Autograph and photograph album, 1875.

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Autograph and photograph album, 1875.

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The collection (1875) consists of Lou Curtis Foster's college autograph and photograph album. The album contains 37 black and white photographs of classmates many of which include inscriptions from them to Lou. Classmates who left messages for Lou include: Charles H. Lee, William R. Lamoreux, Millah, M. Cherrie, Edward P. Cadwell, Hannah P. Lyman, Herbert R. Patrick, Celestia "Settie" A. Neal, Albert P. Chamberlin, Ida Sherman, James M. Whitaker, Thomas L. Palmer, Charles E. Peterson, Nancy Wills, Lucius C. Thornton, Alice Cunningham, Martin E. Rudolph, Ida Ross, Rinaldo P. Kelley, Elizabeth Wilson, and Albert M. Blodget. The album was sent to Wallace "Red" Barron of Iowa State by Lou's daughter, Clara Foster Bacon, in 1952.

0.63 linear ft. (1 photograph box).

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7525738

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University

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On March 22, 1948, Iowa State College (University) sponsored a 90th anniversary celebration in honor of the founding of the college, which occurred on the same date in 1858 when the charter act establishing a state agricultural college became law. The celebration included a symposium, luncheon, departmental open houses, and a dinner. From the description of 90th anniversary collection, 1947-1948. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 54799482 In 1958, Iowa State Colle...

Foster, Lou Curtis.

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Mary Lizzie Curtis was born to Lyman and Jennett Bennett Curtis on January 22, 1853, near Lexington, Kentucky. When Mary Lizzie was 3 months old, her family left Kentucky and temporarily lived with relatives in Rock Prairie, Wisconsin. Her father purchased a homestead northwest of Independence in Bremer County, Iowa, and spent the next year constructing the house and furnishings while the rest of the family stayed in Wisconsin. The family moved into the house in the spring of 1854. ...

Iowa Agricultural College. Ladies course.

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