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John Rolfe - Living History Associates http://lhaltd.com/speakers/cheatham/Rolfe.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...Bring the famous historical figure John Rolfe to speak before your group.
John Rolfe as portrayed by Dick Cheatham. John Rolfe brings to your group valuable lessons from the past. The topics below are great for keynotes, luncheons, anytime you want to inspire and stimulate in a presentation that will be remembered for years....
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The Road I Grew Up On - ISU Special Collections http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/road/ [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...The collection consists of materials from Gunderson's "The Road I Grew Up On" project documenting change in rural Iowa. The project was based primarily on events in Roosevelt and Garfield Townships, Pocahontas County, though it includes material gathered across the state of Iowa. The collection includes approximately fifteen 8mm films, 40 audiotapes, 100 videotapes, 150 photographic negatives, 100 prints, 50 sheets of slides, five scrapbooks, and six land record books from Pocahontas County....
Added: Apr 11, 2004 Last Update: Apr 11, 2004 Category: History Hits In: 4 Hits Out: 1286 |
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Virgil Melvin Hancher - Thirteenth President of the University of Iowa http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/presidents/13-hancher.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...A Rhodes scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Virgil Hancher led the university for a quarter of a century, a period of unprecedented growth for the campus.
Trained in the law, Hancher received the B.A. degree in 1919 and the degree of Juris Doctor in 1924 from the University of Iowa. From Oxford University in England, he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in jurisprudence in 1922 and the Master of Arts degree in 1927.
Hancher was born on a farm near Rolfe, Iowa, on September 4, 1896. He married Susan Cannon on June 9, 1928. They had three children. Hancher died on January 30, 1965, in New Delhi, India, while serving as a consultant in higher education for the Ford Foundation. He was 68....
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Sources for the History of Agriculture & Rural Life http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/agri/ag01.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...This is one of several sources listed in this collection. STROMBERG POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY. Records, 1922, 1924-1941. 1.26 linear feet. MS-123. Ernst Sigfred Stromberg (1886-1969) was born in Greenview, Illinois. In 1893 his family moved to Otho, Iowa, and in 1913 Ernst Stromberg married Josephine Anderson. The couple made their home on a farm near Otho until 1925 when they moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and established the Stromberg Hatchery. Stromberg pioneered the chick hatchery concept in the United States; at one time the Stromberg Hatchery was the largest in the country, with branches in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; and in Mason City, Marshalltown, Boone, Webster City, Manson, Rolfe, and Lakota, Iowa. Stromberg also ran the Purity Milling Company and developed its formulas for poultry feeds. Collection includes advertising, correspondence, feed tests, financial records, legal documents, and ledgers. It also contains a 1959 letter from Stromberg to his sister Bettie explaining how he went into the hatchery business....
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John Rolfe - Jamestown Rediscovery http://www.apva.org/history/jrolfe.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...Information on our towns namesake -
John Rolfe stepped into history in May 1609, when he boarded the Sea Venture, bound for Virginia....
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Four Faces of Pocahontas http://www.co.henrico.va.us/manager/pokeypix.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...Many different depictions of Pocahontas exist today. Pictured clockwise from top left: Mary Ellen Howe (1994), Robert Matthew Sully (1850s), Thomas Sully (1852), Jean Leon Ferris (c. 1921) courtesy of William E. Ryder and the Virginia Historical Society....
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Humanities Iowa Traveling exhibits http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/programinfo-e.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...House at the Homeplace
An exhibit of black-and-white as well as color photographs that chronicle the history and demolition of photographer Helen D. Gunderson's grandparents' farm home near Rolfe, Iowa. Matted and framed for wall hanging, the photographs are accompanied by text excerpts on foam board to hang with the photos. This exhibit must be picked up and returned to the HI office by private vehicle.
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Iowa Women's Archives - Trimble Family Papers http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/findingaids/html/Trimble.html [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...The Trimble Family papers date from 1879 to 1999 and measure one linear inch. The collection contains the reminiscences of Gladys Trimble Leith entitled, "Stories Told by Gladys, 1989" and "Memories of Mom," by Marie Jeffers. The sketches contain the sisters' recollections about their mother Mary Pyle Trimble as well as their own childhood experiences. They also recount intimate details of growing up female on a northwestern Iowa farm-farm chores, health and illness, marriage, childbirth and other humorous incidents. This collection also includes photocopies of letters from Mary Trimble to her grandson about his intention to become a jet pilot and photocopies of family photographs, a brief Pyle family history, and death certificates of various family members.
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Troublesome Creek - A Midwestern http://members.aol.com/westcity/creek.htm [ Edit ] Site Reviews(0)
...The Jordans rented a farm near Rolfe for 20 years. Red River, High Noon, Gunsmoke Westerns, where the bad guys sometimes won but never prevailed. Troublesome Creek is a Midwestern. It's the story of the Jordan family's struggle to save their Iowa farm. From crossing the Mississippi in 1867 to driving to Daddy Date Night in 1967. From fighting off the Crooked Creek Gang in the 1880's to fighting off the bank today. Now, with their backs against the wall, the Jordans confront the very worst with their very best. Troublesome Creek is wry and emotional without being sentimental. It's a cliffhanger about history, loss and the humor and deep character that settled America, and now preside at its unsettling....
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