Papers, 1890-1965, n.d.

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Papers, 1890-1965, n.d.

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This collection includes newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, talks and manuscripts, professional correspondence including consultation work for Iowa businesses and towns, correspondence with former students, and with government officials, and correspondence with George W. Bissell, his predecessor who left to become Dean of Engineering at Michigan Agricultural College. The files also contain administrative and professional correspondence with Iowa State College administrators: Presidents Storms, Pearson, and Hughes, Secretary Stanton, Business Manager Knapp, Engineering Dean Marston, Professor Bissell (Chairman of M.E. (1894-1907)), the Board of Trustees and several committees of which Meeker was a member (Ames-College Water Rate Committee, Ames School Board, Ames-College Street Car Rate Committee and the Iowa Elevator Safety Code Board).

2.52 linear ft. (6 document boxes).

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

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Meeker, Warren H.

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Warren H. Meeker, an 1891 Cornell University graduate, was hired as an assistant in Mechanical Engineering in July 1891. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in March 1892, Associate Professor in 1900, Professor in July 1905 and Chairman of the Department in June 1907, a position he held until 1933. He continued to teach full time as Professor Emeritus from 1934 to 1938 and part time from 1939 until his death in 1947. In 1912 he was elected to the Ames School Board, a position he ...

Pearson, Raymond A. (Raymond Allen), 1873-1939

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Raymond A. Pearson was a graduate of Cornell University in dairy industry (1894), and after working in commercial dairying, returned to Cornell to establish a Department of Dairy Industry. After heading the New York Department of Agriculture, Pearson was named as President of Iowa State College (University) (1912-1926). During his time at Iowa State, he focused on promoting the graduate program, extension and athletics. Pearson resigned to become the President of the University of Maryland (1926...

Bissell, George W. (George Welton), (1865-1947)

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Storms, Albert Boynton, 1860-1933.

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Stanton, Edgar Williams, 1850-1920

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Faculty member, administrator, and alumnus (1872) of Iowa State University. Born in 1850 in Waymart, Penn.; educated at Waymart Normal Institute and Delaware Literary Institute; member of first graduating class of Iowa Agricultural College in 1869. Elected member of faculty upon graduation, serving Iowa State with distinction until his death in 1920. During his fifty years of residence on campus, he filled the positions of student, Economics Dept. Chair, Head and Professor of the Dept. of Mathem...

Knapp, Herman, 1863-1935.

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Business manager. Herman Knapp was born in Vermont, but his family moved to Vinton, Iowa, when he was four. He received his B.S. (1883) in scientific agriculture from Iowa State College and began working at Iowa State in various capacities in 1884. Among his positions were Secretary to the President (1884); Assistant Professor of Agriculture (1885- ); Superintendent of the Bookstore (1887-1933); and he served as Acting President (1926-1927)of the University. Knapp also w...

Marston, Anson, 1864-1949

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Anson Marston was born in Seward, Illinois on May 31, 1864 to George and Sarah Scott Marson. He received a C.E. degree (1889) from Cornell University. Marston worked as a construction engineer (1889-1891) for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He joined the staff at Iowa State College (University) in 1892 as Professor and Head (1892-1917) of the Department of Civil Engineering, and became Dean (1904-1932) of the Division of Engineering. Marston, after stepping down and resuming teaching...

Hughes, Raymond M. (Raymond Mollyneaux), 1873-1958

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Raymond Mollyneaux Hughes graduated from Miami (Ohio) University (1893), received an M.S. (1897) in chemistry from Ohio State University and an honorary doctorate (1936) from Iowa State College (University). He served in numerous positions at Miami, including professor of physics and chemistry (1898-1904); Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (1908-1911); and was named President (1911-1927). Hughes was named as President of Iowa State College (University) in 1927 and served until his retirement i...

Iowa State University. Scholarship Committee.

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