During World War II, a military unit called “Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section,” was led by Iowan George L. Stout. Initially, he was in charge of a few dozen people, but the unit grew to 400 museum directors, art historians, curators, and conservators. They found 1,500 repositories and 40 tons of art including works by Vermeer, Rubens, Goya, and Botticelli. Stout was born in Winterset in 1897 and attended Grinnell College before joining the military during World War I. He graduated from UI in 1921 and went on to become a leading figure in art conservation.James A. Leach, a native of Davenport, Iowa, received a B.A. degree in politics from Princeton University and a Masters degree in Soviet studies from Johns Hopkins University in 1966. Leach served as Iowa’s Republican congressman from 1977 to 2003. In 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; under his leadership, the agency helped launch a National Digital Public Library. In the spring of 2014, Mr. Leach joined the University of Iowa’s College of Law as Chair in Public Affairs, Visiting Professor of Law and Senior Scholar. For more information about the State Historical Society of Iowa, visit www.iowahistory.org.A complete list of available streaming videos can be found at citychannel4.com/video
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