Special Collections and University Archives
403 Parks Library | 701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2102

MS 284
Iowa Barn Foundation
Records, 1996-2013


Descriptive summary

creator: Iowa Barn Foundation
title: Iowa Barn Foundation records
dates: 1996-2013
extent: 0.63 linear feet (1 document box and 1 half-document box)
collection number: MS 284
repository: Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.
language: English

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Special Collections and University Archives
preferred citation: Iowa Barn Foundation Records, MS 284, Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.

 

Access points

People, Families, and Corporate Bodies: Iowa Barn Foundation
Places:  
Subjects: Barns -- Conservation and restoration -- Iowa
Genres:

Magazines (periodicals)
Grant proposals

Clippings (information artifacts)

 

Abstract

The Iowa Barn Foundation (IBF) was founded in 1997 with the intent of preserving Iowa’s rural buildings. IBF offers education about the rural heritage of Iowa and the importance of barn preservation, and provides financial assistance and incentives to property owners to restore and preserve barns and conserve farmland. The collection consists of the Iowa Barn Foundation Magazine, grant applications and photographs of barns to be restored, news clippings, and administrative records.

 

Historical note

The Iowa Barn Foundation (IBF) was founded in 1997 with the intent of preserving Iowa’s rural buildings. IBF is a non-profit corporation and consists of a board of directors and county representatives. The Foundation offers education about the rural heritage of Iowa and the importance of barn preservation. IBF provides matching grants to property owners who wish to restore their qualified barns, win which the property owners sign an easement stating all future owners must keep the barns in good repair.  IBF rewards property owners who restore their barns at their own expense with an Award of Distinction. IBF also promotes farm conservancy by accepting gifts of efficient and economically self-sustaining farmland and farms, and they protect these farms indefinitely according the owner’s requests. Funding for these projects has been raised privately, and the organization is managed by volunteers. IBF produces the Iowa Barn Foundation Magazine biannually and offers an annual All-State Barn Tour.

 

Collection description

This collection (1996-2013) contains newsletters, grant applications, news clippings, and applications and photographs of barn restoration projects throughout Iowa.  Issues of the Iowa Barn Foundation Magazine are cataloged separately, call number NA8230 I591.

 

Organization

This collection is listed alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Adopt-a-Barn program

2003 circa

1

2

All-State Barn Tour

undated

1

3

Articles of Incorporation

1997

2

1-27

Barn restoration applications: by county

1996-2012

1

4

Barn restoration applications: Buyert, Dan and Laurie

undated

1

5

Barn restoration applications: Kraayenbrink, Evan

undated

1

6

Barn restoration applications: Vanderkieft, Harold and Kathy

undated

1

7

Barn restoration grant letter: Helms, Russell

2005

1

8

Barn restoration recommendations: Berrigan

2013 circa

1

9-19

Board meeting minutes

1999-2009

1

20

Bylaws

2003

1

21

Bylaws

2009

1

22

Howard Kyhl barn restoration materials

2005

1

23

New grant applications

undated

1

24

Newsletters

1998

1

25

News clippings

2000-2013

2

28

Photographs: barns throughout Iowa

1903, 2000-2005 undated

1

26

Resolution amending bylaws

2008

1

27

Stationery

2006-2007