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...
Exploration; Travel; Central America; Panama; Darien
Box 1: folder 7, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...
Exploration; Travel; Central America; Panama; Darien
Box 1: folder 9, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Tewkesbury's published writings included in these materials are: “There’s Drama In Mexico”; “An Explorer Sets Forth”; “Darien...
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.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
Three men working on a tractor-drawn Case hay baler in the foreground. A harvested hay field can be seen behind the baler. Residential housing across a gravel road is in the background.
The Cattle Barn following a fire that destroyed the entire roof of the east wing of the barn in October of 1958. In the photograph several men can be seen working in what is left of the hay loft. Much unburned hay is strewn about the pen next to...
The Cattle Barn following a fire that destroyed the entire roof of the east wing of the barn in October of 1958. In the photograph a group of men can be seen working in what is left of the hay loft. Several other men on tractors with bucket loader...
The Cattle Barn with three silos used for feed storage are shown. Feed lots appear in the foreground, including a long feed bunk for feeding the cattle. Several men are working between the feed bunk and the barn which has the doors opened to the...
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Rows of harvested stacked crops (possibly hay or wheat) are in a field. This field is bordered by a single tree in the foreground and multiple trees and buildings in the background.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
An enclosed-gear, steel-wheeled, two-hitch horse-drawn rider- operated bar mower being used in a hay field. The operator is driving the work horses away from the camera. One of the horses is wearing a leather fly skirt. A row of poplar trees runs...
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A horse-drawn McCormick-Deering hay rake being pulled by two draft horses. The driver is well dressed for the photograph, wearing a white shirt, vest , and a brimmed hat. A farmstead with large buildings can be seen in the distance over the...
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...
