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/