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This collection (1923-1933) contains college memorabilia, College of Home Economics programs and publications, a cookbook, correspondence, and scripts for "Homemakers' Half Hour," a radio program that aired on WOI Radio. The college memorabilia includes a photograph, programs, clippings, and student handbooks.

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This collection (1845-2012) consists of Pellegreno's research material: correspondence, clippings, manuscript drafts, and biographical files relating to the history of aviation. Among the paper records, photographs, audiotapes, and ephemera is information about Lincoln Beachy, Clarence Chamberlin, Ellen Church, the Donaldson Brothers, Carl H. Duede, Ila Fox, Neil J. McCoubrey, Clarence Norton, Eddie Rickenbacker, the Wright Brothers, and several Iowa air shows.

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This collection contains photographs and postcards of Iowa State College campus buildings and student life compiled by Arthur H. Pickford during his life. The collection also contains one audio cassette tape from his funeral in 2003.

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...

Scope and Content This collection (1983, undated) includes correspondence and writings of Conrad Samson. The correspondence mainly concerns Samson’s Land Use Tax proposal. Correspondents include fellow farmers, the South Dakota Rural Project, and journalists who requested copies of his proposal for their use in writing articles. Included also are letters from the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Governor, and Iowa’s senator, Chuck Grassley. About half of...

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This collection (1931-1973, undated) consists of pamphlets donated by the Iowa Institute of Cooperation. The collection contains printed pamphlets on cooperation and on cooperative societies throughout the world. Pamphlets on "cooperation" deal with the theory and history of cooperation and the cooperative movement. Pamphlets on "cooperative societies" deal with the nature and organization of cooperative organizations and their laws.

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...

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This collection (1987-2007) includes requests for donations, a program for the Farm Aid VII concert held in New Orleans, Louisiana, news clippings, ephemera objects received for donations, and copies of Farm Aid's newsletter, Farm Aid Update. The collection also contains a media packet and news clippings from Farm Aid VI which took place in Ames, Iowa.

Scope and Content The collection contains guides and publications produced by commercial food companies for consumers. Many of the publications were packaged as part of the product at the time of purchase. The materials are colorful, may be distinctively shaped, and are artistic in composition. The collection is arranged alphabetically by company, and by date within each company grouping. The original collection was received from Robert F. Smith of What Cheer, Iowa. Mr Smith is a retired U.S. Army...

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This collection (1931-1968, undated) has been compiled from a number of sources and ranges from instructional booklets which accompany appliances to research bulletins published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. All of the pamphlets relate in some way to food.

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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.

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This collection (1917-1979, undated) contains songbooks, song sheets, as well as camping pamphlets. The songbooks include the 4-H camp songbooks, booklets, and national and state specific songbooks. Also in the collection are community songbooks, convention songbooks, song sheets for various events, and Iowa State College songbooks from 1956.

Scope and Content This collection consists of materials related to Hamilton Craven's research related to the history of science, specifically the history of child development and welfare. Included are reports of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial fund, as well as a significant number of reports and other documents on child welfare from the early twentieth century that were used as primary sources in his research. Types of materials include correspondence, annual reports, articles, clippings, notes, and...

Scope and Content This collection (1951-1980, undated) contains the writings of Harry and Harriet Andrews which include news clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, brochures, reports, and pamphlets. Harriet Andrews' obituary is located in box 1, folder 1. The majority of the writings were authored or co-authored by Harry Andrews who worked extensively with dairy protein while Harriet Andrews’ writings focus on dry milk and other dairy products. Many of the manuscripts included are...

Scope and Content This collection (1889-1988) contains steam traction engine catalogs, publications, booklets, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings, magazines, postcards, and photographs. The majority of the collection consists of machinery catalogs created by manufacturers such as A. D. Baker, J. I. Case, Reeves, Rumely and Gaar-Scott. The collection also contains a number of newsletters and booklets produced by clubs and associations such as the Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers, the National Threshers...

Scope and Content This collection (1998-2002) contains correspondence, meeting materials, news clippings, photographs, and pamphlets documenting University activities and building dedications coordinated by the All-University Celebrations Committee. Materials include information on campus activities such as university tailgates at the Iowa State Women’s Basketball and Football games, the dedication of several new campus buildings, and the world-record-breaking Rice Krispies treat made for VEISHEA 2001. Other...

Scope and Content The collection (1842-2000, undated) documents Chrystal's personal and professional life and includes biographical information, personal and professional correspondence, talks, photographs, artifacts, and writings by others about Chrystal. Biographical files include information on the Chrystal and Garst families including a booklet titled "Recollections of a Half Century: the Garst Store" (1919), a Chrystal family genealogy, and documents pertaining to Chrystal's...

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The collection (1838-1999) contains catalogs, price lists, and other ephemera relating to agricultural implements and machinery. The collection is primarily composed of catalogs and advertisement cards; there are no owners or instruction manuals. The bulk of the collection is from the last half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century and contains published materials from dozens of implement manufacturing companies.

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The collection (1914-1945) contains pamphlets, news clippings and articles relating to home economics and recipes collected by Leona Hougen. Subjects in the collection include food and nutrition, clothing, and child development.

Abstract The Iowa State University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Ally Alliance at Iowa State University (LGBTA Alliance) is the primary advocacy, discussion, and support group for LGBT-identified students and allies on the ISU campus. The group serves LGBT students and allies by providing a safe space for self-expression, organizing events tailored to LGBT interests, advocating for legal recognitions and nondiscrimination, and providing information for those interested in learning about...

Abstract Lillian E. Seydel Rich Sorden (1898-1987) earned her B.S. (1926) in Home Economics from Iowa State College (University). After graduating from Iowa State she taught home economics in Keota and Sioux City, Iowa. This collection contains a scrapbook that documents Sorden’s college life and her life after graduation. The college memorabilia in the scrapbook includes programs, letters, clippings, photographs, and materials related to Kappa Phi sorority. Photographs include images of campus...

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The collection (circa 1470-circa 1901, undated) consists of individual manuscript leaves and ephemeral items. Included is an assortment of 15th through 17th century manuscript leaves. Ephemera includes items which were found inserted in books in the library's rare book collection.

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This collection (1954-1988, undated) contains correspondence, research notes, manuscripts of publications and DeGroot's Ph.D. thesis.

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...

Scope and Content This collection (1898-1903, undated) consists of printed materials, artifacts, glass plate negatives, and lantern slides documenting Lawson’s college years and college life in general during the early 1900s. The printed materials include photocopies from the Iowa State Bomb yearbook and the Iowa State student directory documenting Lawson’s time at Iowa State. Also included is a booklet from the Athenian Literary Society of Highland Park Normal College formerly in Des Moines, Iowa....

Scope and Content This collection contains a cartoon from Puck magazine and a collection of Ding Darling cartoons which were printed in the Des Moines Register. Puck was founded in 1876 by Joseph Keppler (1838-1894) in 1876. The drawing on the front page of Puck and the double-spread in the middle were political while the one on the back cover usually dealt...

Scope and Content This collection (1938-1945) is comprised of one scrapbook of ephemera accumulated by Randall Matson while attending college at Iowa State. The materials include programs for Freshman Days (1938), Dairy Husbandry Club banquets (1939-1941), musical performances, Block and Bridle banquet (1940), Religious Emphasis Week (1941), Annual Agricultural Banquet (1941), VEISHEA performances, and graduation exercises (1945). News clippings regarding Dairy Husbandry Club banquets, Little International...

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The collection (1890-1985) consists of audio visual materials, Board of Directors files, committee materials, correspondence, financial records, insurance records, news clippings, personnel records, photographs, public relations materials, reports, sales force information, and time motion studies.

Scope and Content The collection (1901-1999, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, reports, addresses, published and unpublished writings including his thesis (1908), and 5th (1951) and 6th (1959) editions of Bacteriology, reprints, illustrations for manuscripts, card index of published work, awards and honorary certificates. Also includes material on campus affairs, and his visiting professorship at Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat. Events include the oleomargarine controversy at Iowa...

Abstract Shirley E. Held was a professor of art and design at Iowa State University who specialized in textiles and weaving. This collection contains information on weaving, images of textiles and other works of art, published articles and writings, speeches, teaching materials, correspondence, and exhibition materials that belonged to Shirley Held. Also in the collection are files related to her book, Weaving: A Handbook for Fiber Craftsmen, and copies of her self-published children’s books. Much of...