The Center for Dubuque History
The Center contains numerous and varied sources for Dubuque area history. Among them are:
- Over 30,000 photographs arranged by subject
- Federal Census records for Dubuque County 1840-1930
- Special Iowa Census for Dubuque County 1854,1856,1885,1895,1905,1915,1925
- Works Progress Administration local newspaper index arranged by subjects
- Proceedings and reports of the Dubuque City Council 1837-1900
- Extensive obituary file sorted alphabetically by surname
- Dubuque City Directories
- Dubuque County plat books, 1874,1892, and 1906
- Dubuque Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (1909)
- Maps—including city, state, Mississippi River, aerial, and topographic
- Oral histories, videos, 16 mm film, DVDs, etc.
- Manuscripts, letters, diaries
- Secondary sources including city & county histories, business and family histories, etc.
The CDH is open to the public, see the CDH website for hours. Anyone interested in Dubuque area history is welcome to use the material assembled in the collection. Because of the unique and/or archival nature of the materials in the collection, they do not circulate but can be scanned or copied. Photocopy/scanning services are available for a fee. We enjoy helping researchers find the information they are looking for, but we do charge a fee for research requests that will take longer than 20 minutes to answer.
The Center for Dubuque History is located on the lower level of the Miller Academic Resource Center (MARC) on the Loras College campus.