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Carriages in front of St. Nicholas Hotel, Mason City, Ill., 1900s

Civil War Letter of William Vanzant to Henry C. Vanzant, 1862

Letter written to brother and sister describes the Battle of Pea Ridge, fought in Benton County, Arkansas, March 6-8, 1862. He describes the set up of his battery and lists men lost and injured in battle.

Civil War Letter of William Vanzant to Henry C. Vanzant, 1862

Letter written to brother and sister describes the Battle of Pea Ridge, fought in Benton County, Arkansas, March 6-8, 1862. He describes the set up of his battery and lists men lost and injured in battle.

Class of 1890

Picture taken May 191888 of the Penn College class of 1890 including Lawrence Byers, Chalmers Chawner, Oliver Dixon, Mae Evans, Frank Green, H. Etta McCarroll, Martha Marshall, Charles Michener, Alvah Negus, Lucie Shumate and Cyrus White.

1975 Letter from the State Conservationist, William Brune, to the Kossuth County SWCD.

Letter from William Brune, State Conservationist, to Mr. Claude Seely, Chairman of the Kossuth Co. SWCD, congratulating them on the great work they are doing in there district, especially in hiring the first woman Soil and Water Conservation District…

Tags: Claude Seely, Farmland, First Woman Soil and Water Conservation Distrist Commissioner in Iowa, Karen Bierstedt, Kossuth County, Soil and Water Conservation, William Brune

1981 Letter from the State Conservationist, William Brune, to the Kossuth County SWCD.

Letter from William Brune, State Conservationist, to Mr. Wendell Christensen, Chairman of the Kossuth Co. SWCD, congratulating them on the great work they are doing in there district, especially in the work of Conservation Tillage in Kossuth County. …

Tags: Conservation Tillage, Kossuth County, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wendell Christensen, William Brune

Honorary Degree Nomination

The three-page nomination submitted by John Willey, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Drake University, to recognize centenarian and Drake graduate, Emma Verona Calhoun Johnston.