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The collection (1838-1999) contains catalogs, price lists, and other ephemera relating to agricultural implements and machinery. The collection is primarily composed of catalogs and advertisement cards; there are no owners or instruction manuals. The bulk of the collection is from the last half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century and contains published materials from dozens of implement manufacturing companies.

Scope and Content This collection (circa 1914-2007, undated) contains documentation and memorabilia of the college life of Courtney Hulbert Lawyer and his sons Courtney Merle Lawyer and David Vernon Lawyer. The materials include student report cards, class registration forms, fee cards, and student club membership cards. Documents related to Courtney Merle Lawyer's service in the ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) include his 1955 income tax form. The collection also contains several postcards, a...

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The scrapbook consists of photographs of Reynoldson’s summer working at the White River National Forest in Colorado in 1910. In addition to the natural landscape, many of the photographs include images of Reynoldson’s class mates Frank G. Freeman and Arthur F. Hoffman and their camp.

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This collection (1965-2010) contains biographical information, illustrations, reports, and a VEISHEA fashion show script. The illustrations include work Kordus did as a student at Iowa State in the class Textiles and Clothing 245, Design Elements and Principles. Examples of some of her advertisement illustrations for L.S. Ayres are also included in the collection.

Abstract Leo Thomas Webber was born June 6, 1904, to Thomas H. and Annastasia S. (Casey) Webber. He grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. Webber received B.S. (1928) in electrical engineering from Iowa State College (University). This collection contains a photograph scrapbook created by Webber while he was a student at Iowa State. The photographs show students on campus, several images of large groups of people, and a number of images of Webber and his fraternity brothers. There are also several images of the...

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The collection (1914-1945) contains pamphlets, news clippings and articles relating to home economics and recipes collected by Leona Hougen. Subjects in the collection include food and nutrition, clothing, and child development.

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LeRoy Getting was an Iowa politician and farm leader. He served as a State Senator (1959-1963) in the Iowa General Assembly and as Director (1946-1958) of the Iowa Farm Bureau. This collection documents Getting’s work in Republican Party politics, farm policy, and international trade. Files related to two agricultural trade missions to Europe are included in this collection.

Abstract Lillian E. Seydel Rich Sorden (1898-1987) earned her B.S. (1926) in Home Economics from Iowa State College (University). After graduating from Iowa State she taught home economics in Keota and Sioux City, Iowa. This collection contains a scrapbook that documents Sorden’s college life and her life after graduation. The college memorabilia in the scrapbook includes programs, letters, clippings, photographs, and materials related to Kappa Phi sorority. Photographs include images of campus...

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The collection (1961-1966) contains Linda Wild's 4-H record book and two of her uniforms. The record book documents Wild's time as a member of the Marion's Best 4-H Club and includes project information, photographs, newspaper clippings, personal health reports, and annual summaries of club work.

Scope and Content Foster’s scrapbook includes photographs, dance cards, correspondence, social and athletic programs, church-related items, nametags, wedding invitations, news clippings, and other materials that represent the life of a typical female student at Iowa State College in the 1940s. The scrapbook includes letters from the college concerning Foster’s placement in residence halls, as well as rules and regulations for female students at that time. Also included is correspondence from various...

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This collection (1879, 1881) consists of two letters written by Estes. The letters are addressed to an unidentified Lizzie and discuss Estes' experiences during her time at Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University), including social outings, classes, and dorm life.

Scope and Content This collection (1897-1914, undated) consists of the loose pages of a scrapbook compiled by Lottie M. Rogers primarily documenting her time as a young adult in Ames, Iowa. The scrapbook includes a number of dance cards, news clippings, photographs, and programs. Most of the items document Rogers’ personal activities and accomplishments, though she kept some materials related to friends and former classmates. For example, one page is dedicated to Norma Read, a...

Scope and Content The collection (1875) consists of Lou Curtis Foster’s college autograph and photograph album. The album contains 37 black and white photographs of classmates many of which include inscriptions from them to Lou. Classmates who left messages for Lou include: Charles H. Lee, William R. Lamoreux, Millah, M. Cherrie, Edward P. Cadwell, Hannah P. Lyman, Herbert R. Patrick, Celestia “Settie” A. Neal, Albert P. Chamberlin, Ida Sherman, James M. Whitaker, Thomas L. Palmer, Charles E. Peterson, Nancy...

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The collection (1923-1925) features etiquette expectations, class notes, botany lab reports, final projects on textiles and home planning, as well as a written final of menus for quantity cooking.

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This collection contains materials related to Lydia Fohn-Hansen's travels, as well as two biographical files.

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The collection contains pamphlets and ephemera that an incoming Iowa State College freshman co-ed would have received in the early 1950s, including information and handbooks for Freshman Days and Formal Rush as well as dormitory assignments and an area business guide. There is an extensive group of sorority leaflets given out to rushees, the fall (1953) issue of “Green Gander,” and the back-to-school (1953) issue of “The Iowa Homemaker.”

Scope and Content The collection (1939-1950, undated) contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and slides of Christian Petersen, his studio, and his sculptures. A collection of loose scrapbook pages contains newspaper clippings and photographs primarily showing Petersen at work on the Conversations sculpture grouping installed in front of the Oak and Elm Residence Halls. The photographs and slides show various sculptures sitting in Petersen’s studio and several show Petersen...

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This collection (1923-1930, undated) contains a college scrapbook created by Marian A. Smith. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings and photographs of campus buildings and football games, programs for campus events and activities, and photographs of friends and classmates. The scrapbook also contains a collection of souvenirs and miniature photographs from Pike’s Peak, Colorado.

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This collection (1947-1976, undated) contains biographical information and other materials related to Crowe’s involvement at Iowa State, including newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, student handbooks, and dance cards. This collection also includes correspondence between Marianne and her family and friends about her time as a student at Iowa State.

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This collection contains scrapbooks and photographs by Marie Hall made during her time at Iowa State University. The collection materials highlight the social life and customs of women college students at Iowa State during the early 1900s.

Abstract Writer and journalist, Marjorie Griffin Groll was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on October 25, 1913. She received her B.S. (1937) in foods and nutrition and journalism from Iowa State College (University). As a student at Iowa State, Groll was heavily involved in the student home economics journal, Iowa Homemaker. Following graduation she wrote for the Detroit Times, the Chicago Daily News, ...

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This collection contains a microfilm of Mark H. Brown's diary that he used during his service in World War II.

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This collection (1872-1874) contains autographs (signatures) and comments from friends, instructors, and administrators such as President Adonijah S. Welch, instructors, and friends during her time as a student at Iowa State.

Scope and Content The collection (1776-2008) contains plates of general fashion dating back to the 18th century and continuing through the 20th century. Additional categories within the files include accessories, baby and beach fashions, bridal fashions and portraits, children's and communion clothing, footwear, inaugural gowns, maid uniforms, masquerade costumes, men's fashion, millinery, mourning dresses, negligees and undergarments. There are also magazine issues relating to fashion as well as magazine...

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This collection (1914-1915) contains art history scrapbooks she made for her home economics classes at Iowa State. The collection also contains two postcards, one blank and one addressed to her from a friend.

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The collection contains newsclippings, biographical information, and course material from Mary Helen Merriam Stewart’s years at Iowa State, and correspondence with Chemistry professor Nellie Naylor from later years. Also in the papers are six postcards of Margaret Hall, five of which depict the fire that destroyed the Hall in 1938. In addition, there are policies regarding the Iowa State College dormitories.

Scope and Content This collection (1938-2006) includes a textbook used by Mary Jean Logan Sweet while in the Curtiss-Wright Engineering Program, a copy of her certificate of completion, photocopies of meeting minutes and one pay stub from the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, a copy of the tenth anniversary newsletter, “Cadette Digest,” an address list, and biographical information. Two artifacts used for instruction in the program are housed in the University Artifact Collection: a model airplane and a model of a...

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The collection (1944-1951, undated) contains course notes and textbooks from O'Brien's time at Iowa State in the institution management program. The collection also contains various Iowa State memorabilia, including O'Brien's Delta Delta Delta sorority information and a song book of Iowa State songs. The collection also contains original patterns and a dress designed by O'Brien, which are housed in the artifact collection.

Scope and Content The collection (1953-2007, undated) contains Prater’s autobiography, a dissertation, thesis, patent files, and articles. The papers also include reference materials relating to Prater’s interest in Civil Systems (1969-1971), which detail urban and civic problems and solutions from around the world. The records regarding Integrated Educational Systems document Prater’s work with schools and teachers. The papers also include correspondence with well-known educators. In addition, the collection...