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, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; speeches; presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Personal morality; Personality development; Learning
Box 2, Folder 7: A speech given by Welch about how hard work and effort improves character. He discusses self-indulgence, benefits of dealing with difficulties, and how a gifted person appears to have a natural talent but has gained these...
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.
A Kansas University Jayhawk figure is dressed in a tightly laced corset and shirt made of sheer fabric. The sign beside the Alpha Gamma Delta, Rho Chapter's display reads, ""Corset's a cinch.""
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three day dresses, ankle-length A-line skirts, bishop sleeves, tall open collars; left has overskirt to mid-thigh, sash at waist with ends hanging down, wide brimmed hat with feathers; center has lace skirt flounced over ribbon-banded underskirt,...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Evening dress, showing sheer sleeves and lace bodice over a skirt ending above the ankles. (published for the Women's Home Companion by the Crowell Publishing Company)
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...