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  • Yvor Stoakley Speaks at Des Moines World Religion Day Event, 1976
    From the Des Moines Baha’i archives, entered November 2025 Yvor worked as a staff writer and photographer for the Marshalltown Times Republican in the 1970s.
  • Des Moines LSA’s 1983 History Committee Details Activity in the 1950s
    From the Des Moines Baha’i Archives, entered November 2025 This rich, detailed account of the early history of the Des Moines Baha’i community as described by its authors JoAnn Brown and Catherine Andreasen, “…can only give a glimmer of the reality which was the life of a Baha’i in Des Moines, Iowa, in the 1950s....
  • Des Moines Register Editorial by Lyle Munson, December 8, 1957
    From the Des Moines Baha’i Archives Lyle Munson, Secretary of the Spiritual (not Social!) Assembly of the Baha’is of Des Moines, authored this introduction printed in The Des Moines Register.
  • Document: Gayle Abas-Woolson, first Bahá’í teacher to visit Cedar Rapids
    Description: A typewritten document, written in all capital letters. The transcription has been made lowercase. The first page has a large black and white picture of a young Gayle Abas-Woolson. Part of the children’s public speaking materials has been uploaded and transcribed here: https://iowabahaihistory.org/document-childrens-public-speaking-project/. A PDF of the original document is reproduced below The first...
  • Flyer: Please join us for Spiritual Gatherings
    Description: A printed document in a “handwritten” font. A PDF of the original is reproduced below. Please join us forSpiritual Gatherings8:45-9:45 AM Sunday, January 2nd:“Happiness: The Fragrance of the Love of God” Sunday, January 16th:“Obedience: The Source of All Good” Sunday, January 23rd:“Prayer: Entering the Stronghold” Sunday, January 30th:“Love: See Ye No Strangers” New Location!!!1921...