Hundreds of photographs of geological formations in Iowa taken in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection also features mines, quarries, buildings, and more.
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Geoscience, University of Iowa
More than 200 hand-colored copper-plate engravings, ca. 1795-1801, of ornamental plants from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Item descriptions include the plants' biological classifications.
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
Annual reports and technical papers (ca. 1893-1930) published by the Iowa Geological Survey. The documents, which are full-text searchable, describe the Iowa landscape and its composition.
Contributing Institution:
Geoscience Library, University of Iowa Libraries
Over 2800 images of U.S. National Parks taken by faculty from The University of Iowa's Geosciences Department. Depicted are geological phenomena that highlight the importance of protecting these areas through the national park designation.
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Geoscience, University of Iowa
Hundreds of digitized slides representing paleontology research, including fieldwork in Iowa and other U.S. locations, as well as China and Australia.
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Geoscience, University of Iowa
Featuring General Land Office survey maps, ca. 1832-1859, providing a detailed record of the Iowa landscape in its earliest stages of transformation by Euro-American settlement.
95 plat books, published by W.W. Hixson & Co. in 1930, showing land ownership maps for townships in Iowa counties. The maps include some topographic information.
Contributing Institution:
Map Collection, University of Iowa Libraries
Over 2,000 aerial photomosaic index sheets of Iowa. The index images correspond to detailed aerial photographs held in the Maps Collection of The University of Iowa Libraries.
Contributing Institution:
Map Collection, University of Iowa Libraries
Over 4,000 pages from nearly 100 county atlases from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring maps as well as advertisements, photographs, and local histories.
Contributing Institution:
Map Collection, University of Iowa Libraries
State Historical Society of Iowa
Integrated access to more than 9,000 map digital objects, with browsing access by publisher, time period and format, as well as place data at the city, township, county, and state levels.
Contributing Institution:
Map Collection, University of Iowa Libraries
Scholarly and creative work at The University of Iowa, featuring faculty journal articles, student theses and dissertations, peer-reviewed journals, and UI Press e-books.
Selections from the rare book collection on medicine and the health sciences dating from as early as the 15th century. The images include depictions of human anatomy, disease processes, and surgical techniques.
Contributing Institution:
John Martin Rare Book Room, University of Iowa Libraries
Campus maps from course catalogs and other archival sources, documenting the growth of The University of Iowa throughout the 20th century.
