Papers, 1835-1970.

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Papers, 1835-1970.

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This collection contains biographical information, newspaper clippings, speeches written by Ben Willis as well as others, and correspondence regarding the WOI Radio program "Prairie Valley Intelligencer." There are also scripts and programs to minstrel shows and poetry. From his years as a professor at Iowa State, there are slides of lab equipment and schematics used for class lectures. In addition, the collection contains a scrapbook and negatives documenting the dredging of Lake Laverne in 1959. Other scripts for the Prairie Valley Intelligencer may be found in RS 5/6/4.

1.47 linear ft. (3 document boxes, 1 half-document box)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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WOI (Radio station : Ames, Iowa)

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Willis, Benjamin Sutton.

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Benjamin Sutton Willis was born to John A. and Alice C. (Jennison) Willis in Janesville, Minnesota, on February 19th, 1895. He received his B.S. (1917) in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota and his M.S. (1929) in electrical engineering from the Iowa State College (University). He also earned the Electrical Engineer (1926) degree from Iowa State. Prior to coming to Iowa State, Willis worked as a Test Engineer (1917) for General Electric and as a Labor...

Iowa State University. Dept. of Electrical Engineering

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