The focus of the historical collection includes the following areas:
- Rural education in Iowa (1850 – 1955)
- UNI campus (1886 – present)
- Costumes, Midwest (clothing 1850 – present)
- Currency, international
The focus of the historical collection includes the following areas:
Cat. # | Name | Description | ||
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10301 | UNIM1995.7.31 | Pamphlet | "Body Measurements of American Boys and Girls for Garment and Pattern Construction." U. S. Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication #366, July 1941. | |
10302 | UNIM1995.7.32 | Pamphlet | "Pressing in Dressmaking" by Helen Knott Staley. Cornell Extension Bulletin #765, New York State College of Home Economics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1949. | |
10303 | UNIM1995.7.33 | Pamphlet | "Ladies' Glovemaking" by Virginia Groneman, from the book Applied Leathercraft by Chris H. Groneman, 1952. | |
10304 | UNIM1995.7.34 | Pamphlet | "The Invention of the Sewing Machine." Singer Sewing Machine Company, Summer, 1955. | |
10305 | UNIM1995.7.35 | Pamphlet | "Buying Your Home Sewing Machine." United States Department of Agriculture, January 1954. | |
10306 | UNIM1995.7.37 | Pamphlet | "Service Your Sewing Machine" by Max Ingwer, 1952. | |
10307 | UNIM1995.7.38 | Pamphlet | "Care and Adjustment of the Sewing Machine." Cornell Extension Bulletin 815, New York State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York, 1956. | |
10308 | UNIM1995.7.39 | Pamphlet | "Sewing Machines: Cleaning and Adjusting," University of Maryland, August 1943. | |
10309 | UNIM1995.7.40 | Pamphlet | "Reconditioning the Sewing Machine for Efficient Service," Agriculture Extension Office, Ames, Iowa, August 1940. | |
10310 | UNIM1995.7.41 | Pamphlet | "Reconditioning the Sewing Machine," Agriculture Extension Office, Ames, Iowa, October 1945. | |
10311 | UNIM1995.7.42 | Pamphlet | "The Sewing Machine," College of Agriculture Extension Service, Madison, Wisconsin, May 1940. | |
10312 | UNIM1995.7.43 | Pamphlet | "Sewing Machine Adjustment and Care," University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois, April 1945. | |
10313 | UNIM1995.7.44 | Pamphlet | "Your Sewing Machine, Its Care and Adjustment," Oregon State College, Federal Coop. Extension Service, Corvallis, Oregon, September 1943. | |
10314 | UNIM1995.7.45 | Pamphlet | "Threading Chart - Rotary Hook Machine 201," The Singer Manufacturing Company, 1946. | |
10315 | UNIM1995.7.46 | Book | ABC's of White Sewing Magic. Published by White Sewing Machine Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, 1951. | |
10316 | UNIM1995.7.47 | Pamphlet | "Convenient Ironing Equipment" by Charlotte A. Beatty. Brieflet #820. | |
10317 | UNIM1995.7.48 | Pamphlet | Women's Preferences Among Selected Textile Products by the U. S. Department of Apriculture, December 1947. | |
10318 | UNIM1995.7.49 | Pamphlet | Judging Fabric Quality by Bess Viemont Morrison. Farmers' Bulletin #1831. U. S. Department of Apriculture, December 1939. | |
10319 | UNIM1995.7.5 | Book | Tailoring for Women, Step by Step by Dorothy Donielson and June Pond. Published by Hallen Publishing Company, San Jose, California, 1963. | |
10320 | UNIM1995.7.50 | Pamphlet | Properties of Serviceability of Selected Household and Clothing Fabrics by Hazel M. Fletcher and S. Helen Roberts. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington D. C. 1955. | |
10321 | UNIM1995.7.51 | Pamphlet | "Better Buymanship" #23. Use and Care of Fabrics, Household Finance, etc., 1946. | |
10322 | UNIM1995.7.52 | Pamphlet | Guides for Buying Sheets, Blankets, Bath Towels by Bess M. Viemont. U. S. Department of Agriculture, December 1936. | |
10323 | UNIM1995.7.53 | Pamphlet | "Psychological Effects of Clothing" by Mary S. Ryan. Cornell University of Agriculture Experiment Station, Bulletin #898, July 1953. | |
10324 | UNIM1995.7.54 | Pamphlet | Teenage Girls Discuss their Wardrobe and their Attitudes Toward Cotton and Other Fibers. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C., 1957. | |
10325 | UNIM1995.7.55 | Pamphlet | "Selction of Ready-to-Wear Garments" by Delphine Dawson and Blanche E. Hyde. Bulletin 345-A, June 1936. | |
10326 | UNIM1995.7.56 | Pamphlet | "Mothers' Opinions of Fibers in Selected Items of Children's Clothing." U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics Bulletin #65, Washington D. C., 1951. | |
10327 | UNIM1995.7.57 | Pamphlet | "Buying Boys' Suits." Farmer's Bulletin #1877, U. S. Department of Agriculture, July 1941. | |
10328 | UNIM1995.7.58 | Pamphlet | "Family Clothing Inventories and Purchases with an Analysis to Show Factors Affecting Consumption." Agriculture Information Bulletin #148, U. S. Department of Agriculture, April 1956. | |
10329 | UNIM1995.7.59 | Pamphlet | "Fabrics and Designs for Children's Clothes." Farmer's #1778, U. S. Department of Agriculture, October 1937. | |
10330 | UNIM1995.7.60 | Pamphlet | Consumer Satisfaction with Women's Blouses. Part I: University of Rhode Island, Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin #349, 1959. | |
10331 | UNIM1995.7.61 | Pamphlet | Consumer Satisfaction with Women's Blouses. Part II: Laboratory Wear Studies, Northeast Regional Bulletin #35, University of Rhode Island Bulletin #342, June 1958. | |
10332 | UNIM1995.7.62 | Pamphlet | "Women's Dresses and Slips: A Buying Guide." Farmer's Bulletin #1851. U. S. Department of Agriculture, September 1940. | |
10333 | UNIM1995.7.63 | Pamphlet | "Better Buymanship" No. 4, Shoes and Stockings. Household Finance Corporation and Sobsidiaries, 1934. | |
10334 | UNIM1995.7.65 | Pamphlet | "How to Buy Shoes" by Frieda C. Stoll and Meta E. Martin. Bulletin #335, Purdue University, Division of Home Economics, 1947. | |
10335 | UNIM1995.7.67 | Pamphlet | "The Antioch College Studies of the Effects of Modern Shoes upon Proper Body Mechanics." 1924-1935. | |
10336 | UNIM1995.7.68 | Pamphlet | "Feet and Shoes, Foundations of Style." Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Ames, Iowa, January 1939. | |
10337 | UNIM1995.7.74 | Pamphlet | Knit Fabrics by Jessie Caplin. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1940. | |
10338 | UNIM1995.7.75 | Pamphlet | Cotton and Cotton Fabrics. Cotton Bulletin #15. Good Housekeeping, Department of Merchandise Education, 1939. | |
10339 | UNIM1995.7.76 | Pamphlet | Crease-Resistance and Cotton. National Cotton Council of America, Textile Research Institute, Inc., New York, 1949 | |
10340 | UNIM1995.7.77 | Pamphlet | The Study of Textiles by Nellie Crooks. Gaylord Brothers, Syracuse, New York, 1908. | |
10341 | UNIM1995.7.78 | Folder, Pamphlet | DuPont Textile Fibers Newsletter. | |
10342 | UNIM1995.7.79 | Pamphlet | The History of Moygashel (Linen). Hamilton Adams Imports, New York. | |
10343 | UNIM1995.7.80A | Pamphlet | Irish Linen: The Fabric of Elegance. Elliot and Nelson (for the Irish Linen Guild), New York, 1945. | |
10344 | UNIM1995.7.80B | Pamphlet | Irish Linen: The Fabric of Elegance. Elliot and Nelson (for the Irish Linen Guild), New York, 1945. | |
10345 | UNIM1995.7.81 | Pamphlet | Is it Wool?. The Wool Bureau, New York. | |
10346 | UNIM1995.7.83 | Pamphlets | Knitting Fabrics. American Bemberg Corporation, New York, 1944. | |
10347 | UNIM1995.7.83 | Pamphlets | Selection of Cotton Fabrics. Farmer's Bulletin #1449. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D. C., 1926. | |
10348 | UNIM1995.7.84 | Pamphlet | Cotton in Retail Piece Goods by Frank A. McCord and Raymond Steinback, Jr. National Cotton Council of America, Utilization Research Division, Memphis, Tennessee, 1952. | |
10349 | UNIM1995.7.85 | Pamphlet | Naphtalated Wood Worsted, Fleece to Fabric. Arlington Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1944. | |
10350 | UNIM1995.7.86 | Pamphlet | A New Word. United States Testing Company, Hoboken, New York, 1944. | |
10351 | UNIM1995.7.87 | Pamphlet | Quality of Woven Clothing Fabrics Purchased 1944-1946. United States Government Printing Office, Washington D. C., 1949. | |
10352 | UNIM1995.7.88 | Pamphlet | "The Romance of Leather." Tanners' Coucil of America, New York. | |
10353 | UNIM1995.7.89 | Pamphlet | The Selection and Conservation of Textiles. Department of Research, Laundryowners National Association, Carlottesville, Virginia. | |
10354 | UNIM1995.7.91 | Pamphlet | "Massachusetts - Beehive of Business" by William Joseph Showalter. (Excerpts from National Geographic.) Washington D. C., March 1920. | |
10355 | UNIM1995.7.92 | Pamphlet | Qualities of Cotton by George A. Sloan. The Cotton-Textile Institute, New York, 1928. | |
10356 | UNIM1995.7.93 | Pamphlet | The Story of Cotton. National Cotton Coucil, Memphis, Tennessee. | |
10357 | UNIM1995.7.94 | Pamphlet | The Story of Rayon. The Viscose Company, New York, 1925. | |
10358 | UNIM1995.7.95 | Pamphlet | A Story of Wool. North Star Woolen Mill Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. | |
10359 | UNIM1995.7.96 | Book | Survey of Canvas Awning Fabricators. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington D. C. | |
10360 | UNIM1995.7.97 | Pamphlet | What Crown Tested Means to You. American Viscose Corpoation, 1941. | |
10361 | UNIM1995.7.98 | Pamphlet | What You Should Know About Rayon Yarn. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Company, New York, 1940. | |
10362 | UNIM1995.7.99 | Book | Problems in Textiles by Katherine Paddock Hess, M. S. and Ester Bruner. J. B. Lippincott, Chicago, 1931. | |
10363 | UNIM1996.3.0017 | Book | "Managment in Family Living, 3rd edition," by Paulena Nickell; Jean Dorsey; and Marie Budolfson. Color: BK,WH | |
10364 | UNIM1996.7.0002 | Necklace | Continuous ring made up of clusters of 4 shells grouped together. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: WH | |
10365 | UNIM1996.7.1 | Shawl | "Jusi" shawl, of banana fiber. 1/2" horizontal stripes of green, rust, yellow and pink, with a black stripe between each two of the other colors. Pink predominates. 5 3/4" pink border at each end has landscape scenery of trees and houses. 3 1/2" fringe at each end is black. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: PK,GR,BR,YL,BK | |
10366 | UNIM1996.8.11 | Shoe Last | Wooden shoe last. 8 1/2 AA stamped on one half of the last. Red wax on the bottom. Metal soles. Metal hole located in the top back portion of the last. | |
10367 | UNIM1996.8.12 | Shoe Last | Wooden childs shoe last with small hole above the heel. | |
10368 | UNIM1996.8.24 | Book | "Home Comfort Cook Book" Wrought Iron Range Company: St. Louis, USA. 1916 | |
10369 | UNIM1996.8.25 | Book | "A Book for a Cook" Pillsbury: Minneapolis, Minnesota 1905 | |
10370 | UNIM1996.8.26 | Magazine | Ladies Circle Needlework. | |
10371 | UNIM1996.8.27 | Magazine | Modern Needlecraft. | |
10372 | UNIM1996.8.28 | Catalog, Pattern | Modes Royale. Winter Catalog, 1969-1970. | |
10373 | UNIM1996.9.1 | Book | “Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cook Book” New York: The Success Company, 1909. | |
10374 | UNIM1996.9.11 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Budget” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10375 | UNIM1996.9.12 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Shopping Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10376 | UNIM1996.9.13 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Food Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10377 | UNIM1996.9.14 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Shelter Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10378 | UNIM1996.9.15 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Clothing Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10379 | UNIM1996.9.16 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Health Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10380 | UNIM1996.9.17 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Health and Recreation Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10381 | UNIM1996.9.18 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Equipment Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10382 | UNIM1996.9.19 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Automobile Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10383 | UNIM1996.9.20 | Book | “Money Management Library: Your Recreation Dollar” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10384 | UNIM1996.9.2 | Booklet | “American Standard: Dimensions, Tolerances, and Terminology for Home Cooking and Baking Utensils.” American Standard Association, October 27, 1949. | |
10385 | UNIM1996.9.21 | Book | “Money Management Library: For Young Moderns” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1954. | |
10386 | UNIM1996.9.22 | Book | “Money Management Library: Children's Spending” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1955. | |
10387 | UNIM1996.9.23 | Book | “Money Management Library: Time Management for Homemarkers” – Household Finance Corporation, Chicago 1943. | |
10388 | UNIM1996.9.24 | Book | “Family Income and Expenditures No. 375” | |
10389 | UNIM1996.9.25 | Book | “Family Income and Expenditures No. 383” | |
10390 | UNIM1996.9.26 | Book | “Family Housing and Facilities No. 399” | |
10391 | UNIM1996.9.27 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Medical Care No. 402” | |
10392 | UNIM1996.9.28 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Automobile and Other Transportation No. 415” | |
10393 | UNIM1996.9.29 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Clothing – Urban & Village Series No. 422” | |
10394 | UNIM1996.9.3 | Booklet | “The Automatic Cook Book, 8th Edition” Chicago: Automatic Canning Services, Inc., Merchandise Mart, 1935. | |
10395 | UNIM1996.9.30 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Clothing - Farm Series No. 428” | |
10396 | UNIM1996.9.31 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Housing and Household Operations No. 432” | |
10397 | UNIM1996.9.32 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Furnishings and Equipment No. 436” | |
10398 | UNIM1996.9.33 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Personal Care, Gifts, Selected Taxes, and Miscellaneous Items No. 455” | |
10399 | UNIM1996.9.34A | Book | “Family Expenditures for Education, Reading, Recreation, and Tobacco No. 456” | |
10400 | UNIM1996.9.35 | Book | “Family Expenditures for Housing & Household Operations No. 457” |