Are you getting ready for the Iowa Caucuses next Tuesday? The University of Iowa Special Collections has some remarkable holdings of the history of presidential politics. Come visit us to catch a glimpse of caucuses and elections past, and even see the signatures of U.S. presidents! The Iowa caucuses have been the first majorContinue reading “Once Upon a January Day: Presidential Politics in Iowa”
Monthly Archives: December 2011
The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa IV.
We are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War Two by highlighting some items in our collections relating to this event. Library and Information Science graduate student Katherine Wilson’s exhibition at Special Collections & University Archives brings the Iowan war effort to life. How did the University of Iowa and ordinary Iowans respondContinue reading “The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa IV.”
The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa III.
We are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War Two by highlighting some items in our collections relating to this event. How did Henry A. Wallace, an Iowan and national politician respond to the coming of World War II to the United States? A look at his official Vice PresidentialContinue reading “The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa III.”
The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa II.
We are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War Two by highlighting some items in our collections relating to this event. How did Iowans see the coming of World War Two to the United States? The works of Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling, editorial cartoonist of the Des Moines Register regularly commentedContinue reading “The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa II.”
The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa
We are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War Two by highlighting some items in our collections relating to this event. Nile C. Kinnick, Jr. was a University of Iowa student in 1939. The war began in Europe the same fall season when Kinnick and the UI “Iron Men” once again putContinue reading “The U.S. Goes to War – and the War Comes to Iowa”