CARDinal: Cyclone Archival Research Database

Abstract Dennis Kafura was an Assistant Professor (1975-1979) and Associate Professor (1979-1981) at Iowa State University. He received his B.S. (1970) in Mathematics from the University of San Francisco, and both his M.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1974) in Computer Science from Purdue University. Kafura is currently the Head of the Computer Science Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. This collection includes biographical information, correspondence, papers, and research...

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This collection focuses on Dennis Keeney’s work as the first director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. It also includes some of his published works, involvement in professional societies, and documentation of his transfer from University of Wisconsin to Iowa State University.

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This collection (1960-2012, undated) includes a vita for Dennis Michael Warren, newspaper clippings related to his work and his death, correspondence concerning his death, a scrapbook containing photographs of Warren and his funeral in Ghana, and statements made at his funeral.

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This collection (1967-2003, undated) contains materials related to the career of Dennis R. Starleaf, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Iowa State University. The papers include biographical information, published articles and research papers.

Scope and Content The collection (1961-1977) contains a president's notebook, yearbooks, and a scrapbook. The president's notebook contains activity reports and the annual reports of the president, treasurer, and other officers, The yearbooks include the club's constitution and information on officers, club meetings and members. The scrapbook mainly contains news clippings and articles about the association's activities, but also includes a yearbook from 1966-1967. A photocopy of the scrapbook is included in...

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The purpose of the Des Moines Metro Opera Guild is to improve the cultural climate for opera within the state of Iowa. The Ames Chapter is one of many chapters throughout the state. This collection contains minutes of chapter meetings and associated materials, newsletters, Council minutes, by-laws, and other documents.

Scope and Content The collection (1890-1937, undated) includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and memorabilia related to Pascal's achievements in corn breeding, and corn breeding in Iowa generally. Also included are 180 glass plate negatives and two tintypes made by Pascal, documenting rural Iowa from the 1890s through the 1910s. Included are family portraits (interior and exterior), family groups, school children, men and women with guns, acrobats, tight rope walkers, several people...

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The collection (1966-1986) contains biographical information and professional publications. The professional publications focus on Dr. Nelson’s work in recreation resources management and natural resource administration.

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The collection (1941-2011, undated) contains biographical information and newspaper clippings on Dexter French's life and work. It also contains reprints of many of Dr. French's articles relating to his research on the structure of starch and the chemical basis for the catalytic action of enzymes that act on starch.

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This collection contains materials related to Dr. Birt’s research, including Correspondence, grant information, publications, research data, as well as biographical information and his Doctoral Dissertation.

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The collection (1994-2000) contains Heller’s biographical information, a paper on parallel processing systems, and a research proposal regarding Internet-enabled graphic user interface.

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This collection (1908-1998, undated) contains documents relating to the career of Don Kirkham. The papers include biographical information, news clippings, correspondence, speeches, lectures, and publications. The collection also contains notes and photographs relating to Kirkham's research projects. In addition, the papers include the annual reports from experimental farms across the state of Iowa.

Abstract Editor, publisher and politician, Don Lytton Berry (1880-1974) was born in Indianola, Iowa. Berry was involved in many Republican Party activities both in Iowa and nationally including as a delegate to the 1936 Republican Convention and Executive Secretary of the National Republican Farm Study Committee (1941). He also worked as an editor and farmer for several years before devoting more of his time to politics. This collection contains news clippings, correspondence, speeches, notes, and...

Scope and Content This collection (1954-2010, undated) contains letters, theater programs, and Iowa State University memorabilia. The collection of letters consists of dozens of letters from Larew to his parents. Most of the letters were written by Larew as a student at Iowa State and then later at the beginning of his professional career in interior design. On the backs of the envelopes, Larew noted and identified the specific people mentioned in the letters as an aid to help anyone reading through them....

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The collection contains biographical information and professional publications. The publications focus on Dr. Dickmann’s research in Wood Quality.

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The collection consists of Donald Theophilus’ course materials from classes he took as a student at Iowa State University. The files include notebooks, lab manuals and handbooks, related readings, and exams for courses in Veterinary Medicine, Animal Husbandry, Chemistry, and English.

Scope and Content This collection (1954-2008, undated) consists primarily of Christmas cards created by Professor Danielson. The collection also includes biographical news clippings and a talk presented to the Ames Eta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma regarding her process of selecting a Christmas card theme. The collection contains several photographs of Danielson’s Christmas cards displayed in her home. The original printing blocks used for producing her 1963 Christmas card are included in the artifact...

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The collection (1915-1917, undated) contains personal and graduation information, dance cards, fee receipts, and class notes. The class notes relate to subjects such as home management, textiles, food preparation, and chemistry.

Scope and Content This collection contains three scrapbooks that document Mrs. Witt’s years as a student at Iowa State College (University). Included are photographs, news clippings, programs, and various memorabilia associated with activities on campus such as VEISHEA, commencement ceremonies, Honors Day, and social dances. The scrapbooks contain photos of the campus, VEISHEA parade floats, military revues, and classmates. There are also images of the Ellen H. Richards house that was used for Home Management...

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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.

Scope and Content This collection contains Dr. E.C. Brown’s professional records. The medical day books contain records of office visits and house calls to patients, including medication prescribed as well as fees charged. Brown occasionally documented events in his life. Brown also recorded payments for his services. He was either paid with money or in produce such as wood, eggs, and rabbits. Included with the day books is a notebook containing minutes recording the establishment of the Madrid Library...

Scope and Content The collection (1951-1974) contains correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings and promotional materials relating to proposals for the reapportionment of the Iowa General Assembly and with the group opposed to annual sessions of the State Legislature. The collection also contains booklets documenting Dewel's participation in Kiwanis International and the history and background of the Master Editor-Publisher Award of the Iowa Press Association. The collection does not contain material...

Abstract Duane Isely (1918-2000), a native of Arkansas, received his B.A. (1938) and M.S. (1939) from the University of Arkansas, and his Ph.D (1942) from Cornell University. He was named an Extension Associate (1944) when he began managing the Seed Laboratory at Iowa State College (University). He was also an Assistant Professor (1947-1948); Associate Professor (1949-1955) and a Professor (1956-1981) in the Department of Botany. Isely was named Distinguished Professor (1981-1989) and retired in...

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This collection consists of ECO newsletters, ephemera relating to other local environmental organizations, and a letter explaining why the newsletter was discontinued.

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Dung T. Huynh was an Assistant Professor (1983-1986) at Iowa State University. He received his M.S. (1977) and Ph.D. (1978) in Computer Science from the University of Saarbruecken. This collection includes Huynh’s biographical information, lectures, a monograph, and his papers.

Abstract Dwight Albert Ink was a career public servant and Iowa State alumnus (1947) who served a number of federal government agencies under seven presidential administrations and held positions at American University and the Institute for Public Administration as well. Ink also served on government-wide groups such as the Alaskan Reconstruction Committee and the Personnel Management Project. The collection contains articles, awards, biographical materials, certificates, clippings, correspondence,...

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The collection (1943-2007) contains professional correspondence, biographical information, retirement, and dedication documents. The collection also contains materials from Dr. Bensend’s work with the University of Kentucky Contract Team in Indonesia, and eight publications by Dr. Bensend that focus on his work with forestry and wood products.

Scope and Content The E. Howard Hill Papers (1923-2001, undated) contain biographical information, correspondence, approximately 400 speech manuscripts, files on the history and activities of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, files relating to agricultural missions to South America (1962) and Eastern Asia (1963), clippings, and photographs. The bulk of the material is Hill’s correspondence as President of the Iowa Farm Bureau. Letters of interest include those from Secretaries of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan...

Abstract Sanitation engineer, professor, and consultant, E. Robert Baumann was born in Rochester, New York in 1921. He earned a B.S.E. degree (1944) in civil engineering from the University of Michigan, and a B.S. degree (1945), an M.S. degree (1947), and a Ph.D. (1954) all in sanitary engineering from the University of Illinois. He was a professor at Iowa State University in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering from 1953 until his retirement in 1991. The collection (1946-2010,...

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This collection (1893-2005, undated) contains material related to Earl Douglass and his work in paleontology. The collection includes articles written about Douglass and his work, poetry written by Douglass, and a Register of Papers contained in the Special Collections Department of the University of Utah Libraries. The collection also contains two oversized items: a composite photograph of the Iowa State graduating class of 1893 and his diploma from Iowa State.