This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Notable Cedar Rapids items 10 20 30 years ago
Mr and Mrs C E Newell returned from wintering in Florida and the south Elmer Lee Boyer son of Mr and Mrs W L Boyer of Cedar Rapids is in Carl Freed band at the Iowa theater Matthew Tschirgince named by Mayor Ball to zoning commission to replace Frank Smith deceased Leo Gredell 3 fractured skull after being struck by auto in Tenth street Lisbon teen Glenn Derde 18 fractures leg in runaway accident Archie Petersen high school track member struck by javelin during practice at Coe Rev T W Drumm appointed bishop of Des Moines by Pope Benedict XV The Road to California at Greene's Opera House George Mullin and daughter Georgia to sail April 3 for five months in Europe John L Wilson reelected president Cedar Rapids Railway Mail association Mr and Mrs Fred Parrott visit West Union then Montana motions.