Nathan Edward Kendall, 23rd governor of iowa, was born on March 17, 1868 to Elijah J. and Lucinda (Stevens) Kendall in Greenville, Iowa. He was the youngest of six children. He went to a local country school and then moved to Albia, Monroe County,…
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Pre-Seminary
State College. At St. Ambrose College
1957-. Chairman of Student Personnel
Committee. Member of American Chemical Society, Iowa Academy of Science,
Mid-Western Association of Chemistry
Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges,…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Hawkins Taylor, a prominent Republican from Keokuk, Iowa who had represented Lee County in the state's first territorial legislature. Lincoln comments on the demands for public appearances during the presidential…
William Larrabee, Iowa's thirteenth governor, was born in Ledyard, Connecticut on January 20, 1832. He was the seventh of nine children of Adam and Hannah Gallup (Lester) Larrabee. He was born in Ledyard, Connecticut, where he received his primary…
Ada E. Miles was born in New York in 1841, the daughter of Rev. Milo N. and Mary Miles. In 1865 she married Major George J. North, Governor Stone’s Military Secretary. In 1870 George died, leaving his widow with two small children, Howard and…
July 27, 1914
Dr. L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College,
Ames, Iowa.
My dear Prof. Pammel:
I wish to thank you for your favor of recent date, and will try to see if I can find someone who can furnish the specimens of cotton and okra you wish. It is going…
July 27, 1914
Dr. L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College,
Ames, Iowa.
My dear Prof. Pammel:
I wish to thank you for your favor of recent date, and will try to see if I can find someone who can furnish the specimens of cotton and okra you wish. It is going…
Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two…
Iowa State Traveling Library (ISTL) Panel, District 6, Tipton, IA.
Members:
Mrs. C.R. Smith, Roche Memorial Library Board, Wyoming
Oswald H. Jeorg, Librarian, Davenport Public Library
Ann Walters, Benton County Ex. Home Economist
Mayor,…
Mary Dugan, Program Chairman, District 7, Librarian, Burlington Public Library;
Marjorie Ann DeWit, Jefferson County Home Economist, Fairfield, Iowa;
Mrs. June Brown, Extension…