THE DAY AFTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE: Nicholas Meyer's TV movie about nuclear war drew 100,000,000 viewers and a lot of controversy; four UI professors explain why the film was worth it -- FROM THE CHAPEL TO THE CLASSROOM: With the
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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.
Festival included: panel discussions featuring Lester D. Longman, Thomas Wood Stevens, Arnold Small, Philip Greeley Clapp, Fletcher Martin, W. D. Coder, E. C. Mabie, Thompson Stone, Horst Janson; exhibition of contemporary art of seventy-nine...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Papers of Edward Winslow, who mustered into Co. F, 4th Iowa Cavalry in November 1861, as a captain. The 4th Iowa later saw action at the siege of Vicksburg, the taking of Jackson, Mississippi, and the battle of Brice's Cross Roads. Winslow was...
Papers describing the war experiences of Palmer, who was from Washington County, Iowa and fought with the 8th Iowa Infantry and later the 25th Iowa Infantry. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Shiloh but recovered and was promoted to captain...
Soldiers; War casualties; Sick persons; Military camps; Military hospitals; Prisoners of war; Military officers; Guards; Courtship; Campaigns & battles; Writing; Reading; Christianity; Slaves; Freedmen; Orphanages; Mental institutions; Teachers;...
Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of...
Letters to Bean family members from Asa and Mary Bean's sons James and John, primarily concerning James' life as an engineering student at the University of Michigan.
Soviet Union -- Description and travel -- 1917-1944; Soviet Union -- Description and travel -- 1917-1944 -- Caricatures and cartoons; Communism -- Soviet Union; Communism -- Soviet Union -- Caricatures and cartoons
Letters from Kinnick, a student leader, scholar, athlete, and naval officer from Iowa to family and friends while he was serving in the U.S. as a Navy pilot, awaiting orders to be sent into combat.