RECORD

Iowa State College. Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0142.html
Preferred form:
Iowa State College. Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State academic departments
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1891
End date:
1909
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 1891 to 1909. In 1909, the department split into the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Physics and Illuminating Engineering.
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:
Physics Electrical Engineering
Predecessor:
Iowa State College. Department of Physics (1870-1891)
Product of split:
Iowa State College. Department of Electrical Engineering Iowa State College. Department of Physics and Illuminating Engineering
Source:
Iowa State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy records finding aid, viewed on 2026-02-25 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9xj53
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Rights:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/