MS 609 Aden Family

Descriptive summary

creator:	Aden Family
title:	Photographs and postcards
dates:	1913-1920
extent:	0.42 linear ft. (one manuscript box)
collection number:	MS 609
repository:	Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Aden Family Photographs and Postcards, MS 609, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

The Aden Family farmed in Pomeroy, Calhoun County, Iowa.

Collection description

This collection contains two photograph albums and a series of 665 photographs and photographic postcards in a variety of sizes. The subjects include images of the Aden family and friends, their farm, including houses, yards, and outbuildings, livestock and pets, barns, the haying and threshing of crops, farm equipment and machinery, as well as soldiers in World War I France, Iowa towns, traveling by buggy and automobiles, and trips to the American West.

Description of series


Series 1	Photograph albums	1914-1920
extent:	2 folders
description:	The albums contain 477 black and white images documenting the Aden family and their farm, as well as friends, winter in Iowa, traveling by buggy and automobile, trips out West, World War I, and working in the fields.

Container List

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Album: 139 photographs (10- 6X4” b/w, 129- 3X2” b/w)	1914-1920
1	3	Album: 338 photographs (38- 2X2” b/w, 14- 3X5” b/w, 260- 2X2” b/w, 26- 5X4” b/w)	1915-1920

Description of series


Series 2	Photograph postcards	1913-ca. 1920
extent:	1 folder
description:	The black and white postcards document the Aden family and friends, and includes views of the Aden farm and outbuildings, threshing and working in the fields, livestock, indoor activities, and groups in buggies and automobiles.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	2	Photograph postcards (126- 3X5” b/w)	1913-ca. 1920