LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA

LOUISA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LIBRARY CATALOG

General History
Reference Material from Other Iowa Counties & States
Researcher Aid Material


Compiled by Lynn McCleary and Beverly Gerdst, submitted January 28, 2016
Page updated August 11, 2017

Topic: General History

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Sketches of Iowa & Wisconsin soft cover State Historical Society of Iowa reprinted 1948
Images of America; Council Bluffs - Broadway soft cover Dr. Richard Warner & Ryan Roenfeld 2007
The Good Old Days- A History of American Morals and Manner as seen through the Sears, Roebuck Catalog 1905 to the Present hard cover David L. Cohn 1940
The Flood of '93 America's Greatest National Disaster. Photographed & Reported soft cover The Associated Press 1993
Towns, Trains & Times Long Gone   Harold Linder 1995
The Middle Mississippi; Illinois, Iowa, Missouri Vol II soft cover Pat Middleton / Heritage Press, WI 1992
Mississippi River Panorama; Henry Lewis Great National Work soft cover William J. Petersen 1979
The Journal of Lewis & Clark with foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose hard cover Bernard DeVoto  
Pioneer History Stories; Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley hard cover Charles A. McMurry, Phd / The MacMillan Co. 1927
The Cemetery Book Graveyards, Catacombs and Other Travel Haunts Around the World hard cover Tom Weil 1992
Iowa's Early Home Remedies by lots and lots of Nice Kids at Wapello Elementary School, Wapello, IA soft cover Beth Young 1990
The Declaration of Independence and te Constituion of the United States of America soft cover   1998
Strong Minded Women, The Emergence of the Women Suffrage Movement in Iowa hard cover Louise R. Noun  
Conrcirbs - In History, Folklife & Architecture hard cover Keith E. Roe 1988
The Barn - A Vanishing Landmark in North America hard cover Eric Arthur & Dudley Witmer 1972
The Smithsonioan-Guide to Historic America soft cover   1990
The Plains States; Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota soft cover    
Your Iowa and Nation - Class Room Guide Post; The US Flag; the Government of Iowa; The Constitution of Iowa; The Birth of Americanism; The Declaration of Independence; The Consititution of the U.S; Lincoln's Gettsburg Address soft cover Iowa State Printing Board 1963
Grant Wood & Marvin Cone - Artists of An Era soft cover Hazel E. Brown / Iowa State University Press 1972
Big Muddy- Down the Mississippi Through America's Heartland soft cover B. C. Hall & C. T. Wood 1993
A Study in Political Integrety and Independence hard cover Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver & Thomas Richard Ross / State Historical Society of Iowa 1958
William Boyd Alison - A Study in Practical Politics hard cover Leland L. Sage / State Historical Society of Iowa 1956
The Turkey Foot - An Indian, Pioneer and Natural History soft cover Lila & Robert Messerly  
Outstanding Iowa Women Past & Present soft cover Ethel W. Hanft & Paula J. Manly 1980
Remarkable Iowa Women soft cover Ethel W. Nattrass Hanft 1983
Reminiscences of Pioneer Life hard cover Robert R. Latta 1912
Yarns hard cover Ray Hendrickson  
The Davenport Conspiracy soft cover Marshal McKusick 1970
Quasqui Centennial edition 1856-1981 soft cover    
Journal of the West envelope   Spring 2004
Main Travelled Roads hard cover Hamlin Garland Charles & Merrill Publishing Co 1970
PDR hard cover   1988
Miscellanous loose papers large box    
The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America soft cover Suzanne Winckler / Stewart, Tabor and Chang 1990
Hammond's Ambassador World Atlas hard cover    
Reader's Digest Wide World Atlas hard cover   1979
Rand McNally & Co. Universal Atlas of the World, with Index hard cover   1892
Rand McNally & Co. Space Age Atlas hard cover    
Sears, Roebuck and Co., Consumers Guide Fall 1900 soft cover    
Sears, Roebuck and Co., Consumers Guide Fall 1909 soft cover    
American Motherhood Vol XXVIII-No. 5 magazine The Arthur H. Crist Co., Cooperstown, NY May 1909
Favoriate Recipes spiral binding Holy Trinity Parish, Luxenburg, IA / G. & P. Publisher Co.  
Serve Yourself Pot Luck - Recipes from Royal Neighbors Kitchens of America spiral binding   1994
Sharing With You - Cook book - St. Mary's Catholic Church, Wapello, IA spiral binding   1982
Collection of Recipes, handwritten soft cover    

Topic: Reference Materials from Other Iowa Counties and States

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Postcard History Series - Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA soft cover Brandon J. Brockway  
Cedar County, Iowa Graves Updates 1994-2001 of Sites and Stones soft cover    
Des Moines County, IA Index to 1915 Antrobus' History Vol 1 & 2 soft cover Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc.  
History of Des Moines County and Its People ; Vol 1 & 2 hard cover Augustine M. Antrobus 1918
Des Moines County Iowa History 1879 - Surname Index soft cover Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc. 1998
Portrait & Biographical Album of Des Moines County, IA 1888 Index soft cover Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc.  
Des Moines County, IA Biographic Reviews hard cover Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc. 1905
Burlington Library's Ancester Chart Index Vol 3; name index soft cover Des Moines Co. Genealogical Society  
1840 Census Des Moines County, IA soft cover    
1850 Mortality Schedle Index for Des Moines County, IA soft cover    
1870 Mortality Schedule Index for Des Moines Co. IA soft cover    
Des Moines County, Iowa - Territory of Michigan Early Marriages 1835-1853   Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc.  
Des Moines County, Iowa Marriage 1837-1899 Index   Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc.  
Des Moines County, IA Marriages - Dissolution of Marriages 1835-1930 soft cover Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc.  
Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc. Various newsletters 3 ringed binder    
"Hawkeye" magazine Voters Registration List 1868 magazine    
Reminiscing in Franklin Twp & Big Hollow   Harold Linder 1986
Burlington High School Graduates 1868-1880 with Index soft cover    
Burlington High School Graduates 1881-1900 soft cover    
My Kind of Town, Burlington; Memories, ect. soft cover Dan Bied Nov 1987
Memories soft cover Dan Bied  
I Remember Burlington soft cover Dan Bied 1996
Burlington Then and Now Iowa Centenial 1846-1946 soft cover   Jul 1946
Burlington Bulletin, Burlington, IA No. 23 magazine Burlington Historical Society May 1991
Kingston Yesterday & Today   Harold Linder  
Cemeteries Huron Township, Des Moines County, IA soft cover    
Huron Island History, Des Moines County, IA 3 ring binder Larry McHenry  
Country Living 1835-1976; Huron Township, Des Moines Co., IA Bi-Centennial Edition soft cover    
Pleasant Grove Township History 3 ring binder Harold Linder 1998
Yellow Spring and Huron - a local history, Mediapolis, IA spiral binding J. W. Merrill 1897
1968-1969 Des Moines Co. IA Township Maps, Alphabetical Locater Mailing List paper back atlas R. C. Booth Enterprises / Des Moines Co. iA TAM Service 1968
Des Moines County Hawkeye Farm Plat Book, 1979 soft cover    
Des Moines County Hawkeye Farm Plat Book, 1974 soft cover    
Des Moines County Genealogical Society Inc. Memberhsip Book 2007 newsletter    
Henry County Iowa Rural Resident Directory soft cover    
Henry County, Iowa History Vol 1 hard cover Henry County Bicentennial Commission  
Looking Back, Abandoned Towns of Henry County, IA soft cover Henry Co. IA Historic Preservation Commission Aug 2004
Henry County, Iowa Hawkeye Farm Plat Book soft cover    
Plat Book of Henry County, Iowa 1972 soft cover    
Henry County, Iowa Hawkeye Plat Book 1979 soft cover    
Millersburg, Iowa Co., IA Sesquicentennial 1852-2007 Historical Hitching Chain hard cover Shelly & Twila Gerard  
Jefferson County, Iowa 77 Cemeteries 1839-1990   Verda J. Baird  
Cemeteries of Fremont Township, Johnson Co., IA   Iowa City Genealogical Society  
Index to Lone Tree, IA The Pioneers and Their Descendants spiral binding Verla A. Williams / State Historical Society of Iowa 1991
Plat Book of Johnson County, Iowa 1972 soft cover    
Fort Madison, Lee Co., Genealogical Society newsletters 3 ringed binder    
The Story of Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA hard cover Janette Stevenson Murray & Frederick Gray Murray 1950
Lucas County, IA Genealogical Society newsletters 3 ringed binder    
100 Years of History - Commemorating a Century of Progress in the West Liberty Community, Muscatine Co., IA June 29, 1938 soft cover    
The Story of Trinity Episcopal Church, Muscatine Iowa 1839-1951      
History of Trinity Church (Episcopal) Church, Muscatine, 1839-1892      
Greenwood Cemetery Graveyard Regiser 1843-1853; Public Burial Grounds (Muscatine, Iowa) soft cover Eleanor B. McCleary & Jo Ann Carlson 1996
The Island Cemetery Burial Information 1855-1999; Fruitland Twp., Muscatine County, Iowa soft cover Ray Brown  
Muscatine Early Settlers Cemetery Walk soft cover Eleanor B. McCleary & Cheryl Juehring 1996
Atlas Muscatine County spiral binding Title Atlas Co. Minneapolis, MN 1967
Images of America - Muscatine's Pearl Button Industry soft cover Melanie K. Alexander 2007
Iowa 150 Years, Muscatine County - Celebrating Along the Western Bend of the Mississippi spiral binding    
Images of America - Plymouth County, Iowa soft cover Linda Ewin Zieman  
QUAX'06 Junior Annual, Drake University, Des Moines, Polk Co., IA yearbook published by the Juniors 1906
Soctt County Genealogical Society newsletter Vol 31, N. 3 Sept 2007 3 ringed binder    
They Came To North Tama; a historical account of North Tama, IA (Tama Co., IA) soft cover Janette Stevenson Murray 1953
Van Buren County, IA; Every name index to Biographical Sketches found in 1878 Van Buren County History   M. J. Workman 1990
Iowa, Van Buren County; Mortality Schedules 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880   Van Buren Genealogical Society 1994
Van Buren County, IA Probate Index 1837-Jan 1997   Van Buren Genealogical Society 1998
Washington Co., IA Casket Records 1895-1899   Washington Co. Genealogical Society  
Washington Co., IA Funeral Home Records 1904-1910   Washington Co. Genealogical Society  
Washington Co., IA Funeral Home Records 1911-1916 Wilber Miller Parlors   Washington Co. Genealogical Society  
Washington Co., IA Funeral Home Records 1917-1921   Washington Co. Genealogical Society  
Washington Co., IA Funeral Home Records 1922-1924   Washington Co. Genealogical Society  
Washington County Funeral Homes Records 1925-1929   Washington Co. Genealogical Society  
Grave Records of Washington Co. IA   Grave Resigration Project of WPA 1936
Our Civil War - Washington County, IA Involvement   Washington Co. Genealogical Society  
History of Early Fort Dodge & Webster County, IA soft cover Major Wm. William 1962
Correctionville, Woodburg Co., Iowa- 150th Annicersary History 1855-2005   Woodburg County, Historical Society  
Genelogical Societies Newsletters from various Iowa counties several 3 ring binders    
Iowa Local History Museum Association Newsletters 3 ring binder    
Iowa Genealogical Society newsletters 3 ringed binder    
Weld County, Colorado Genealogical Society Quarterly various issues from 2003-2004, 2005, 2007 & 2009 newsletter    
Combined Atlases of Winnebago Co., IL 1871, 1892, 1905 and Atlas of Boone & Winnebago Counties IL 1886 hard cover    
Guide to Illinois Genealogical Societies 3 ring binder  
A History of the Rock Island District, US Army Corps of Engineers 1866-1983 soft cover Ronald Tweet 1984
Alba, Neck City, Purcell, Missouri; Tri-City History Vol 2 hard cover   1984
Social Life of the Penn. Germans soft cover A Monroe Aurand Jr / Aurand Press 1947
The Report, The Ohio Genealgocial Society winter 1998 3 ringed binder    
The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island comprising three generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690 hard cover John Osborne Austin 1887

Topic: Researcher Aid Material

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
The Archives - A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches hard cover Loretto Dennis Szcs & Sandra Hargreaves Luebking 1988
Annotated Bibliography of Materials Available for Purchase - Periodicals, Books, Maps soft cover American Historial Society of Germans from Russia, 631 D Street, Lincoln, NE 68502 Feb 1979
Master List of Local & State History & Family Genealogies in the Louisa County Libraries: Columbus Junction, Heritage Center Wapello bound paper folder    
Bibliography for Richardson-Sloane Genealogical Library, Feb 12, 1991 (Davenport Public Library, Scott Co. IA) soft cover    
A Guide to Rescuing Pioneer Gravestones      
Iowa Cemetery Locations for Area 1 for Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington   Iowa Genealogical Society  
A Reference Guide to Iowa History - Bulletin of Information Series No. 17 soft cover William J. Peterson / State Historical Society of Iowa 1942
The Counties & Court Houses of Iowa soft cover LeRoy G. Pratt` 1977
Iowa History - A Guide to Resource Material soft cover State of Iowa Dept. of Public Instruction 1972
Studies in Iowa History - Iowa: The Home for Immigrants Being a Trect on the Resources of Iowa and Giving Helpful Information with Regard to the State, for the Benefit of Immigrants & Others soft cover State Historical Society of Iowa Jan. 1970
Iowa Cultural Resources Directory soft cover Nancy O. Pickering 1991
Ancestery's Redbook State, County, Township Sources hard cover Alice Eichholz 1989
Newspaper Colletion Index of the State Historical Society of Iowa soft cover L O Cheever June 1969
State Historical Society of Iowa Catalog index      
The Iowa Genealogical Society Surnames Index Vol 2 soft cover Mrs. Ronald R. Woodins & Mrs. Dale Missildine 1975
The Iowa Genealogical Society Surnames Index Vol 3 A-L soft cover   1977
The Iowa Genealogical Society Surnames Index Vol 3 M-Z soft cover   1977
Pedigree Charts & Family Group Sheets 3 ringed binder    
Organizing Your Family History Search soft cover Sharon De Bartola Carmack 1999
loose papers, plat maps and other correspondance tourquis Folder    
Research materials 3 ring binder    
How to phamphlets envelope    
The Genealogists Address Book 1992-93 Edition soft cover Elizabeth Petty Bentley  
Genealogy Forum of Oregon Inc. Membership Directory 1925-1929    
Genealogical Helper issues July-Dec 1985; Aug. 1988; Feb 1988 magazine    
The Genealogical Helper Nov-Dec 1989 magazine    
Information Please Almanac Atlas & Yearbook soft cover Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA 1991
Handy Book for Genealogists; State & County Histories, Maps, Libaries, Bibliographies of Genealogical Work; Where to write for records etc. hard cover   1971
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol I General Assemblies, Forums, Speakers soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 2, Personal, Family and Local History soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 3 North American Family & Local History Part 1 soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 4 North American Family & Local History Part 2 soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 5 British Family & Local History Part 1 soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 6 British Family & Local History Part 2 soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 7 Continental European Family & Local History soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 8 Scandinavian Family and Local History soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 9 Latin-America and Iberian Family and Local History soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 10 Australasian and Polynesian Family and Local History soft cover    
World Conference on Records - Preserving Our Heritage Aug. 12-15 1980; Vol 11 Asian and African Family and Local History soft cover    
Webster New International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd Edition hard cover   1935
Webster New World Dictionary of the American Language; College Edition hard cover   1966
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary hard cover A Merriam-Webster 1979
Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictonary hard cover Franklin J Meine 1954

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