RG 19. Alumni Collections

Scope and Contents Based on the scrapbook's contents, it is possible that either Lawrence Whitford or someone in his family assembled this scrapbook. Its contents date from 1919 to 1920 and includes photographs of baseball, basketball, and football teams; news clippings; and athlete photographs. Click here for an online sampling of the...

Scope and Contents

This letter, from Elsa Barkdoll to Lavina (Barkdoll) Kirchner, is dated June 2, 1907. It is written in a souvenir letter album produced by Veatch Studio, which features scenes from the Iowa State Normal School (now the University of Northern Iowa) campus.

Scope and Contents

The Jon Swenson collection dates from 1951 to 1957 and consists of thirteen ISTC athletics programs, primarily from the football team, of which Swenson was a member. Other sports programs include basketball, track, and wrestling. The collection also includes biographical information about Swenson.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three items from Marjorie Cook’s time as a student: a copy of the 1935 Old Gold yearbook (includes some minor handwritten annotations); the May 1935 issue of the student publication The Purple Pen, which contains articles written by Cook; and a Sigma Tau Delta pin.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of class handouts, class notes, printed material, and term papers from her library science courses (Binders 1-3). There is also a smaller amount of material which Bolton acquired after she began her career as a librarian in Nebraska (Binder 4).

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one athletic jacket, one print score chart from the 1975 season labeled Panther Paw Chart -- Defense, and one undated football playbook. These items belonged to alumnus Martin “Marty” Stratton, who played football at UNI in the 1974, 1975, and 1976 seasons. The jacket is purple with Stratton’s number, 90, embroidered in yellow on the back. The chart, which is approximately 2 x 2 feet, was handmade by defensive line and linebacker coach Dennis Remmert and lists...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to the Iowa State Teachers College during the years 1913-1914 and 1923-1928. Materials include programs for concerts and commencement; the school fight / loyalty song; picture postcards; photographs of Cedar Falls and the ISTC campus; football schedules; and more. It also includes a handful of materials related to the construction and opening of the Campanile.