Iowa State University; University Library; Concerts
The first Baroque concert in the library is held in the upper rotunda lobby outside the Periodical Room, Dec. 7, 1973. Performers in formal dress play instruments including a bassoon, a cello, and a harpsichord.
Iowa Geological Survey; Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931
Dec. 2, 1901
Dr. L. H. Pammel
Ames Iowa.
My dear Prof. Pammel,
I have just received Bulletin No. 1, of the Iowa Geological Survey, and I take a great deal of interest, pleasure and profit in looking over this work. I think without doubt it is one...
Iowa Academy of Science; Fungi; Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931
Dec. 14th, 1901
Dr. L. H. Pammel
Ames Iowa.
My dear Prof. Pammel,
The Sixteenth Announcement of the Iowa Academy of Sciences has just reached me. I have looked it over carefully and regret that I cannot be present at the meeting, as the subjects...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Wells, Wm. T.
Dec. 19, 1924
Prof. Carver,
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee, Ala.
Dear Prof. Carver:
Mr. Wm. T. Wells has asked me to write you concerning his work here at Ames.
I have had him in one of my courses. He has done good work with me. He is faithful and...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Degrees, Academic
Dec. 22, 1924
Mr. G. W. Carver,
Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Alabama.
Dear Mr. Carver:
I have a copy of a letter you sent the New York Times of November 24th. I am glad to receive this. Permit me to make this suggestion to you. Was not your second...
Dec. 22, 1924
Mr. G. W. Carver,
Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Alabama.
Dear Mr. Carver:
I have a copy of a letter you sent the New York Times of November 24th. I am glad to receive this. Permit me to make this suggestion to you. Was not your second...
Botanical Specimens; Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931
Dec. 12, 1902
Dr. L. H. Pammel,
Ames, Iowa.
My Dear Professor Pammel:
I am sending you today a small package of plants which are among our most troublesome weeds. I did not get the entire fifty of them but I think I can supply you with these a...
Botanical literature; Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931
Dec. 30, 1902
Dr. L. H. Pammel,
Ames, Iowa.
My Dear Doctor Pammel:
I have your favor of December 23d and note that the package of specimens has reached you. I shall be very glad to send you more as soon as the season for collecting opens. I presume...
Personal letter from Christian Petersen friend, engraver George Nerney (Massachusetts), describing his responses to Hello Beautiful, a printed booklet Petersen created for his daughter Mary Charlotte Petersen.
Barker, Celestia Lee, 1846- ; Barker, William B ; Cookery, American -- Midwestern style ; Farm life -- Iowa ; Home economics ; Religious education -- Iowa ; Rural families ; Women in agriculture ; Women teachers -- Iowa ; Iowa -- History -- Civil...
The majority of entries were written during the Civil War and describe Lee's work on the family farm, attending religious services, visiting family throughout central Iowa, social activities, and her beaux. She also describes her training to be a...
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....
Chapman, Charles W. fl. 1862-1869 ; United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865). Company F ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives ; Diaries
Charles W. Chapman was a farmer from Grandview, Iowa. He served as a private in Company F of the 19th Infantry Regiment of Iowa Volunteers. [N.B.: the regiment number written on Chapman's diary is the 15th Infantry; however, it appears that he was...