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IOWA CITY — Historians, archivists, donors, and community members suing to prevent closure of the State Historical Society’s Iowa City research facility — and get the state to return materials already removed — now are seeking a “special master” to protect the “uniquely sensitive and irreplaceable” collections.

“A special master would be able to report to the court on the status of the collections remaining in the Iowa City Research Library, what materials were transferred, their status and location, and could supervise the safe return of those materials to the Iowa City facility,” petitioners wrote in their request a Johnson County judge appoint a special master — filed Friday in Johnson Co

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