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...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Presidents' family relationships
Box 1, Folder 5: Contains correspondence about members of Adonijah and Mary Welch's family, correspondence by descendents, obituaries, and brief histories. Correspondents primarily include A. B. Shaw and Winifred Dudley Shaw.
Exploration; Travel; Central America; Panama; Darien
Box 1: folder 10, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Contains excerpts from various periodicals and publications highlighting Tewkesbury and his expeditions.
Botany; Botany in Iowa; Plant ecology; Prairie ecology; Prairie plants
Aster multiflorus (Dense flowered aster) specimen (black and white), including flowers and leaves, identified as negative 1473. Noted as being on railroad track, road to Tower.
Botany; Botany in Iowa; Plant ecology; Prairie ecology; Prairie plants
Bidens frondoasa to the left and cernua to the right (Leafy-bracted tickseed) specimens (handcolored), including flowers and leaves, identified as negative 1326