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; technical education; liberal arts
Box 2, Folder 16: Welch discusses education and the type of education needed for the future. He speaks about the inability of students to be prepared for future careers without a well rounded education and the importance of studying Greek classics...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Speeches; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Education; Technical education; Agricultural education
Box 2, Folder 18: A speech given by Welch about the need for higher education to concentrate more on practical, scientific education rather than the disciplines traditionally studied in the past. (Missing pages 1, 18-19, 21, 54, 83-84,93)
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
One adult day dress with a bustle and multiple overskirts, pagoda sleeves with tassels on opening from elbow to wrist, tassels on overskirts and shoulder/back area, hat has flower and ribbons. Young women's dresses are shorter with smaller bustles...
The Campanile as seen from the northwest. The structure sets in a landscape of shrubs and trees, with lawn opening up in the foreground. Overhanging bows of white pine frame the view. Clock shows 6:01.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Carriage Dress and Walking Dress, illustrating fur pelerine (shaped shoulder scarf), leg-of-mutton sleeves with widening shoulders overall and cuffed wrists, hats decorated with ribbons, lace, and bows, and continuing the emphasis on the waist...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Carriage Dress, Dinner Dress, and Opera Dress. The Opera Dress offers a striped pattern, shirred bodice, puffy leg-of-mutton sleeves, and a belt emphasizing the waist. There is quite a bit of decorate detail, particular near the hem, and the dress...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Carriage Dresses, illustrating the pelerine made out of matching fabric over a bodice with a high ruffled collar, wide shoulders, leg-of-mutton sleeves, decorative detailing down the front of the dress. The bonnets are fairly simple, framing the...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three day and two evening dresses all with bustles and multiple flounced, ruffled, and tasseled overskirts gathered with bows and flowers several times to form trains. Day dresses have band collars, long sleeves with wide cuffs, fitted bodices, and...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three day dresses all with very full, floor-length skirts and feather trimmed bonnets. Left dress has a 'V' neckline, fitted bodice, narrow waist, long sleeves with 2 ruffles at top and full from ruffles to cuff, and bows down center front of...
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
Two heavily trimmed day dresses with bustles, multiple flounced and ruffled overskirts, large bows at hips. One has a small hat with flowers, ribbons and bows, the other has jacket bodice with pagoda sleeves and lace under sleeves with scarf tied...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses with small bustles with large bows and trains, multiple ruffled, bobble and lace-trimmed overskirts, coat sleeves, stand-up collar, hats have flowers and lace. (published by Demorest's Monthly Magazine)
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses with bustles, single ruffled overskirts, ruffles on underskirt, basque bodices, buttons down center front, stand up collar, long sleeves with wide cuffs, hats with flowers and bows. Young woman with a short bustle dress, basque...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two heavily trimmed day dresses with small bustles and intricate detailing and trim on skirts, front of one skirt repeatedly gathered horizontally with buttons, other has multiple overskirts flounced, tasseled and gathered to form tail. First has...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses, sloping bustles, multiple ruffled overskirts gathered with large bows to form train, coat sleeves with wide cuffs, stand-up collars with lace, right dress has buttons and bows along an asymmetrical front closure, hair piled on...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses with sloping bustles and overskirts gathered with bows to form train, tassels, wide cuffs with ruffles or ribbon trim, jacket bodices curve over hips to point at center front, decorative buttons and bows, standup collars edged with...
