Search Results: The Palimpsest by William J Petersen

Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1970. Magazine. Fair. Clean pages; saddle staples show rust spotting but remain secure; soft cover shows scuffing, specks, and smudges as well as creasing across the rear, but remains sturdy. 32pp.; b/w illus. Articles include "The Old Military Road" by John Carl Parrish, "Phantoms on the Old Road" by Marcus L. Hansen, "Along the Old Military Road" by John E. Briggs, and "The Old Road - Then and Now" by William J. Petersen.

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1972. Staple-bound Softcover. Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure; cover shows a line of surface rubbing at the left front and some chipping at the spine ends, otherwise clean and excellent. 32pp. Lead article: "Roving Correspondents" by William J. Petersen.

Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1967. Staple-bound Softcover. Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Soft cover has a line of pale, gray smudging at the left front and another at the right rear, a tiny surface chip at the bottom right front corner, and a little rubbing along the spine, otherwise excellent. 38pp., illustrated in black-and-white. Articles by L. O. Cheever (some autobiographical) about the Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport for orphans of soldiers. Mrs. Wittenmyer had been a tireless advocate for health needs of returning soldiers from the Civil War as well as for education, and she was instrumental in founding and expanding the first facility, though she did not live to see it continue through the first world war and beyond.

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1961. Staple-bound Softcover. Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Original membership newsletter laid in, pristine. Soft cover has two small surface scuffs along the left front and small chips at the spine ends but is generally clean and attractive. 46pp., illustrated in black-and-white. Issue focuses on the 59th General Assembly of Iowa.

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1970. Staple-bound Softcover. Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Soft cover has modest fading at the spine, spots of gray smudging at the right rear, and a little rubbing at corners and spine ends, but is generally clean and attractive. 40pp., illustrated in black-and-white. Issue highlighting the Sixty-Third General Assembly of Iowa (second session).

Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1967. Softcover. Good. Pages crisp and bright; no ownership marks; small chips at spine ends, some offsetting at left front and right rear, and one tiny edge tear at the first page, otherwise clean and sound. Black-and-white and colour illustrations. 55pp. staplebound. Issue highlights the industries of Iowa.

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1969. Staple-bound Softcover. Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Soft cover has a little rubbing along the left front and right rear and small chips at the spine ends, otherwise excellent. 64pp., illustrated in black-and-white. Issue highlighting the Sixty-Third General Assembly of Iowa (first session).

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1955. Staple-bound Softcover. Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Soft cover shows a prior owner's ink stamp on both front and back, as well as a fingernail crease at the top rear, blue offsetting front and back, and a little chipping at spine ends, otherwise excellent. 32pp., illustrated; this issue is a thirty-five year retrospective of this publication.

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1969. Staple-bound Softcover. Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Soft cover has a pale, yellow spot at the left front, a line of grayish smudging at the right rear, and a tiny tear at the spine heel, otherwise excellent. 64pp. plus fold-out maps, illustrated in black-and-white. "A Glimpse of Iowa in 1823" with articles about Giacomo Constantine Beltrami by William J. Petersen and J.C. Beltrami.

Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1969. Staple-bound Softcover. Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; saddle staples show light rust but remain secure; cover shows surface scuffing front and back and a small, very pale cup ring below a little droplet mark on the front, otherwise sound. 64pp., illustrated; Part One of the Iowa Inventors and Inventions special by Homer L. and Corrine Calkin. Diagrams! Mostly looms, washing and sewing machines, grain drills and threshers, wrenches... but also full-body life preservers. No joke. 1872.