Grocery store located at 108 South Clinton Street. Photographer Wetherby's studio was above the Lewis brothers store. In later years, this was the site of the Big Store.
Diary kept by Oliver Perry Myers (1856-1933), of West Chester, Iowa. Though Oliver worked many hours a week on the family farm, he also received a strong education. After completing high school, he attended the University of Iowa and graduated as the…
Diary kept by Belle Robinson (1862-1887), of Dubuque, Iowa. The middle child of three sisters, Belle’s personality was shaped by her family's focus on education and equality. Her father, Frank, was a lawyer with a private practice in Dubuque. Her…
Papers and documents of James Miller, a Scottish immigrant who served in the Civil War as an engineer and later was an engineer at the Joliet State Prison.
Includes ledger kept by Emanuel Mericle from 1863 to 1865 and five letters written by Martin Mericle to his brothers while he served with the 114th Ohio Infantry Regiment in the Civil War.
Letters to Bean family members from Asa and Mary Bean's sons James and John, primarily concerning James' life as an engineering student at the University of Michigan.
![Henry Wallace correspondence [reel 1], 1859-1934](https://www.iowaheritage.org/files/thumbnails/7bbad9a9fd34b055e825fcab532374f7.jpg "Henry Wallace correspondence [reel 1], 1859-1934")
