State Librarians of Iowa 1837-2008

This list of State Librarians, along with their photos or portraits, and brief biographies was prepared for the March 2008 celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the State Library’s move from the 2nd floor of the State Capitol into the east wing of the State Historical Memorial and Art Building on March 1908 (now the Miller Building, since 2002).

Dedication of monuments erected by the state of Iowa,commemorating the death, suffering and valor of her soldiers on the battlefields of Vickburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Shiloh, and in the Confederate prison at Andersonville,November twelfth to twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six,1908.

This book contains information on the dedication ceremony of Iowa monuments on the southern battlefields from the civil war and their final transfer made to the care of the general government. It includes history of the battles, photos and maps.

Memorial exercises in honor of William Boyd Allison : in Hall of House of Representatives, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, September 8, 1908

Program of the memorial in honor of William Boyd Allison, senior Senator of the State of Iowa, who died at his home in Dubuque, Iowa, August 4, 1908. It includes full text of remarks presented at the memorial by dignitaries in attendance.

Fourth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa, 1906-1908

1906-1908 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Fifth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biennial Period July 1, 1908 to June 30, 1910

1908-1910 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.