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The Intercom is the Iowa Grotto's main periodical and has been in publication since 1965. Each issue of the Intercom contains minutes from the most recent Iowa Grotto business meetings, as well as cave trip reports from Iowa Grotto members, recently produced cave maps, and various photographs.

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Intercom, Volume 26, No. 1, January-February 1990

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Side Lead Saturday -- Kilberg Cave -- Spong Area Survey Trip -- Bits and Pieces -- Back Burner and Mopping Up Time -- Upstream Photo Trip -- Humbled by Coldwater Cave's Landmark Falls -- As Fun as It was Cold -- The Cave Answer Man
Intercom, Volume 25, No. 6, November-December 1989

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Editorial -- Glover's Cave, Antique Postcard -- No Go at Glenwood -- One More Sump -- November Coldwater Cave Orientation Trip -- Dave's Prophecy -- One More Look -- Missouri Trip -- Just An Excuse -- Credibility Questioned -- Another Coldwater Cave Orientation Trip -- The Big One -- Garm's Cave Pit Exploration Trip -- The Cave Answer Man -- Fence Cave, map
Intercom, Volume 25, No. 5, September-October 1989

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Letters -- Current INTERCOM Exchange List -- Dark Walls, Cold Feet -- Sprout Dome, sketch map -- It Was a Dig, Now It's a Cave -- A.J. Spring Cave -- Dutton's Cave -- Completing the Survey at Tourist's Delight -- Department of Natural Resources Public Meeting -- Hunter's Cave Trip -- Coldwater Cave, September -- Wild Well -- Vertical Rescue Training -- Coldwater Cave, October -- A.J. Spring Cave -- Wonder Cave Revisited -- Clandestine Cave -- Photo Album, Wonder Cave Antique Picture Postcards -- Carlsbad Caverns Restoration Fieldtrip -- Coldwater Cave, July -- Devil's Cave (Suttle Creek) -- Our Missouri Cavin' Vacation -- Coldwater Cave. August -- Aquatic Adventure -- The Project Caver -- Nostalgic Reminiscing and Other Ramblings by Bryan Bain -- Trip Down Memory's Mainstream by Gwenne Hayes
Intercom, Volume 25, No. 4, July-August 1989

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Glenwood Survey 3 -- The (Never Long Enough) July 4th Weekend Outing -- Beyond Deep Misery -- 100 In The Shade -- Up the Creek -- A Short Tour -- A Cave Lead From a Penny Postcard -- The Rest of the Trip -- Just An Old Fashioned Picnic -- Return To Tourist's Delight -- Baking Soda Survey -- Tourist's Delight Survey II -- Jesse James -- Winter Caving Tips
Intercom, Volume 25, No. 3, May-June 1989

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Duty Calls -- Mother's Day Caving -- The Flapping Boot -- ..."Just Another Wimp Trip"-- Beyond Nemo Dome -- Too Much Fun -- April Cave's Old Resurgence -- The Abyss -- A.J. Spring Cave -- Cass County, Iowa -- Wimp Hole / Wimp Dome -- Indian Bluffs State Wildlife Management Area
Intercom, Volume 25, No. 2, March-April 1989

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- A Bridge Too Narrow (White Knuckles in the Ozarks) -- The Hardy Boys: Adventure At Wimp Hole -- Cold Weekend -- Next Year -- Return to Suttle Creek -- March Coldwater Cave Photography and Fracture Measuring Trip -- Bat Room Journey -- Spring Training-- Photo Album
Intercom, Volume 25, No. 1, January-February 1989

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Coldwater Cave -- I Never Thought I'd See It -- 7 UP "Upstream"-- Randy's Slot Passage -- North To The Pole -- A Sump Diver's Thoughts On Cavern and Basic Cave Diving Classes -- Photographic Trip To Beyond Tuna Sea Sump -- The Hat Story Continued -- Larry, Scott, Mike, and Jay's Excellent Adventure -- Coldwater Cave In The News -- Unknown Cave
Intercom, Volume 24, No. 6, November-December 1988

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- High Plains Caver -- Mainstream Resurvey IV -- NCRC Rescue Orientation Weekend -- Mainstream Resurvey: The Final Chapter -- Return to Flowstone Pot -- Caving of the Greatest Magnitude -- Just 100 Feet To Go -- Bear Cave -- Onyx Cave -- Accursed Common Sense -- Baade Pit -- The Wonder Cave, The Decorah Cavern and Ice Cave News
Intercom, Volume 24, No. 5, September-October 1988

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Come-Along Spring -- Coldwater Cave -- A.J. Spring Cave -- First Light and a Surprise -- A Fouled Up But Successful Dive -- A. J. Spring Cave -- Satisfied At Last -- The JFI Passage Survey -- Crashing Through The Brambles -- The Iowa Grotto Is Now In The Cave Rescue Business -- From The Editor -- Instructions For Typing The Intercom
Intercom, Volume 24, No. 4, July-August 1988

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Grotto Meeting Minutes -- Win a Few, Lose a Few -- Beyond Deep Misery Cave -- More Poking Around in the General Area of Hickory Creek -- July Coldwater Cave Trip and Rambo Pit Exploration -- Coon Highway Closed -- Another Way Out? -- To the Cesspool and Back -- NSS Corner / Mystery II Tour -- The Revenge of Wideman's Cesspool -- Survey at Glenwood -- St. Olaf Spring -- Coldwater Cave -- Bill Wilson's Caves -- Lead Trip to St. Peter, Minnesota
Intercom, Volume 24, No. 3, May-June 1988

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Grotto Meeting Minutes -- What a Weekend! Caving in Pulaski Co., Missouri -- Spring Grotto Trip -- Sketch of a Nameless Pit, Delaware County -- "If I Had a Hammer...", Coldwater Cave -- April Cave: The Discovery of Nemo Dome -- Nemo Dome Sketch -- Lucky Strike -- The Survey to Nemo Dome -- Voices in the Distance -- Project Status Report -- A Trip to Grappling Falls, Coldwater Cave -- Caving in Shorts and Tennies -- Sketch of Wet Reebok Cave
Intercom, Volume 24, No. 1, January-February 1988

Lowell Burkhead

Contents: Grotto Meeting Minutes -- The Care and Feeding of the Carbide Lamp -- Troubleshooting Carbide Lamp Problems -- The Wild Well Project -- Settle Creek Cave -- Henkes' Lost Creek Cave -- Coldwater Cave, January trips -- Cold Water Cave, February -- Kemling Cave -- Massillon Park Caves -- Constitution of the Iowa Grotto
Intercom, Volume 23, No. 5 and 6, September-October-November-December 1987

Michael Bounk and Warren Netherton

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes, September 23, 1987 -- Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes, October 28, 1987 -- April Cave -- Hodag Hunt, Spook Cave -- Coldwater Cave -- Wet Cave -- April Cave -- Wilson Caves -- April Cave -- Coldwater Cave -- Falcon Springs -- Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes, November 25, 1987 -- Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes, December 16, 1987 -- Rimstone River Cave -- Wild Well Cave -- Coldwater Cave -- Picture Rock Park -- Coldwater Cave -- Cave Trip, Cedar and Clinton Counties -- Coldwater Cave
Intercom, Volume 23, No. 4, July-August 1987

Michael Bounk and Warren Netherton

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes, July 22, 1987 -- August 26, 1987 -- Wagon Wheel Cave, Falling Springs Cave, Middlestat Cave, Duttons Cave -- April Cave -- James Cave -- Wilson Caves -- Hellhole -- Two Days Digging Cave -- Coldwater Cave -- Cave Spring Cave -- Little Gem Cave -- Jam Up Cave -- Exhaustion Crevice -- Coldwater Cave -- Kentucky Caves -- Wilson Caves
Intercom, Volume 23, No. 3, May-June 1987

Michael Bounk and Warren Netherton

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes, May 27, 1987 -- June 24, 1987 -- Cave Creek -- Coldwater Cave -- Wilson Cave, Dutton's Cave -- Coldwater Cave -- Iowa Grotto Spring Picnic and Indian Bluff Cave -- Wilson Cave -- Wilson Caves, Two Days Digging Cave, Coon Highway Cave, Jesse James Cave -- Coldwater Cave -- April Cave
Intercom, Volume 23, No. 2, March-April 1987

Michael Bounk and Warren Netherton

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes, March 25, 1987 -- April 22, 1987 -- Bixby, Cool, and Backbone Caves -- Coldwater Cave -- Hunters Cave -- Jesse James and Coon Highway Caves -- Coldwater Cave -- Wilson Caves -- Horsethief Cave -- Jessie James Cave, Skunk Cave, Duttons Cave -- Lead Trip -- Picture Rock Park Dig and Doll Cave -- Jessie James Cave, Wilson Cave -- Coldwater Cave --Jessie James Cave, Wilson Cave -- Ozark Region Cavers Speleofest
Intercom, Volume 23, No. 1, January-February 1987

Michael Bounk and Steven Moon

Contents: Index -- Miller Cave Tragedy -- Chairman's Chimney -- 25 Years Ago in the Iowa Grotto -- 30 Years Ago in the Iowa Grotto -- ?Que Pasa? -- Spring Picnic and Vertical Training -- Meeting Minutes -- Trip Report -- Dutton's Cave -- Speleobook Review -- What The Heck ?
Intercom, Volume 22, No. 6, November-December 1986

Michael Bounk and Steven Moon

Contents: Index -- Chairman's Chimney -- 15 Years Ago in the Iowa Grotto -- 25 Years Ago in the Iowa Grotto -- Meeting Minutes -- Trip Reports -- The Maniac of the Border -- Speleobook Review -- Membership List
Intercom, Volume 20, No. 1, January-February 1984

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes At A Glance -- Conrad Cave Yields Breakdown Breakthrough -- January Cold Water Trip -- Eagle Cave, Wisconsin -- February 1984 Cold Water Trip -- Hunter's Cave
Intercom, Volume 17, No. 6, November-December 1981

Greg McCarty

Contents: Iowa Grotto Meeting Minutes -- April Cave Mapping Trip -- Vertical Training Trip -- Fayette County Lead Checking Trip -- A Maquoketa Trip -- Horseshoe Creek Cave, Sketch Map of
Intercom, Volume 17, No. 5, September-October 1981

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Hodag Hunt -- A Fall Trip -- Gouldsburg Park Cave -- West Union Area Digging and Stratigraphic Study Trip -- Caves of Bixby State Park, Cool Cave and Bixby Ice Cave
Intercom, Volume 17, No. 4, July-August 1981

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Yankee Gate Installing 2 -- Eighth International Congress of Speleology -- Northern Alabama Post Congress Speleocamp -- August Coldwater Cave Trip -- April Cave Gate Final Installation Trip -- Doll Cave Map
Intercom, Volume 17, No. 3, May-June 1981

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- May Coldwater Trip -- Surface Tres-Walk-Checking at Coldwater -- North Country Region Spring Meeting -- In Attendance -- Yankee Gate Installing 1 -- Indian Bluff Cave -- YMCA Project Report -- Mines of Spain -- June Coldwater Cave Trip
Intercom, Volume 17, No. 2, March-April 1981

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Jackson, Jones Counties Caving and Lead Checking Trip -- Yankee #7 -- March Coldwater Cave Trip -- Yankee Cave Trip -- Cave Gate Survey -- Fayette County Lead Checking Trip -- Crystal Lake Cave Trip -- Mines of Spain Meeting Statement Made By Rudy Pruszko -- Mines of Spain Trip -- YMCA Camp -- Mines of Spain and Preston Cave -- Mines of Spain and Fessler Mines -- Crystal Lake Cave Trip -- Mines of Spain -- Rumor Mill
Intercom, Volume 17, No. 1, January-February 1981

Greg McCarty

Contents: Trip to Crystal Lake Cave -- February Coldwater Cave Trip -- Silurian Karst Trip