Scope and Content The Ada Hayden Papers (1864-2007) include biographical information, diplomas and certificates, illustrations, list of publications, and a small amount of general correspondence and correspondence concerning the Hayden family as well as a bibliography of early botanists. The collection also contains photographs of the Hayden Prairie, animals, plants, Ledges State Park, the Mississippi River, Hayden's family, self-portraits, prairies, and the Skunk River. In addition, the papers include...

Scope and Content The Adams Family Papers (1618-2008, undated) contains correspondence, writings, diaries, newspaper clippings, the family bible and biographical materials. The biographical materials include newspaper clippings, journals, and diaries of the family members. The first section features the correspondence of Reverend Samuel Newbury, Mary Sergeant Newbury, Thomas J. Newbury, Mary Newbury Adams, and Austin Adams. The letters of Mary Newbury Adams feature her experiences at...

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This sub-group (1968-2009, undated) contains a variety of administrative and planning documents pertaining to Reiman Gardens and to previous Iowa State University horticulture gardens as well. Included in the collection are planting plans, plant lists, construction documents, design proposals, correspondence, newspaper clippings, traveling exhibits, oversized blueprints, and framed, oversized landscape drawings.

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This collection (1907-2006, undated) contains administrative records such as departmental meeting minutes, policy handbooks, memos, newsletters, correspondence, study abroad information, and a self-study report. Additionally, a significant number of teaching materials for Spanish and Portuguese language courses are included. Many of these files belonged to Joanna Courteau, former Professor of Spanish and Portuguese.

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This sub-group (1962-1990) consists of contracts, forms, correspondence, proposals and reports relating to Agricultural Experiment Station projects conducted by members of the Iowa State University, Department of Sociology. The projects mainly study issues regarding or related to farmers and rural families.

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’...

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This collection (1955-2001) contains Albert Eugene Freeman’s correspondence, details of the dairy husbandry work completed and taught by Freeman, as well as information about the Iowa State University Dairy Farm outside of Ankeny, Iowa.

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...

Scope and Content The Alexander Lippisch Papers (1897-1993, undated) contain biographical material, correspondence, scientific research files, materials relating to patents, publications, photographs, and films. In addition to a rich array of material relating to Lippisch's work in aeronautical engineering, the collection also includes biographical material about Lippisch and publications and photographs related to general aviation history. Scientific research files document Lippisch's...

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Alexander Humphreys Woollcott became famous in American literary and drama circles as an author, critic, and actor. Woollcott worked for several influential New York magazines and newspapers as well as radio. Woollcott wrote several novels and portrayed himself in Kaufman and Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1940), a play based on Woollcott himself. The collection contains a single letter to a "little struggler" regarding work doing book reviews.

Abstract Alfred P. Kehlenbeck (1906-1969) was a professor (1935-1945; 1950-1969) of German in the Department of Foreign Languages at Iowa State University. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Kehlenbeck authored several books on the German language and German-American dialects, including Essentials of Reading German. This collection includes biographical information, correspondence, and publications. Three of his published works on the German-American dialect are...

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,...

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The collection (1914-1991) contains correspondence, chapter constitution, membership listings, newsletters, programs, and news clippings.

Scope and Content This collection (1919-1992, undated) includes articles about the school, correspondence, a report, a library listing of the school’s books, photographs, interview transcripts, photographic prints of the school’s students and teachers, faculty rosters, the nomination application for the National Register of Historic Places and informational programs. Some of the records in this collection were found in the school's main building after the school's closure in 1941, but the collection also...

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This collection (1968-1996, undated) contains records of the American Society of Agronomy including correspondence and reports from committees, editorial boards, and organizational liaisons. The collection also includes executive committee minutes and presidential speeches and talks. The files primarily document the ASA during the presidencies of Charles A. Black (President, 1971) and John Pesek (President, 1979). Both men were Professors of Agronomy at Iowa State University.

Scope and Content The American Statistical Association records do not uniformly document the organization's history. Though there are some nineteenth-century records, there are also many gaps in the early documentation. The collection is most complete for recent decades, particularly the 1980s. It includes correspondence, committee files, financial records, publications, indexes to journals, conference proceedings, news clippings, and research proposals. It also includes a copy of the American Statistical...

Scope and Content This collection (1974-1976) contains activities and events planning materials, correspondence, financial information, a scrapbook, material related to the time capsule, the Quilt Story, Town Hall Talks Series, and minutes of commission meetings. The scrapbook mostly contains public relations material including memorandums, news clippings programs, resolutions, and event schedules and the "Quilt Story" which describes the making of the Ames Bicentennial Quilt. An extensive part of the...

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...

Scope and Content The collection (1980-1982, undated) includes correspondence with the Iowa State University administration, letters to the editor, letters to the military, proposals for how to deal with contracts at the university, speeches delivered by members of the defense department, press releases of the nerve gas task force including a history of the organization, flyers, and pamphlets. The letters to the military include a letter to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command in Maryland....

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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.

Scope and Content This collection (1864-1983, undated) contains the papers and publications, research, engineering projects, and correspondence of Anson Marston. The papers also contain biographical information, including a biography of Marston written by Herbert Gilkey, memorials, documents concerning his military career, and a history of the Phelps-Newcomb family. In addition, the collection includes information regarding Marston's projects and research involving sewage and drainage systems, culvert...

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This collection (1871-1947, undated) contains the biographical information, correspondence, and professional law papers of Anthony Melville Miller.

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....

Scope and Content This collection contains biographical and personal correspondence, correspondence of various business ventures and corporations, and records from KMBC radio, KMBC/KFRM radio, KFRM radio, and KMBC TV. The radio and television station records include documents relating to the stations’ equipment, correspondence, publicity materials, and photographs and scripts from various programs such as KMBC radio programs “Big Brother Club;” “Bonnie King”, aka, “Midland Minstrels and Bonnie King”” and...

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...

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This collection consists of biographical information, committee files, correspondence, meeting minutes, files relating to student groups and surveys. Of particular interest are files that concentrate on foreign students and students involved in the military.

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This collection (1972-1990s) documents the activities of the AWG Denver chapter. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, conference programs, agendas, newsletters, brochures, guidelines, receipts, budgets, and photographs.

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...

Abstract The Atanasoff Berry Computer (ABC) replica project was conceived by scientists and engineers of U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory. The goal of the project was to build a full-scale, working replica that would resemble the original ABC in appearance and function. Funding was approved in 1995 and the project was completed in 1997. This collection includes photographs, correspondence, budget information, and news clippings that document the construction of the machine, promotional...

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The collection (1918-1919) contains over 200 letters written by Pvt. Aulger L. Paulson to his family in Postville, Iowa. Paulson describes his daily activities and the various structures and buildings at Camp Dodge.