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; 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...
Exploration; Travel; Central America; Panama; Darien
Box 1: folder 12, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Contains controversial material covering Tewkesbury and his travels.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Day and evening dresses all with full, hoop skirts. The first woman is wearing a burnoose over her dress. The second has a dagged, shoulder cape over her long sleeved, fitted bodice; a long sash tied around her waist with a bow in back; a layered...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day dresses with elliptical hoop skirts with small trains and multiple ruffled and flounced overskirts, sashes just above waistline with small bows or ribbon rosettes, all have long sleeves, high necklines, and all dresses are heavily trimmed....
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day dresses, large bustles, overskirts gathered and ruffled into bustles, sashes at waist on four, variety of sleeve styles including short and leg-of-mutton, four have shallow ""v""-shaped necklines with wide flat ruffles extending over...
Wilson, James, 1835-1920; Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
May eighteenth, 1922
Prof. G. W. Carver,
Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
Dear Professor Carver:
I am in receipt of your favor of the fifth and note its contents with reference to some of your estimates of men connected with the college. I wish to thank...
The library staff from 1955 is posed in front of the east side of the library building. They are: front row (left to right): Dorothy Redfield, Dorothy Parek, Mary Lou Johnson, Nancy Currie, Louise Hobbs, Elaine Zimmerman, Evelyn Tirado, Miriam...
Robertson, James, Iowa soldier ; United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company C ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives ; Diaries
James Robertson was a native of Clifton, Iowa, in Louisa County. He was a private in Company C, 8th Iowa Infantry, was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh and hospitalized in Nashville, Tennessee's University Hospital. The diary details his...
