Reference Shelf

• "History of Buchanan County, Iowa" 1881
• Surname index for "History of Buchanan County, Iowa" published 1881
• The History of Buchanan County, Iowa 1990
• History of Buchanan County, Iowa Volumes 1 & 2 - 1914
• Every name index for "History of Buchanan County, Iowa and its People" 1914 Vol. 1 & 2
• Biographical Index to the County Histories of Iowa
• Buchanan County Marriages Vol. III Jan. 1869 to Nov. 1872
• Buchanan County Marriages Vol. IV Nov. 1872 to Oct. 1876
• Buchanan County, Iowa 1860 Census
• History and Happenings of the Buchanan County Amish 1914-1997
• Buchanan County, Iowa Cemeteries 1980
• Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Independence
• Historical Atlas of Iowa 1875
• Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Delaware & Buchanan, Iowa
• Palimpsest index 1940 to 1976
• Pictorial Atlas Buchanan County, Iowa 1979
• Constitution & Roster of the Fifth Iowa Infantry Veteran Association 1887
• Buchanan County, Iowa TAM Service (Township maps, Alphabetical Locator, Mailing list) 1994-95, 1998-1999, 2003-2004
• National register of Historic Places in Iowa
• Cumulative index to the Palimpsest Volumes XI - XX
• Independence, Iowa published 1994 by Free Rivers Press
• The Civil War Episodes 1-9 on Video Cassette and Index
• Iowa History as told in Biography (1932)
• "From Ackley to Zwingle" A collection of the origins of Iowa place names
• "The Annals of Iowa" Volume One - 1863
• My Memories of Cherity Flat School
• "A History of Iowa" Volumes 1-8
• "From Abenaki to Zuni" A dictionary of Native American Tribes
• Cumulative Index to The Annals of Iowa Volumes 29-50 1947-1991
• Transactions IOWA Horticultural Society Volumes  55 and 57 1920 and 1922
• 1992 and 1995 Buchanan County, Iowa Plat Books
• Building Program for the Independence Public Library, January 1995
• Newspaper Collection of the State Historical Society June 1969
• Environmental Assessment of the Former Manufactured Gas Site in Independence April, 1994
• Encyclopedia of North American Indians
• Iowans of Impact
• Iowa Marriages Early to 1850
• Charrette Report 1994 for the Independence Public Library
• Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
• The Red Cross In Iowa
• Welfare Campaigns in Iowa
• Welfare Work in Iowa
• Food Administration in Iowa
• The American Legion in Iowa
• Sale of War Bonds in Iowa
• Iowa Official Register 1997-1998 and 1999-2000

Nonfiction

• A Brit Among the Hawkeyes
• "To Go Free" A Treasury of Iowa's Legal Heritage
• Iowa A Guide to the Hawkeye State
• A Literary History of Iowa
• Christmas in Iowa
• This Is Iowa
• An Iowa Album A Photographic History 1860-1920
• Iowa Stereographs
• Tell A Tale of Iowa
• Iowa and Some Iowans 3rd Edition 1988
• A History of the People of Iowa
• Iowa through the Years
• Annual Report Buchanan County Conservation Board July 1, 1996  June 30, 1997
• Iowa Natural Heritage
• Waterloo A Pictorial History
• Iowa History and Culture
• Iowa Beautiful Land
• Iowa Emigrant
• Iowa Inside Out
• History of Iowa Volumes 1-4
• In No Time at All (commended by the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission)
• "125 Years of Growth" Independence, Iowa Quasquicentennial 1972
• The Iowa Quick Fact Book
• Iowa The Pioneer Heritage
• Iowa Simply Beautiful
• Iowa Celebrating the Sesquicentennial
• Iowa A Celebration of Land, People & Purpose
• Art of the State Iowa
• Pioneer Farming in Iowa
• "Iowa's Lost Summer" The Flood of 1993
• Iowa Pork and People
• Rogues and Heroes from Iowa's Amazing Past
• Bonnie Iowa Farm Folk
• Iowans who made a difference
• Hurrah for Bonnie Iowa
• Iowa Pioneer Foundations
• Iowa History Reference Guide
• Victorian Architecture of Iowa
• Outside In African-American History in Iowa 1838-2000
• A Glimpse of Iowa in 1846
• "Seasons of Change" Associated General Contractors Reflecting upon 75 years of service to Iowa
• "Frontierswoman" The Iowa Experience
• I'way to Iowa
• Hawkeye Lore
• This is the Place, Iowa
• Discovering Historic Iowa
• Iowa's Country Schools Landmarks of Learning
• Iowa A History
• Tarpleywick: A Century of Iowa Farming

Vertical File

• Buchanan Co. Conservation Board-Otter Creek Quarterly
• Buchanan Co. Conservation Fontana Park Bridge
• Buchanan Co. Emergency Management
• Buchanan Co. Genealogical Society Index
• Buchanan Co. Historical Society Heritage Trail
• Buchanan Co. Iowa 150th Birthday Celebration
• Buchanan Co. Labor Survey
• Buchanan Co. Maps
• Buchanan Co. Officers
• Buchanan Co. Time Capsule 1976
• Buchanan Co. Tourism

 Storage

• "150 Years of History" Independence, Iowa 1847-1997 Sesquicentennial
• Atlas of Buchanan County, Iowa 1910
• High School Yearbooks
• Wapsie 1915-1918, 1920-1931, 1936-1938, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955-1961, 1963-1965
• Maroon & White 1900, 1903, 1904
• Mustang 1968, 1970-1987, 1997, 1998
• Independence Conservative Centennial Issue (bound) 1855 - 1955

Second Floor

• Iowa, Land of Many Mills

• Dedication of Monuments erected by the state of Iowa

• Growing up in Iowa

• Buchanan County Emergency Plan for facilities producing or storing hazardous chemicals or substances

• Update of the outdoor recreation conservation and open spaces plan Mar. 1996-June 2000

• Iowa literary Heritage Trail

• A Community Tapestry Jesup, IA 1986

• Men of Ancient Iowa

• Iowa Pioneer Foundation Vol. 11

• Patters and Prospective's in Iowa History

• The Iowa HABS Catalog

• Old mills in the Midwest (Illinois and Iowa)

• "Tornado" Accounts of the tornado in Iowa

• Sixty sketches of the Iowa past and present

• Iowa Barns

• Portrait of Iowa

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