-1.html
"In the summer of 1673, French explorers Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette traveled down the Mississippi...." An essay by Dorothy Schwieder, ISU history professor.
- Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/collections.html
Guide to papers and writings concerning politics, religion, abortion, civil rights, the suffrage movement, arts, rural life, the war effort, and more.
- Iowa's prehistoric past
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/archaeologyle.htm
Includes ancient peoples, tools and the historic period. From the Office of the State Archeologist.
- Living History Farms
http://www.ioweb.com/lhf/
Easily navigable pages provide photos, map, LHF history and an events calendar.
- Kalona's Old Order Amish
http://kalonaiowa.org/
This enthno-religious group is neither Mennonite nor part of the Amana Colonies.
- Kinyon Digital Library
http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/index.htm
A few Iowa historical documents available online.
- Mesquaki Indian settlement
http://www.american-native-art.com/publication/sauk&fox/sauc&fox.html
The only federally recognized tribe in Iowa, the Mesquaki (Fox) have used their own money to purchase land until their holdings have grown to almost 5,000 acres.
- Parish histories of northwest Iowa (CatholicGlobe.org)
http://www.catholicglobe.org/parhist/index.html
Detailed histories of Sioux City diocese parishes and the people who migrated there.
- Poorhouses
http://www.poorhousestory.com/poorhouses_in_iowa.htm
In the 1800s poor houses were authorized by individual counties to house unfortunates.
- Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
http://www.winrock.org/wallace/wallacecenter/wallace/HAWhome.html
Also Vice President under FDR and Secretary of Commerce under Truman, Wallace was "perhaps the greatest Secretary of Agriculture that the United States has ever known," and a philosopher of the New Deal. He was born on a farm and raised in Ames.
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Libraries
Carnegie library, Cedar Rapids
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- State Library of Iowa http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/
Library services on a statewide basis. Site includes SILO.
- Iowa library directory
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/directories/print-directory/index.html
Public libraries, institution libraries, academic libraries, you name it libraries.
- Iowa City Public Library http://www.icpl.org/
Used by researchers the world over, so they say.
- Iowa Digital Library http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/
Contains more than 99,000 digital objects—photographs, maps, sound recordings and documents—from libraries and archives.
- Library catalog, Iowa State University http://www.lib.iastate.edu:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=parks#focus
- Library catalog, University of Iowa http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/F?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=uiowa
- Library catalog, University of Northern Iowa http://www.library.uni.edu/
- PublicLibraries.com for Iowa http://www.publiclibraries.com/iowa.htm
A cool, clean, fairly up-to-date list, maintained by an independent content provider.
- SILO (State of Iowa Libraries Online) http://z3950.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/zform.CGI?SILO
Search the holdings of over 700 libraries in the state.
- University of Iowa manuscript archives http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/NARR.HTM
More than 10,000 letters or manuscript pieces, principally from the 19th and 20th centuries, including over 75 Iowa authors.
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Magazines
& journals
Flyway journal
Peace quilt entry
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- Iowa Farmer Today (Cedar Rapids) http://www.iowafarmer.com/
Iowa's most popular farm publication. Check out the live camera shots-- CornCam!
- Iowa Heritage Illustrated (State Historical Society of Iowa)
http://www.iowahistory.org/publications/heritage_illustrated/heritage_illustrated.html
- The Iowan Magazine (Des Moines) http://www.iowan.com/
Regional bi-monthly magazine, selected contents offered in full.
- Midwest Today (Panora) http://www.midtod.com/
News, sports, entertainment, religion, fitness, travel, people, etc. Vows not to be "mindlessly cheerful."
- Flyway: A Literary Review (Iowa State University) http://www.engl.iastate.edu/publications/flyway/
Poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, reviews. *Link is out of date.*
- The Briar Cliff Review (Briar Cliff University) http://www.briarcliff.edu/campus_info/bcu_review/home_bcu_review.asp
Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, book reviews, art, essays, photography.
- The Iowa Review (University of Iowa) http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/tirweb.html
Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, book reviews, art, essays, photography.
- The North American Review (Cedar Falls) http://www.webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/
Fiction, poetry, etc. "Cause friends don't let friends read junk!" -from the Web site.
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Maps
Relief map |
- DOT city and county maps http://www.iowadotmaps.com/
Sharp & detailed information, if your technology can handle it.
- Iowa Department of Transportation http://www.dot.state.ia.us/
Maps, parks, scenic byways, railroads, weather, driver's license and traveler information.
- Iowa in 1895 http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/IA
Very large & detailed, these maps may take a while to load.
- Map Collection - University of Iowa http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/maps/
Online resources include UI area maps, county atlases and aerial photos of Iowa.
- Mapathon.com for Iowa http://www.mapathon.com/ia.shtml
Maps for topography, weather, agriculture, pollen, time zones, national parks, highways.
- Transportation map for bicyclists http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/bikemappdf.html
The state map of bicycle trails is now available online, using the requisite software.
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Museums
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Music
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News &
newspapers
The Iowa Star, 1849
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- Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center http://inrc.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/directory/community/communityIndex.asp
Links to non-profits statewide. From The University of Iowa.
- Audubon chapters in Iowa http://www.audubon.org/chapter/ia/
- Friends of the Prairie Learning Center http://www.tallgrass.org/
The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1990, is the largest prairie reconstruction project in the U.S.
- Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards http://george.ecity.net/iaccb/
Contains links to member county conservation boards.
- Iowa Barn Foundation http://www.iowabarnfoundation.org/
According to IBF, at least 1,000 Iowa barns a year are lost because of time and neglect.
- Iowa Environmental Council http://www.iaenvironment.org/
Alliance of organizations and individuals begun in 1994 to effect long-range environmental policy. Web site offers an impressive list of member organizations and links.
- Iowa Freedom of Information Council http://www.drake.edu/journalism/IFOICWebSite/index.html
- Iowa Lincoln Highway Association http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/iowa/
The Lincoln Highway began at Times Square, Broadway and 42nd, New York, and ended at the Pacific ocean in San Francisco, 3,389 miles to the west. It touched 13 counties in Iowa and crossed the Missouri River at Omaha.
- Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation http://www.inhf.org/
Priorities include permanent land protection, trail and greenway establishment, and promotion of improved land management. Provides the latest news on local conservation projects.
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Politics
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Henry A. Wallace |
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Tourism
Madison County bridge
RAGBRAI pies |
- TravelIowa.com http://www.traveliowa.com/
Attractions, accommodations and destinations, Iowa Department of Economic Development.
- Amana Colonies http://www.iowacity.com/amanas/
The seven villages of the original Community of True Inspiration settled by German and Swiss craftspeople in the 19th century. Heritage, museums, lodging and events.
- Bridges of Madison County http://www.madisoncounty.com/
Comprehensive site for the county most famous for its historic covered bridges, popularized by Robert Waller's novel. Madison County is also the birthplace of John Wayne and home to the originator of Delicious apples.
- Des Moines: things to do http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/departments/ac/information/acthings2do.htm
Links for state capital, parks, botanical center, state fair, Adventureland and more.
- Eastern Iowa Tourism Association http://www.easterniowatourism.org/
Museums, festivals, historical societies, and other attractions, including riverboat casinos.
- "Field of Dreams" movie site http://www.fieldofdreamsmoviesite.com
Fanciful pages offering photographs and stories on the mythical baseball field, whose real location lies 200 miles west of Chicago. Virtual batting practice included.
- The Grotto of the Redemption http://www.nw-cybermall.com/grotto.htm
Photographs and background for this geological wonder in West Bend, whose construction was begun in 1912 by Father Paul Dobberstein. Site includes a mini-tour.
- Iowa Great Lakes Region (Okoboji Online) http://www.okoboji.com/
A comprehensive guide to the region's recreational offerings; includes maps and facilities. Register online for the mythical University of Okoboji.
- Iowa scenic byways http://www.byways.org/browse/states/IA/
Great River Road, Lewis and Clark trail, Mormon trail and Grant Wood byway, to name a few.
- Iowa State Fair http://www.iowastatefair.com/
Beneath the promotional verbiage lies detailed information for visitors to the annual fair, including an events calendar and statistics on fairground facilities.
- Living History Farms http://www.ioweb.com/lhf/
Easily navigable pages provide photos, map, LHF history and an events calendar.
- Mississippi River
- Missouri River
- RAGBRAI Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa http://www.ragbrai.org
The newest west-to-east route is posted here as well as a countdown to day one.
- Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area http://www.silosandsmokestacks.org/
Comprehensive guide to farm country in northeast Iowa.
- Sioux City tourism bureau http://www.siouxcitytourismconvention.com/
Area attractions for this western Iowa outpost. Note monument to Sgt. Charles Floyd, the only person to die on the 1804 Lewis and Clark Missouri River expedition, and walking tour of historic 4th Street.
- Spillville: Bily Clocks Museum & Antonin Dvorak Exhibit http://www.bilyclocks.org/
The tiny Czech town that entranced composer Antonin Dvorak.
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