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, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Iowa State College Domestic Economy Department ; Home economics ; Women -- Education -- Europe
An unfinished letter or address on the education of women in England and German originally found inserted in Mary Welch's lectures on domestic economy. Author unknown.
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 Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...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 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.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Corn
A monoplane, flying low over a field of corn, is spreading powered pesticide. The plane's wheels are almost touching the tops of the plants. A row of trees is in the background.
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Vehicle; Military Training; Iowa State University;
A U.S. military training convoy on a dirt road:"liberty trucks in a train across the country." The transport trucks have canvas tops rolled back with one man standing in each truck in a pose for the photograph.
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Vehicle; Military Training; Iowa State University;
A U.S. military convoy on a dirt road to Boone, Iowa. The truck convoy is lead by two civilian vehicles with the tops down and five men in each vehicle. The transport trucks have canvas tops rolled back with men standing in the truck in a pose for...
