RECORD

Iowa State College. Department of Botany

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0021.html
Preferred form:
Iowa State College. Department of Botany
Alternative forms:
Dept. of Botany; Botany Dept.
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State academic departments
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1870
End date:
1957
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 at Iowa State College from 1870 to 1957. In 1957, the name was changed to the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology when plant pathology curriculum was added to the program.
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
Parent term:
Botany
Successor:
Iowa State University. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Source:
Iowa State University, Department of Botany records, viewed on 2026-01-21 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z19r
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Rights:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/