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/