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, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Iowa State College Domestic Economy Department ; Home economics ; Women -- Education -- Europe
An unfinished letter or address on the education of women in England and German originally found inserted in Mary Welch's lectures on domestic economy. Author unknown.
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Women -- Education ; Women -- Social aspects ; Home economics ; Housekeeping ; Housewives ; Women -- Suffrage
Lecture read before women's clubs in Los Angeles, California. Discusses the importance of a woman's role in the home, how a woman's education prepares her for life, how education has helped the women's suffrage movement, and the importance of...
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Travel ; Rome (Italy)
Continues from "An Afternoon in Italy" describing the family's time in Rome in 1892 including visits to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Colosseum, soldiers marching by the Arch of Constantine, Porta del Popolo, various fountains and churches, and...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two adolescent outfits and two girl's coats, outfits consist of ankle-length, full skirts that are pleated and jackets with bishop sleeves, right is hip length with pleats and attached belt, left cut-away with small peplum, small girl's coat knee...
Campanile; Beardshear Hall; Iowa State University;
A couple on the steps of Beardshear Hall as seen from behind, framed by two giant columns. The Campanile is in the distance. The legend on the mount reads: ""Students look from steps of Beardshear Hall toward Campanille."" Each is wearing a coat.
The Campanile as seen from the south. The trees have lost their leaves. A lone woman in coat and scarf stands on the sidewalk in the near distance. The clock shows 11:36.
A man in a lab coat pouring a liquid into a funnel, below which are several glass beakers. A volumetric flask is in the foreground. The glassware is circled in white as if for publication purposes.
A chemistry student at work in a laboratory. Dressed in a white lab coat, the student is standing before a distillation apparatus with a wall of reagents on shelves behind the equipment.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two children's dresses and two children's coats, boy's dress to knee, belted, bishop sleeves, high collar with large bow, hat with wide brim; girl's dress pleated from drop waist to knee, bishop sleeves, high collar, contrast center panel on...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five coats for children and adolescents, adolescent's skirts bell shaped to midcalf, jackets with wide lapels over blouses with high band collars, coat sleeves without cuffs, hats have wide brims with ribbons or feathers; children's coats to...
In the Friant House Homecoming lawn display, a bespectacled Cy in a white lab coat operates a large box-like device labeled Cy's Political Machine, 1968.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day and walking dresses with small sloped bustles, skirts heavily trimmed with multiple layers of ruffles, two jacket bodices with lapels, one mourning dress, one dress with overlapped bodice and asymmetrical trim, final covered with coat....
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three day dresses all with very full, floor-length skirts and feather trimmed bonnets. Left dress has a 'V' neckline, fitted bodice, narrow waist, long sleeves with 2 ruffles at top and full from ruffles to cuff, and bows down center front of...
