Story County (Iowa); History; Biography; Iowa Agricultural College
Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa. Comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a descriptive history of the county named herein, and numerous selected...
The History of Dubuque County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &
Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Budd, Lancaster Joseph, 1870-1940.
Budd family portrait with Joseph Lancaster Budd and Sarah Breed Budd with their children, Etta May and Allen Joseph. It was at Etta May Budd's urging that George Washington Carver transfer to Iowa State from Simpson College to study agriculture. ...
Bussey, Cyrus, 1833-1915 ; United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865) ; Pea Ridge, Battle of, Ark., 1862 ; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Cyrus Bussey details his exploits as an officer with the Iowa Cavalry. Bussey refers to himself in the third person in this laudatory discussion of his experiences in the Army, including his involvement in the Battles of Pea Ridge and Vicksburg, as...
Hall, L. Stone ; Soldiers -- United States -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century ; Soldiers -- United States -- Iowa -- Personal narratives ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 ; United States -- Iowa Infantry -- Nineteenth Regiment --...
L. Stone Hall was a member of the Iowa Infantry, Nineteenth Regiment, Company C, during the U.S. Civil War. The diary includes brief descriptions of camps, journeys, battles, skirmishes, guarding prisoners and memories and yearnings for home....
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Stanton, Edgar W., 1850-1920.
Portrait of Edgar W. Stanton . George Washington Carver’s professor in plane geometry. Edgar W. Stanton served Iowa State continuously from his graduation in 1872 until his death in 1920. He was made Head of the Mathematics Department in 1874,...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Farmer's Institute
George W. Carver's first faculty & Farmer's Institute at Tuskegee Institute (Carver is top, far left.) Received from George Washington Carver. "My First Faculty and Farmer's Institute at Tuskegee, Inst. Ala. Geo. W. Carver" Neg # 02363C
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Petersen, Christian, 1885-1961.
Statue of George Washington Carver by Christian Petersen, sculptor-in-residence in the late 1940's. Originally a plaster sculpture, it was given to the University and placed in Carver Hall at the dedication of the hall in 1970 by the Class of 1968....
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Petersen, Christian, 1885-1961.
Statue of George Washington Carver by Christian Petersen, sculptor-in-residence in the late 1940's. Originally a plaster sculpture, it was given to the University and placed in Carver Hall at the dedication of the hall in 1970 by the Class of 1968....
George W. Carver I.A.C. Class '94. Taken in 1893. Graduation picture, which appeared in the 1894 Bomb [published in1893], on page facing page 34. Neg # 02364C [same picture appears in the faculty section of the 1896 Bomb, when he was Assistant...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Wallace, Henry A., 1888-1965.
Graduation portrait of Henry A. Wallace. Son of Henry C. Wallace and friend of George Washington Carver. Wallace remembered Carver with appreciation: "Because of his friendship with my father and perhaps his interest in children George Carver...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Wallace, Henry C.
Portrait of Henry C. Wallace. One of George Washington Carver’s professors. Henry C. Wallace graduated in 1892 from Iowa State, a degree that was begun in 1885 and then interrupted by a career in farming. He was hired as an Assistant Professor...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 friends and colleagues
James Wilson "Tama Jim" 1836-1920, Director Experiment Station 1891-97. First Dean of Agriculture 1897-02. Made Dean while on leave 1897-02. In Carver's words: "Wilson, the name of Hon. James Wilson is sacred to me. He was one of the finest...
Botanical Specimens; Southern Industrial Institute (Camp Hill, Ala.); Curtiss, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1863-1947.
Feb. 20, 1903
Prof. C. F. Curtiss,
Ames, Iowa.
My Dear professor Curtiss:
You will doubtless receive a letter from principal Lyman Ward, of Camp Hill, Alabama, asking for a few hop roots. I told him that I thought he would have no trouble in...
Feb. 16 -- 27
My dear Miss Hanson:--
I take pleasure in saying that I received the fine package of park bulletins and am reading them with so much interest and profit.
I thought I had acknowledged receipt of them before. It was so good of you to...
Musical Instrument; King, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Maria), 1864-1937
September 9, 1924
Miss Charlotte M. King,
Dept. of Botany, I.S.C.,
Ames, Iowa.
My dear Miss King:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your interesting favor of recent date. It was a great surprise and a very pleasant one indeed to hear from you.
I wish...
