RECORD
Iowa State College. Department of Public Speaking
- URI:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0229.html
- Preferred form:
- Iowa State College. Department of Public Speaking
- Term type:
- Authority Corporate Name
- Vocabulary:
- Iowa State academic departments
- Language of term:
- eng
- Start date:
- 1903
- 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 1903 to 1939. It was formed in 1903 when the Department of Elocution and Oratory was renamed. In 1939, it merged with the Department of English 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:
- Speech
- Mergee:
- Iowa State College. Department of English
- Predecessor of split:
- Iowa State College. Department of Elocution
- Product of merger:
- Iowa State College. Department of English and Speech
- Source:
- LeFebvre, Luke. "Speech Communication at Iowa State University: A Departmental History and Aftermath", viewed on 2026-05-20 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358963790_Speech_Communication_at_Iowa_State_University_A_Departmental_History_and_Aftermath
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Rights:
- http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/