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The Iowa Industrial Resources and Defense Council, the forerunner of the current Economic Development Authority, was established by Governor George A. Wilson in 1940. In 1941, the 49th General Assembly converted the Council into the Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission with the dual mission of contributing to national defense and promoting economic development. In July 1945, the 51st General Assembly created the Iowa Development Commission to oversee the state's postwar economic development including the procurement of new industries. In 1986, the agency was renamed Economic Development and economic development functions of other state offices, including the Office of Planning and Programming, were added. 

The following is a partial list of records from Economic Development in our holdings. A complete list of record series is available at the Research Center in Des Moines. 

Some or all of these records are available to search in the Iowa History Collections Catalog.

General

General

Series List

Date Span

Annexation Files of Cities and Towns

1972-1989

City Development Board Minutes

1973-1984

Committee Decisions

Undated

Minutes and Related Material

1940-1988

Urban Revitalizations to Cities

1972-1986

Iowa Power Fund Board Minutes

2007-2011

Iowa Power Fund Board, Due Diligence Committee Minutes

2007-2008

Wine and Beer Promotion Board Minutes

1995-2016

Vision Iowa Board Minutes and Related Material

2000-2009

Iowa Film Office

General
Series ListDate Span

Administrative Files

No date

Multimedia 

1994-2014

Photographs, Productions

ca. 1985 - ca. 2010

Iowa State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee

Iowa

Series List

Date Span

Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Related Material

1978-1990

Subject Files

1978-1990