Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Newspaper articles about the University of Iowa football seasons, 1936-1939, where Nile Kinnick excelled as a star player, which led to his Heisman trophy award.
Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's last football season at the University of Iowa, his subsequent football awards, his participation in the 1940 All Stars game, his Iowa speaking tours, and his enlistment and training in the U.S. Naval Air...
Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's untimely death and the many tributes that followed, which included scholarships, awards, memorials and the renaming of the University of Iowa's stadium to Kinnick Stadium.
“Incunabula:” Some interesting notes on gifts to the University, with a solution to the mystery of the missing bones of Black Hawk. -- “Old Capitol in Winter Dress:” A water color by Charles Sibley, '49MFA -- “What's in a Well?” The...
FLYING THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE: A graduate of the Writers' Workshop takes a candid look at the new captain Frank Conroy—who is determined to keep the program flying high. -- LET'S GET PHYSICAL: We invite you to discover the lighter side of the...
Acceptance of the New Law Building/Dean Charles Noble Gregory -- Alumni and the University/Supt. J. J. McConnell -- Alumni Card Files/ E. Clyde Bobbins -- Alumni of The State University of Iowa, Colored/P. S. Pierce -- Alumni in Politics/Moon,...
My Life as a Student: Temperamental roommates, 7:30 a.m. physics finals, and Airliner pizza—in the first excerpts from a yearlong journal project, six undergraduates share their experiences at the UI. – ChangeAbility: Technological devices...
Homecoming Is Early -- Can the Football Team Maintain the 1913 Pace -- Frank O. Lowden a Success -- Irving Institute Has a Semi-Centennial -- Literary Reunion in Des Moines -- Many Marriages During Summer -- Cup for Class News -- The Third Annual...
Dean Wilcox Dies -- Scholarship Statistics -- Some Evidences of Growth -- Walter A. Jessup, The New President -- Macbride, President Emeritus -- Homecoming, Nov. 24-25 -- Classes Make Gifts -- Life Memberships -- Dean William Craig Wilcox -- Fifth...
The New Dean of the College of Liberal Arts -- Howell, the New President -- The Iowa Child Welfare Research Station -- A Day of Ideals -- Fall Registration -- Honor Roll -- Homecoming -- Scholarship and the University -- The New Iowa Song -- The...
Iowa's Research and Welfare Station for Normal Children -- Indian Summer in Iowa -- Encouragement in Writing -- 1919-1889-30 -- An Eventful Day in the Quillayute Country -- The Iowa Memorial Union -- Site, Scope, and Design of the Union -- Come...