The Oskaloosa Herald Building and Staff in Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1888
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This is a photograph taken of the Oskaloosa Herald building and staff of the publication in 1888. Situated on the corner of South Market Street and A Avenue in downtown Oskaloosa, the paper was first established in 1850 under the title known as the Iowa Herald. In November of that same year, newspaper founders Needham and McNeeley changed the title of the paper to the Oskaloosa Herald. The paper endorsed Whig political viewpoints when it was first founded and later changed to a pro Republican newspaper when that party was established in 1854. Note how the women in the photograph are standing at the top of the building, while the men are standing below, quite possibly indicating societal status within the workplace in the late 1800's.
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Oskaloosa Post Office Staff, June 2, 1935; Mahaska County; Iowa
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This is a photograph taken of the Oskaloosa mail carriers working for the United States Postal Service on June 2, 1935. Many of the men in the picture were long time carriers that had been with the office since the beginning of the century and used a horse instead of a car. Most, however, still delivered all of their mail by foot.
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Oskaloosa Post Office Staff Key, June 2, 1935; Mahaska County; Iowa
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This is a key to the photograph taken of the Oskaloosa mail carriers working for the United States Postal Service on June 2, 1935. Many of the men in the picture were long time carriers that had been with the office since the beginning of the century and used a horse instead of a car. Most, however, still delivered all of their mail by foot.
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Library technical services staff, 1980
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The library technical services staff pose in this formal portrait taken in 1980.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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Library staff, 1952
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The library staff from 1952 is posed in front of the east side of the library building. The identified staff members are: Row 1 (left to right): Dorothy Havlik, Ione Miller, Roselyn Baher, Dorothy Van Bogart, Arlyn Storvick. Row 2 (left to right) Dorothy Allen, Josephine Pulsifer, Francis Warner, Constance Hauser, Jane Dobbs, Helen Baum. Row 3 (left to right) Arlyn van Ploeg, Angeline Dye, Janice Burright, Anna Young, unknown, Patricia Broker. Row 4 (left to right) Muriel Boedecker?, Dorothea Hunt, Robert Gilpatrick, Mildred Brown, unknow, Sonje Ellingboe, Ruth Kristofferson. Row 5 (left to right): Arlene James, Madonna Mestdagh, Mary Alice Baseman, unknown, Mildred McHone, John McNee, May Williams, Leona Borchers. Row 6 (left to right) Grant Hanson, Evelyn Wimersberger, Grace Oberheim, Charles H. Brown, Robert W. Orr, Bob Havlik.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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Library staff, 1955
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The library staff from 1955 is posed in front of the east side of the library building. They are: front row (left to right): Dorothy Redfield, Dorothy Parek, Mary Lou Johnson, Nancy Currie, Louise Hobbs, Elaine Zimmerman, Evelyn Tirado, Miriam Oliver. Second row (left to right): Patricia Ponce, Josephine Pulsifer, Beverly Van Fossen, Martha Schrei, Mary Tremmel , Joan Scanlon. Third row (left to right): Grant Hanson, Evelyn Wimmersberger, Marjorie Smith, Irene Wirth, Lois cox, Beverly Samuelson, Jean Cross, Madona Mestdagh, Beverly Speicher, Mildred McHone. Fourth row (left to right): Mildrew Brown, Dorothea Hunt, Shirley Camp, Ruth Richardson, Helen Mickefoose, Myrtle Davis, Fancis Warner, John McNee, Elizabeth Windson. Fifth row (left to right): Beverly Zimmerman, Catherine Burkiholder, Grace Oberheim, Joan Davis, Sara Koepp, Charles H. Brown, Robert W. Orr.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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1955
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Library staff reading
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Five members of the library staff are readings books. Seated at the table (left to right) are Victoria Hardgrave, Charles H. Brown and Lucile Gib. Standing in the back row (left to right) are: Robert W. Orr and Keith Huntress.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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2012-08
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Library staff, 1925
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The library staff in this portrait taken in 1925. Charles H. Brown is the center man in the back row. On his right is Robert Orr, who succeeded Dr. Brown as director. Some of the other longtime staff members pictured are: Evelyn Wimersberger, left at the end of the third row; Frances Warner, center of the front row holdings purse; Mary Rhea Barron, right end of the second row; and grace Oberheim, second from the right in the third row.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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1925
2008-03
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Library staff, 1944
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The library staff is shown in this group portrait taken in September 1944. They are: Front row (left to right) Dorothy Delamore, Darlene Albinger, Virginia Gallagher, Margaret Mae Gross, Mary Ellen Gallagher, Evelyn Clouser, Dorothy L. Mott; Row 2 (left to right) Grace M. Oberheim, Gertrude Voelker, Kathryn Renfro, Jean Cook, Agnes Grimsrud, Patricia Carty; Row 3 (left to right) Alice Olson, Kathleen Jorgenson, Marjorie Flynn, Marian Mathews, Helen Hurlbutt, Helen Crawford; Row 4 (left to right) Elizabeth Oakberg, E. Frances Warner, Marian Landgraf, Evelyn Wimersberger, Blanche Johns; Row 5 (left to right) Edna M. Gomberg, Betty P. McAlpin, Evelyn Heuer, Helen Gerber, Ruth Sprecher, Ida Robertson, Victoria Hargrave; Row 6 (left to right) Charles H. Brown, Betty J. Anderson, unknown student worker, Fern Wood, Leona Ayres, Ina Kreaemer, Eva L. Robbins
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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Library staff, 1960
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Library staff are gathered in front of the east entrance to the library for a group photograph. Row 1 (left to right) Mrs. Severa Vandergaast, Mrs. Sidney Chang, Karen Huisman, Cheryll Rankin, Gayle Thorson, Sonia Leistad, Sharon Snelling, Mrs. Mary Lou Wiebe, Mildred Danielson, Mrs. Helen Lentner. Row 2 - Miss Grace Oberheim, Miss Frances Warner, Miss Margaret Orr, Mrs. Judy Madsen, Miss Janette Buck, Mrs. Caroline Gill, Mrs. Sue Hanson, Mrs. Eugenia Harris, Mrs. Mildred McCone, Sharon Stolte. Row 3 - Mrs. Donna Hellinga, Mrs. Phyllis Murrell, Mrs. Roxanne Murray, Mrs. Tonie Whitman, Mrs. Sandra Gay, Mrs. Karee Henshaw. Row 4 - Mrs. Jeanette Gilchrist, Mrs. Karen Heald, Mrs. Wanda Borchers, John Galejs, John McNee, Miss Elizabeth Windsor, Mrs. Dorothy Kehlenbeck, Mrs. Helen Zickefoose, Grant Hanson. Row 5 - Robert W. Orr, Miss Evelyn Wimersberger, Mrs. Matyne Easton, Mrs. Eva Robbins, Miss E. Marjorie Smith
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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1960-09-09
2008-04
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