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Farm House : college farm to university museum /

Now available for the first time in paperback, Farm House tells the story of the first structure built on the Iowa State University campus. Mary Atherly provides a comprehensive history of the Farm House from its founding days to its role as the center of activity for the new college to its second l...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Atherly, Mary E.
Otros Autores: Geoffroy, Gregory L., Pohlman, Lynette L., Shank, Wesley I., 1927-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Bur oak book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Gregory L. Geoffroy
  • Director's foreword / Lynette L. Pohlman
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tour of the Farm House Museum
  • Origin and construction of the Farm House
  • First residents of the Farm House
  • First years of the college, 1869-1879
  • The Knapp years : sketches of nineteenth-century college life
  • The Wilson and Curtiss years
  • The final years of active use
  • Restoration and museum
  • Exterior restoration : one hundred forty years later, a facelift
  • Appendix A: Brief architectural history of the Farm House
  • Appendix B: Residents of the Farm House, chronological listing
  • Appendix C: Residents of the Farm House, alphabetical listing
  • Appendix D: Chronology of the Farm House
  • Sources
  • Index.