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In Des Moines
600 East Locust
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0290
Call 515-281-5111
and...
In Iowa City
402 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City, IA 52240-1806
Call 319-335-3916
Hours
Of
Reference & Retrieval
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday
The archives, photograph, and manuscript
collections are closed Saturdays, unless
arrangements are made in advance. Arrangements
can be made to use archival material on Saturdays
by requesting the needed material from an archives
staff member prior to noon on the preceding
Friday.
Note: the research collections are closed on official
state holidays, and on the Saturday which precedes
a Monday or follows a Friday holiday. The reading rooms are closed state holidays
and some Saturdays.
The archives research collections are available
for public use through a combined library
and archives reading room on the 2nd floor of State
Historical Building in Des Moines. The collections
are available for use only in the reading
room--they cannot be checked out for use
elsewhere. Some duplicated materials are available
on interlibrary loan to cooperating libraries.
There is also information on microfilm
available for
interlibrary loan and purchase.
Archives reference staff
provide assistance to researchers in the reading room by directing them to pertinent
collection guides, recommending sources of information, retrieving the requested
materials and filling reproduction orders. Staff are not able to conduct detailed
research for patrons. The State Historical Society maintains
a list of professional
researchers who provide services for a fee to those unable to come in
person to the reading room.
The State Historical Society of Iowa provides
access to collections at no cost to patrons. Fees
are charged for duplication and special services
associated with use of the collections.
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