RECORD
Iowa State University. Department of Philosophy
- URI:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/dpt0253.html
- Preferred form:
- Iowa State University. Department of Philosophy
- Term type:
- Authority Corporate Name
- Vocabulary:
- Iowa State academic departments
- Language of term:
- eng
- Start date:
- 1968
- 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 University starting in 1968. It was created with the Department of History, Government and Philosophy Split. In 1974, the religious studies curriculum was added and the name was eventually changed to the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.
- 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
- Predecessor of split:
- Iowa State University. Department of History, Government and Philosophy
- Successor:
- Iowa State University. Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Source:
- Iowa State University, Department of History Records finding aid, viewed on 2026-05-26 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97498; Iowa State University Department of Philosophy Records, viewed on 2026-05-26 https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9279r
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Rights:
- http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/