CARDinal: Cyclone Archival Research Database

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...

Scope and Content The Parry collection (1841-1943) includes correspondence, notebooks, clippings, and papers. Many of the manuscripts and notebooks contain field notes from botanical expeditions, including notes on San Domingo, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and the Wasatch Mountains in the Utah Territory. There are two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings one dealing with the Mexican boundary surveys and the Santo Domingo Commission, the other containing clippings from the Chicago Evening Journal in 1863...

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This collection contains correspondence from Dana Bennett during the years 1966-1971 when he was actively soliciting for the National Safety Council. Among the correspondents are Harold Heldreth, Howard Pyle, and Charles F. Masterson.

Scope and Content This collection (1851-1900, undated) contains Charles Downing's notes on numerous varieties of pears, plums and cherries. These include sketches of the fruit; notations on color, fruit shape, and habit; and sometimes notations on the yield of the variety in a particular year. There are also occasional news clippings and portions of letters from others scattered throughout the books; these, too, describe the characteristics of fruits. Correspondents are J. Battey, G. B. Brackett, John Milton...

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The collection (1870-1985) consists of biographical information, an inventory to the collection of Bessey’s papers at the University of Nebraska, correspondence, and information on the Charles E. Bessey Lecture. The papers also contain addresses, reports, and writings by Bessey, including "The Demands Made by Agriculture upon the Science of Botany" (1885), "Iowa Orthoptera" (1876), and "On the Distribution of the Seventeen Year Cicada" (1878).

Abstract Charles E. Whiting was a well-respected farmer and politician from Monona County, Iowa. He was the Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa in 1885 and was elected state senator in 1883. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees at Iowa State College during its early years. This collection includes correspondence about his campaign for governor and his expansive farm, speeches he wrote for his campaigns, deeds, and legal documents regarding the various land acquisitions that he made....

Abstract Charles Friley was President (1936-1953) of Iowa State College (University). In 1953, he was named President Emeritus after retirement. This collection (1925-1969, undated) includes biographical information, Friley family history, and materials relating to the operation of Iowa State College (University). The university records include addresses and speeches, committee meeting and minutes, divisional information, correspondence, budgets, enrollment reports, celebration materials for Friley's...

Abstract Charles F. Curtiss (1863-1947) served as the first Dean (1902-1932) of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. A graduate of Iowa State, Curtiss was a respected livestock breeder and agriculturist. During his tenure at Iowa State, Curtiss was instrumental in developing the four-year curriculum in agriculture. He helped develop the Departments of Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Journalism and played an integral role in the start of the extension...

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This collection (1929-1992, undated) includes biographical information, family correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and reports. The family correspondence consists of letters between Charles and the Keithahn family while Charles was away from home. There are also letters between Charles' parents and officials and professors from the schools Charles attended. This collection also contains biographical information about Charles Keithahn and several reports.

Scope and Content The collection (1917-1977, undated) contains material related to Lt. Tous's life including military documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, and homestead documentation. Tous's military service is documented through military correspondence, photographs taken at Iowa State College (University), and a soldier's diary documenting his military assignments. The homestead documentation contains Tous's original homestead and mortgage papers. The photographs include pictures of Tous, the...

Scope and Content This collection (1907-1986, n. d.) contains biographical information, correspondence, publications, reports, and exchanges. The correspondence, with other Iowa State faculty members, relates to collecting and maintaining books for the library and with colleagues associated with him while active in library committees and the American Library Association (ALA). Dr. Brown wrote numerous papers throughout his career focusing on research libraries, libraries during the depression, rural...

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The collection contains correspondence, biographical information and memorials, publications, and addresses. The papers also include information regarding the Charles Henry Stange Award and photographs of Dr. Stange on vacation and of his friends and family.

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This collection (1830-1925, undated) contains legal documents, real estate tax bills, household expenses, promissory notes and a ledger dealing with a farm sale.

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This collection (1965-1974, undated) contains files relating to Charles Laverty's work on environmental issues and land use during his service in the Iowa state legislature. The materials include correspondence, minutes, reports, and background information.

Scope and Content This collection (1948-1988, undated) contains slides relating to soil conservation practices, an audiotape "50 Years Ago in Soil and Water Conservation" which accompanies some of the slides, and an audiotape of Hood's reminiscences about the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at which he worked. Also included is a Soil Conservation Service handbook on erosion control. Additional Charles M. Hood papers are held by the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming,...

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This collection (1867-1868) consists of a daily diary kept from January 1, 1867, to February 4, 1868, by farmer and sheep raiser Charles Mabie of Fredericksburg, Chickasaw County, Iowa. Throughout his diary Mabie named the friends he and his wife visited and who visited them, the people he did business with, and the fellow farmers he helped with specified work. He also noted his church and lecture attendance, the purchase of a town lot, and the sale of his farm.

Abstract Charles Mitchener Dodd, professor and ceramic engineer, attended Hiram College (1914-1916) and received his B.S. (1926) and Ceramic Engineering Degree (1933) from Ohio State University. He served as a Professor of ceramic engineering at the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy before accepting the position of Professor and Head of ceramic engineering at Iowa State College (University). Dodd's area of expertise was in structural clay products, refractories, and ceramic...

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This collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, publications, and class notebooks compiled during Dr. Murray’s undergraduate study at Iowa State College (University).

Abstract Charles N. Dietz enrolled in the Iowa Agricultural College and was a member of Iowa State's first graduating class in 1872. This collection contains a file of biographical materials and Dietz's class notebooks from the early 1870s. The biographical materials include photographs and an article detailing Dietz’s death. The class notebooks cover lectures in Intel Philosophy, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, and Landscape Gardening, which was lectured by...

Scope and Content The collection (1989-2010) contains biographical information, documentation about cheese production, the Native American Herbal Ointments (NAHO) and Zero Rust companies, personal and professional correspondence, and a publication: The History of the Bladinsville, Illinois Grigsbys. The collection also contains a set of personal journals that Grigsby started in 1997. In the first journal, Grigsby writes about his past career and in subsequent journals he focuses...

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This collection consists of materials related to Charles Gratto and his work in agricultural economics.

Abstract Charles R. Mischke was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1964-1992) at Iowa State University. He received his B.S. (1947) and M.M.E. (1950) in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and his Ph.D. (1953) in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He also served as an Assistant and Associate Professor (1953-1957) at the University of Kansas and as Professor and Chair (1957-1964) of mechanical engineering at the Pratt Institute in New York. Mischke gained expertise...

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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.

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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.

Abstract Charles T. Manatt was a lawyer, politician, and businessman. Born in Chicago and raised in Audubon, Iowa, he received his B.S. (1958) from Iowa State College (University) and his J.D. (1962) from the George Washington University School of Law. He was a cofounder of the Los Angeles law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and also founded First Los Angeles Bank. Manatt served as the state Democratic chairman in California, Democratic National Committee chairman (1981-1985), and co-chairman of...

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The collection contains class materials Charles Wright used in teaching computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science courses. The papers also include research files and notes relating to Wright’s work in computer architecture. In addition, the documents contain biographical information.

Scope and Content This collection (1900-2006, undated) contains articles written by Dr. Hall and others, all related to horticultural subjects. In addition, there is biographical information and newspaper clippings, a history of Iowa State University and the Iowa State University Department of Horticulture, information regarding famous Iowa horticulturalists, slides of watermelon varieties, melon breeding, and the Iowa State Campus, a scrapbook on cucurbits, and information from the EPA (Environmental...

Abstract Charles W. Meyer (1957-2009) was a Professor of Economics at Iowa State University (1968-1998). During his time at Iowa State, Meyer chaired numerous committees and received the Iowa Regents Faculty Award (1994). Meyer’s main research areas were the economics of taxation, Social Security programs, and disability insurance. This collection contains biographical information, correspondence, exams from the courses he taught, and copies of several published works, including book reviews and...

Scope and Content The collection (1889-1987, undated) contains entomological papers, articles, textbooks and other publications; professional organization's newsletters, presidential addresses, meeting/conference materials, and presentations including text, slides and audiotapes; teaching workshop materials including notes, photographs, brochures, and printed materials; histories of entomology departments; correspondence; exhibit catalogs of entomology exhibits at various World's Fairs; United States...

Scope and Content The Charles Walters Papers (1937-2003, undated) contain correspondence and printed matter related to Walters’ research, as well as copies of some of Walters’ publications. Material related to the NFO includes correspondence, legal documents, printed matter, and includes both paper records and microfilm. Over half of the collection is devoted to photographs documenting the activities of the NFO throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The photographs include images of...