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; Iowa State University presidents; Presidents' papers; Speeches; Heredity
Box 1, Folder 17: This is a speech Welch gave to the annual meeting of the Iowa Fine Stock Breeders’ Association (later Iowa Live Stock Association) in Des Moines, Iowa in which he discusses heredity.
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Iowa State University presidents; Presidents' papers; Speeches; Personality and occupation; Occupations
Box 1, Folder 22: Welch discusses how one's occupation shapes one's character, how this applies to horticulture, and how horticulture combines science, industry, the arts, and intellectual thought.
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Language and culture; speeches; presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Language and culture.
Box 2, Folder 1: Welch discusses the importance of studying the English language as a means of learning about English culture and history and explains the relationship of language to intellectual culture.
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; speeches; presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; agricultrual education
Box 2, Folder 14: A speech given by Welch about the benefits of agricultural education on successful farming. He argues that the farmer needs educational training to successfully form and execute plans, fight insects, care for animals properly, and...
Exploration; Travel; Central America; Panama; Darien
Box 1: folder 13, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Contains informational materials collected on the Indians of the Darien.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three evening dresses with off-the-shoulder necklines and puff sleeves, trim on bodice in v-shape, elliptical hoop skirts with trains and elaborate overskirts with angular design elements, abundant lace, floral, and rosette trim, hair in chignon...
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943; Melhus, Irving E., b. 1880; Fungi
April 3, 1925
Prof. G. W. Carver,
Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala.
Dear Prof. Carver:
I have your letter of March 29th and am glad to hear from you.
I have occasionally found Solerotinia Fructigena on the plum. That is, I found some a few year...
This 1958 photograph is of the loading dock behind the bookstore in the Memorial Union. A man with a hand truck is loading two boxes from a stack of freight at the far end of the dock. An open door to the Union building is behind him. Exposed roof...
