RECORD
Iowa State College. Department of English
- URI:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0224.html
- Preferred form:
- Iowa State College. Department of English
- Term type:
- Authority Corporate Name
- Vocabulary:
- Iowa State academic departments
- Language of term:
- eng
- Start date:
- 1913
- End date:
- 1939
- 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 1939. It was created in 1913 when the Department of Literature and Rhetoric changed its name. In 1939, it merged with the Department of Speech to form the Department of English and Speech.
- History:
- Term added to ISULV 2026-08-24. Based on the sources cited, Metadata Services recommends this form of the name over other variants.
- Associated locations:
- Iowa--Ames
- Parent term:
- English
- Predecessor:
- Iowa State College. Department of Literature and Rhetoric
- Product of merger:
- Iowa State College. Department of English and Speech
- Source:
- Iowa State University Department of English records finding aid, viewed on 2026-05-20 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9s204
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Rights:
- http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/