RECORD

Iowa State College. Department of Economics, History and Sociology

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0059.html
Preferred form:
Iowa State College. Department of Economics, History and Sociology
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State academic departments
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1924
End date:
1931
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 1924 to 1931. It was created when the Department of Applied Economics and Social Sciences merged with the history department 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
Mergee:
Iowa State College. Department of Economics, History and Sociology Iowa State College. Department of History
Product of split:
Iowa State College. Department of Economics and Sociology Iowa State College. Department of History and Government
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/