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/