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.
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Speeches; Curriculum development; Educational reform; Agricultural education; State universities and colleges; Western United States; Undergraduate education;...
Box 2, Folder 3: A speech given by Welch at Nebraska University about the change in education needed in the new Western territories. He talks about the growing needs of the West, including school houses, governments, and homes and how they will...
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 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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...
This lawn display won second place award in the Men's Residence Division for 1954. It features a two gravestones in the ""Homecoming Hill Cemetery."" The smaller gravestone is labeled, "" 1953 Missouri passed on 13-6"" in reference to the...
The Birch Hall, Stevenson House Homecoming display of ""Now is the Hour to Beat the Jayhawks"" won first place in the Men's Residence Association, 1958. Students are shown working on the display, located in front of Friley Hall. It features a...
The Friley residence hall lawn display is being constructed. The display is a cut out figure of an Iowa State football player riding a tiger which represents the mascot of Kansas State University.
A large football player with the letter ""I"" on his jersey is standing behind a smaller figure of a buffalo. The buffalo has a sign around its neck saying, ""I is a buffalo."" Before the two figures the phrase, ""C.U at the Party,"" is spelled...
A large football player with the letter ""I"" on his jersey is standing behind a smaller figure of a buffalo. The buffalo has a sign around its neck saying, ""I is a buffalo."" Before the two figures the phrase, ""C.U at the Party,"" is spelled...
A football figure labeled, ""Iowa State' rides a tiger figure that represents the Kansas State University's mascot, the Wildcat. The sign below these two figures reads, ""Wildcat Rodeo.""
A large cat figure is tangled up in two balls of yarn. The balls of yarn both are labeled with the letter ""I."" In front of the Lyon residence hall lawn display are the words, "" All balled up."" each letter is a separate unit.
Hall, L. Stone ; Soldiers -- United States -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century ; Soldiers -- United States -- Iowa -- Personal narratives ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 ; United States -- Iowa Infantry -- Nineteenth Regiment --...
L. Stone Hall was a member of the Iowa Infantry, Nineteenth Regiment, Company C, during the U.S. Civil War. The diary includes brief descriptions of camps, journeys, battles, skirmishes, guarding prisoners and memories and yearnings for home....
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
Old Main as the setting for a military corps review. Men's and women's corps are at attention. Military service for male students was mandatory between 1868 through 1962. For women, training was offered from 1878 through 1897. Three cannon are in...
