J. Maurice Travillian served as Director of the Marshalltown Public Library from 1964 to 1970 when he became Assistant State Librarian at the State Library. Maurice initiated the first Iowa Governor’s Conference on Libraries and formulated a five…
Publication created by Iowa Association of Soil District Commissioners and the Iowa State Watersheds Association featuring one SWCD's accomplishments and participants on an annual basis.
Letter from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln expressing his objection to the President's suspension of an order to banish Reverend Samuel B. McPheeters of St. Louis for Southern sympathies and explaining his view on the need for stringent…
The Rural Library Service Newsletter was created in 1981 as a means to connect and inform rural libraries across the United States on library issues and concerns related to rural library communities.
James Clark (July 5, 1812 July 28, 1850) was the third Governor of Iowa Territory from November 18, 1845 until December 3, 1846, being appointed to the office, as a Democrat, by President James Polk. Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Clarke was…
From Ambrosian To Oaks - Volume I-XXX
This being the thirtieth volume of
our yearbook, THE OAKS Staff has
striven to make it a true pearl. We
also hope that the experience gained
in working on this book will be as
valuable as a gem among the pebbles…
Leslie M. Shaw, 17th governor of Iowa, was born on a farm in Vermont, the first son of Boardman Osias Shaw and Lavisa (Spaulding) Shaw. He helped his father on the farm and attended school with two goals: to get a higher education and move west to…
REV. JAMES P. KELLEHER, M.A. Teachers, Community Leaders, Business Administrators, Secretary of Library Committee. Member of Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, Iowa Association of Teachers of English.…