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April 2008 The University Archives will hold an open house for VEISHEA 2008. We will be open on Saturday April 12, 12:00-3:00. The open house will feature the 1858 Act that created Iowa State University. It is loan from the State Historical Society of Iowa. Other items on display include Christian Petersen's tools, Margaret Stanton's death mask, and General Geddes' sword. Visitors can also look through the Bombs and other Iowa State publications.
February 2008 Special Collections is now on YouTube and Flickr Are you interested in seeing historic images and films of Iowa State University? The University Archives has been busy putting images and films on the Internet just for this purpose. You can view a selection of our photograph collections on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections. To see some of the 16 mm films produced by Iowa State and WOI-TV, please visit our channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/ISUSpecialCollection. We are continually adding new items to these sites, so please visit often.
January 2008 Special Collections is now on Facebook The Department maintains a group page on the popular networking site, Facebook. The group began in December 2007 and currently has 34 members. This site displays news about the Department's collections and activities. The group is open and anyone can be a member and invite others to be members as well. If you are a member of Facebook and would like to join the Special Collections group, please click here. If you are not a member, you can join Facebook by going to this website: www.facebook.com.
The Special Collections Department of the Iowa State University Library has recently been named a Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) Affiliate Site. The Department is one of 106 other partner sites in the Heritage Area, which include the Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum, the Carl & Mary Koehler History Center, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum.
December 2007 New Collection: In March 2007, descendants of Thomas Milton Terrill (19th century Iowa farmer) donated his diaries to the Special Collections Department. The diaries span the years 1871-1912, lacking only the diary for 1883, and record Terrill's daily activities on his farm with occasional entries documenting family life. Published transcripts of the diaries completed by granddaughter Lois Terrill Mueller are included in the collection as is genealogical information on the Terrill family compiled by Audrey MacLellan, another granddaughter. The family genealogy is presented in the manuscript "Thomas Terrill of Iowa, 1850-1912; Some Ancestors and His Descendants." There are also several miscellaneous diaries with notes by Terrill, including one that has diary entries copied from his brother Daniel's diary for the years 1865-1869. Two pocket bibles acquired by Terrill are also included in the collection. The finding aid for the collection is available at http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS690.html.
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