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Agricultural Policy Working Group records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0503
Scope and Content
This collection (1987-1988) contains papers, reports, an article and news releases. The papers and reports by the Agricultural Policy Working Group address issues concerning farming in 1987 and 1988, such as budget reductions and decoupling (decoupling would separate the amount of farm payments from production quantities). Also included in this collection are two news releases about the projected budget changes and the decoupling proposal, a cover letter outlining the changes that would be...
Dates:
1987-1988
Albert Boynton Storms papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 2/6
Abstract
Albert Storms, born on April 1, 1860, was the sixth President (1903-1910) of Iowa State College (University). During his tenure, Iowa State began the Agricultural Extension Service, acquired hundreds of acres of land, developed a plan for campus landscaping and modernization of utilities, and erected eighteen new buildings. This collection (1902-1983, undated) includes reports, addresses, publications, correspondence, biographical information, subject files, information regarding Storms’...
Dates:
1902-1983, undated
Alden J. Erskine papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0085
Scope and Content
The collection (1923-1977, undated) contains correspondence, reports, financial records, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, subject files, copies of bills, and printed materials. The bulk of the collection documents Erskine's involvement with the Izaak Walton League of America and his legislative career. Correspondents include Jay N. "Ding" Darling, Ira Gabrielson, Jack Horn, Harold E. Hughes, Hubert H. Humphrey, Carroll Lane, Frank H. Mendell, Sigurd F. Olson, Robert D. Ray, and...
Dates:
1923-1977, undated
Allert Olson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 21/7/76
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers related to Allert Olson's work with rural electric cooperatives and his time as an Iowa state representative.
Dates:
1929-2011, undated
Alpha Zeta. Wilson Chapter (Iowa State University) records
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 22/5/0/25
Scope and Content
This collection (1905-1983) contains reports of initiation, membership applications, reports of the biennial conclave, meeting minutes, secretary's notebooks, monthly and quarterly reports, correspondence, membership information, chapter officers and faculty advisors information, guidebooks, newsletters, photographs, constitution, and by-laws. The records also include chapter history, pledge training information, correspondence with the high council, scholarship awards and achievements,...
Dates:
1905-1983
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Kansas Section records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0114
Scope and Content
This collection (1970-1979) contains records of the Kansas Section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The collection is arranged by year and each annual file generally contains agendas and minutes, correspondence and memoranda, officers and committee lists, annual reports, annual meeting programs and reports, membership reports, and publications; additional materials are noted for each file. The collection also contains materials related to the Mid-Central...
Dates:
1970-1979
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Tennessee Section records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0116
Scope and Content
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.
Dates:
1941-1979
American Society of Agricultural Engineers Student Branch records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 22/5/0/2
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1911-2013, undated
American Society of Civil Engineers. Iowa State University Student Chapter records
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 22/5/0/34
Scope and Content
This collection (1909-1965) contains annual reports, meeting minutes, and information related to civil engineering open house activities during Iowa State's annual spring celebration VEISHEA.
Dates:
1909-1965
Ames Laboratory educational programming records
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 17/1/6
Abstract
Ames Laboratory began offering K-12 programming for science education starting in the early 1990s. These program were jointly administered by Ames Laboratory and the Iowa State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction (later part of the School of Education). Programs include Science Bound, Adventures in Supercomputing, the Summer Student Trainee Program, the Kids Network Teacher Institute, and the Advanced Industrial Materials Program on Minority Education. This collection...
Dates:
1986-2005, undated
AOAC International. Midwest Section records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0466
Scope and Content
The collection (1977-1995, undated) contains annual meeting materials held by the section (correspondence, audiotapes, photographs, programs, and abstracts), executive committee materials (agendas, minutes), policies, audiocassettes, and information dealing with the formation and incorporation of the section (constitution, operations manual, an interview transcript, correspondence). There are annual meeting materials from the very first meeting in 1982, and almost every year thereafter....
Dates:
1977-1995, undated
Arthur Kelman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0673
Scope and Content
The collection (1966-1983) contains records related to Arthur Kelman's involvement with the American Phytopathological Society (APS) and the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) including correspondence, meeting minutes, committee materials, reports, newsletters and other papers dealing directly with APS and ISPP. The collection does not contain material related to Kelman's research or teaching other than when it relates to his involvement with the APS, ISPP or other professional...
Dates:
1966-2000
C. Phillip Baumel papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 13/9/74
Dates:
1962-2011, undated
Ben Allen papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 3/1/16
Abstract
Ben Allen was a professor and administrator at Iowa State University, serving as Chair of the Department of Transportation and Logistics, Dean of the College of Business, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Interim University President. Allen's primary research interests included impact of transportation regulation and promotion on resource allocation, income distribution, managerial decision-making, and carrier and shipper management practices. This collection contains...
Dates:
1979-2012, bulk 2002-2006
Center for Rural Affairs records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0413
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,...
Dates:
1855-2006, undated
Charles B. Handy papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 27/1/14
Abstract
Charles B. Handy served as Iowa State's first Dean (1984-1989) of the College of Business. He retired in 1992 as Professor of Accounting after a career that spanned over 40 years of teaching and administrative service to Iowa State University. Handy was instrumental in guiding the transition of the Department of Industrial Administration as enrollment grew first into a School and then into the College of Business Administration. This collection includes administrative records that document...
Dates:
1974-2007 (bulk 1979-1989)
Charles R. Sage papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 25/6/51
Scope and Content
This collection (1969-1987) contains correspondence, reports, surveys, library procedures and flow charts, computer systems information, committee meetings, minutes, and proposals that document the development of automated computer systems and online catalog systems at the Iowa State University Library.
Dates:
1969-1987
Charles S. Gwynne papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 13/8/12
Scope and Content
This collection (1892-1973, undated) contains biographical material, correspondence, and numerous reports on geology projects. Also included are conference material and geological photographs. In a map case are large maps and drawings of topography and geological surveys, along with road maps.
Dates:
1892-1973, undated
Citizens United for the Conservation of Underground Water, Inc. records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0222
Scope and Content
The collection (1981-1988, undated) contains correspondence, legislative materials, news clippings, annual report filings, a court brief, committee materials and articles of incorporation and dissolution documents.
Dates:
1981-1988, undated
Clay C. Barnett papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0024
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating mainly to the National Plowing Match and Field Day (1946-1950), pasture improvement and conservation projects, and corn and soybean test yields. Other materials relate to Bennett's career with the Soil Conservation Service (SCS): a curriculum for a SCS Regional Training Center; SCS district work plans; resources conservation programs; field diaries through the...
Dates:
1937-1961, undated
Committee on Lectures records
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 8/6/53
Abstract
This collection contains lecturer information, lectures, conferences, annual reports, programs, and FOCUS grants as well as photographs.
Dates:
1880-2020, undated
Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0280
Scope and Content
This collection (1968-1994, undated) contains reports detailing the progress of teachers who had participated in the CUTE program, lesson plans, and guides to aid in educating teachers on how to teach within inner-cities. In addition to documenting the CUTE program at Iowa State University and nationwide, the records illustrate the beginning of a multicultural education movement that is now required in the education of future teachers.
Dates:
1968-1994, undated
Corn Belt Power Cooperative records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0443
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...
Dates:
1948-2018
Damon Von Catron papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 9/11/55
Scope and Content
This collection (1915-2004) consists of information regarding Dr. Damon Catron’s work and research with livestock, specifically swine feed and nutrition. The papers contain biographical information, correspondence, course and lecture materials, as well as his publications. The collection also includes documents relating to his research with swine food additives and photographs and scrapbooks from his international consulting trips. In addition, this collection contains photographs (box 1,...
Dates:
1915-2004, undated
David William Staniforth papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 9/18/52
Scope and Content
The Staniforth Papers include biographical materials; correspondence - personal and professional; North Central Weed Control Society materials, records, minutes, committee reports; Weed Science Society correspondence and conference materials; Lecture and seminar papers; Research data, field books, reports, analysis and summaries; Abstracts; Reprints and manuscripts; Development Advisory Team training manual. Correspondence is largely professional and pertains to soybeans, corn, herbicides,...
Dates:
1947-2008, undated
Des Moines Home Economics Association records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0611
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...
Dates:
1961-1977
Don Kirkham papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RS 9/9/60
Scope and Content
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.
Dates:
1908-1998, undated
Don Lytton Berry papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0033
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...
Dates:
1933-1960, undated
Dwight Isely papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0119
Scope and Content
This collection (1901-1982, undated) contains biographical information, laboratory notebooks, correspondence, published and unpublished works, and interview tapes and transcripts. Records documenting Isely's personal life include Isely’s passport with several stamps from his trips to Panama and other countries in Latin and South America, correspondence to family members and friends, and biographical information which consists of news clippings, articles, dedications, nominations and...
Dates:
1901-1982, undated
Edward M. Mezvinsky papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0274
Abstract
Former Congressman Edward Mezvinsky was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1968, where he served from 1969-1971. Mezvinsky then served two terms (1973-1977) in the U.S. House of Representatives for Iowa’s first district. He was a member of the House Judiciary Committee which recommended the impeachment of President Nixon. President Carter appointed Mezvinsky as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1977, which he held until 1979. This collection...
Dates:
1937-2015, undated