About the Collection

About Iowa County Histories Collection

The histories of Iowa’s 99 counties contribute to the broader understanding of local, state, and national history. This collection includes digitized versions of published county histories from the 19th century as well as histories compiled in the 1940s by the Iowa Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration (formerly the Works Progress Administration).

Accessibility information

The Iowa State University Library is committed to creating a welcoming digital environment for all learners. Certain material, particularly older materials, handwritten documents, and visual content, present unique challenges in providing more accessible resources. Please contact us if you need support accessing or using this archived content.

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Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder

This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.

Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.