Des Moines Public Library has many digitized collections online at Internet Archive, Project Des Moines, and DMPL The Vault, as well as on their library website. These collections included Des Moines Obituaries, Des Moines City Directories, Des Moines Yearbooks, Des Moines Newspaper Indexes, Des Moines Oral Histories, Des Moines Photos and more.

Obituaries – DMPL Premium Research Services $10/obituary or $20/hr up to 4 obituaries

Obituaries – Newspapers – Des Moines Public Library Newspaper & Magazine Index (can limit to obituary search only), see which newspapers are included

City Directories – Des Moines City Directories 1866-1922

• 1920-1922 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directories, contains City Directories for 1920-1922
• 1910-1919 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directories, contains City Directories for 1910-1917, 1919
• 1900-1909 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directories, contains City Directories for 1900-1909
• 1890-1899 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directories, contains City Directories for 1892-1895, 1898, 1899
• 1880-1889 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directories, contains City Directories for 1881-1884, 1886, 1888, 1889
• 1870-1879 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directories, contains City Directories for 1871, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1879
• 1860-1869 Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directories, contains City Directories for 1866 and 1869

Newspapers – Des Moines Public Library Newspaper & Magazine Index, see which newspapers are included

History – Des Moines Histories and Images

History – Project Des Moines – exhibits, digital tours, stories

History – DMPL The Vault

Oral Histories – Iowa Oral History Collection, 1970s-2002

Photos – Des Moines Histories and Images

Photos – DMPL The Vault

Photos – DMPL Special Collections on flickr

Postcards – Postcard Collections, DMPL Special Collections, 1906-1922

Scrapbook/Misc – DMPL The Vault

Yearbooks – Des Moines High School Yearbook Collection

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• East High School – Quill: 1911-1933, 1935, 1941, 1946, 1948-1950, 1956-1965, 1967, 1970-1972, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1988-2004, 2006, 2008-2011
• Hoover High School – Husky: 1968, 1970-1973, 1978-1980, 1993-2008
• Lincoln High School – Railsplitter: 1932, 1934, 1935-1936, 1940, 1942-1944, 1955, 1958-1962, 1963, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971-1983, 1985-1992, 1994, 1998, 2001-2009
• North High School – Oracle: 1904-1920, 1922-1925, 1930, 1933-1935, 1937-1938.
  Polar Bear: 1938-1951, 1952-1961, 1963-1966, 1968-1969, 1972-1973, 1990-1993, 1996-2007.
• Roosevelt High School – Roundup: 1924, 1926-1944, 1945-1957, 1958-1974, 1976-1980, 2001
  Roughrider: 1990-2000, 2002-2008
• Technical High School – Warrior : 1950-1952. Engineer: 1953-1963, 1965, 1968-1972, 1975, 1980-1984.
• West High School – Tatler: 1896-1898, 1904-1928