Iowa Stories 2007-2021 (known as History for Lunch 2007-2018) showcased over 70 historians and scholars who shared their knowledge on a wide array of Iowa topics.
Each presentation was approximately one hour and most of the presenters relied heavily upon primary and secondary sources contained within the State Historical Society of Iowa collections.
Video Program Library 2009-2021
Audio Recorded Programs (2007-2011)
2007-2011 Program List. Audio recordings available upon request:
2007
- 9/19/2007: Douglas W. Jones, Recent Discoveries and Archaeological Research on the Underground Railroad in Iowa
- 10/11/2007: Marybeth Slonneger, Wetherby's Gallery
- 11/21/2007: Paul C. Juhl, Grant Wood's Clear Lake Summer
2008
- 2/13/2008: Douglas Baynton, Through Deaf Eyes: A Photographic History of an American Community
- 3/12/2008: Jan Olive Nash, Iowa City Municipal Airport: Opening the West to Aviation, 1918-2007
- 4/16/2008: Diana Horton, Rochester Cemetery: A Legacy of Pre-settlement Landscape
- 5/14/2008: Peter Hoehnle, Amana Style: Arts and Crafts of a Utopian Community
- 9/23/2008: Robert B. Mitchell, Skirmisher: The Life, Times, and Political Career of James B. Weaver
- 10/23/2008: Barry H. Landau, The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy
- 11/19/2008: Thomas H. Kent, Serendipity: Bird Records of Early Iowa Ornithologists
2009
- 1/21/2009: Michael O. Smith, Made from Mud
- 2/18/2009: Peter Hoehnle, Kolonisten und Indianer: The Relationship Between the Meskwaki Tribe and the Amana Society, 1855-2009
- 3/25/2009: Janet Weaver, Of Buttons and Barrios: Iowa Women Activists for Labor and Civil Rights, 1910-1960
- 4/15/2009: Bill Whittaker, The Bicentennial History of Fort Madison
- 5/6/2009: Robert Engel, Student Unrest at the University of Iowa in the 1970s: Recollections / Reflections
- 6/17/2009: Roy R. Behrens, Frank Lloyd Wright & Grant Wood: Little Houses on the Prairie
- 7/15/2009: Laura Rigal, Watershed Days on the Iowa River: The Meskwaki, The American Fur Company, and the Founding of Iowa City
- 8/19/2009: Alan E. Nelson, Sketches, William Williams' Journal of 1849
- 9/16/2009: Sarah Jane Eikleberry, A "Chief" Year: The University of Iowa Sinks Both Cleats in "Big-Time" Football
- 10/21/2009: Jerome Thompson, The Museum Curator & The Meskwaki
- 11/18/2009: Ernie Rairdin and Paul C. Juhl, 19th Century Iowa in 3-D
2010 - No Programming
2011
- 1/23/2011: Bob Bream, Telling Your Own Story & Ralston Creek Reminiscences