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; Iowa State University presidents; Presidents' papers; Speeches; Personality and occupation; Occupations
Box 1, Folder 22: Welch discusses how one's occupation shapes one's character, how this applies to horticulture, and how horticulture combines science, industry, the arts, and intellectual thought.
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; speeches; presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; liberal arts; technical education; curriculum development; educational reform; higher education; technical eduation; liberal arts
Box 2, Folder 9: A speech given by Welch about the benefits of a practical education. He discusses how education that has no outlet in useful activities is not as valuable as a practical education. He gives examples to prove that without the...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Speeches; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Curriculum development; Higher education; Technical education
Box 2, Folder 17: A speech given by Welch before the State Association of Principals of Graded Schools in Iowa City on July 27, 1878. He discusses differences between the old and new theories of education and curricula. He asserts that in order...
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Travel ; Rome (Italy)
Continues from "An Afternoon in Italy" describing the family's time in Rome in 1892 including visits to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Colosseum, soldiers marching by the Arch of Constantine, Porta del Popolo, various fountains and churches, and...
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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his diary and day by day notes of his second trip through the Darien from...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...
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Vehicle; Military Training; Iowa State University;
A U.S. army detachment in training. Five military transport trucks are parked on a field, each with canvas tops rolled up and five men in or on the truck. An officer is pointing at one of the trucks.
This lawn display consists of a semi-reclining bare-foot male figure dressed in ragged pants, shirt and hat. His head rests against a liquor barrel. He is pointing a shotgun at a Tiger figure that is suspended by one ear from a goal post.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Center for Agricultural and Rural Development; Hungary
Earl O. Heady points at a book while having beverages in Hungary with Dr. Joseph Toth and a woman translator, 1979. Dr. Joseph Toth is Rector (President) of the Debrecen Agricultural University of Hungary.
In this homecoming lawn display, Disney characters including Scrooge McDuck and Mickey Mouse ride with Cy in a jalopy heading for a signpost pointing to Victoryland, October 1961.
In the Beta Sigma Psi/Nelson House Homecoming lawn display, Cy holds a football away from a Kansas University Jayhawk while pointing to math formulas on a blackboard explaining ""Why can't the Jay Hawks obtain Victory?"", 1977.
Compiled and written by the Iowa Writers' program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of Iowa. Jessie M. Parker, state superintendent of public instruction, state-wide sponsor of the Iowa Writers' program. Sponsored by Johnson county...
Cover Jim Wilkins;
Jamie and Me Bob Boston 1;
At the Broom George Schenk 6;
The Yoke of Guilt Robert Crook 7;
Poem James Wickliff 12;
The Letter Martha Elder 13;
Dark Leaf William Kershner 16;
Mene Mene, Tekel Upharsin Nicholas Saum 17;
Seasonic...
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...
