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; agricultrual education
Box 2, Folder 14: A speech given by Welch about the benefits of agricultural education on successful farming. He argues that the farmer needs educational training to successfully form and execute plans, fight insects, care for animals properly, and...
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm ; Iowa State College Department of Domestic Economy ; Home economics ; Courtesy ; United States -- Social life and customs ; lecture notes
Welch discusses definitions of politeness, people's perceptions of American society, examples of civility towards women, the genuineness of American politeness, and compares Americam courtesy to that in other countries.
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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...
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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his diary and day by day notes of his second trip through the Darien from...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 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.
E.F. Goss, Associate Professor of Dairy Industries at Iowa State College (University) is shown making cottage cheese in a cheese vat in this photograph, taken July 16, 1930, The curd has been heated slowly to above 100 degrees F. until it will...
Barker, Celestia Lee, 1846- ; Barker, William B ; Cookery, American -- Midwestern style ; Farm life -- Iowa ; Home economics ; Religious education -- Iowa ; Rural families ; Women in agriculture ; Women teachers -- Iowa ; Iowa -- History -- Civil...
The majority of entries were written during the Civil War and describe Lee's work on the family farm, attending religious services, visiting family throughout central Iowa, social activities, and her beaux. She also describes her training to be a...
Chapman, Charles W. fl. 1862-1869 ; United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865). Company F ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives ; Diaries
Charles W. Chapman was a farmer from Grandview, Iowa. He served as a private in Company F of the 19th Infantry Regiment of Iowa Volunteers. [N.B.: the regiment number written on Chapman's diary is the 15th Infantry; however, it appears that he was...
The Turtle and the Human Race Jon Doerflinger 1;
Ah, To Be A Cog John Pusey 3;
Name of John Bernice Fox 4;
The Preacher and the Pump. .Robert Harvey 11;
Someone To Talk To Edwin Sidey 18;
Spring.. Dale Blichtnahn 22;
Small Talk Oliver Nelson...
Cooking, American ; Cookery for the sick; Women -- Suffrage -- United States
Containing thoroughly tested and reliable recipes for cooking, directions for the care of the sick, and practical suggestions, contributed especially for this work. "In aid of the festival and bazaar, December 13-19, 1886.
"Country Store, April...
The Easier Way BY CHARLOTTE DONAHEY 4;
Letters T o Zinjanthropus BY BILL COLLISON 8;
Sugar-Shell Mama A POEM BY CORRINE STANLEY 16;
Rebeca BY CARLA WALLIN 17;
Owl A POEM BY LESLIE JOHNSON 20;
Nostalgia BY SHELLEY LEE SMITH 21;
Jazme A POEM...
POEMS Maurice J. Kirby 2;
THROUGH GINGHAM CURTAINS Dorothy Dunkelberg 2;
HOME AGAIN Fred Sawyer 3;
THE CURLERS Grace Eby 6;
LITTLE SISTER'S INFLUENCE Roy Kyner 7;
No FRAGILE THING Agda Gronbech 8;
TRAVELER Richard Hull 9;
BILL'S FOLLY William...
Fiction;
Paul Cockeram The Edge Between Life and What Else 5;
Ryan Gross Gone With The Wind 32, Arabs in Dark Glasses 57;
Dan Sandberg Faces 59;
Nonfiction;
Molly McGrane Man in the Moon 49;
Poetry;
Darci Horton My Skin 22, Dress Up...
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...
