What’s a “Palimpsest?” In early times, it was a parchment or other material from which writings had been erased to give room for later records. But the erasures were not always complete, so it became the task of scholars not only to translate the later records, but to reconstruct the original writings by deciphering the dim fragments of letters, partly erased and partly covered by later text. The State Historical Society of Iowa likened the state’s history to a palimpsest – holding the record of successive generations -- and this magazine was designed by the Society to disseminate Iowa history. The articles in each issue are quite detailed with names, places and dates!

4523 Arch McFarlane,... $ 9.95	6490 Indian Affairs in Iowa,... $ 9.95	4465 Early Architecture in... $ 9.95	4630 Iowa in the Civil War $ 9.95
6489 Commemorative Stamps in... $ 12.50	4527 Lou Henry Hoover,... $ 9.95	4619 Ice Boats, Winter River... $ 9.95	4463 Political Paraphernalia,... $ 9.95
6491 Industries of Iowa, Part... $ 12.50	4529 The First Iowa... $ 12.50

Fraternal Organizations

2592 1923 Iowa Odd Fellow... $ 5.00

Government

3043 Iowa’s 64th General... $ 9.95