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Rae Gibson is a senior from DeWitt, Iowa, majoring in art history and graphic design and minoring in philosophy and art.

"As the current political climate reigns down a plethora of changes - specifically the cutting and removing of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) departments or efforts from certain museums - I find myself more and more worried about how artists, museum visitors, and museum professionals that don’t fit into stereotypical moulds of identity will find a place to be heard."

The Swenson Center has a sizeable collection of Swedish-American and Swedish-Canadian newspapers online, in print, and on microfilm. 

Name indexes to brief bios of Swedish-Americans from books on California, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, and Washington.  

An index to the Swedish-American organization and lodge records available at the Swenson Center.

A listing of Swedish-American and Swedish-Canadian church records on microfilm held at the Swenson Center. 

Name indexes to brief bios of Swedish-Americans from books on California, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, and Washington.  

Children are fascinated with fossils, so it is usually easy to make this geologic topic interesting. Teachers can use this interest to engage the students in a more in-depth, critical thinking activity on how each of the sample fossils was formed.