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 '''State Historical Society of Iowa - Iowa City Center'''<br>Centennial Building<br>State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)<br>402 Iowa Avenue<br>Iowa City, Iowa, 52240-1806<br>Telephone: 319-335-3916&nbsp; (Library)<br>
 The Special Collections rooms of the facilities include manuscript records of the state, government records,&nbsp; photographs, newspapers, and more. They also have family histories in book and manuscript form.<br>
-The State Archives of Iowa contains records of enduring value created or collected by Iowa stateagencies. These materials document all facets of the state’s history. The following are some groups of state and local government records which may be of particular interest for researchers<br>
+The State Archives of Iowa contains records of enduring value created or collected by Iowa state agencies. These materials document all facets of the state’s history. The following are some groups of state and local government records which may be of particular interest for family historians:<br>
+*General history books for Iowa and other states; city directories; plat maps; cemetery surveys;&nbsp; biographies and memoirs; school yearbooks; selected government documents; and extensive genealogy resources are available in the libraries; periodicals.
+*Photo Collections - about a half million from daguerreotype to digital. A webpage has been created on the Flickr's photo-sharing site to showcase some representative portions of the holding.
+*Newspapers from hundreds of communities from all of Iowa’s 99 counties from 1836 to the present. The collection features several foreign language and special interest newspapers published in Iowa. <br>
 ==== Iowa Genealogical Society  ====