"1969 Fine Arts Festival exhibitions inaugurating the opening of the Museum of Art on May 5, 1969, and continuing until July 15, 1969"--P. 1; "This catalogue acquaints the viewer with five exhibitions assembled for the opening of the Museum: 1. A...
"The Art Exhibition of the Nineteenth Annual Festival of Fine Arts at the State University of Iowa introduces paintings, prints, sculpture, crafts and design representing recent work of former students who hold one or more degrees from the State...
Festival included: luncheon speakers featuring Jean Charlot, Modeste Alloo, Thomas Wood Stevens; exhibition of American paintings and etchings; graduate student art exhibitions; plays and musical performances.
Correspondence detailing the experiences of Joseph Franklin Culver, who served with the Illinois 129th Infantry Regiment, Company A, from 1862-1865, first as a lieutenant and later as captain.
Sewell Van Alstine describes his experiences as a soldier in the 95th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. Diary contains entries from September 1863 to October 1864. Van Alstine is also featured in the Iowa Authors Collection.
Isaac N. Williamson was a bugler in Company E of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was mustered on September 17, 1862; wounded at Spotsylvania, VA, on May 8th, 1864; and mustered out on July 14, 1865. He describes fighting at Hanover, PA, on June...
Clergy; Chaplains; War; Military life; Military medicine; Campaigns & battles; Hospital ships; Religion; Reunions; Reformatories
Corkhill was a Methodist minister, instrumental in the founding of Iowa Wesleyan College and the reformatories in Mitchellville and Eldora, Iowa. Governor Samuel Kirkwood commissioned this account of Corkhill's experiences as a chaplain for the...
Diary details the 1864 wartime experiences of Lot Abraham, farmer and future Iowa state senator, who served in the 4th Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War.
Letters of Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B. After the war he attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and graduated in 1869.
Diary kept by Linnie Hagerman (1852-1934), of Keokuk, Iowa. Born in Missouri in 1852, Linnie moved with her family to Keokuk at age 10, and remained there for the rest of her life.
The Hagermans were relatively wealthy. Linnie's father,...
Hilary Mosher (Buri) received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MFA from Warren Wilson. Her chapbook, Frau Rontgen's Hand, won Canada's bpNichol chapbook award in 2000; her lyric essay, 'Needle Night,' was awarded first prize in the 12th Annual...