RECORD

Iowa State College. Department of Forestry

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0002.html
Preferred form:
Iowa State College. Department of Forestry
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State academic departments
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1947
End date:
1959
Definition:
Preferred form of name for use in Iowa State University Library metadata.
Usage:
Use this name to describe resources by or about the academic department active at Iowa State College from 1947 to 1959. It was created in 1947 when the Department of Horticulture and Forestry separated into two departments. In 1959, the name was changed to reflect the college's transition to a university.
History:
Term added to ISULV, 2026-02-27. Based on the sources cited, Metadata Services recommends this form of the name over other variants.
Associated locations:
Iowa--Ames
Predecessor of split:
Iowa State College. Department of Horticulture and Forestry
Successor:
Iowa State University. Department of Forestry
Source:
Iowa State University. Department of Forestry records finding aid, viewed on 2026-01-20 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z18c
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Rights:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/