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Bernice K. Watt papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0271
Scope and Content
The collection (1910-1984) contains documents from Watt’s career as a food nutritionist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She spent her entire professional life working for the USDA and published over seventy journal articles that evaluate the nutritional context of over 3,000 foods. The data from her research are used as a standard of reference in not only the United States, but many areas of the world. Watt’s dedication to science is proven by the number of the field’s top awards she...
Dates:
1910-1984
Edgar Lamont Tenney papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RS 21/7/21
Scope and Content
This collection includes biographical information including Tenney's war records and correspondence, class and laboratory notes from mechanical engineering courses, and a copy of Tenney's thesis describing plans for a ventilation system for Morrill Hall.
Dates:
1901-1962
Jesse Samuel Dancey papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0023
Scope and Content
This collection (1870-1985, undated) contains biographical materials, newspaper clippings, letters, diaries and journals, sermons, articles, unpublished manuscripts, his master's thesis, notebooks, credentials, and photographs. Events covered include various ministries, a diary of when he was a student at Boston Theological Seminary (1899-1901), World War I letters and diaries (when he served as a Red Cross Chaplain), and journals of a 1922 European tour. Dancey's writings reveal spiritual...
Dates:
1870-1985, undated
Merle P. Prater papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 21/7/200
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...
Dates:
1953-2007, undated
Morris H. DeGroot papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0561
Scope and Content
This collection (1954-1988, undated) contains correspondence, research notes, manuscripts of publications and DeGroot's Ph.D. thesis.
Dates:
1954-1988, undated
Oscar Kempthorne papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 13/24/52
Scope and Content
The Oscar Kempthorne Papers (1939-1995) document his professional activities as a Distinguished Professor in Science and Humanities at Iowa State University. During his professional career he organized and participated in various conferences, taught, researched, wrote, lectured, advised, belonged to several professional organizations, as well as receiving various honors and awards. Also included are records of the Iowa State University Statistics Laboratory, typescripts of his two most...
Dates:
1819-1995, undated
Rachel Hartman Edgar papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 13/6/56
Scope and Content
This collection (1926-1970, undated) contains biographical information, professional correspondence, research data and notes, and journal and typescript articles. The materials document the research work in textile chemistry conducted by Rachel Edgar throughout her career. The professional correspondence consists of Edgar's correspondence with Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor of the General Mills, Inc. Chamber of Commerce concerning his request of textile experiments as part of a fellowship awarded to...
Dates:
1926-1970, undated
Robert William Orr papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 25/1/20
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...
Dates:
1942-2009