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; fairs; agricultural exhibitions; breeding value; contest judging
Box 2, Folder 11: A speech given by Welch at an agricultural fair. He discusses his opinion that animal competitions should be judged by the value of the animal to the world and not the price of the animal to the farmer. He argues that fairs...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Speeches; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Animal psychology; Animal intelligence
Box 2, Folder 15: Welch discusses animal psychology, the evolution of psychology into branches, and reflects on whether animals can be educated and the idea that animal thoughts and feelings may be no different than a human's.
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Speeches; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Fairs; Agricultural education
Box 3, Folder 1: A speech given by Welch to the "Farmers of Delaware County" who helped organize their county fair. Welch speaks of the importance of agricultural education and practical farming. He discusses the value of fairs, compares fairs to...
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Home economics ; Women -- Social aspects ; Women -- Social conditions ; lecture notes
Discusses a young woman's role in society, her social responsibility, and how she should conduct herself at gatherings. Lecture give to the YWCA in Los Angeles.
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 12, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Contains controversial material covering Tewkesbury and his travels.
J. M. Hull, Hamilton, Ontario, 295 Hannah St. west, back yard 25x60, work all done after 6 o'clock, all plants hardy & grown from seed by the owner, 3 yrs. old
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), b. 1884 ; Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) ; Gardens -- Mississippi -- Natchez ; Plantations -- Natchez (Miss.) ; Towers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans ; Gardens -- Louisiana ; Bird refuges -- Louisiana ;...
Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip Elwood takes students on a tour of the southern and eastern United States in 1931. In Natchez, Mississippi they view the old plantation home "Brandon," and typical sunken roadways nearby....
Robertson, James, Iowa soldier ; United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company C ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives ; Diaries
James Robertson was a native of Clifton, Iowa, in Louisa County. He was a private in Company C, 8th Iowa Infantry, was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh and hospitalized in Nashville, Tennessee's University Hospital. The diary details his...
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...