Special Collections Department Information:

Location, Hours, Staff

Location

The Special Collections Department is located in Room 403 of Parks Library. Our mailing address is:

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

You may contact us by phone at (515) 294-6672 or by FAX at (515) 294-5525.

You are also welcome to e-mail us: archives@iastate.edu or spclref@iastate.edu

Hours

Our hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m., or by special appointment.  For more information concerning resources and services in the Department, please call (515) 294-6672.

Staff

Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Associate Professor
Head, Special Collections Department/University Archives  (Vita (pdf))  
(Donations/transfers of university records, programming,
specific collections information)
Curator, Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
(515) 294-6648
tzanish@iastate.edu

Michele Christian, Associate Professor (Vita)
Collections Archivist/Records Analyst, University Archives
(515) 294-4216
michelec@iastate.edu

Kristin H. Gerhard, Professor
Collections Cataloger and WISE Bibliographer
(515) 294-3186
kgerhard@iastate.edu

Becky Jordan
Reference Specialist (Reference requests)
(515) 294-9527
bjordan@iastate.edu

Bradley Kuennen
Library Assistant
(515) 294-0048
kuennen@iastate.edu

Matt Schuler
Library Assistant

(515) 294-0048
 

Student Assistants:  Melanie Adam, Lucy Chidister, Elizabeth DeYoung,  Amanda Eastin, Nick Hanger, Amy Higgins, Heather Johnson, Ming Li, David Morrison, Peter Noll, Michael Severs, Jie Tian, Jennie Walker

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