The Treasurer of State is a constitutional official. The public revenues of the state are received and disbursed by the treasury department.
Some or all of these records are available to search in the Iowa History Collections Catalog
The following is a partial list of record series in the State Archives holdings:
| General | Date Span |
|---|---|
| Bids for Purchase of State Warrants | 1898 |
| Bonds | 1839, 1873-1878 |
| Collateral Inheritance Tax Records | 1896-1904 |
| Contracts | c.1839-c.1877 |
| Correspondence | Date Span |
|---|---|
| Correspondence | 1911-1913 |
| Correspondence, County Treasurers, Revenue | 1847-1908 |
| Correspondence, Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts (Loans for Funding) | 1841-1908, 1911-1914 |
| Correspondence, Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts (Loans) | 1863-1910 |
| Correspondence, Land | 1842-1880 |
| Correspondence, Miscellaneous (Banks, Bids and Bonds) | 1841-1910 |
| Correspondence, Railroads | 1868-1880 |
| Correspondence, School Fund | 1850-1906 |
| Correspondence, State Institutions | 1855-1910 |
| Correspondence, State Officers, Boards and Departments | 1841-1909 |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Collateral Inheritance Taxes | 1896-1909, 1911-1913 |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Equipment Car | 1904-1910 |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Express Companies | 1899-1906 |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Insurance Companies | Undated |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Land | 1859-1860 |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Railroad Companies | 1860-1906 |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Telegraph Companies | 1869-1900 |
| Correspondence, Taxes, Telephone Companies | 1887-1900 |
| Correspondence, Warrants | 1841-1912 |
| Letter Book, Calendar of Letters Received by Treasurer | 1867-1872 |
| Letter Books, Agricultural College Endowment Fund, Bonds & Interest | Undated |
| Letter Books, Collateral Inheritance Tax | 1897-1913 |
| Letter Books, Collateral Inheritance Tax, County Attorneys | 1898-1906 |
| Letter Books, General | 1860-1901 |
| Letter Books, State Institutions | 1902-1904 |
| Reports | Date Span |
|---|---|
| Reports, Auditors Warrants Issued - Des Moines River Improvement | 1866-1868 |
| Reports, Auditors Warrants Issued - General Revenue | 1850-1911 |
| Reports, Auditors Warrants Issued - War and Defense Fund | 1861-1865 |
| Reports, Commissions and Commissioners, Monies Received - Public Building Fund | 1840-1841 |
| Reports, Commissions and Commissioners, Monies Received - School Fund | 1854-1857 |
| Reports, County Officers, Fees and Monies Received - County Superintendents | 1906-1908 |
| Reports, County Officers, Fees and Monies Received - County Treasurers | 1843 |
| Reports, Railroads | c.1862-1872 |
| Reports, State Institutions, Fees and Monies Received - Miscellaneous State Institutions | c.1867-1907 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Adjutant General | 1876-1877 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Auditor - Banking Fees | 1904-1910 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Auditor - Building and Loan Fees | 1896-1908 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Auditor - Insurance Fees | 1873-1910 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Clerk of Supreme Court Fees | 1878-1890, 1893-1913 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Mine Inspectors | 1890-1910 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Miscellaneous State Officers | c.1870-c.1908 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Oil Inspectors | 1895-1904 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Pharmacy Commission | 1890-1894 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Secretary of State Fees | 1870-1903 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Treasurer - Miscellaneous | 1857-1890 |
| Reports, State Officers, Fees and Monies Received - Treasurer - Warrents, Misc. | 1840-1898 |
| Financial Records | Date Span |
|---|---|
| Abstracts of Bills, Board of Control | 1898-1910 |
| Account Books | 1845-1851 |
| Appropriation Record | 1849-1951 |
| Registers of Deposits | 1902-1907 |
| Registers of Drafts | 1877-1902 |
| Registers of Endorsed Warrants | 1873-1877 |
| Registers of General Revenue Warrants, Redeemed | 1863-1905, 1918-1939 |
| Registers of Institutional Checks | 1898-1908 |
| Registers of Re-Issue of War and Defense Fund Warrants | 1862-1863 |
| Registers of War and Defense Warrants, Presented for Payment | 1861-1866 |
| Registers of War and Defense Warrants, Redeemed | 1861-1870 |
| Registers of Warrants | 1840-1858 |
| Registers of Warrants Issued | 1859-1869, 1902-1911 |
| Registers of Warrants, Presented for Payment | 1869-1895, 1899-1902 |
| Registers of Warrants, Redeemed | 1859-1869 |
| Treasurers Cash Books | 1891-1911 |
| Treasurers Journals | 1854-1904 |
| Treasurers Ledgers | 1838-1855, 1889-1898 |
| Warrants Outstanding | 1883-1891 |
| Weekly Record of Totals of Warrants Issued and Redeemed | 1891-1903 |
| Notices | Date Span |
|---|---|
| Appointments | 1886 |
| Interest Due on Agricultural College Loans | 1876-1906 |
| Investments | 1878-1884 |
| Orders | 1860-1908 |
| Protests, Banks | 1879-1894 |
| Protests, Insurance Companies | 1897-1902 |