Explorations in Iowa History Project, undated
Collection Overview
Title: Explorations in Iowa History Project, undated
Record Series: 21/01/01 [Box 6-8]
Record Group:
21/01/01 Price Laboratory School Collection
Creator: Laboratory School
Date: Undated
Extent: 3 boxes (1.25 linear feet)
Repository: Special Collections and University Archives, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
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Scope and Content
This collection contains a number of essays, reports, journals, and guides related to Iowa history.
Inventory
Box 1
A township map of the state of Iowa, 1851
Journal of William Buxton, an account of his travels from Nottingham, England to Carlisle, Iowa, November 7, 1853 to December 25, 1853
Exploring Iowa's past; Chapter 2: Pioneer settlement and prairie life
Dairy of Solon Langworthy, 1958-1969
The Great Depression in Waterloo: The black experience
Journal of Acher Walters
Depression dairy of Elmer Powers, 1932-1933
Life in a log home, Onieta Fisher
Windows, doors, blinds
Life in a lumber camp, George Austin Woodward
Helpful hints for steamboat passengers, 1855
Black Hawk's narrative of the yearly cycle of the Sac and Fox tribes
Iowa railway guide, 1975
The urban depression: Beucher family interview
Tips of stagecoach travelers
As I remember, Mrs. Minnie London
Teamsters' guide to Iowa, 1850
Account book, John J. McFarland, 1860-1861
Diary of a young girl, 1862
Pioneering at Bonaparte and near Pella
Box 2
Migration of the Iowa tribe
Iowa pioneer calendar activities
Road map math
The iron horse, board game
Iowa farm letters
Iowa climatological data: Monthly temperature and precipitation normals, 1941-1970
Social and economic development in Iowa, 1870-1940
Growth of the Iowa railroad network, 1867-1895
Indians of the Shawnee Agency
Lumber rafting on the Wisconsin River
Almanac for Iowa farms and households
The Iowa agriculturist: For the farm, garden, and household, 1880
Coal mining in Iowa, 1870-1940
Box 3
Boiling Point!: A simulation game of the Sac and Fox treaties in Iowa
Note to teacher
The Iowa state almanac and historical handbook of pioneer life, 1860
Iowa state almanac and historical handbook of pioneer life for farms and households, 1870
Cards
Processing Information
Collection processed by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson; inventory developed by Student Assistant Renee Croghan, March 2013; updated, March 13, 2013 (GP). Updated by Library Associate Dave Hoing, January 2018. Linear feet updated on August 31, 2017.