Iowa State University; University Library; Periodical Room
Students are studying in the south end of the Main Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room) in the library. Some of the women have hats and coats on. Two library staff members are working at the desk.
Six women from the library staff are posing on an outside stair railing for a photograph. Left to right: Name unknown, Celestine Pettinger, Florence Pettinger, Carolyn Grimsby Guthrie, Lillian Storms Coover, Name unknown
Memorial Union; Four Seasons Fountain; Campanile; Iowa State University;
The Memorial Union fountain (Christian Petersen's Fountain of the Four Seasons) in spring with the Campanile towering over the trees in the background, the clock shows 2:50. Two young women are seated on the fountain edge on the right of the image.
This 1944 photograph of the Memorial Union's west side shows mainly the roof lines, chimneys, pediments, a balcony around a window above the entrance, and the windows on the upper floors. Lake LaVerne is in the foreground, and plantings and trees...
Mentoring; Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931
February 22, 1924
Dr. Louis H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Ames, Iowa
My dear Dr. Pammel:
It is my understanding that you contemplate retiring from active service as Professor of Botany at Iowa State College. In this action, there comes to me a...
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
Old Main and the Hub building. A women's military corps (training occurred between 1878 and 1897) stands at attention in the foreground for the photograph. In the background, people are standing in front of the steps to Old Main and on the front...
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
Old Main as the setting for a military corps review. Men's and women's corps are at attention. Military service for male students was mandatory between 1868 through 1962. For women, training was offered from 1878 through 1897. Three cannon are in...
Small pin in the shape of a flag. Front has white background inscribed with "VROUWEN KIESRECHT" in gold. Vrouwenkiesrecht translates from Dutch to "Woman Suffrage" in English.
Mostly round silver pin with an image of a mother bird feeding her young embossed on it. Partially around the side of the pin in the shape of a crescent is a light blue inlay with "N O Progressive Union" inscribed in silver. At the request of the...
Ribbon includes a small gold decorative rectangle that is at the top. Attached is a yellow ribbon with "N. Y. W. S. A. 35th Annual Convention Hornellsville Oct. 20-23, 1903" in black letter. Attached at the bottom of the ribbon is a round...
The front side of Old Main, with the college military cadet corps arranged in a review formation on the lawn in front of the building. The women's military corps is in front of the corps, in addition to a band and a drum major. Military training...
Graduation from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1888. The three women dressed in white dresses are the sisters of Descartes Pascal. From left to right:Lucy, Arcana Celestia (Lettie), and Laura.