This is the very first program booklet for the Fairfield Chautauqua series that ran from 1904 to 1931. Fairfield Chautauqua was famous throughout the Midwest for the famous speakers that came for the 10 day event and lots of other entertainment also.…
This was the first public library in Fairfield. It was the first Carnegie Library built west of the Mississippi River . It was at the corner of Court and Washington. The newer Fairfield Public Library replaced this building in 1996 and is located at…
This film shows the news footage of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Iowa in 1959. Film three focuses on Krushchev visiting the Iowa State Univeristy campus, in particular the College of Home Economics. Film four focuses on Krushchev…
An unfinished letter or address on the education of women in England and German originally found inserted in Mary Welch's lectures on domestic economy. Author unknown.
Contains information on the Welch and Shaw families including Anna Shaw (daugher of Mary Welch), Anna Shaw's husband A. B. Shaw, and Lily Beaumont Graham (Mary Welch's sister).
