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...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Iowa State University presidents; Presidents' papers; Speeches
Box 1, Folder 21: Welch discusses the advances of science, its relation to religion, qualities required of citizens, and the transitions society was experiencing at that time.
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Speeches; Liberal arts; State universities and colleges; Undergraduate education; Educational philosophy; Presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; Educational reform
Box 2, Folder 4: A speech given by Welch about the importance of different kinds of education, and the benefits and disadvantages of each. He discusses the comprehensive study of one subject versus a broader education in a variety of subjects such...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; speeches; presidents' papers; Iowa State University presidents; technical education; liberal arts
Box 2, Folder 16: Welch discusses education and the type of education needed for the future. He speaks about the inability of students to be prepared for future careers without a well rounded education and the importance of studying Greek classics...
Exploration; Travel; Central America; Panama; Darien
Box 1: folder 9, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Tewkesbury's published writings included in these materials are: “There’s Drama In Mexico”; “An Explorer Sets Forth”; “Darien...
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.
This view of the Campanile is typical of a number of university publicity photographs. The top of the tower down to just below a clockface emerges through a grove of trees against a clear sky, as seen through a dark frame of heavy foliage and...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day dresses, four with small bustles, all have high collars. Three have coats, one has single breasted, fur trimmed coat with bell sleeves; center coat is double breasted with large lapels and three layers of capes over shoulders, third is...
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), b. 1884 ; Pavilions -- Egypt ; Pyramids -- Egypt -- Description and travel ; Architecture, Islamic -- Egypt -- Cairo ; Railroad travel -- Egypt ; Egypt -- Description and travel ; Heliopolis (Egypt : Extinct city) --...
Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip H. Elwood took students on a tour in the summer of 1930. This video covers highlights of the Egypt and Palestine portions of that trip. In Alexandria, Egypt the group makes a visit to an...
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), b. 1884 ; Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) ; Gardens -- Mississippi -- Natchez ; Plantations -- Natchez (Miss.) ; Towers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans ; Gardens -- Louisiana ; Bird refuges -- Louisiana ;...
Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip Elwood takes students on a tour of the southern and eastern United States in 1931. In Natchez, Mississippi they view the old plantation home "Brandon," and typical sunken roadways nearby....
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two outing costumes that exhibit the typical S-shaped silhouette of the period. The left outfit consists of a shirtwaist with a high collar, small bow tie, buttons down center front, long sleeves with cuffs, a belt, and a skirt with gores that...
Welch, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889; Iowa State University presidents; Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm; Presidents' papers; Speeches; Presidential inauguration, 1869; State universities and colleges; Technical education; Professional...
Box 1, Folder 18: Speech given by Welch at the State Agricultural College (now Iowa State) inauguration. Welch discusses the opening of the new institution, the importance of the college's focus on industrial and practical education, and the...
