CARDinal: Cyclone Archival Research Database

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This collection (1909-1965) contains annual reports, meeting minutes, and information related to civil engineering open house activities during Iowa State's annual spring celebration VEISHEA.

Scope and Content The collection (1935-2008) documents the activities and administration of the Ames Garden Club, District V of the Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa, Inc. The administrative records include annual reports, yearbooks, meeting minutes, attendance records, membership listings, financial reports, and newspaper clippings. The collection also contains information on the club's flower shows and award entries. Applications and entries for the Geraldine Dean World Gardening...

Scope and Content The collection (1977-1995, undated) contains annual meeting materials held by the section (correspondence, audiotapes, photographs, programs, and abstracts), executive committee materials (agendas, minutes), policies, audiocassettes, and information dealing with the formation and incorporation of the section (constitution, operations manual, an interview transcript, correspondence). There are annual meeting materials from the very first meeting in 1982, and almost every year thereafter....

Scope and Content This collection (1870-2008, undated) contains biographical information, papers and speeches by Skromme, correspondence and meeting materials related to Skromme’s committee work for the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), and research files on various farm machinery and inventors used for his work on the ASAE Historic Commemoration Committee and his books. The collection also contains copies of several patents assigned to Skromme. Skromme’s papers,...

Scope and Content The collection (1966-1983) contains records related to Arthur Kelman's involvement with the American Phytopathological Society (APS) and the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) including correspondence, meeting minutes, committee materials, reports, newsletters and other papers dealing directly with APS and ISPP. The collection does not contain material related to Kelman's research or teaching other than when it relates to his involvement with the APS, ISPP or other professional...

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This collection consists of biographical information, committee files, correspondence, meeting minutes, files relating to student groups and surveys. Of particular interest are files that concentrate on foreign students and students involved in the military.

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This collection (1972-1990s) documents the activities of the AWG Denver chapter. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, conference programs, agendas, newsletters, brochures, guidelines, receipts, budgets, and photographs.

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The collection contains a brief history and general business records of the Bachelor Debating Society. The materials include correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, membership lists, reports, resolutions and speeches, programs, and the society’s constitution and by-laws.

Scope and Content This collection (1907-1980) contains a letter regarding family history, a newspaper clipping and an agricultural log book. The letter was written by Ullem’s son, Ben F. Ullem, in 1980 and provides details about Ullem family history. The clipping is from the Chariton Leader (October 3, 1907) and contains "The First Settlers," authored by Thomas Brandon (father of Laura Brandon Ullem). The commercially prepared log book,...

Scope and Content This collection (1899-1930s, undated) includes a photograph album and some basic information on the relatives of Otto and Lottie (Kelling) Block. Portraits of family members included in the album are: John Kelling and his wife (parents of Lottie M. Kelling); Claus and Metta Block (parents of Otto Block); Otto and his brothers, Claus and Frank; George, John, and Jim Kelling (probably brothers of Lottie); Jim Block (Lottie’s brother) with his wife, Mabel, and their child. Many other portraits...

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This collection contains the records created by the Chemical Engineering Wives club, and focus predominantly on planning various events. There are student rosters and staff listings, which the Club used to determine the level of membership for their members. There are no photographs in the collection.

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The collection (1918-1962) contains minutes of the Annual Cherokee County Farm Bureau meetings as well as financial statements of the Bureau and minutes of the Board of Directors of the Bureau. The collection also contains meeting minutes of the Cherokee County Farm Bureau, Cherokee County Farm Bureau Exchange, and the Cherokee County Farm Bureau Supply Company on microfilm.

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The collection (1981-1988, undated) contains correspondence, legislative materials, news clippings, annual report filings, a court brief, committee materials and articles of incorporation and dissolution documents.

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...

Abstract Cooperative manager Elmer L. Kreger started the Farmers Elevator Service Company (FELCO ) in 1926, with the idea that if elevator companies would cooperate in purchasing farm supplies in large units, substantial savings could be gained for their customers. Eventually the cooperative handled a full line of farm supplies. FELCO later merged with the Nebraska Farmers Union State Exchange, becoming the Farmers Regional Cooperative. In 1970, the Farmers Regional Cooperative merged with Land O'...

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This collection consists of a minutes book that spans from the date of organization until 1958. It contains details about the election of officers and reports on each annual meeting, as well as other organizational business.

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The collection is comprised of two series: series one contains the general records of the Iowa Chapter of FarmHouse Fraternity and series two consists of scrapbooks compiled by the fraternity. The general records of FarmHouse include the records of Lanthus, annual reports, newsletters, news clippings, and architectural plans of the fraternity house.

Scope and Content This collection (1915-2010) contains records related to the activities, administration, and history of the Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa, Inc. The administrative records include meeting minutes, committee and officer reports, and annual reports. The collection also contains official publications and newsletters published by the organization. Records of the activities sponsored by the organization are also contained in this collection. Materials regarding the annual...

Scope and Content This collection (1927-2012, undated) contains documents related to the research work and career of Geitel Winakor. Included in the collection are biographical information such as her curriculum vitae, photographs, and awards; correspondence with her research associates and colleagues; course materials covering Winakor's teaching career at Iowa State University; meeting minutes and proceedings including the annual meetings of The Costume Society of America, of which Winakor was a member;...

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This collection contains materials related to Heikens’ employment by the State Hog Farms Corporation (or Svinovod) in Moscow, U.S.S.R., in 1930 and 1931. Materials include an employment contract, correspondence, reports written by Heikens, news clippings in English and Russian, photographs, and negatives.

Abstract George C. Christensen, Iowa State University administrator and professor of veterinary anatomy, was born on February 21, 1924 in New York City. He attended Cornell University, where he received his DVM (1949), M.S. (1950), and Ph.D. (1953). Christensen began his career at Iowa State University as Associate Professor of veterinary anatomy. He later served as Vice President of Academic Affairs for over two decades. This collection includes biographical information, correspondence, and...

Scope and Content This collection contains reports, correspondence, and other materials relating Karas’ work with Iowa State University, particularly the African Graduate Fellowship Program, the English Proficiency Evaluation Committee, international student admissions, the Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey / Iowa State University exchange program, and the University’s United States Air Force Operations Analysis Standby Unit. The papers also include documents relating to his...

Scope and Content This collection (1913-1919, undated) contains guidebooks, maps, brochures, postcards and photographs related to World War I which Gilkey collected. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards, primarily of France and Belgium. There are individual cards as well as items which are called "Postcard Souvenir Albums" in the collection. These are groups of postcards picturing views of a specific location, bound together in booklet form. These items were predominantly collected by Gilkey, but...

Abstract The IFYE Association of the USA, Inc., originally the International Farm Youth Exchange and later the International Four-H Youth Exchange, was founded in 1948 for young adults to increase international understanding and cooperation. The program is a three to six month exchange program in which 4-H alumni and other young adults interested in a rural living experience live with a host family in another country and take part in the family's daily activities. The collection includes bylaws,...

Scope and Content This collection (1990-1996) contains records of the International Crop Science Society and primarily documents the International Crop Science Congress. The records include correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, and reports compiled by the president of the first Congress, Dr. Kenneth J. Frey, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University. Also included are programs and abstracts from the first Congress held at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and the second Congress held...

Scope and Content This collection (1920-1993, undated) documents the activities in which the Aurum Chapter sponsored or participated such as career-related workshops, meetings, and an annual fall picnic. It also provides an almost complete historical list of the members involved. Records from the earliest years of the Aurum Chapter, except for lists of initiates, are not available. The published organizational histories, however, do describe the early period. Starting in the 1970s, the records become more...

Abstract The Iowa Board of Regents, orginially named the State Board of Education, oversees five public educational instutions in the state: the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, the University of Northern Iowa, the Iowa School for the Deaf, and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. They govern these institutions through policymaking, coordination, and oversight, as provided by the law. Prior to 1909, Iowa State College (University) was goberened by the College Board of Trustees. This...

Abstract The State Board of Regents is the governing body for Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa, the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, the Iowa School for the Deaf and the State Sanitarium at Oakdale. The Board ordinarily meets once a month at the Board Office in Des Moines or at one of three institutions it governs. It is responsible for major policies, coordinates the activities of the various institutions under its jurisdiction, approves budgets,...

Abstract Incorporated in 1958, the Iowa Conservation Education Council (ICEC) was created to promote conservation education in Iowa. ICEC has provided scholarships, grants, and workshops among other services to members. The collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, newsletters and other publications, records related to workshops, meetings held by other organizations, grant proposals, and materials pertaining to projects. The majority of the collection is made up of...

Scope and Content This collection (1902-2009) consists of records related to the Iowa Crop Improvement Association and all previous incarnations of the organization. The materials include annual reports of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association, certified seed directories, Iowa corn yield test records, news articles related to crop research, and programs and photographs of corn and grain shows. The collection also contains a collection of certified seed tags from seed producers primarily in the United...