Activity Timeline

June 2005	NIA will consult with the Clermont, Iowa Historical Society on the insulators in their collection. Participants will also investigate the early 1900s hydro-electric power plant in the town.
2004	Bob Roehring creates insulator display for the Railroad Depot museum in Batavia, Illinois.
June 2004	Russ Frank and Rick Soller meet with Clermont, Iowa town members and discuss how NIA can assist.
2003	Committee documents insulators at the Memorial Sculpture Park near Baraboo, Wisconsin.
March 2002	NIA members planned to help inventory the Smithsonian Institution collection and see a pin-making machine off-site but a snow storm resulted in the cancellation of the trip.
Summer 2002	Donations of insulator books made to Harold Warp Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska.
2002	Insulator donations made to Minnetrista Cultural Center & Oakhurst Gardens in Muncie, Indiana.
March 2001	NIA members Carol McDougald, Larry Novak, and Rick Soller spend three days helping to inventory the Smithsonian Institution collection. More details can be found in the October 2001 Crown Jewels.
March 2000	NIA members Bob Berry, Doug MacGillvary, Larry Novak, and Ken Willick spend three days helping to inventory the Smithsonian Institution collection. The full story is reported in the October 2001 Crown Jewels.