RECORD

Iowa State College. Department of History and Government

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0248.html
Preferred form:
Iowa State College. Department of History and Government
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State academic departments
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1931
End date:
1957
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 1931 to 1957. It was formed in 1931 when the Department of Economics, History, and Sociology split. In 1957, it was expanded to include Philosophy and became the Department of History, Government and Philosophy.
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
Predecessor of split:
Iowa State College. Department of Economics, History and Sociology
Successor:
Iowa State College. Department of History, Government and Philosophy
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/