Scope and Content This collection (1907-1986, n. d.) contains biographical information, correspondence, publications, reports, and exchanges. The correspondence, with other Iowa State faculty members, relates to collecting and maintaining books for the library and with colleagues associated with him while active in library committees and the American Library Association (ALA). Dr. Brown wrote numerous papers throughout his career focusing on research libraries, libraries during the depression, rural...

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This collection (1969-1987) contains correspondence, reports, surveys, library procedures and flow charts, computer systems information, committee meetings, minutes, and proposals that document the development of automated computer systems and online catalog systems at the Iowa State University Library.

Abstract Diana Shonrock served as a reference librarian at the Iowa State University (ISU) Library (1977-2011). During her career at Iowa State, Shonrock was a subject specialist in the area of family and consumer sciences and served as the training coordinator for reference and collection development. She worked as an advisor in the ISU Learning Community program and as a teacher in several courses including Library 160. This collection contains materials that document Shonrock’s career at ISU as...

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This collection (1953-1977, undated) includes biographical information, news clippings, correspondence, drafts, and notes. The collection contains correspondence files regarding reference requests and the annual chronology Kehlenbeck began in 1958. There are also drafts and notes from the chronologies and a few others of her compiled works. Copies of Kehlenbeck's chronologies of Iowa State can be found by searching the library catalog.

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This collection (1924-2008) contains materials relating to Professor McKee’s personal life. It contains papers, programs, diplomas, teacher’s certificates, membership cards, and a World War II war ration book. Additionally, it contains photographs from throughout her life, including portraits of her parents. The collection also contains two High School State Music Association State Contest pins dated 1941, now located in the University Archives Artifact Collection.

Abstract Eleanor R. Mathews (1937-present) was an instructor, reference librarian, and assistant professor at Iowa State University from 1977 to 1997. Mathews received her B.A. (1958) in biology from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and her M.A. (1975) in Library Science from the University of Iowa. Mathews' primary professional interests included agricultural librarianship, user education in libraries, and Carnegie libraries in Iowa. The collection contains correspondence, minutes and...

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This collection consists of news clippings, publications, and biographical files related to library administrative services.

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This collection consists of materials related to Library Information technology. Records include subject files, biographical files, and SCHOLAR files.

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This collection consists of materials related to the University Library. Records include news clippings, annual reports, newsletters, brochures, publications, biographical files, administrative records, accession records, radio program records, and directors files.

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This collection consists of biographical files and materials related to different programs from the Library Reference and Instruction division.

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This collection consists of materials related to the Special Collections and University Archives. Records include news clippings, biographical files, administrative records, and faculty papers.

Scope and Content This collection (1967-2012) contains the Library Staff Association’s general meeting minutes, executive council meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws, and mission statements. It also includes flyers, memos, correspondence, questionnaires and membership lists. The collection contains photographs, including a scrapbook, which chronicle various events that the Library Staff Association organized. A highlight of the collection is the semi-annual holiday cookbooks with recipes submitted by...

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This collection consists of materials related to Library Technical Services. Records include news clippings, subject files, biographical files, Library of Congress classification schedules, and faculty papers.

Scope and Content This collection (1984-2010, undated) consists primarily of files related to Parson’s work on the book, Susan Sontag: an Annotated Bibliography (New York: Garland Pub. 2000), which she coauthored with Iowa State English Professor, Leland Poague. The materials include drafts of sections from the book, correspondence, and notes. The correspondence is chiefly from Poague, some of it directed towards Parsons, others between Poague and the editors. There are also...

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Margaret Mae Gross (1924-2010) was a longtime administrative assistant in the Office of the Director/Dean at the Iowa State University Library. This collection documents her career at the Library and includes biographical information, awards materials, correspondence, photographs of her and other Library staff, and items related to celebrations of her long tenure at the Library.

Abstract Robert William Orr was born June 9, 1905 in Winterset, Iowa. In 1946, Orr was named Director (1946-1967) of the Iowa State University Library. The collection (1942-2009) contains the papers of Robert William Orr, including related to his career at the Iowa State University Library and the rough drafts and final manuscripts of The Library at Iowa State — an Informal Account of the First One Hundred Years of the Iowa State University Library along with several...

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This collection contains records from Kuhn's time as Dean of the Library at Iowa State University. Types of materials include budgets, personnel records, notes, meeting agendas, reports, memos, correspondence, financial reports, photographs, surveys, speeches, biographical information, and salary information. It also contains information on building projects, annual reports, and departmental statistics.