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We Need Your Stories!

Posted on by Diane Findlay

Hi, Friends! It’s been pretty quiet on the Iowa Baha’i History website for a while. I know there are many out there with great stories, memories, and experiences to share. How did you beco…

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Three Things…

Posted on by Diane Findlay

Greetings! I haven’t posted here for some time. Just too much going on! But I want to comment on three things. First, I’ve been searching for other websites that address Baha’i history, to see what’s …

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Glimpses!

Posted on by Diane Findlay

I was browsing through the “Glimpses” on the website and realized it would be wonderful to have lots more of these! I suspect we all have special memories of moments—small anecdotes or pictures that h…

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The Corinne True Center for Baha’i History

Posted on by Diane Findlay

I was excited to learn of the establishment of the Corinne True Center for Baha’i History as an agency of our National Spiritual Assembly. I was even more excited to read the recently released s…

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Happy Ayyam-i-Ha!

Posted on by Diane Findlay

As we move into our annual “spiritual season,” beginning with Ayyam-i-Ha, encompassing the Fast, and concluding with Naw Ruz, we feel a special excitement, joy, and reverence. Personally, …

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Former Iowa Baha’is on National Spiritual Assemblies

Posted on by Diane Findlay

It’s recently come to my attention that at least four Iowa Baha’is went on to pioneer internationally and serve on National Spiritual Assemblies at their pioneering posts. There may well b…

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  • Lots going on…

    ByDiane Findlay Posted on

    Since the recent coverage for our Project in THE AMERICAN BAHA’I, we’ve had lots of activity. A continuing upsurge in visitors to the website; adding Andrea to the team; and most recently, adding Matt Percic, archivist for the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Des Moines; wishing Meghan a grateful goodbye as she steps away…

  • Welcome to Our New Team Member!

    ByDiane Findlay Posted on

    Great news! Our History Project team has a new member! Andrea is a Physics major at Grinnell College and skilled with computers. She heard my presentation at our Unit Convention and approached me with her interest. Andrea has met with Mike via Zoom and is busy learning about our WordPress site and exploring its nuts…

  • Greetings!

    ByDiane Findlay Posted on

    I hope you’ve had a chance to look through the current issue of THE AMERICAN BAHA’I. It’s exciting to see our young project featured along with two long-standing efforts, in San Francisco and Atlanta, to build and maintain archives for the purpose (quoting staff writer Layli Miron) of “preserving the legacies of spiritual ancestors for…

  • Please Keep It Coming!

    ByDiane Findlay Posted on

    Dear Friends, I appreciate your patience as I try to keep up with the wealth of material made available to me from the Des Moines Baha’i Archives. I’ll be working through that for months, I’m sure. Not enough hours in the days and weeks, not enough energy for the opportunities! What I’m not seeing much…

  • Historic Conference

    ByDiane Findlay Posted on

    Dear Friends, I just returned from a lovely and historic conference in Kansas City–the first ever gathering of all the Assistants to the Auxiliary Board Members for the Prairie States Region. We were blessed to have Counselor Nwandi Lawson with us, as well as all four Auxiliary Board Members who serve the Prairie States: Leila…

  • Who can Help?

    ByDiane Findlay Posted on

    Marie Scheffer, who is working on a comprehensive history of the Faith in Sioux City, asked me to post this question for her: I am looking for the correct last name of the woman who was elected to the Assembly in 1972, when Sioux City first tried to form an Assembly which, for various reasons,…