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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 16, No. 6, November-December 1980

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Iowa Grotto Elections -- Iowa Grotto Financial Report -- Cartoon -- Corrections -- November Yankee Cave Survey Trip -- Resurvey: Downstream Coldwater Cave -- Training Trip -- The Final Push in Penny Spring -- Winter North Country Region Meeting -- December Coldwater Trip -- Crystal Lake Cave Trip -- Crevices All Look Alike -- Iowa Grotto Membership -- Index to Volume XVI
Intercom, Volume 16, No. 5, September-October 1980

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- August Yankee Cave Expedition -- Stochels Cave -- Hodag Hunt -- Worst Fears: September Coldwater Trip -- Fall M.V.O.R. -- Relaxing Fall Trip -- University Recreation Department Cave Trip -- October Coldwater: Cascade Survey -- October Coldwater Cave Trip -- Coldwater Photo Trip -- October Yankee Survey -- A Short But Successful Trip
Intercom, Volume 16, No. 4, July-August 1980

Greg McCarty

Contents: Wagon Wheel Pit Cave Mapping Trip -- Netherworld Novices -- Dutton's Cave Mapping & Wagon Wheel Pit Cave Map Checking Trip -- Coldwater Cave Pre-Convention Speleocamp -- Coldwater Speleocamp Convention Week -- 1980 NSS Convention -- Convention Side Trip-- Coldwater Cave Post-Convention Speleocamp -- August Coldwater Cave Trip -- Hunter's and Maquoketa Caves -- Johnson County Lead Checking Trip -- Best Laid Plans of Mice and Clowns
Intercom, Volume 16, No. 3, May-June 1980

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- May Coldwater Cave Trip -- May Coldwater Trip -- Fayette County Cave Trip -- Engelken Cave and Other Points North -- Iowa Grotto Spring Picnic -- Searryls Cave-- Jones County -- Speleology Course at Flint-Mammoth Ridge -- Mughara El Wadi Cave Mapping Trip -- Fayette County Gains Another Sizable Cave -- June Coldwater Cave Trip -- Section 4 Cave Mapping Trip -- Big Expedition to Decorah Ice Cave & Mudslide Pit
Intercom, Volume 16, No. 2, March-April 1980

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Coldwater Cave Stream Level Recorder -- Maquoketa Caves Trip -- Maquoketa Caves State Park, Again -- Gudenkauf Cave Trip -- March Coldwater Cave Trip -- Vertical Cave and Coldwater Trip -- Wordens Cave -- At Least We Did Some Nice Hiking -- Spring North Country Region Meeting -- Second April Coldwater Cave Trip-- Second Trip to Naylor Cave -- University Recreation Department Trip -- Small Caves
Intercom, Volume 16, No. 1, January-February 1980

Greg McCarty

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- A Bum Lead? -- Ozark Underground Lab -- Lead-Checking near Manchester -- January Coldwater Trip -- Speleo Adventures -- A Quick Look at Maquoketa Caves -- February Coldwater Cave Trip -- How Muddy Can You Get? -- Trip to Naylor Cave, Scotch Grove
Intercom, Volume 15, No. 6, November-December 1979

John Johnson

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Grotto Election -- Financial Statement -- Grotto Membership List -- November Coldwater Cave Trip -- Mapping in Gudenkauf Cave -- Geology Club Trip -- Grotto Christmas Party -- Index to Volume XV -- Quinquennial Index
Intercom, Volume 15, No. 5, September-October 1979

John Johnson

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Hodag Hunt -- Coldwater Trip -- Iowa Grotto Thirtieth Anniversary Picnic -- University Recreation Department Trip -- Vertical Training Trip -- Lead Checking Around Hopkinton
Intercom, Volume 15, No. 4, July-August 1979

John Johnson

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- The Massilon Park Caves -- North Country Region Meeting -- Dutton's, Mittelstadt Caves Mapping Trip -- August Coldwater Trip
Intercom, Volume 15, No. 3, May-June 1979

John Johnson

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Wordens, Dancehall, and Doll Cave Trip -- May Cold Water Cave Trip -- More Walking Than We Care to Remember -- Reviewing Some Familiar Territory -- A Quick Glance at Some Dubuque Caves -- June Cold Water Trip -- Fayette County Trip
Intercom, Volume 15, No. 2, March-April 1979

John Johnson

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- A Snowbound Trip to Floyd County -- Sowards Cave Trip -- March Cold Water Trip -- Recreation Department Cave Trip -- Minnesota Mystery Cave Trip -- Engelken Cave
Intercom, Volume 15, No. 1, January-February 1979

John Johnson

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Sowards Trip -- February Cold Water Cave Trip -- Longest Caves in the State -- Longest Caves in Each County
Intercom, Volume 11, No. 3, May-June 1975

Tom Hruska

Contents: Grotto Minutes At A Glance -- Histoplasmosis In Iowa -- Pushing The Waterfall Passage In Cold Water Cave -- The Rediscovery Of Hunts Cave -- Hot Summer Trips Aren't All Bad
Intercom, Volume 11, No. 2, March-April 1975

Tom Hruska

Contents: Grotto Minutes At A Glance -- The Grotto Returns to Coldwater -- Nearpinicle Cave, A New Cavern in the Bixbie Group -- Highlandville Caves, Coldwater Spring, and Skunk Cave
Intercom, Volume 11, No. 1, January-February 1975

Tom Hruska

Contents: Grotto Minutes At A Glance -- Highlandville Caves and Glenwood Cave -- Horsethief Cave, Linn County -- Caving Around West Union -- Back To Glenwood Cave -- Indian Bluff Cave
Intercom, Volume 9, No. 1, January-February 1973

Tom Hruska

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Safety Co-ordinators Corner -- New Years Day Trip to Hatfield and Searryls Caves -- Lead Checking in Delaware County -- Cinematography Trip to Hunters Cave -- Cold Water Cave Press Trip -- Lead Checking Near Decorah -- A Caving Experience in Hunters Cave -- Lead Checking in Clayton County
Intercom, Volume 8, No. 3, May-June 1972

Tom Hruska

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Iowa Grotto Spring Picnic -- NSS Board of Governors -- Photography Trip to Engelken Cave -- Wordens Cave -- Lead Checking in Clayton County -- More Lead Checking in Clayton County -- Spring MVOR -- Future Grotto Members Visit Hunters Cave -- New Clayton County Caves -- Canoe Trip on the Upper Iowa River -- Climbing at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin -- Caving and Lead Checking during the Last Ten Months
Intercom, Volume 8, No. 2, March-April 1972

Alan Swenson

Contents: Cold Water Cave -- How Iowans Risked Lives to Find Huge Cave -- A Journey Into 'A Different World' -- Editor's Note
Intercom, Volume 8, No. 1, January-February 1972

Alan Swenson

Contents: Grotto Minutes At A Glance-- Slide Projector Synchronizer -- Glenwood Survey Trip -- Skunk, Gudenkauf, and Maquoketa Caves State Park
Intercom, Volume 7, No. 3, May-June 1971

Tom Hruska

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Iowa Grotto Annual Picnic -- Special Election of Grotto Officers -- 1971 NSS Convention at Blacksburg, Virginia -- Pre-Convention Field Trip to Cumberland Caverns -- NSS Convention Field Trips -- Engelken, Anderson, and Cave Canem -- Columbine Cave, Clayton County -- Jones County Ramblings
Intercom, Volume 7, No. 2, March-April 1971

Larry Fattig and Alan Swenson

Special Issue, Seminar '71 Contents: Seminar Committee -- About the Cover -- Introductory Paragraph, John Johnson -- Iowa Grotto Officers -- Schedule of Events -- Publications the Iowa Grotto - Internal Organizations, Bill Mixon -- Ecology of a Cave, Dr. Kenneth Christiansen -- Rescue Techniques, Rane Curl -- Advanced Care Photography, Roy Davis -- Introduction to Photography, John Johnson -- Technical Aspects of Vertical Caving, Dave Nicholson -- Practical Vertical Caving, Bruce Juel -- Land Owner Relations, Earl (Biff) Biffle -- Vertebrate Paleontology, Dr. Holmes A. Semken -- Advanced Cave Diving, Don Rimback -- Banquet -- Chemistry-Botany Building Maps -- Iowa Memorial Union Maps -- Campus Map -- Iowa City Map -- Places to Eat in Iowa City
Intercom, Volume 7, No. 1, January-February 1971

Larry Fattig and Alan Swenson

Contents: Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Trip Report -- Synonymous Names for Dubuque County Caves
Intercom, Volume 5, No. 6, November-December 1969

Alan Swenson and Larry Fatig

Contents: Grotto Minutes At a Glance -- Grotto Elections -- Financial Report -- Corrections -- Minnesota Trip Report -- Beginner's Trip -- Des Moines County Trips -- Corrections -- Iowa Grotto Membership List -- Index to Volume V -- Quinquennial Index
Intercom, Volume 5, No. 5, September-October 1969

Larry Fattig and Alan Swenson

Contents: Correction and Leads -- Grotto Minutes at a Glance -- Correction -- McCabe Crevice Accident Report -- MVOR Report -- Trip Report -- Iowa At Indiana -- N.S.S. Convention -- Engelken Trip -- Return to Engleken -- Dubuque Trip Report -- Five Day Trip -- U.M.A.C. -- Fall MVOR
Intercom, Volume 5, No. 4, July-August 1969

Larry Fattig, Loren McVey, and Alan Swenson

Contents: To Grade a Map -- The Smallest Caves in Iowa -- A Report on an Evaluation of Climbing Devices -- Corrections and Emendations