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...
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.
Iowa State University; Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept.; Engineering models; Sand; Soils
Dr. Clarence Bockhop experiments with grading sand in the soil bin using scale model implements and similitude principles to study soil-tool interaction.
Iowa State College; Landscape Architecture; Horticulture
Iowa State College solicited a report from the Olmsted Brothers in 1906 regarding future plans for the campus. Although their plan was not adopted by the Board of Trustees or Iowa State College faculty, it did influence the locating of several...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
