CARDinal: Cyclone Archival Research Database

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This collection (1969-1977) contains biographical information, news clippings, and research publications of Sendlein while he was on staff at Iowa State University. Included in the reports is an assessment of the Nishnabotna Drainage Basin in southwestern Iowa and a final report on regulations for the placement of sanitary landfills in Iowa, a project supported by the Iowa State Water Resources Research Institute.

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This collection (1943-1988, undated) contains biographical information, photographs, recipe booklets and files collected by Carlin, news clippings, correspondence, departmental correspondence and memoranda, reports, Carlin’s MS thesis, published papers, classroom materials, and award materials.

Scope and Content The collection (1972-2005) contains biographical information and materials related to the Modest Home Makeover Program (MHM) including evaluations, annual reports, teaching guides, county and family information, plans, slides, photographs, newspaper clippings, and resources. Families interested in the MHM entered into an agreement with the ISU Extension Service to consult and offer in-home assistance for planning updates to rooms in the family's homes. A county...

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This collection contains publications that Meryl L. Todd wrote under the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Scope and Content The collection (1968-1979) contains awards, by-laws, membership lists, meeting minutes, financial statements, bulletins, newsletters, officer information, chapter histories, reports and correspondence. Most of the collection contains records from the Iowa Chapter, but records from the national organization are also included. Correspondence is both between members of the association and with groups outside of NAMA. The collection also contains records concerning Iowa Agriculture Day including...

Abstract The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is a non-profit organization established in 1957 as the Chicago Area Agricultural Advertising Association (CAAAA). In 1965, the name was changed to National Agricultural Advertising and Marketing Association (NAAMA) and a national charter was established in 1966. NAAMA was shortened to NAMA in 1973. NAMA's functions include holding conferences, seminars, and workshops for its members. This collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes,...

Scope and Content This collection (1924-2002) contains meeting minutes, Board of Directors minutes, speeches, convention and conference packets and materials, correspondence, reports, publications, newsletters, bills and legislation related to conservation, speeches, hearing statements, legislation files, photographs, videos and audio cassettes. Files concerning meetings, conferences, conventions and committees are grouped together and include board of director meetings, national and regional...

Scope and Content The collection (1969-1999, undated) contains correspondence, reports, minutes, legislative testimony, vocational education statistics, notes and meeting materials. Much of the collection documents the coalition's efforts to ensure adequate funding and support for family and consumer science education at the federal level. There are also a number of records relating the Coalition's work advocating satisfactory funding and language within the Vocational Education Act, renamed The Carl D....

Abstract Norman L. Jacobson was a professor in the Animal and Dairy Science Department and Administrator for Research and Graduate College. He primarily worked on nutritional physiology and is best known for his work related to cattle and dairy cattle. This collection contains materials including vitae, papers, correspondence, manuscripts, grant proposals, awards, speeches and research. Most of the material is correspondence with colleagues and various papers related to his research in nutritional...

Scope and Content The collection (1916-2002, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, research papers, and patents relating to the work of Orland Russell Sweeney. The collection includes personal and administrative correspondence, but the majority of the letters are in regards to his research projects and patents. The collection also contains an assortment of technical papers authored by Sweeney including a copy of his dissertation. The material relating to Sweeney's patents include...

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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The collections include materials related to the establishment of the chapter, chapter business materials such as minutes, reports, and by-laws, membership lists, and the chapter charter.

Scope and Content The collection (1938-1968, undated) contains material related to Phillips Talbot's work with the Institute of Current World Affairs as well as information on the American Universities Field Staff. The collection also contains news clippings, including biographical information about Talbot, and photographs from Talbot's time in India (1940). Materials related to the ICWA include copies and extracts from letters written by Talbot to ICWA Director Walter S. Rogers...

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This collection (1973-1998, undated) contains annual reports, constitutions, correspondence, and meeting minutes. The collection also contains programs for a number of the mini-symposia sponsored by the Council as well as correspondence, programs, and some presentation information related to the H. Hugh Dukes Club.

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Raymond R. Beneke was a Professor of Economics at Iowa State University from 1951 until 1992. His research and writings focused on agricultural economics and farm management. This collection contains biographical information, photographs, correspondence, articles, reports, and papers written by Beneke. Much of the materials are related to his research in the areas of farm management and agricultural economics.

Abstract Richard Francis Ross was born April 30, 1935 in Washington, Iowa. He received his D.V.M. (1959), M.S. (1960) in veterinary bacteriology, and Ph.D. (1965) in veterinary bacteriology from Iowa State University. Ross was a longtime professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University where he also served as Dean (1993-2000). Ross devoted much of his research to studying diseases in swine including Pasteurella and mycoplasmal pneumonia. This collection contains biographical...

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This collection contains scrapbooks made by Robert N. Hoskin of his work as an industrial forester, as well as annual reports, photographs, bulletins, and newsclippings.

Abstract Robert W. Jolly (b. 1944) was a Professor of Economics (1985-2010) at Iowa State University. Jolly served in a number of administrative capacities including Dean and Director of the Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Interim Director for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and the Director of the Iowa State University Agricultural Credit School. Jolly also helped coordinate agricultural projects in Russia, Ukraine, and Slovakia. This collection contains...

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This collection contains papers related to Roger Blobaum's work on rural American conditions, housing, access to healthcare and transportation, as well as agriculture. Contents include reports, memos, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publications.

Scope and Content The collection (1943-1990, undated) documents the concerns and activities of the Rural Coalition through its organizational records and subject files which include correspondence, task force records and reports, committee materials (agendas, plans, reports), studies, annual meeting materials and minutes, board meeting materials and minutes, testimonies and statements before congressional committees, grant applications, newsletters and publications. The organizational...

Abstract Ruth P. Hughes was a professor in the Home Economics Department and Administrator for the Graduate College. She was best known for her work in Home Economics Education research. This collection contains materials including biographical information, publications, research files, reports, committee work, conferences materials, and correspondence. These files document Hughes’ work in evaluating vocational home economics programs at high schools, colleges, and universities across the country,...

Abstract Iowa State University, founded on March 22, 1858, marked the sesquicentennial anniversary (150th year) of its founding with a year-long, university-wide celebration. Starting with kick-off events held during VEISHEA 2007, the celebration continued throughout the following twelve months, culminating with concluding ceremonies held during VEISHEA 2008. The collection (2004-2009, undated) includes committee minutes, correspondence, artifacts, printed materials, news clippings, posters, and...

Scope and Content This collection (1907-2009) contains material on the planning of celebrations, annual meetings, symposia, workshops and other events organized by the SON; material from the Executive Board of the Society of Nematologists; biographical materials on some prominent Nematologists and other SON members; committee records; materials from congresses SON participated in; SON’s constitution and by-laws; correspondence; financial records; half-tone plates, slides, photographs, and negatives; records...

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This collection (1939-1980, undated) contains conferences proceedings, business transactions, scrapbooks, membership information, President's reports, project records, and bylaws.

Abstract Stanley R. Johnson (1938- ) (economist) received a B.A. (1961) in Agricultural Economics from Western Illinois University, a M.S. (1962) in Agricultural Economics from Texas Technological College, and a Ph.D. (1966) from Texas A&M University. At Iowa State, he was a Professor of Economics (1985-1996), Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) (1985-1996), and Vice Provost for University Extension (1996-2005). The collection contains correspondence, project...

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Thomas S. Ingebritsen was an Associate Professor in the Iowa State University Department of Zoology and Genetics. He developed Iowa State's first online class, Project BIO, which was used by college and high school teachers in their own classrooms to share multimedia lectures on advances in biology education and research. This collection contains papers documenting Ingebritsen's teaching career at Iowa State University including records relating to the development of Project Bio.

Scope and Content The collection (1920-2008, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, printed materials, and photographs. The collection includes subject files relating to education in Iowa including school consolidation and post high school education. There are also materials related to Lagomarcino’s work with the Iowa Department of Public Instruction including reports (1955) documenting education in every county in Iowa. The collection contains documentation...

Scope and Content The collection (1936-1984, undated) includes conservation plans, correspondence, project reports, policies and procedures, budget and financial information, damage reports, design criteria, work and design plans, criteria for watershed treatment, treatment plans, legal documents, meeting minutes, photographs, reports and various data and statistics gathered on the watershed and its subwatersheds. The collection does not contain the personal papers of Tonsfeldt, but consists of materials...

Scope and Content The collection (1947-1986, undated) contains biographical information and materials written by Professor Walter A. Lunden. The printed materials include articles and reports authored by Lunden, many of which are concerned with the criminal justice system in Iowa. Several reports prepared for government agencies are also included in the collection including a report of the Governor's Committee on Penal Affairs and a report Lunden prepared for the Des Moines, Iowa, Police Department. Many of...

Abstract Warren R. Madden was the Vice President for Business and Finance (1984-2016) at Iowa State University. His office oversaw a wide range of services and operation at Iowa State including campus facilities, business operations, finance, public safety, environmental health and safety, Reiman Gardens, public radio, University Museums and the Iowa State Center. This collection contains administrative records and reports from Madden's tenure as Vice President for Business and Finance and includes...