CARDinal: Cyclone Archival Research Database

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This collection (1960-1987, undated) contains materials related to the Agriculture Education Club at Iowa State University, including meeting minutes, agendas, publications, newsletters, and programs of activities.

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This collection consists of marketing handbooks from various state home economics/human sciences associations and universities, home economics handbooks, display signs, and the AHEA newsletter. These materials were part of the committee's collection of resource materials for marketing home economics.

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The collection (1914-1991) contains correspondence, chapter constitution, membership listings, newsletters, programs, and news clippings.

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This collection (1941-1979) contains records of the Tennessee Section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The collection is arranged by year and each annual file generally contains minutes, annual meeting programs, correspondence, financial reports, and newsletters; files containing additional materials are noted. Material related to the history of the Tennessee Section are located in folder 1/17.

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This collection (1911-2013, undated) contains materials related to the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Student Branch at Iowa State University, including annual reports, photographs, newsletters, and meeting minutes.

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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.

Scope and Content This collection (1975-2008) contains records related to the administration of the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG). The records include administrative records, financial records, printed materials, photographs and oversize material that document AWG general operations, meetings, presentations, and chapter activities.The administrative records include a constitution and by-laws, committee records, meeting minutes and programs, reports, agendas, chapter records and...

Abstract The Center for Rural Affairs was organized as a non-profit organization in 1973 as a response to the closing of federal anti-poverty programs under the Nixon presidency. While the Center advocated for rural interests in politics, they also established experiments in clean energy, lobbied for changes in rural healthcare, and looked to improve the overall welfare of rural Americans. The collection consists of project reports, newsletters, correspondence, annual reports, publications,...

Scope and Content The collection (1948-2018) contains annual reports, newsletters, information booklets and a microfilm of various scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings, announcements and photographs. The annual reports contain reports on the operations and financial statistics of the Cooperative for that year. The Watts Watt newsletters include news and announcements on maintenance and construction, facilities and lines, meetings, member cooperatives, employees and a...

Scope and Content This collection (1931-1996, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, personal memorabilia, news clippings, and research papers relating to the work of Dr. Emil Henry Jebe. The collection includes personal and administrative correspondence between Dr. Jebe and associates, colleagues, and family. Also included is a copy of his master’s thesis and dissertation, articles authored and co-authored by Dr. Jebe, newspaper clippings, seminars and lectures he attended, and articles...

Scope and Content The collection (1979-2011, undated) contains papers from the Farm Crisis Committee as well as many other organizations that assisted in the common goal of drafting a new farm bill. There are Committee newsletters, meeting minutes, radio speeches, and correspondence to and from members of Congress and President Reagan. Papers from other groups include bankruptcy issues and Farmer’s Home Administration (FmHA) lawsuits from the Family Farm Defense Fund; articles and general information about...

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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.

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 The collection (1933-1983, n .d.) contains news clippings, photographs, newsletters, and publications. These materials cover various Iowa CCC companies during the 1930s, reunions of these companies during the 1980s, and a few conservation related materials done after the Great Depression at sites where Iowa's CCC members worked. The collection also contains a small amount of material on an Idaho Civilian Conservation Corps (Company 1744). The materials in the collection were received from...

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...

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The collection (1976-1993) contains the newsletter (Iowa Corn Grower) and news releases (Corn News) by the Iowa Corn Growers Association and meeting programs for the Iowa Corn Growers Association Annual Convention and Trade Shows.

Scope and Content This collection (1977-2006, undated) includes newsletters, correspondence, memoranda, articles, press releases, information packets and promotional photographs. Most of the material in this collection is produced by the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, but includes some materials by the Iowa Corn Growers Association. The correspondence is primarily between members of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and the Iowa Corn Growers Association and the memoranda are from the president...

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Iowa Forage and Grassland Council (IFGC) was established on May 25, 1976, and was organized to develop and coordinate more efficient production and use of forage crops. This collection (1976-2002) contains administrative records, photographs, brochures, and correspondence.

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The collection (1921-1982, undated) contains membership lists, newsletters, correspondence, news clippings, and brochures. The records also include several drafts and the notes to the brief history of the club, The Commoners of Iowa State, written in 1979 by Kent Pellet (Iowa State College, 1928), Ed Voss (Denison University, 1950), and Ralph Luebbers (Iowa State College, 1927).

Abstract The Alpha Phi Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity at Iowa State University was originally organized as Gamma Theta in 1909. Gamma Theta petitioned and received a charter from the Pi Kappa Alpha national fraternity and was installed as the Alpha Phi Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha on February 21, 1913. This collection contains alumni records, Board of Directors' records, a chapter record book, fundraising materials, handbooks, house renovation information, news clippings, photographs, slides,...

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The Telecommunicative Arts Program, which began at Iowa State University in the early 1950s, was designed for students interested in studying radio, television, and film production. This collection includes information on courses offered in this discipline, students’ projects and papers, the development of the program, and pictures and scrapbooks with news clippings which illustrate the history of the Telecommunicative Arts Program.

Scope and Content The collection (1964-2009) includes annual reports, newsletters, trip and project reports, correspondence, news clippings, articles, meeting minutes, financial records, promotional materials, photographs, scrapbooks, and directories. The collection is divided into two series, one containing the Iowa-Yucatan Partners of the Americas records, which comprises the bulk of the collection, and the other series contains the national association's records which were shared with all state...

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The collection (1971-1978, undated) contains meeting minutes, newsletters, news clippings, correspondence, legislation materials, and materials related to legislation and similar efforts in other states (including bills, reports, and newsletters). Most of the collection concerns efforts to gain support for the legislation in Iowa, but files relating to efforts in other states and national legislation are also included.

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Iowans for Right to Work is a voluntary, non-profit, non-political organization whose purpose is to promote an individual's right to join or not join a union group in order to obtain or keep a job. This collection contains correspondence, records of executive board meetings, planning materials for annual meetings, advertising materials, and published materials by and about right to work groups such as newsletters, news releases, bulletins, pamphlets and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Content This collection (1913-1982) contains meeting minutes, initiation, reports, financial reports and receipts, reports from the national conclave, membership information, the biennial Omicron Nu Magazine, and membership cards. The records also contain materials related to the the 19th Annual National Conclave was held at Iowa State University in 1953, including photographs, brochures, financial reports, and minutes from the meeting. Photographs and additional materials from other conclaves are...

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...

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The collection (1966-1986, undated) contains newsletters, conference materials, correspondence, meeting minutes, an annual report, publications and founding documents (by-laws, articles of incorporation, charter).

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Mortar Board was started at Iowa State College in 1914 as a senior honor society for women. The National Mortar Board petition was granted in 1924, and installed in 1925. This collection contains correspondence, newsletter clippings, publications, membership information, photographs, scrapbooks and other files of the Iowa State chapter of Mortar Board.

Scope and Content This collection (1971-2001) includes bylaws, correspondence, career-related information, membership information, newsletters, and printed materials. These records contain materials mostly from the local chapter, but also some materials from the national organization. The collection also contains information regarding special events such as: Fall Kickoff Meeting, Golf/Tennis Day, Agriculture Day, Agrimarketing Day, Careers Day, and several Outlook Conferences. Additional files include...

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The collection (1982-1988, undated) contains newsletters, articles and other publications published by organizations often concerned with agricultural, rural, grass roots, labor and political issues. Most of the publications are by organizations in the United States, but publications of international organizations are also included.