CARDinal: Cyclone Archival Research Database

Scope and Content This collection (1930-2008, undated) contains materials documenting the work of George W. Beran and includes biographical information, research materials, and files related to his committee responsibilities for various organizations. The biographical information includes news clippings that discuss his time spent in the Philippines and the work he did there with the World Health Organization (WHO) and pseudorabies eradication. There are also newspaper articles written during his time as a...

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The collection contains scrapbooks compiled by George Wormley consisting of articles published in the Farm Journal magazine 1950-1972 and loose subject related publications and articles dated between 1973 and 1984.

Scope and Content The collection (1935-1997, undated) includes biographical information, correspondence, new clippings, photographs, and publications. Biographical information includes news clippings, press releases, brief biographies, and memorials. The correspondence is mostly general correspondence related to the Iowa 4-H Foundation. The collection also contains the contents of two notebooks compiled by Lineweaver. The first one contains inspirational materials regarding 4-H, citizenship, leadership, and...

Scope and Content This collection (1957-1996) contains material related to Jerry Parsons' professional career. The records include biographical materials and also papers written by Parsons concerning adult education and 4-H and youth programs. The collection also contains national and Iowa 4-H publications, several of which were authored by Parsons. Some materials of interest are a set of publications created by Parsons for the National 4-H Recognition Program and sent to state 4-H youth staff members. These...

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Gerald Maurice Watson (1917-2007) was born and raised in Hazleton, Iowa, where he attended Hazleton High School. He received his B.S. (1942) from Iowa State College (University) in general engineering. After graduating, he served in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. This collection contains a diary (1932) written when Watson was 15 and living in Hazleton, Iowa. The diary contains brief entries detailing his daily activities, local events, and weather.

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Collection contains biographical information about Gertrude (Curtiss) Kolmos and a notebook that was used by Mrs. Kolmos from 1902-1904 in her cooking classes at Iowa State College.

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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The collection (1926-1990, undated) contains biographical materials, correspondence, and reprints of articles written by her. Many of Sunderlin's writings focused on cooking, canning, recipes, and nutrition. The collection also contains materials related to her work with the Master Mix. In addition, there are articles written by her students regarding products developed in Sunderlin’s experimental cookery classes.

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This collection (circa 1917-1918) contains 132 b/w photographs of the Iowa State College (University) campus and buildings (exterior), students, and Letsch with her friends. It also contains loose postcards featuring the annual pushball contest, with hand-written commentary on the back of each as to the rules and progress of the contest.

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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.

Abstract Harold C. Fritzel, born June 17, 1907, in De Smet, South Dakota, received his B.S. (1930) in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State College (University). During his senior year, he served on the VEISHEA Central Committee and as the president of the Agricultural Economics Club. He died on June 26, 2002, in Prince William, Virginia at the age of 95. This collection contains a scrapbook including a variety of pamphlets, advertisements, ribbons, documents, news clippings, photographs, and other...

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Harry Rex Porter was an Iowa State College (University) graduate (1901) from Woodbine, Iowa. He married Harriet Hasbrouck, a 1900 Iowa State graduate, and moved to Vancouver, Washington. This collection includes biographical information, personal correspondence, illustrations used in the 1900 Bomb (Iowa State's yearbook), and photographs of campus life.

Abstract Harry Warren Paine was born on March 17, 1890, to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Allen Paine of Eagle Grove, Iowa. Paine received both his B.S. (1912) in mechanical engineering and his M.E. (1928) from Iowa State College (University). He served as Associate Professor of Vocational Education at the University of Toledo. This collection contains photographs, postcards, and published materials relating to early automobiles collected by Paine. Some brief biographical information on Paine is also included...

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The collection (1917-1946, undated) contains biographical information, photographs, diplomas, a baby book and loose scrapbook pages. The scrapbook pages include many scenic vacation photographs and images of possible family members, though almost all the photographs are unidentified. Helen’s school autograph book was likely completed while she was in junior high school and includes notes and signatures from teachers, friends, and family.

Scope and Content This collection (1910-2007) contains publications by and about Henry A. Wallace; reminiscences of him by fellow students and agriculturalists; some correspondence (mainly after his retirement); newspaper articles concerning his life, his work both for the federal government and after his retirement, and memorials to him after his death; photographs; published and unpublished historical papers relating to his significance; a transcript of an oral history; and miscellaneous documents detailing...

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Collection contains newsclippings, memorials, correspondence, and reprints of two articles written by Dean Bergman.

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The collection consists of biographical information, awards, diplomas and certificates received by Henry Hugh Dukes. The collection also contains plaques and other three-dimensional items given to Dr. Dukes, including the Borden Award (1960) given to him by the American Veterinary Medical Association, an academic hood (1966) from Clemson University, and the Distinguished Service Achievement Citation (1977) from the Iowa State University Alumni Association.

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This collection contains materials Holmes acquired as a freshman in engineering at Iowa State in 1941. Included in the collection are papers from his English and engineering classes, freshman orientation programs and guides, a touch football manual, a wrestling guide written by Iowa State wrestling coach Hugo Otopalik, a student conduct guide, and a fraternity promotional booklet from the Greek system.

Abstract Henry Montgomery Black was Professor and Head (1946-1972) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. During World War II, he served as chief engineer for the Utah Beach landing during the Normandy Invasion, and retired from the military with the rank of Colonel. This collection contains papers, memorabilia, and photographs of the Black family, and the families of his first and second wives, Bernice Bernard Black and Alice Redington Black. The materials include...

Scope and Content The collection (1920-1984, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, personal business records, clippings, government documents, and photographs. The bulk of the collection is related to Pike's 1955 trip to the U.S.S.R., including souvenir books, periodicals, scrapbooks, clippings, and photographs. Notebooks contain material related to Pike's undergraduate work, military training on artillery, and professional career. Sporadic information on Pike's land assessment work...

Scope and Content The collection (1927-1977, undated) contains biographical information, news clippings, correspondence, publications, photographs, slides, and scrapbooks, including one large scrapbook with posters and photographs of tractors and other agricultural machinery. The correspondence, dated 1936, is primarily with companies involved in storing and transporting agricultural products. The photographic prints and slides are mostly of agricultural events, celebrations, cultivation and harvesting,...

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Horace Ringheim received a B.S. (1913) in forestry from Iowa State College (University). As a student at Iowa State he was active in sports, playing on the football and baseball teams, and a founding member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. This collection includes biographical information about Ringheim and a college scrapbook with photographs depicting student activities such as football, baseball, and fraternity events as well as campus buildings and other students.

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The collection contains news clippings, correspondence, and numerous publications written by Porter regarding seeds and seed pathogens. The publications include a history of the Iowa State College (University) Seed Laboratory, 1931-1946.

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This collection features a photograph album created by an unidentified Iowa State College (University) student. It features photographs of student life, campus events, fraternity activities, Iowa State horses of the time, and outings outside of Iowa. This item was part of a donation from the Nancy Mock estate.

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This collection contains a large photograph album compiled by an unidentified Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University) student during the 1890s. The album shows photographs of various individual students part of the graduating classes of 1886-1893, along with their names under the pictures.

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This collection consists of materials related to alumni and former students. Materials have been gathered by multiple departments, including Special Collections and University Archives, and combined into a subject file for each individual. The original source of each documents are not known.

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This collection consists of materials related to alumni and former students. See related materials note for collections.

Abstract The Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation, incorporated in 1954, works for the preservation and advancement of Iowa State University's carillon. Its board, made up of eight alumni and four members of the University administration, meet annually in April. The first ten bells of the Carillion were placed in the Campanile in 1899, donated by alumnus and mathematics professor Edgar W. Stanton in honor of his wife Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women at the College (University). Upon...

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 (1910-1914, 2004, undated) contains a short biography of Irving Loveland written by his son, postcards, and Loveland’s college scrapbook. The scrapbook contains over 130 images, mostly of Iowa State College (University) campus buildings and student activities dating from 1912 to 1914. Included are photographs of many of the fraternity houses near campus, interior shots of the Latauma fraternity house, and numerous shots of students on campus and at the fraternity house. There...