Name: Jack Trice: More than a Football Player
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Genealogy Plus Help Session Online

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Library Branch: Online

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: History/Genealogy

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Drop in and get help with your genealogy project. Join us in person on September 27 or online October 5. ONLINE ONLY. A Zoom link will be posted on this page before the event. Presented in partnership with Ame...

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Jack Trice: More than a Football Player

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Library Branch: Ames Public Library

Room: Farwell T. Brown Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: History/Genealogy

Program Details:

A century ago, Jack Trice—Iowa State’s first Black student-athlete—died of injuries suffered in his second football game. His story is highlighted by his athleticism, the poignant note he wrote to himself, and the mystery of his death. Yet, Ja...

Your ISU Historians: Jeff Bremer & A New History of Iowa

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Library Branch: Ames Public Library

Room: Farwell T. Brown Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: History/Genealogy

Program Details:

The Iowa State University Department of History, in partnership with the Ames History Museum and Ames Public Library, will host Jeff Bremer, author of A New History of Iowa, at the Library. Jeff Bremer's A New History of Iowa i...

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