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; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Presidents' family relationships
Box 1, Folder 5: Contains correspondence about members of Adonijah and Mary Welch's family, correspondence by descendents, obituaries, and brief histories. Correspondents primarily include A. B. Shaw and Winifred Dudley Shaw.
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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...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 8, 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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his diary and day by day notes of his second trip through the Darien from...
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.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Carriage Dress and Dinner Party Dress, illustrating hemmed short and loose leg-of-mutton sleeves with widening shoulders overall, the waist emphasized by a belt (one with an animal design), lace shawls, geometric decoration towards the hem, gloves,...
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
Dinner Dress, showing widening shoulders with loose leg-of-mutton sleeves, a decorated bodice, the waist defined by a belt, with pattern throughout the dress and near the hem. The hairstyle is elaborate, and a turban-inspired bonnet is also...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Dinner gown, made of silk velvet, gold and silver wrought lace and hand embroidery showing scarf shoulder drapery. Designed by La Maison Beer, Paris, from a painting by Coles Phillips. (published in ""Women's Home Companion)""
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Evening Dress and Dinner Dress, demonstrating widened shoulders and lower necklines, with a sheer shirred bodice and decorative suspender overlay of fabric. Sleeves are puffed leg-of-mutton, somewhat see-through and sheer and cuffed wrists. The...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Fashionable Dinner and Evening Dress for March 1827, showing widening shoulders with loose leg-of-mutton sleeves and decorative ruffling at the wrist, a decorated bodice, the waist defined by a ribbon or belt, with plaid and other patterns...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
French Dinner Party Dress, showing the high waist, bonnet framing the face, the emphasis of decoration on the lower hem, and the 2 part sleeve (marmeluke/leg-of-mutton) (published for La Belle Assemblee)
