JOHNSON COUNTY IAGenWeb Project  

World War II
Iowa Press Clipping Bureau Project

 
ICGS Members Char Hixon and Joni Hindman
co-directors of the Flying Glue Sticks present the

 “World War II Iowa Press Clipping Bureau Project.” 

Beginning in 1942, the State Historical Society of Iowa employed a commercial newspaper clipping service to examine more than 90 Iowa newspapers for items documenting Iowa’s war efforts at home and on foreign soil.  Over 800,000 clippings cover approximately 30 topics.  Due to the deterioration of the clippings, the collection has been closed to the public and researchers since the 1980’s.  Hixon and Hindman, co-directors of the project, have been working with a small group of volunteers, “The Flying Glue Stick Corps” since Oct 1995.

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WORLD WAR II IOWA PRESS CLIPPINGS

1942 - 1952

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA COLLECTION
IN COOPERATION WITH
THE IOWA CITY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Click here for the Project Background by Charlene Hixon

Click here for Some Thoughts by Garrison Keillor

Click here for Description and Introduction

Click here for Topics Remaining to be Stabilized for Filming

 

A small sample of clippings have been digitized and are available for viewing through the Iowa Heritage Digital Library at: http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_wwii.php?CISOROOT=/wwii Sample topics include: Women's Military Activities, Prisoner of War Camps, Dogs, Sports, Displaced Persons, Ships Named for Iowa Locations or Iowa Citizens, and Friendship Train. The above link is #17 of 35 digital collections currently available for viewing through the Iowa Heritage Digital Library home page at: http://iowaheritage.lib.uiowa.edu/