RECORD
Iowa State College. Department of History
- URI:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0247.html
- Preferred form:
- Iowa State College. Department of History
- Term type:
- Authority Corporate Name
- Vocabulary:
- Iowa State academic departments
- Language of term:
- eng
- Start date:
- 1898
- End date:
- 1924
- 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 1898 to 1924. It was formed when the Department of English Literature and History was renamed after English Literature left the department. In 1924, it combined with the Department of Applied Economics and Social Science to form the Department of Economics, History and Sociology.
- 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:
- History
- Component of merger:
- Iowa State College. Department of Applied Economics and Social Science
- Predecessor:
- Iowa Agricultural College. Department of English Literature and History
- Product of merger:
- Iowa State College. Department of Economics, History and Sociology
- Source:
- Iowa State University, Department of History Records finding aid, viewed on 2026-05-26 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97498
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Rights:
- http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/