States Historical Library

 The Iowa State Historical archives, established in 1857, holds irreplaceable materials, but plans to close in Dec. 31, citing budget shortfall. The amount in question accounts for 0.00008% of the state's budget. The state now deems the thousands of historical documents, including the history of pain can be replaced with a fictional history. The state will save less than 40% of the holdings, with no plans for what will be saved and what will be destroyed. We need to call our legislators to preserve history. People in other states would do well to see about the plans for their full history.