Join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series that focuses on the past lives of Iowans. The Iowa History 101 webinars share Iowa stories and the history of the state through a cultural history lens on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Register for an upcoming program or watch a recorded presentation. Registration is required for each event. View past programs here.
Iowa History 101 Series
Upcoming Programs
All Iowa History 101 programs are scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. on the date of the presentation.
| Date | Program Title (Click the link to register) | Presenter |
| January 12 | Hopping Freights and Harvesting Grain with Hobos in Iowa, 1870s–1910s |
Nathan Tye |
| January 26 | The Story Behind Frank Lloyd Wright’s First Usonian House Built in Iowa: The Walter House in Cedar Rock | Kathryn Hund & Rodney Dieser |
| February 9 | Twilight Cluster: A Western Iowa Railroad Phenomenon | H. Roger Grant |
| February 23 | "Protector of the Poor": Iowa's Poor Farms and Midwestern Social Welfare | Megan Birk |
| March 9 | Uncommon Ground: Grant Wood and Russell Lee’s Divergent View of Iowa | James Swensen |
| March 23 | Fort Madison in Pre-Statehood Iowa: The U.S. Army as a Predecessor to Anglo-American Settlement | Patrick J. Jung |
