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 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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Training; Iowa State University;
""Sergeant Purdy's section of the 39th military training detachment"" posed for a formal portrait in front of a military transport truck. Twenty- two men in two rows, the front row kneeling, are posed for this photograph.
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Vehicle; Military Training; Iowa State University;
A large U.S. Army detachment in uniform marching on a city street in formation with rifles on shoulders. Following the soldiers is a convoy of military transport trucks. Residential housing is in the background.
World War I, 1914-1918; War Work; Iowa State University;
General Lincoln and the staff of the Student Army Training Corp. Taken on January 1, 1919, the photograph shows twenty uniformed men in three rows with the front row sitting in chairs, at the middle of which sits General Lincoln.
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.
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Training; Iowa State University;
A cadet battle drill with weapons. Officers are carrying swords. An officer mounted on a horse can be seen in the distance in front of Buchanan Hall, which is partially visible through the trees.
Chambers, John W., 1840-1863 ; United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 15th (1861-1865). Company E ; Soldiers -- Iowa -- 19th century -- Diaries ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries ; Iowa -- History -- Civil War,...
The diary contains brief entries detailing his experiences in camp, on marches, and at battle, as well as entries made while in the regimental hospital. The final entries recording Chambers' illness and death are written in a different hand. The...
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....
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 ; War casualties - United States ; Soldiers -- United States
Letter written home to Mother and Mollie from an unnamed soldier who tells what he knows about the last days of a family member Davy who was sick and died while a soldier in the Civil War.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 ; Pea Ridge, Battle of, Ark., 1862 ; Soldiers -- United States
Letter written to brother and sister describes the Battle of Pea Ridge, fought in Benton County, Arkansas, March 6-8, 1862. He describes the set up of his battery and lists men lost and injured in battle.
A young man in a suit with drafting equipment. He is posed looking at a gear as if he is about to begin an engineering drawing of the object. Drawing tables fill the room; on the back wall hang a large number of t-squares.
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Vehicle; Military Training; Iowa State University;
A unit of U.S. soldiers from Missouri known as ""Haverhill's section, 1st detachment."" Twenty-six men are posed for a photograph By a military transport vehicle. The truck's canvas cover is stenciled with the insignia ""U.S.Q.M.C.""
