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, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm ; Iowa State College Department of Domestic Economy ; Home economics ; Courtesy ; United States -- Social life and customs ; lecture notes
Welch discusses definitions of politeness, people's perceptions of American society, examples of civility towards women, the genuineness of American politeness, and compares Americam courtesy to that in other countries.
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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...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.
The Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey) is waiting for passengers beside the Depot. Various groups of individuals are standing in front of the train or a seated on one of the cars. A water fountain is in the foreground.
Passengers are crowded into two cars of the Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey). Some passengers are riding on the boarding spaces between cars and end of the train. Steam is bellowing from the locomotive's smoke stack.
The Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey) is traveling through a portion of campus. The trees lining the tracks partially obscure a building. Many passengers are seating in the train cars.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
A rural stretch of Iowa U. S. 30 is covered with some snow, although there is evidence that it has been recently plowed. The are a mailbox, utility poles, farm buildings and fences along the sides of the road. Two cars are driving on the road.
Paints; Stains; Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931
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My beloved teacher Dr. Pammel:--
Thank you for your good letter of recent date. I am glad the specimens will be of service to you.
I am especially anxious to hear more in detail of your 35th Anniversary. Had I known it in time I would...
Campanile; Memorial Union; Four Seasons Fountain; Iowa State University;
Central campus in winter. A snow covered fountain (Christian Petersen's Fountian of the Four Seasons) as viewed from the north steps of the Memorial Union lies in the middle distance, with the Campanile in the background. Snow covered cars line the...
This 1941 photograph is of the west side of the Memorial Union, seen from across Lake LaVerne. Several cars are parked and people are walking along a road between the lake and the Union. Plantings partially obscure the lower story of the Union, but...
