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; Liberal arts; State universities and colleges; Undergraduate education; Educational philosophy; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Educational reform
Box 2, Folder 4: A speech given by Welch about the importance of different kinds of education, and the benefits and disadvantages of each. He discusses the comprehensive study of one subject versus a broader education in a variety of subjects such...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Speeches; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Fairs; Agricultural education
Box 3, Folder 1: A speech given by Welch to the "Farmers of Delaware County" who helped organize their county fair. Welch speaks of the importance of agricultural education and practical farming. He discusses the value of fairs, compares fairs to...
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...
Animal Husbandry; Animal Science; Iowa State University;
Members of the Benson Cow Testing Association are shown in 1909 in this photograph. The group is composed of twenty-four men. In the back row, third from the right is R.K. Bliss, who received a B.A. in animal husbandry from Iowa State College...
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), b. 1884 ; National parks and reserves -- California ; Gardens -- California ; Architecture -- California -- San Diego ; Exhibition buildings -- California -- San Diego ; Sequoia National Park (Calif.) ; California --...
Landscape architecture Professor Philip H. Elwood, along with three Iowa State College students, made a trip of U.S. western national parks in the summer of 1927. This video contains clips from the California portions of that trip. Includes footage...