The Annals of Iowa
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Siobhan Moroney, Chicagoland Dream Houses: How a Mid-century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home
No full textBrian M. Ingrassia, Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing andd the Making of Modern America
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Thomas H. Macbride, Bohumil Shimek, and the Formation of American Science
No full textKAREN WELLNER argues for the importance of Iowa botanists in efforts to professionalize the natural sciences at the turn of the twentieth century. Through her study of Bohumil Shimek, Thomas Huston Macbride, and their colleagues, she demonstrates how the commitments, communications, and projects that these men pursued helped to weave botany into Iowa’s scientific social fabric
Patricia L Bryan and Thomas Wolf, The Plea: The True Story of Young Wesley Elkins and his Struggle for Redemption
No full textGrounded Science: The Shrinking Scale of the Local Environment in Agricultural Research and Extension at Iowa State, 1858-1914
No full textJOSHUA TONKEL examines a principle that defined Iowa State’s agricultural mission from its founding in the 1850s and into the twentieth century: Iowa State’s agricultural scientists should account for local environmental conditions in their research. By studying how scientists made their work useful for farmers by anchoring research in local environments, Tonkel argues that the early history of Iowa State’s agricultural research and extension exemplifies how science was grounded in both society and the environment
