University of Northern Iowa

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1 1975.4.62 Book "Higher Lessons in English'' by Alonzo A. M. Reed, and Brainerd A. M Kellogg, 315 pages. No illus. Consists of lessons in grammar and composition. Covers the principle of studying the science of language. Black ink is stamped on front cover. Inside front and back cover have writing in black ink. Back cover is detached, but still with the book. Pages are fragile. "Aletha Jacobs" is written on the first page in pencil.
2 1978.73.13 Book "Outlines of European History Part II, From the Seventeenth Century to The Present Time", by James Harvey Robinson and Charles A. Beard. Copyright 1918. 740 pages. Illus. In color and b/w. Covers the history of European civilization from the earliest times to the outbreak of war in 1914. Outside cover has only the title; repeated on the binding. Color: BR
3 1978.73.3 Book "A Popular School History of the United States", by John J. Anderson. 354 pages. Illus. In b/w. Copyright 1879. General textbook of United States history. Front and back covers are gtreen with a black background desing. The binding is a light green with gold lettering. Color: GR,BK,GD
4 1988.33.47 Book "Early History Stories of North, South and Central America," by Eunice C. Corbett and Anna Content. 201 pp. Illus in b/w. Tells how America was settled. Topics include Columbus, Conquest of Peru, Fountain of Youth, Roanoke Colony, Pilgrims, & Oglethorpe, for example. Cover of the book is red and has two black horizontal lines at the top & bottom. In the center, written in red, is the title. The inside cover page has written in black ink "Anna Flom." The page after that has written in black ink "Anna Skoon(?), Wesley, Iowa. 1895." Color: RD,BK
5 1988.33.48 Book "Everyday Civics Community, State, and Nation," by Charles Edgar Finch. Color: BK,WH
6 1988.33.56 Book "Butler's Pictorial History of the United States", by John A. Stewart. Color: BK,WH
7 1988.33.57 Book "How to Study U. S. History" by John Trainer. Color: BK,WH
8 1989.28.9 Book "A School History of the Great War", by McKinley-Colcomb-Gelson. Color: BK,WH
9 1989.31.3 Book "HISTORY of the UNITED STATES, prepared ESPECIALLY FOR SCHOOLS." The cover is inscribed "Ella M. Jacobs, Lake City, Calhoun County, IA," by John Clark Ridpath. Color: BK,WH
10 1989.41.3 Book ''HISTORY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF IOWA," by H. H. Seerley and L. W. Parish. Color: BK,WH
11 1989.42.3 Book "Modern Americans: A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades," by Chester M. Sanford and Grace A. Owen. Color: BK,WH
12 1991.20.1 Book "A Course in Citizenship and Patriotism," by Ella Lyman Cabot; Fannie Fern Andrews; Fanny E. Coe; Mabel Hill; Mary McSkimmon. 386 pp. Color: BL
13 1991.20.3 Book "Stories of American Pioneers," by Sarah Dow Heard and M. W. King. 234 pp. Color: BK,WH
14 1998.2.5 Book "America First" Front cover is grey. In the center are three men. The center man is dressed in white and carrying the American flag. Each man on the side of him is wearing blue and holding a red string attached to the flag. Underneath the men is written in blue . Under that is written "J. L. McBrien", also in blue but in smaller print. On the inside cover is a form that reads "School District Library Regulations". On the form is written "Franklin" Twp." and "Allamakee County No. S85 purchased 8-22-1919 cost $.60". Color: GR,RD,WH,BL
15 1998.21.3 Book "The Beginner's American History" by D. H. Montgomery. 234 pp. Illus. Brief overview of the period from Christopher Columbus to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Book tends to focus on the "great men" of history, major inventions, discoveries and warfare. Cover of the book is red with the title and author printed in black letters. Color: RD,WH,BK
16 2001.19.16 Book "The Early Cavemen," by Katherine E. Popp. Cover green and beige. Has tissue paper protective covering on the inside of the cover. Held in place with a pen. Reads "Primary Training Deprtment Iowa State Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa" stamped on the title page. Color: GR,TN
17 2002.5.10 Book "Four American Pioneers" by Frances M. Perry and katharine Beebe. A collection of stories about Daniel boone, George Rogers clark, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson. Part of the "Four Great Americans" series. 254 pp. Some black and white illustrations. Green cloth cover with black ink on the cover and spine. Label pasted on the inside of the front cover listing the vol. #, price, school district township, county, and rules for book care. Color: GR,BK
18 2002.5.17 Book "Makers of the Nation" by Fanny E. Coe. 384 pp. Some black and white illustrations. Some works in pencil and ink on the first cover page. More marks on the publishing page. Some writing in pencil on the inside of the back cover. "Lincoln 383 - Maye 324" Gray green cover with yellow and black. Black printing on cover & spine. Label pasted on the inside of the front cover listing the vol. #, price, school, township, and rules for book care. Color: GR,BK,YL
19 2002.5.18 Book "Makers and Defenders of America" by Anna Elizabeth Foote and Avery Warner Skinner. Green cover with yellow. Black print on covers and spine. 348 pp. And index. Some black and white illustrations. Label pasted on the front cover listing the vol. #, price, school, township, and rules for book care. Color: GR,YL, BK
20 2002.5.27 Book "George Washington" by James Baldwin. 65 pp. Blue with red print. Black and white illustrations inside. Label inside the front cover listing school district, township, couny. And rules for book care. Color: BL,RD
21 2002.5.54 Book "Our Nation Begins" by Eugene C. Barker, William E. Dodd, and Walter D. Webb. 342 pp. Red cloth cover with a blue outline of the United States. Illustrated pilgrims and a picture of a log cabin superimposed over the outline of the United States. "Lizard Calligan" written in black ink on the first cover page. Color: RD,BL,PK
22 2002.5.8 Book "Founders of Our nation", by Reuben Post Halleck, M.A. and Juliette Frantz, M A. 320 pp. An American history text covering the period of exploration and colonization up to the exploits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Label pasted on the inside of the front cover listing the vol. #, price, school, township, and rules for book care. Color: GY,RD,BL
23 2003.4.1 Book "The Story of Iowa, a Children's History" by Thomas P. Christiansen. Green hard bound cover with gold print. "Jordan" written in blue ink on the upper right-hand corner of the first cover page. Color: GR,GD,BK,WH
24 2003.4.2 Book "Story of Iowa" by W. L. Wallace. Black and white paper cover with red tape along the spine. "Miss Jordan" written in red pencil on three stickers. The red and white stickers are placed over "Riverton Twp . No. 3" written in blue. Black and white pictures on the front cover in the four corners. "Story of Iowa" in large block letters on the front cover. Color: BK,WH,RD
25 2003.4.4 Book "Iowa History as Told in Biography", by Jacob A. Swisher, Ph. D. and Carl H. Erbe, Ph. D. Brown paper cover with black print on the front. Title, author's names, publishing company and a symbol with pen, paper and ink are all on the front cover surrounded by a border. All are in black ink. Color: BR,BK
26 2005.16.3 Book "American History for Little Folks," by Albert Blaisdell and Francis Ball. 138 pp. Illus. Front cover shows a picture of a Native American and a colonial man. Color: GR,YL,WH
27 2006.19.1 Book "Iowa Old and New" by John Ely Briggs. 469 pages w/black & white illustrations."Withdrawn" written on white sticker on cover. Color: BL
28 2006.6.1 Book "American History: First book," by Arthur C. Perry, Jr. Ph. D. and Gertrude A. Price. American history text book covering period from 1492 to 1763. Written in narrative storylike style. Name "John Kathon" written on inside front cover along with "Elizabeth", crossed out. Color: GY,BR,WH
29 2007.7.1 Book "How the Indians Lived", by Frances R. Dearborn. Published by Ginn and Company, Boston, 1955. Reprint of 1927 version. Ink marks on back and front cover. Spine worn, cover worn. Hole in page 128. Color: BR
30 2009.5.5 Book Book with brown cover. "Home and School Series for Young Folk: Lives of the Presidents" written in black imprint. The binding and the back have writing that has been faded. On the back is an imprinted A and F in ornate calligraphy letters. The writing on the front is surrounded by columns and simple geometirc designs. Published by A. Flanagan, Chicago. Betty's Grove School is handwritten on the upper left corner of the inside cover. Book once belonged to Public School Library No. 51. Has a Walker Cons. School, Walker, IA Library stamp on the title page. Book still has envelope where due date card was stored. Examines presidents Washington - McKinley in 218 pages! Also lists other books from the same publisher. Color: BN, WH
31 2011.2.9 Book "Exploring American History", by Casner and Gabriel, 840 pgs., covers the history of the US from 1500's to 1900's, going over presidents and wars, has black and white photos, and illustrations, also contains songs, book likely aimed at secondary school students Color: RD, BK
32 2016-FIC-107 Book Near the Top of the World by Nelle E. Moore. Book is light blue with white text and a drawing of a map with trees, mountains, a deer, a castle, a ship, and the sun. "Cook #7 Sept. '38" is written in the top right corner on the first page and contains no other markings. Book is 196 pages.  Donated by:  Margaret Weiser, Judy Finkelstein, Ray Kuehl
33 2016-FIC-62 Book Elementary Economics by Charles Manfred Thompson. Cover is green with black text. The inside pages says, "Thelma Johnson Rockford, Iowa Senior '25-26'." The class schedule is listed on the interior cover. A crossword is draw on the second page. Some of the pages are loose. Book is 420 pages including the index. 
34 2016-FIC-63 Book Modern European Civilization by Roscoe Lewis Ashley. Cover is green with dark green text. Interior cover has a stamp that says, "Public Schools Fort Dodge Iowa No. 64 DAte 2-6-22 Price 1.65." Some pages are coming loose. Book is 714 pages including the index. 
35 2016-FIC-64 Book Preparing for Citizenship: An Elementary Textbook in Civics  by William Backus Guitteau. Cover is green with plain text and border. "Miss Pearl L. Brown Waterloo, Iowa Route #5" is written on the first and third page. Book is 238 pages excluding the index. 
36 2016-FIC-65 Book Studies in Civics by J.T. McCleary. Cover is red and the title and border are fading. Binding is beginnig to detach and pages are becoming loose. There are two sheets of paper between page 184 and 185. "Lewis Tanga" is written on pencil in the front page. Book is 369 pages. Donated by: Margaret Weiser, Judy Finkelstein, and Ray Kuehl
37 2016-FIC-66 Book Elementary Civics:  An Outline Iowa and the United States published by Cresent Printing Company. Cover is paper with a blue border and text. An American flag with the pleldge of allegiance is typed underneath. "Cloverdale #1 E. Marshall, teacher" is written in the top right corner. Some water damage experienced. Pages are fraigle. Book is 60 pages, including index. 
38 2016-FIC-72 Book Essentials in Civil Government by S.E. Forman. Cover is green with black text--text is fading and difficult to read. "Margaret Cirksena Stout, Iowa 1926 age 14" is written on the first page. Notes are mae throughout the book, especially on the last page. Book is 252 pages, including the index, but excluding the supplemental material. 
39 2018-30-282 Textbook Robinson's Shorter Course: The Complete Arithmetic. Oral and Written. By Daniel W. Fish, A.M. John Luense is written within the front cover multiple times.