Buena Vista College

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True tales of the insects by L. N. Badenoch, 1899 and an as-yet unidentified piece of Baush & Lomb science equipment.

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Fourteen round Homecoming pins, ranging in size from 2 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches; 1 oval shaped pin.

Letters sent to their daughter, Nancy, and her family.

Florence's scrapbook of her student days at BV College and in Iowa City.

Content Description Composition notebook filled with programs, clippings, photo reproductions from multiple events that Grace Russell attended. Includes multiple programs from the Chautauqua Assembly starting from the year 1904. Along with the Chautauqua programs are multiple pictures of the landscape and different people. The scapbook also includes multiple play and music brochures, travel brochures, and a list of recitals. Multiple pictures of groups on campus including: The Faculty, Y.W.C.A. Cabinet, and...

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The Iowa Press Service subscribed to all Iowa newspapers and extracted clippings of news items that mentioned Buena Vista College. These clippings were sent to BV, where they were pasted onto oversized sheets of paper and collected in scrapbook fashion. This collection is unprocessed but is open for research.

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Professional and personal papers, speeches, printed materials, photos, and artifacts of Keith Briscoe's tenure as president of Buena Vista College.

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This scrapbook includes greeting cards and postcards, invitations and programs related to college and church events, many news clippings from local newspapers and from the college newspaper, The TACK, Buena Vista College cheers, and other records of early student life at BVC.

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Wide assortment of items including two Conservatory of Music programs; a photograph of a lakeside dormitory for women; letters of admission; letters that Ruth wrote to Dorothy Lathrop, a relative, regarding the purchase of war bonds, the Entre Nous theme song, a BV brochure (Bulletin vol. 52 no. 3), and copies of The Tack from November 1942 to June 1946.

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Documents, photographs, and a plaque.

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The Pulse disseminated information to students about clubs, organizations, and administrative news. Students served editorial functions for The Pulse; the director of the Office of College Relations supervised this publication.