LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA

LOUISA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Louisa County Reference Books


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

Topic: Cemetery Records

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
WPA Cemetery Records of Louisa County, Iowa soft cover   1930
Move into the future By Saving the Past; Cemeteries of Louisa County, Iowa soft cover Maxine Bennett / Louisa Publishing Co., Ltd. 1990
1991-1998 Internments in Louisa County Cemeteries. Includes corrections for 1990 Cemeteries of Louis Co. beginning on page I-12. 3 ring binder Louisa Co. Historical Society with Assistance frm Louisa Co. Genealogical Society  
Internments in Louisa County Cemeteries & Other Louisa County Deaths soft cover Louisa County Historical Society 1999-2000; 2001 through 2015
Elmwood Cemetery Register, Morning Sun Twp, Louisa Co. IA May 7, 1855 - Aug. 31, 2015 spiral binding Eleanor B. McCleary Nov. 2015
Fulton, Cario Cemetery, Girswold (Otto Miller) Marshal Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery, Virginia Grove Cemetery 3 ring binder    
Information on Green Cemetery AKA Clark Cemetery single sheet    
West Addition to Indian Creek Cemetery 3 ring binder    
loose papers pertaining to Linn Grove Cemetery envelope    
Louisa County Iowa Cemeteries Wapello Twp.; Bethel & Fairview pocket folder    
Wapello Cemetery Maps & Records spiral binding Paul French Fall 2014
Wapello Cemetery Listing 3 ring binder & soft cover    
Walkdown Memory Lane Sept. 20, 2008 Wapello Cemetery Walk program    
Listof the 42 Pioneer Cemeteries of Louisa County single sheet    
The Development of the State Association For The Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries from Oct. 27, 1994 Onward spiral binding    

Topic: Census Records

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Census Books Iowa 1836 Territorial Index soft cover    
Iowa 1838 Territorial Census Index Vo. 2 soft cover Ronald Vern Jackson 1984
Iowa 1840 Territorial Census soft cover Ronald Vern Jackson 1979
Census for Louisa County 1840, 1847, 1850 soft cover    
Iowa State Census 1856 for Louisa & Lucas Counties microfilm    
Census for Louisa County 1856 soft cover    
Iowa State Census 1885 for Louisa County, IA microfilm    
Iowa State Census 1895 for Louisa County, IA microfilm    
Iowa State Census of Iowa 1895 hard cover    
Iowa State Census 1905 for Linn & Louisa Counties microfilm    
Iowa State Census of Iowa 1915 hard cover    
Iowa State Census 1925 Louisa County Book 1 thru 90 microfilm    
Iowa Annual Farm Census 1970 soft cover    

Topic: Church Records

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Churches of Louisa County, Iowa soft cover Charles Beck, Treva Beard, Mary Beth Carey 1993
Columbus City & Louisa Center Baptist Church Records 1850-1890      
Columbus Juncton United Methodist Church 100th Anniversary 1888-1988      
Grandview Community Bible Church spiral binding    
Index and Records of Long Creek Baptist Church, Louisa Count, Iowa      
The Methodist Church in Wapello - Methodist Memoirs     1952
Oakland Presbyterian Church Centennial Celebration Sept. 29, 1957 soft cover    
Spring Run United Methodist Church, 1872, Columbus Junction, Iowa      
Wapello United Methodist Church spiral binding   1972
United Brethren in Christ Church 1867-1889 Membership Record, Columbus City, Louisa Co. IA      
Pictorial Family Bible hard cover   1886
The Service Hymnal for General Use in all Religious Services of the Church, School & Home hard cover   1950
The New Indexed Bible a Special Collection of Scriptures on Morality, Ethics, and Subjects of Every Day Life soft cover    
Scriptual Questons For The Use of Schools or Private Instruction hard cover Kimber & Sharpless 1841

Topic: History on Louisa County

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Springers History of Louisa Co. Index envelope Louisa Co Historical Society 1968
History of Louisa County Vol I hard cover Springer 1912
History of Louisa County Vol II hard cover Springer 1913
Louisa County Iowa History 1913; Every name Index to Vol II     1974
Portrait & Biographical Album of Louisa County, IA 1889 Index      
Portrait & Biographical Album of Louisa County, IA 1889 zeroxed copy    
Portrait & Biographical Album of Louisa County, IA 1889 index for Historical Chapters and to Governors zeroxed copy    
Portrait and Biographical Album - Name Index zeroxed copy in binder    
Index to Louisa's County History 1999-2004 3 ring binder by front desk    
Collection of newspaper clippings about Louisa County Druggists pocket folder    
Many scrap books with articles and clippings scrapbook owners not identified  
Louisa County Historical Society Programs scrapbook 3 ring binder    
Louisa County Genealogical Society minutes 3 ring binder    
Louisca County Historical Soceity Newsletters 3 ring binder   1990's
Louisa County Historical Society Album 3 ring binder    
L.C.H.S. Bldg Maintenace 3 ring binder    
Wapello Salvage Co. stock reciept book hard cover    
L.C.H.S. correspondance 3 ring binder    
1976 Louisa County, Iowa Bicentennial Cook Book spiral binding    
Photos, some identified filed in alphabetical order metal file cabinet    
Box of Old Post Cards   Lois Wunderrecht Finke  
Burris City - articles & clippings 3 ring binder    
Our Hometown, Cairo, Iowa soft cover Woodruff & Scott June 1993
Memories of Columbus City, Iowa soft cover Eleanor Garner Colton  
Columbus City - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
Columbus Junction, The First 100 Years 1874-1974 soft cover Mary V. Zielinski / Browers Printing Co 1974
Do You Rember, A Look Back At Columbus Junction soft cover Helen Aringdale 2002
Concord - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
Cotter clippings paper folder    
Eliot - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
Elmgrove - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
Down Memory Lane in Fredonia soft cover Mrs. Bertha Lord Bliven 1956
Grandview - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
A Brief Histroy of Grandview, Iowa 1850-1950 soft cover Howard & Ruth Cocklin  
Tour of Grandview guide book soft cover Louisa Co. Historical Society Aug. 20, 1972
Perspectives on the Changing Iowa Farm, Phase II - Historic Architectural & Archival Evaluation of the Northern Grandview Twp. Rural Historic District - Project completion report Vo. 16, No. 9 spiral binding Jeffrey L. Durbin, Architectural Historian 1993
Jefferson - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
Letts IA The Centenial History Program 1855-1955 soft cover    
Letts 125th Anniversay 1855-1980 soft cover    
Beckonings - Collection of Stories of Morning Sun soft cover Charles H. Beck  
Morning Sun; Historically American to the Core article Julie Jensen  
Morning Sun - articles & clippings 3 ring binder    
Oakland - loose photos 3 ring binder    
Oakville - 100 Years Relived - Oakville, IA 1891-1991 soft cover JoAnn Murray  
Port Louisa - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
Union - loose photos & clippings 3 ring binder    
Virginia Grove Chruch scrapbook of clippings 3 ring binder    
Louisa Co. Historical Society - Toolesboro scrapbook    
Hail To The Chief - True Tales of Old Wapello hard cover William O. Weaver 1974
The Wapello Republican; The Story of the Wapello's First 125 Years bound newspaper   Souvenier Edition June 18, 1981
Wapello Republican Centennial Edition 1856-1956 bound newspaper    
Louisa History of Wyman IA soft cover    
Secretary notes for Wyman Community Club spiral notebooks & 3 ringed binders   1926-1957, 1968-1983
Wyman Community Club 60th Anniversary      
Wyman Coomunity Club 70th anniversary      
Treasurers record Wyman Community Club 3 ring binder   1956-1971, 1971-1993
Fall Tour 1970- John Deihl Place, Bethel Community; Keokuk's Villiage; Old Florence soft cover    
Comprehensive Developent Plan for Louisa Co, IA spiral binding Stanley Consultants 1970

Topic: Land Directories

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Plat Book Vol 3 hard cover   1865
Atlas Louisa County, Iowa soft cover A.T. Andreas 1874
Plat Book by section, Township and Range hard cover    
Farm Plat Book of Louisa County, IA soft cover   Sept. 1, 1952
Plat Book of Louisa Co. IA soft cover Louisa County Auditor's Office 1976
Louisa County, IA Rural Resdent Directory soft cover Iowa State University Press 1980
Farms & Home Plat & Directory of Louisa County paper back atlas   1987
Farms & Home Plat & Directory of Louisa County paper back atlas   1994
Land Records Book 1, 2 and 4 hard cover    
Louisa Co Abstract of Titles book 3 hard cover    
Financial report 1968 of Lousa Co. IA soft cover Frances Hook, County Auditor  
Financial report 1957 of Lousa Co. IA soft cover E. W. Fullerton, County Auditor  
Tax Records Louisa County Iowa 1847-1859   1847-1850 Norma Jennings; 1853-159 Delpha Flint / Iowa Genealogical Society  
Tax list Columbus City, Union, Oakland hard cover   1840
Tax list hard cover   1848
Tax List All Townships hard cover   1852, 1853, 1854, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877
Real estate Tax Sales hard cover   1852
Assesor Book Marshall Township hard cover   1927, 1929, 1931
Tax List Wapello Twp., No. 8 hard cover   1935
Iowa Telephone Co.: Ainsworth, Columbus Junction, Conesville, Grandview, Letts, Oakville, Wapello, Crawfordsville telephone books   Nov. 1953
Telephone Directory; Wapello telephone books   Nov. 1953
Telephone Directory; Morning Sun, IA area code 319 telephone books Mutual Telephone Co. Sept 1969
Iowa-Illinois Telephone Co.: Wapello & Oakville telephone books   1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
Iowa -Illinois Telephone Co.: Ainsworth, Columbus Junction, Conesville, Grandview, Letts, Lone Tree, Nichols, Oakville, Riverside, Wapello, Crawfordsville telephone books   1979-1980, March 1981, March 1983, March 1985, 1995, March 1999, March 2000, March 2001, March 2004

Topic: Marriage Records

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Marriages Records - Early Marriages Wisconsin Territory, Louisa County IA      
Louisa County Marriages Index 1837-1899      
Marriage Record Book I from Louisa County Courthouse      

Topic: Military Records

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Revolutionary War Soldier & Patriots Buried in Iowa hard cover Daughters of the American Revolution, Abigail Adams Chapter 1978
Custer's Last Fight - The Experience of A Private Soldier In The Custer Massacre soft cover Peter Thompson  
Folders of Louisa Co. Armed service records, in alpha order for: Revolutionary War 1775-1783; War of 1812, 1812-1815; Mexican War 1836-1838; Civil War 1861-1865 file cabinet    
A History of the Civil War hard cover Benson J. Lossing L.L.D. / The War Memorial Association 1912
History of Andersonville Prison Ovid L. Futch 1968
The Battle of Shiloh; compiled from the offical records hard cover Major D. W. Reed / Shiloh National Military Park Commission 1902
The Battle of Shiloh; compiled from the official records hard cover Major D. W. Reed / Shiloh National Military Park Commission 1902
The Beleaguered City, The Vicksburg Campaign Dec. 1862 - July 1863 hard cover Shelby Foote 1995
Pride of the South; Confederate Leaders of the Civil War hard cover History Channel Club  
Picture History of the Civil War hard cover Bruce Catton  
Lee - The Story of Robert E. Lee, as told in his own words and those of his contemporaries soft cover Ralston B. Lattimore  
The Civil War Chart; Foreword by William C. Davis hard cover Publications International, Ltd.  
History of the 19th Reg. of Vol. Inf. (zeroxed) 3 ring binder J. Irvine Dugen  
Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Vols I - V; Vol VI Miscellaneous hard cover   1908
Iowa & the Rebellion hard cover Lurton Dunham Ingersoll 1966
The Ridge Runners Vol I soft cover William A. Yates 1975
Civil War Diary of Adam Furnas - 44 months at the front from Sept. 1, 1861 to April 25, 1865 soft cover    
Crocker's Brigade soft cover Lee Miller 2009
Civil War; misc clippings & photos scrapbook    
Iowa Civil War Cannons soft cover Dennis C. Bresson 2010
Discharge papers of Hiram Mathews - Civil War single paper   Nov. 1864
The Price of Our Heritage - In Memory of the Heroic Deed of the 168th Infantry hard cover Winfred E. Robb / America Lithographing, and Printing Co. 1919
Grand Army of the Republic Isaiah Dodder Post 446 Grandview Post minutes March 1888-March 1892 envelope    
Iowa Troops in Mexican Border Service 1916-17 soft cover Dick Dreyer  
Names of All Men Eligible For Military Duty from Louisa County 1861-1908 microfilm    
Folders of Louisa Co. Armed service records, in alpha order for: SWorld War I 1916-1918 file cabinet    
The United States and the War by Sir Gilbert Parker; The Socialism of the Future by Charles Edward Russell; War Time Washingtn & Notable Short Stories magazine 1918 / Harper's Magazine 1918
The American Legion in Iowa 1919 -1929 hard cover Jacob Armstrong Swisher / State Historical Society of Iowa 1929
Reflections (Government Issue) about World War II spiral bound Howard Bobbs  
Service Record WWI & WWII Columbus Junction & Community Gold Star Boys soft cover    
Enemies Within- Iowa POW's in Nazi, Germany spiral bound Michael Luick Thrams 2002 reprinted 2004
Collier's Photographic History of World War II hard cover P. F. Collier & Sons Corp. 1946
Military Standard; Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes 3 ring binder   Sept 1950
Victory - 50th Anniversay of the End of World War II hard cover Nancy J. Skarmeas 1955
6th Armored Division Fort Leonard Wood Class book hard cover   1954
World War II 1941-1945 Soldier Discharge papers file cabinet  
Folders of Louisa Co. Armed service records, in alpha order for: Spanish American April-Aug 1898 file cabinet    
Grand Army of the Republic Isaiah Dodder Post 446, Grandview, IA - Post minutes March 1888 to March 1892 spiral bound Harry D. Latta  
Rebekah Post of Louisa and Muscatine Counties scrapbook    
VFW Post 4631 Service Records Book of men and Women of Columbus Junction and Community expandable folder VFW Post 4631 and Columbus Junction businesmen  
Military research new articles and VFW membership list tab folder    
Folders of Louisa Co. Armed service records, in alpha order for: Korean Conflict 1950-1953; Vietnam War 1965-1973 file cabinet    
Folders of Louisa Co. Armed service records, in alpha order for: Persian Gulf War Jan - Feb 1991; Iraq War 2012 file cabinet    

Topic: Newspapers & Obituaries

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Morning Sun News Herald microfilm   12 Apr 1883 thru 25 Dec 2003
John Keck Funeral Records, Wapello 1912-1937 soft cover    
Memorial and Funeral Cards scrapbook    
Scrapbook of Miscellanious Articles & Obituaries 3 ring binder Helen Ryan Lonshore  
Obituaries pasted on individual cards card file boxes    
1898 Obituaries collection from Wapello Tribune 3 ring binder    
Louisa County Obituaries from the Wapello Tribune 1898-1901 hard cover    
Louisa County Obituaries from the Wapello Tribune 1902-1905 hard cover    
Louisa County Obituaries from the Wapello Tribune 1906-1909 hard cover    
Louisa County Obituaries from the Wapello Tribune 1910-1913 hard cover    
1914 Obituaries from the Wapello Republican      
1935 Obituaries from Louisa County Newspapers soft cover Janice Hoehle June 2, 2003

Topic: Schools

Title Type Author / Publisher Published
Reminisences (1886-1906) First Alumni Banquet and the first Twenty Years of Graduating Classes for Columbus Junction High School, Louisa Co. IA soft cover Miss Annetta Wilcox 1906
Columbus Junction Schools 1921,1922 to 1936 then 50 years later - copies of class photos and student names pocket folder    
Wildcat Columbus Junction Yearbook hard cover   1954, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1982, 1983-84
Cotter School 1920-2000 3 ring binder    
Attendence records Cotter School Mr Herlein hard cover   1965-66, 1966-67
Attendence records Cotter School Mrs Davis hard cover   1966-67, 1967-68
Attendence records Cotter School Mrs Bever hard cover   1964-65, 1965-66
Attendence records Cotter School Mrs Russell hard cover   1966-67, 1967-68
Falcon Louisa-Muscatine Yearbook hard cover   1961-1963, 1967-1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983-1986,
Megaphone Grandview High School Nespaper 3 ring binder   1937
The Megaphone Class Newspapers Grandview IA soft cover   1939, 1940-41, 1952-53
Alumni of Grandview High School, Grandview, Iowa 1904-1959 soft cover    
Alumni Grandview Highschool 1908-1959 soft cover    
Memories of Grandview and Letts High school 1915-1929 soft cover   1992
Letts High School soft cover   1892 -1959
The Comet Morning Sun Yearbook soft cover   1920, 1970
Morning Sun Memories soft cover   1930
The Tiger Morning Sun soft cover   1948
Copies of Morning Sun Yearbooks 3 ring binder   1905-1983
Morning Sun Community Schools soft cover   1905-1983
reprints of Morning Sun Class pictures 3 ring binder    
Morning Sun High School Varsity Wrestling - The End of an Era 1961-62 to 1989-90 spiral binding Dana Kellogg Royer 1990
The Oakville Wildcats 1951-61 soft cover    
The Wildcat Oakville consolidated schools soft cover   1950-1953, 1955, 1964
Wapello Chief High school Newspaper hard cover   1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1939-40, 1940-41
Blue and Gold Wapello soft cover   1926, 1950
Ole Paw Wapello soft cover   1922
The Arrow Head Wapello soft cover   1937
Tomahawk Wapello Yearbook soft cover   1940, 1947, 1948, 1953-1961, 1963-1979, 1973-1975, 1979, 1981, 1983-1987, 1995-1998
Wapello Highschool Class list and pictures spiral binding   1917-2011
Wapello 60th Class reunion soft cover    
Victorian Wyman High School soft cover   1944-45, 1948
Wyman Highschool photos from year books past spiral binding    
Move into the Future by Saving the Past - Rural Schools of Louisa Co. soft cover Leonard Kerr, Helen Clark, Amu Shutt, Mary Beth Carey 1988
Reprints of High school sports teams and names tab folder    
Student council minutes soft cover   1916-17
School District Record for Louisa County hard cover   1901
Louis Co. Country Schools List of Teacher, School and Salary 3 ring binder    
Louisa County school Board Minutes hard cover   1911-1917
School text book receipts hard cover   1891-1902
School Fund Accounts Bk 2 hard cover    
School District Secretary records Union Township hard cover   1931
Budget for Letts Consolidated Independent school 1943-1944 pocket folder    
Record of School Secretary hard cover   1936
Ames VS Iowa Homecoming game Program   1919
The Hawkeye State University of Iowa   1949
Exploring Science text book Gerald S. Craig & Beatrice Davis Hurley 1946
Extra-Curricular Activites in the Elementary Schools text book Charles F. Allen, Thomas Alexander, H. W. Means 1937
Iowa Government - An Iowa Civics Book for Elementary Grades text book Jack T. Johnson 1957

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