2003 Annual Report Iowa Veterans Home

Annual report for the Iowa Veterans Home

Social Services for Children in Iowa" The First Hundred Years, January, 1957

A report of social services first 100 years in Iowa for children. Report written in 1957, re-typed in 2005 and archived.

Leading Double Lives: The History of the Double House in Des Moines, 2005

How people choose to live depends on a variety of social and economic circumstances. Single family dwellings, extended family compounds, and communal apartment blocks are all forms of residential architecture that have ancient roots and occur in every culture. Each form both reflects and affects the living styles of the people who reside there. The double house, which shelters two families in units separated by a wall or floor, balances the convenience of an apartment with the psychological comforts of a home. During the mid to late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States, the double house was hugely popular in some cities, such as Minneapolis and Milwaukee, but only a minimal presence in Des Moines

African Americans in Iowa, 2006 (Status of African Americans in Iowa)

Produced by the State Data Center of Iowa for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans. It is an annual snapshot of the demographic profile of the African American population in Iowa.

The Traveler, April 2008

News from the Iowa Tourism Office