Term and Entrance Registers
Scope and Contents
The term registers record student name, age, terms enrolled, course assigned, date of entrance, grade of certification, terms of teaching experience, and high school attended. The term registers date as follows: September 1877-September 1879; Fall 1887-Spring 1888; Fall 1893-Spring 1903; Summer 1903-Summer 1911; and Fall 1911-Spring 1911.
The entrance registers contain the following information: student name, hometown, college address, terms enrolled, course assigned, and county represented. Included is one volume per school year (Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring), in which student names are entered alphabetically by last name. They date from Fall 1889 to Spring 1915. The Preparatory Class materials consists of two volumes recording the student names, courses, terms, and grades.
The World War II records consist of files of military personnel who took college work while in military training on the Iowa State Teachers College campus. Included are cadet schedules, material relating to WAVES, reports on grades, correspondence, degrees granted, and Army Air Crew information (both active and inactive). The Student Training Corps materials consist of booklets and correspondence listing students in the Student Training Corps. Included are students' names, courses, companies, and classifications. Many materials address Major J.A. Olmsted. Finally, the Music Lesson Register contains the records of private music lessons taken by students. It includes students' names (listed alphabetically), the type and number of lessons taken, the term, and instructor's name. This record of private lessons was made after the close of each term.
Dates
- Creation: 1877-1922
Creator
- Iowa State Normal School (Organization)
- Iowa State Teachers College (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions. Materials are open for research.
General Use, Reproduction, and Copyright Policies
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Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy or similar laws, and the Iowa Open Records Law (see Iowa Code ยง 22.7). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Northern Iowa assumes no responsibility.
Extent
12.78 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared for the web by Assistant Archivist Dustin Witsman, January 2015. Updated by Library Associate Dave Hoing, November 2017 and March 2018; and by Archival Processor Tessa Wakefield, August 2022. Linear feet updated August 16, 2017 and August 2022. Rehoused by Student Preservation Technician Raegan Christianson, Spring 2022.
- Title
- Term and Entrance Registers
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