RECORD

Iowa State College. Department of Applied Economics and Social Science

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0058.html
Preferred form:
Iowa State College. Department of Applied Economics and Social Science
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State academic departments
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1913
End date:
1924
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 1913 to 1925. In 1924, it merged with the Department of History to form the Department of Economics, History, and Sociology. In 1931, the departments split and it became the Department of Economics and Sociology.
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:
Economics
Component of merger:
Iowa State College. Department of History
Product of merger:
Iowa State College. Department of Economics, History and Sociology
Source:
Iowa State University, Department of Economics records, viewed on 2026-02-03 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9gr4r; Department of Economics (CALS), viewed on 2026-02-03 https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/entities/orgunit/0a5915a9-2068-4ce8-9e3f-a7d8ab0af184
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Rights:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/