CARDinal: Cyclone Archival Research Database

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This collection (circa 1918) contains a course project from a textiles and clothing class Cooper attended. The project contains lecture notes, drawings related to textile design, fabric samples, and pattern styles.

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This collection (1928-1968, undated) contains correspondence, publications, lecture/course notes, and biographical data related to Clarence H. Matterson.

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This collection (1975-1998) contains class notes and laboratory notebooks compiled during Staedtler's time as an undergraduate and graduate student at Iowa State University. This collection also includes one file of biographical information.

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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 (1887-1985, undated) consists of biographical information on Edward and Minne Allen. It includes their correspondences, and work with the Iowa Civil Liberties Union. The civil liberties case of James Rusk in particular denotes special attention. This series contains published articles and manuscripts by Edward, news clippings, course material and memorabilia from Harvard. It contains lectures and course material from when Dr. Allen taught at Iowa State University and research...

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This collection (1907-2006, undated) contains materials related to Edward A. Benbrook, including photographs, lecture notes, publications, and biographical materials.

Scope and Content The collection (1914-1915) contains notebooks and a dance card belonging to Gertrude G. Clifford. The notebooks contain course notes and essays written by Ms. Clifford during the spring semester of 1915 at Iowa State College (University). They document two sewing courses (including both lecture and lab notes), a personal sanitation and hygiene course, and a history course. The notes and essays are handwritten and course handouts, sewing patterns, and cloth swatches are pasted into the...

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This collection (circa 1913-1917) consists of notebooks, sketch pads, course notes, laboratory notes, and picture plates from courses in applied art, botany, chemistry, English literature, anatomy and zoology, history of architecture, home economics, journalism, and personal sanitation and hygiene.

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This collection (1934-1980, undated) contains Hartley's professional papers, as well as technical reports and consultation reports for the National Testing Service (NTS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The collection also contains lecture notes and handouts for his various classes at Texas A&M University and correspondence and meeting materials regarding committees from Hartley's work with the ASA.

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This collection (2006-2008) contains course notes from several classes, an Honors Program oral history project, and the final report submitted by Ringgenberg for his study abroad program. His course notes include syllabi and class handouts as well as essays, notes, and reports by Ringgenberg for classes in anthropology, history, and philosophy.

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The collection consists of materials related to the Department of Animal Ecology. Records include news clippings, newsletters, publications, alumni newsletters, subject files, biographical files, Paul Errington Memorial Lecture records, administrative records, and faculty and staff papers.

Scope and Content The collection (1924-1992, undated) contains course notes, recipes, programs, and Iowa State University memorabilia relating to the Macumbers' time as teachers and home demonstration agents. The collection also contains notebooks from a high school home economics course, two scrapbooks, and Iris Macumber's freshman beanie from Iowa State College (University). The collection contains two scrapbooks compiled by Iris during her time as a student (1926-1930) and as a...

Scope and Content This collection (1934-2008, undated) contains course handouts and notes for classes taken by Brown at Iowa State. The course materials are mostly from classes in agriculture and animal husbandry, but also include botany, chemistry, economics, journalism, religious education, and sociology. The collection also contains some biographical information and materials related to Brown’s other activities at Iowa State, including Alpha Gamma Rho records, judging contest results, Social Council...

Scope and Content The collection (1942-1997, undated) documents Jerome Cornfield's professional activities and research in the field of economic statistics and biostatistics, and includes biographical files, correspondence, writings, court testimonies, lecture notes, administrative files and research materials. Most of the collection documents Cornfield's work in biostatistics and health, but also contains records from his early work in economic statistics. Also of interest are two...

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This collection (1911-1979, undated) contains materials related to various projects, courses, seminars, colleges and associations which relates to Dr. John M. Aikman.

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The collection consists of documents relating to his work with Iowa State University’s International Agricultural Programs including correspondence; grant proposals; lecture notes; and paperwork for the ISU/UCR Agreement, Debt for Development, MidAmerican International Agricultural Consortium, Title XII proposals, Agricultural Market Readings, and other international agriculture opportunities. The collection also contains biographical information.

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Kathleen K. Hickok was a professor of English and Women’s Studies at Iowa State University. The main focus of her studies was women’s literature, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Her scholarship also touched upon gender studies, lesbian studies, and multicultural women’s writing. This collection includes notes from the many classes that she taught, several essays and encyclopedia entries that she authored, and papers that she presented at conferences.

Abstract Kenneth Dunker (1942- ) worked as a professor (1974-1978, 1979-1999) at Iowa State University in the Departments of Architecture and Civil and Construction Engineering. He researched the strength of highway bridges and taught courses on a variety of different types of materials used in engineering. Along with his colleague, Professor Shao, he was one of the first to make computer drawings and they won various international awards for this accomplishment. This collection contains some of the...

Abstract Leo Charles Peters was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1961-1996) at Iowa State University. He received his B.S. (1953) in Agricultural Engineering from Kansas State University and both his M.S. (1963) in Mechanical Engineering and his Ph.D. (1967) in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University. Peters worked at John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works for much of the 1950s. At Iowa State University, Peters advised and helped found a student branch of the...

Abstract Louis Bevier Spinney earned a B.M.E. (Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering; 1892) and a B.S. (1893) in electrical engineering from Iowa State College. He served as Instructor (1893-1894) of Physics and Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State College before spending several years in Europe studying. Spinney returned to Iowa State in 1896 and as Assistant Professor of Physics and became head of the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering in 1897. Spinney retired in 1942. This collection...

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This collection (1938-1971) primarily documents Margaret Black’s career in science education and conservation. The collection contains correspondence, lecture notes, student term papers, her master's thesis, student conservation projects and newspaper clippings on Margaret Black and conservation.

Abstract Maria M. Roberts was born June 29, 1867, in Dunlap, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa State College (University) in 1890. Following her graduation, Roberts was hired to teach mathematics at Iowa State and eventually attained the rank of Professor (1916-1942). She served as Vice Dean (1907-1921) and Dean (1921-1933) of the Junior College and also as Director (1933-1942) of Student Loans. This collection contains biographical information, a diary kept by Roberts during a trip to Europe, grade...

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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.

Abstract Paul J. Hermann (1923-2015) was a professor of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University from 1961 until 1993. His research interests included computer applications, flight control systems, and aircraft stability and control. He was recognized as a popular student advisor throughout his tenure. This collection documents Hermann's career as an engineer at the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation and as an engineering educator at Iowa State University through biographical information, course...

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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 Roger G. Ginder (born 1946) worked as a Professor for the Department of Economics and an extension specialist in agribusiness management at Iowa State University (1978-2010). Much of Ginder's work focused on the management of farmers' cooperatives (co-ops) in the upper Midwest during the difficult economic years of the 1980s and 1990s. This collection contains lecture materials, research files, papers, proposals, and presentation notes. Much of these materials focus on farming debt, credit,...

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This collection contains class notes and assignments for courses taken by Clara Ruppel during her time at Iowa State University.

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This collection (1924-1988, undated) contains notebooks for veterinary medicine and related classes taken at Iowa State College in the late 1920s. The collection also contains materials related to his social activities, including dance cards and materials related to student veterinary societies. There is also a file of biographical information.