The front side of Old Main, with the college military cadet corps arranged in a review formation on the lawn in front of the building. The women's military corps is in front of the corps, in addition to a band and a drum major. Military training...
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
Old Main and the Hub building. A women's military corps (training occurred between 1878 and 1897) stands at attention in the foreground for the photograph. In the background, people are standing in front of the steps to Old Main and on the front...
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
Old Main as the setting for a military corps review. Men's and women's corps are at attention. Military service for male students was mandatory between 1868 through 1962. For women, training was offered from 1878 through 1897. Three cannon are in...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Commencements; Commencement, 1878; speeches; Graduation ceremonies; presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Adulthood; higher education
Box 2, Folder 2: A commencement speech given by Welch to the Class of 1878. Welch speaks about when students graduate from college, they officially enter adultuhood and take on its responsibilities. He also discusses how education can be used to...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Speeches; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Curriculum development; Higher education; Technical education
Box 2, Folder 17: A speech given by Welch before the State Association of Principals of Graded Schools in Iowa City on July 27, 1878. He discusses differences between the old and new theories of education and curricula. He asserts that in order...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
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...
Iowa Agricultural College newspaper "The Aurora" was published monthly by the students for the four literary societies on campus (The Philomathean (1868); The Bachelor (1870); the Cliolians (1870) and the Crescent (1870)). The cost of a year's...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses with small sloped bustles and narrow skirts creating hobble effect, coat sleeves with wide cuffs, and stand-up collars. Left dress has overskirt gathered into contrasting train, diamond-shaped cutouts of contrasting fabric down...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses with small sloped bustles, overskirts gathered into trains, heavily trimmed with ruffles or tassels, and stand-up collars. Right dress has coat sleeves with military-style frogging on sleeves, bodice is princess-cut leading into...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five dresses, all with small, low bustles and narrow ruffled skirts gathered with layers of fabric into trains, heavily trimmed, princess seams predominate. Three day or visiting dresses with long, coat sleeves; high collars, feather trimmed hats,...
