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Michelle Moeller enrolled at Iowa State University in 2008 and decided on becoming a high school history teacher. As a freshman she joined Delta Zeta Sorority and became actively involved in the Greek community at Iowa State. The materials in this collection were assembled during the fall of 2012 as part of a History 495 project to document student life. The collection includes coursework, images, artifacts, and ephemera.

Scope and Content The collection (1939-2000, undated) contains biographical information, awards, notebooks with photographs and designs for steam turbines, a lecture on blast furnaces and coke plants, and a brochure for Ingersoll-Rand’s centrifugal compressors. In addition to the papers, there are 23 turbine blades of varying sizes (accession number 2001-0165) and machined turbine parts (accession number 2011-247) designed by Miller Brooks in the University Archives Artifact...

Scope and Content This collection (circa 1874) consists of one photograph album that belonged to Monroe C. Litteer, Iowa State graduate of 1874. The album contains portrait photographs (cartes-de-visites) of Litteer's classmates and teachers at Iowa State. Most of the images are of unknown individuals, but some have been tentatively identified and include: Margaret (McDonald) Stanton, Ida (Smith) Noyes, Katie (Tupper) Galpin, Eva (Paull) Van Slyke, Professor W. H. Wynn, General James L. Geddes, Mary (Palmer)...

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This collection contains Morton O. Cooper's lecture notes in animal husbandry, soils, and zoology from his time as a student at Iowa State University.

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The collection includes notes, quizzes, and homework from Collier's economics classes, written assignments from her vocational education class, assignments from a design class, notes and fabric samples from her textiles classes, and notes from her food preparation class.

Scope and Content This collection (1925-1998) includes extensive class notes, exams, and papers from Johnson’s undergraduate study at Iowa State College (University) as well as documents related to Extension Short Courses and continuing education classes that Johnson attended between 1943 and 1948. The collection also includes materials from his study at the Live Stock Marketing School in Chicago in 1941, certificates and awards for Johnson’s work as a breeder of Holstein cattle, and Johnson’s extensive...

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This collection (1960-1965, undated) contains student coursework, notebooks, and instructional materials collected by Bethea during the course of her education in zoology at Iowa State.

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The collection contains articles, photos, publications, and artwork pertaining to or created by Norma "Duffy" Lyon.

Scope and Content This collection (1912-2004, undated) contains a large assortment of artifacts, newspaper clippings, programs, and other Iowa State memorabilia from two Iowa State graduates, Edward T. John and Louise Odegaard. Edward T. John graduated from Iowa State in 1916. Materials related to him include news paper clippings, various programs including some from Delta Upsilon and Tau Beta Pi, and football-related materials. Several items of John's can be found in the artifact collection, including his...

Scope and Content This collection (1898-1903, undated) consists of printed materials, artifacts, glass plate negatives, and lantern slides documenting Lawson’s college years and college life in general during the early 1900s. The printed materials include photocopies from the Iowa State Bomb yearbook and the Iowa State student directory documenting Lawson’s time at Iowa State. Also included is a booklet from the Athenian Literary Society of Highland Park Normal College formerly in Des Moines, Iowa....

Abstract Oscar W. and Lois L. (Denning) Hellman were both graduates of Iowa State College (University). Oscar received his B.A. (1931) in electrical engineering and Lois received her B.S. (1933) in home economics education. This collection (1926-1931, undated) contains photographs, a college scrapbook, and coursework that document the college experiences of Oscar and Lois Hellman. Materials that can be found in this collection include invitations to social events, news clippings, and programs to Iowa...

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This collection (1941-1942) contains a scrapbook that was kept by Patricia Wilson during her freshman year in college 1941-1942.

Scope and Content This collection (1956-1957, 1990) consists of photographic contact sheets and negatives taken during 1956 and 1957, as well as an itemized list of the photographs. The photographs include several images from the WOI-TV studio, including interviews done with people such as Ezra Taft Benson, President James Hilton, and coverage of Betty Lou McVay’s children’s show, "The Magic Window." There are several photographs of concerts including dance scenes and images of Louis Armstrong. The collection...

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This collection (circa 1928-1930) consists of handwritten hard bound class notebooks compiled during Meginnis’ undergraduate study at Iowa State. The hardbound books document his studies in veterinary medicine.

Abstract Philip Cecil McConnell was an agricultural engineering student at Iowa State College (University) from 1914 to 1917. This scrapbook documents his life from the start of his college career through his military service in World War I and finally his graduation from the University of California in 1922. The scrapbook contains photographs and other materials documenting campus life at Iowa State, interactions with friends, and military training in France. A folder containing a small number of...

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R. E. McCurdy was born in Cass County, Iowa on Octber 15, 1887. He received his undergraduate education from Iowa State College (University), graduating with a B.S. (1916) in civil engineering. These reminiscences were written by McCurdy and describe events as they unfolded in his life, including his service in World War I. McCurdy also writes about his many engineering jobs that took him around the world.

Scope and Content This collection (1918-2006, undated) consists of correspondence, notes, and news clippings related to Olsen’s activities with farm cooperatives and his travels. His trips to India, as well as his participation with the American Delegation to the Soviet Union in 1955, are particularly well documented. Also included in the collection are correspondence and other documents related to Olsen’s family, his donation to the Iowa State Foundation for the completion of the football stadium, and his...

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The collection (1948-1994, undated) contains artifacts, biographical information, committee records, conferences, course work material, notes, papers, professional engineering societies materials, and slides.



Also included in this collection are some records of the American Public Works Association (APWA). The civil engineering coursework materials comprise the majority of the collection.

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This collection (1924-1925) contains photographs of class excursions to Ledges State Park, the groundbreaking ceremony of the Memorial Union, ROTC exercises, campus buildings and architecture, and VEISHEA.

Scope and Content This collection (1938-1945) is comprised of one scrapbook of ephemera accumulated by Randall Matson while attending college at Iowa State. The materials include programs for Freshman Days (1938), Dairy Husbandry Club banquets (1939-1941), musical performances, Block and Bridle banquet (1940), Religious Emphasis Week (1941), Annual Agricultural Banquet (1941), VEISHEA performances, and graduation exercises (1945). News clippings regarding Dairy Husbandry Club banquets, Little International...

Scope and Content The collections biographical materials, typescripts of talks and papers; professional correspondence with individuals including Murray Brawner, William L. Brown, Don Finley, Mario Gutierrez, Walter Hawkins, Stan Jensen, Bill/William Landgren, Fred Lehmann, J. Roy Quinby, Earl Thompson, Forest Troyer, Nelson Urban, Henry A. Wallace, James Wallace, and Robert Woods; professional correspondence with organizations, including American Seed Trade Association, Iowa Crop Improvement, Garst and...

Scope and Content This collection (circa 1910-1970s, undated) includes two scrapbooks belonging to Doris Durey George, kept during her high school and college years (1918-1925), and four scrapbooks belonging to Raymond L. George covering the same periods. The collection also contains postcards, photocopies, and loose scrapbook pages, as well as letters to Doris from her mother and brother. The scrapbooks created by Doris are filled with news clippings, photos, dance cards, programs and personal memorabilia....

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Raymond Templin Benson graduated from Iowa State College (University) with a B.S. (1919) in animal husbandry. This scrapbook documents his military and school activities from 1913 through 1919 and a fraternity event he attended in 1964. It contains photographs of friends and colleagues, personal memorabilia, and newspaper clippings.

Abstract County agent and farm editor for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Rex Conn was born near Marengo, Iowa, and received a B.S. (1922) in animal husbandry from Iowa State College (University). He engaged in farming until 1928 when he became a county extension agent in Sioux County, Iowa. In 1935, Conn became Extension Director for Linn County. He was Farm Editor for the Cedar Rapids Gazette from 1944-1969. While working for the ...

Scope and Content This collection (1934-1976, undated) contains news clippings, correspondence, maps, and a comic book story (1942) detailing Tewkesbury’s expedition through the Darien Isthmus. In addition, there are several files of “Richard A. Tewkesbury: Source Material Relating to His Trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940.” These files contain correspondence, maps, photographs, news clippings, and Tewksbury’s accounts of the trips. The collection also includes his passport and a certificate (1962) for...

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This collection (1945-1948, undated) contains Christian's class notes and course syllabi for electrical engineering courses he completed at Iowa State College (University). The coursework is contained in notebooks, each identified by Christian. The collection also contains a brief resume prepared for Christian during his final year at Iowa State.

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The collection consists mostly of research publications authored and coauthored by Richard E. Ford, 1959-1998. The papers also contain a small amount of biographical information.

Abstract Editor and agricultural journalist. Richard K. Seim graduated from Iowa State College (University) in 1956 with a degree in agricultural journalism. Following graduation, Seim took a job with the Extension Information Service at Iowa State. In 1958, he accepted an editorial position with Wallace's Farmer magazine in Des Moines. The following year he was hired by Farm Journal magazine as the Midwest Regional Editor, a position...

Scope and Content The collection (1943-1999, undated) contains photographs, negatives, slides, and films taken by Dr. Sanner during his years of service in the United States Army (1943-1945) and trips to various parts of the world. Also included in the papers are a video he created (Seaman’s Saga) and the memoir he wrote as a combat medic. The collection also includes photographs, negatives, slides, and films taken during his time at Iowa State...

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This collection contains Lynda Richards professional materials including CVs, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and notes.