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About Us - Origin – Mission – Board of Directors – Membership – Meetings - Newsletter

Farwell T. Brown
2004 Annual Meeting

Presentations - Ames Remembers WWII - Hallett's/Ada Hayden Heritage Park Project - Ames Lincoln Way Project

Donations - Historical Material - Volunteer Time - Building Procurement Fund - Programming Endowment - Planned Giving

Acquisition Policy
pdf Deed of Gift form

Membership

pdf Membership form

Hoggatt School - Building - Students - Teachers - Restoration - Dedication - Timeline

Lucian Q. Hoggatt
Sarah Jane Emery
early teaching contracts
Henry May
McGuffey's Reader
W.H. McGuffey
McGuffey publishers
Excelsior Recitations
Greene's English
Collins' Geography
Eclectic Geography
Peterson's Geography
Monteith's Geography
Ray's Arithmetic
North American Speller
Spencerian penmanship

Spencerian penmanship - page 2

Penmanship - Nichols Business Guide
Ornamental penmanship
Autograph verses

Autograph verses - page 2

Parker's Natural Philosophy
Rewards of Merit

Rewards of Merit - page 2

Exhibits - Listing of Exhibit Panels available for Loan WOI Radio and TV

Newsletters - (pdf format)

Spring 2005
Summer 2005
Fall 2005
Winter 2006
Spring 2006

Gift Shop

Contact Us

About Ames - Ames Historical Collection Highlights - enlarging photos

Future Ames Historical Museum

1916 news article

City Government

Ada Hayden Heritage Park

Jepeway photos 1
Jepeway photos 2
Jepeway photos 3
Jepeway photos 4

Ames Bandshell

Bandshell - page 2

Ames City Hall 1916 time capsule

1913 Chautauqua Program

1913 Chautauqua - page 2
1913 Chautauqua - page 3

1915 City of Ames Financial Report
Ames promotional brochure
Ames photo postcards
Ames postcards
First mayor of Ames photo

Ames Fire Department

Fire Department - page 2
Fire Department - page 3
Fire Department - page 4

Ames Mayors

Clint Adams
Lee Fellinger

Lee Fellinger - page 2
Lee Fellinger - page 3
Lee Fellinger - page 4

Ames Municipal Band

Municipal Band - page 2
Municipal Band - page 3

Ames Municipal Court Records
Ames Municipal Electric System

Ames Mun. Electric - page 2
Ames Mun. Electric - page 3
Ames Mun. Electric - page 4
Saturday Review ad

Ames Municipal Water Works

Ames Water Works - page 2

Ames Police Department
Ames Public Library Centennial Booklet

Little Theater - Adele Figura
Adele Figura - page 2
Adele Figura - page 3
Adele Figura - page 4

Ames Sister City, Loja
Flag of Ames
Moore Memorial Park

Schools

Ames Public School Centennial Booklet

AHS Centennial Booklet - page 2
AHS Centennial Booklet - page 3
AHS Centennial Booklet - page 4
AHS Centennial Booklet - page 5

Ames High School

1903 Graduation Program

AHS - page 2

1910 Graduation Program

AHS - page 3

1929 Prom & Grad Programs

AHS - page 4
AHS - page 5

Beardshear School

Beardshear School - page 2
Beardshear School - page 3

Central School

Central School - page 2

Clearview School
Crawford School

Crawford School - page 2
Crawford School - page 3
Crawford School - page 4
Crawford School - page 5

Evergreen School
Grant School #3

Grant #3 - page 2
Grant #3 - page 3

Harlan School
Lincoln School
Meeker School

Meeker School - page 2

Mitchell School
North Grant School
Northwood School

Northwood - page 2
Northwood - page 3
Northwood - page 4
Northwood - page 5
Northwood - page 6

Oakwood School
Roosevelt School

Roosevelt - page 2
Roosevelt - page 3
Roosevelt - page 4

South School
Welch School

Businesses, Industries, Professions

Adams Funeral Home

Adams Funeral Home - page 2

Ames Canning Company

Ames Canning Company - page 2

Ames Greenhouse and Floral
Ames Nursery

Ames Nursery - Page 2

Ames Theatre Company

Ames Theatre - page 2
Ames Theatre - page 3
Ames Theatre - page 4
Ames Theatre - page 5

Ames Tribune - 1897 ads - page 1 - 1897 ads - page 2

Ames Tribune - page 2
Ames Tribune - page 3

Archie's Shoe Repair

Archie's Shoe Repair - page 2

Bates Bakery
Bauge and Alm Shoes
L.M. Bosworth

Bosworth - page 2

Carr Hardware

Carr Hardware - page 2

Carr family record
Carr's Pool

Carr's Pool - page 2
Carr's Pool - page 3
Carr's Pool - page 4
Carr's Pool - page 5
Carr's Pool - page 6
Carr's Pool - page 7

Christensen Hardware
Cole Construction

Cole Construction - page 2
Cole Construction - page 3

College Savings Bank

College Savings Bank - page 2
College Savings Bank - page 3
College Savings Bank - page 4
College Savings Bank - page 5
College Savings Bank - page 6
College Savings Bank - page 7
College Savings Bank - page 8

Collegiate Manufacturing

Collegiate Man. - page 2
Collegiate Man. - page 3
Collegiate Man. - page 4
Collegiate Man. - page 5
Collegiate Man. - page 6
Collegiate Man. - page 7
Collegiate Man. - page 8

Coon Station
Dixon Drug
Dunlap Motors
Edwards Coal Company
Frangos Restaurant

Frangos - page 2

Froning Elevator
Gamble Drugs

Gamble Drugs - page 2

Gerbracht Aeronautic Corporation
Hallett Materials

Hallett Materials - page 2
Hallett Materials - page 3

Hallett photos - page 1
Hallett photos - page 2
Hallett photos - page 3
Hallett photos - page 4
Hallett photos - page 5

Hansen Construction

Hansen Construction - page 2

Henry's Hamburgers
Hotel Ames
Irvine Paint Store
Judisch Bros. Drug Store

Judisch Drug Store - page 2

L-Way Cafe

L-Way Cafe - page 2

Litzel Lumber Company

Litzel Lumber Company - page 2
Litzel Lumber Company - page 3
Litzel Lumber Company - page 4

Kimler Coal & Ice
Menu-ette Café
Michael's Cyclery awards
Mikado Restaurant
Millers Refrigeration
Moore's Dairy
O'Neil Dairy
Overland Cafe & Bus Depot
Overland's Tourist Camp

Overland's Tourist Camp - page 2

Pyle Photo Shop
Richards' Restaurant

Richards' Restaurant - page 2
Richards' Restaurant - page 3
Richards' Restaurant - page 4
Richards' Restaurant - page 5

Scotty's Chicken Inn
Sheldon-Munn formal opening
Skateland
Snook Construction

Snook Construction - page 2

Solar Inn Restaurant
Spick & Span Grocery
Tilden Brothers photos

Tilden Brothers archive material

Topahollow Inn
Trueblood's Shoe Store
Victorbilt Toys

Victorbilt Toys - page 2
Victorbilt Toys - page 3

Walgreen Restaurant
Whattoff Motor

Whattoff - page 2
Whattoff - page 3
Whattoff - page 4
Whattoff - page 5
Whattoff - page 6

Woodland Dairy

Organizations

Ames Women's Theatre record

AWT photos

Clark Avenue Club record
Emanon Club record
North Star School Country Club
Bethesda Lutheran Church

Bethesda Lutheran - page 2
Bethesda Lutheran - page 3
Bethesda Lutheran - page 4

Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Collegiate United Methodist Church

Collegiate Methodist - page 2
Collegiate Methodist - page 3
Collegiate Methodist - page 4

First Baptist Church
First Christian Church

First Christian Church - page 2
First Christian Church - page 3

First Methodist Church

First Methodist Church - page 2
First Methodist Church - page 3
First Methodist Church cookbook

Ontario Church of Christ

Advertisements
Advertisements - page 2

Ontario Church of Christ - page 2
Ontario Church of Christ - page 3

St. Cecilia Parish

St. Cecilia Parish - page 2

1932 Christmas program

St. Cecilia Parish - page 3
St. Cecilia Parish - page 4
St. Cecilia Parish - page 5
St. Cecilia Parish - page 6

Centennial Bulletin

St. Cecilia Parish - page 7

Elks Club
KK record

KK photos
KK photos - page 2
KK minutes
KK programs

Kaffee Klatsch
Mono Clan record

emblem

Friends of Hallett's Quarry
Izaak Walton League

Izaak Walton ads

Ames Drum and Bugle Corps
Camp Fire Girls
Girl Reserves

Girl Reserves - page 2

The Noteables

Residents

Winifred Abram
Bertrand Adams home construction

Bert Adams - page 2
Bert Adams - page 3
Bert Adams - page 4

Clint Adams
William Arrasmith family
Ruth Boast RCA speaker
K.W. Brown

K.W. Brown - page 2

Otto Brue

Otto Brue - page 2
Otto Brue - page 3
Otto Brue - page 4

Dad Carr family record

Carr family photos

John Cole photos
W.P. Coon
Lee Fellinger

Lee Fellinger - page 2
Lee Fellinger - page 3
Lee Fellinger - page 4

Joe Gerbracht
Alice Hallowell
Joseph Lawlor

Lawlor - page 2
Lawlor - page 3

Martin family

Martins - page 2

Mills family

Mills family - page 2
Mills family - page 3

McNeil family

wooden toys made by Homer McNeil
wooden toys - page 2

Maria Pearson

Maria Pearson - page 2
Maria Pearson - page 3

Floyd Penkhus

Skateland - page 1
Skateland - page 2
Skateland - page 3
20th Century Bowling
Bowling - page 2
Bowling - page 3
Bowling - page 4
Miniature Golf & Century Cinema

Grant Quam

Grant Quam - page 2

Ringgenberg archival materials

archival materials - page 2
archival materials - page 3
Ringgenberg household articles
household articles - page 2

Dick Schory

Dick Schory - page 2
Dick Schory - page 3
Dick Schory - page 4
Dick Schory - page 5
Dick Schory - page 6

Olav Smedal

Olav Smedal - page 2
Olav Smedal - page 3

Izaak Walton Field Day

Field Day - page 2

Olav Smedal Conservation Award

Neta Snook

Neta Snook - page 2
Neta Snook - page 3
Neta Snook - page 4
Neta Snook - page 5
Neta Snook - page 6

Vivian Snook

Vivian Snook - page 2
Vivian Snook - page 3

George Tilden Family
Tom Wetteland

Tom Wetteland - page 2

Transportation

American Wheelmen
Ames & College Railway

Ames & College Railway - page 2
Ames & College Railway - page 3
Ames & College Railway - page 4

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad

Chicago & NW - page 2
Chicago & NW - page 3
Chicago & NW - page 4

Construction of Grand Ave. rail crossing

Rail crossing - page 2

Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad

Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern - page 2

Lincoln Way Through Ames sitemap - (over 70 pages in this online exhibit)

Lincoln Way through Ames Map (1.1mb)

Squaw Creek bridge collapse of 1918
Tourist Handbook of 1924
1963 Lincoln Way widening through Campustown

1963 Lincoln Way widening - page 2
1963 Lincoln Way widening - page 3
1963 Lincoln Way widening - page 4

Celebrations and Events

Bicentennial Quilt record

Bicentennial Quilt

Ames Centennial
Ames Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Diamond Jubilee - page 2
Diamond Jubilee - page 3

Ames coverage in national publications
Atomic Attack plan
Blizzard of 1942
Bombing of City Hall

Bombing of City Hall - page 2

Chautauqua in Ames

Chautauqua - page 2
Chautauqua - page 3
Chautauqua - page 4
Chautauqua - page 5

Depression Era
Flood of 1944

Flood of 1944 - page 2
Flood of 1944 - page 3

Friendship Train
Ginkgo Festival
1953 Iowa Mother of the Year

Mother of the Year - page 2
Mother of the Year - page 3

ISC Excursion Day
Memorial Day Celebrations
Santa in Ames in 1953
St. Patrick's Day Parade of 1914
Wally Byam CC Rally
World War II
Rationing

Rationing - page 2
Rationing - page 3
War Savings programs - page 4

Civil Defense Booklet

Civil Defense - page 2

Story County WWII Service Index
Aircraft spotting cards
British aircraft recognition cards

Rural Life Heritage Collection
Ames Tribune Photographic Archive - Description - Preservation - Volunteers - Use - Copyright – Requests Ames Newspapers

pdf Permission to Reproduce form
pdf Permission to Publish form

Quick Facts

Origin of Ames
Ames & College RW Dinkey

Dinkey history - page 2
Dinkey history - page 3
Dinkey history - page 4

Noted Residents

Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday - page 2

Neta Snook
Dick Schory
Peter Schikele
Nick Nolte
Ted Kooser
R. Crumb

Song of Ames
Pipe organs in Ames
Ames Church Organs
ISU Morrill Hall
ISU Memorial Union

Dedication Program

ISU Music Hall
ISU Positif
ISU Recital Hall
ISU Practice Rooms
Streets Renamed
Main Street
Street Paving
Theodore Roosevelt visit
Clifford Thompson visit
Martin Luther King visit
Nancy Reagan visit

Books and Maps

Appendix B from Farwell Brown Book 1

page 2 - page3 - page 4

Resources and Wealth of Story County

page 2

Directory of Story County
Ames in Rhyme
History of Story County - Railroad History

page 2 - page 3 - page 4

Town Hall Series TOC

Place Names of Story County

page 2 - page 3 - page 4
scanned original

page 2 - page 3 - page 4 - page 5 - page 6

Place Names map

Faces of our Founders - list
Historical and Architectural Resources - abstract - TOC
Ames the early years
Farwell Brown Book 1 TOC
Farwell Brown Book 2 TOC

Farwell Brown Book 3 TOC
A Soldier's Life - TOC

S. Augustus Mitchell Map of Iowa, 1850
Johnson & Browning Map of Iowa & Nebraska, 1862
Images from 1875 Andreas' Illustrated Atlas

page 2
Map of Story County

Collins - Franklin - Grant - Howard - Indian Creek - Lafayette - Lincoln
Milford - Nevada - New Albany - Palestine - Richland - Sherman
Union - Warren - Washington
Ames area - (parts of 4 twps)

1878 Colton's Iowa Map
1898 Franklin Township Topographical Map
1899 Story County Map of Superficial Deposits
1902 Heubinger Atlas of Story County, Iowa

Story County Map
Washington Township plat
Franklin Township plat
Milford Township plat
Grant Township plat
Ames plat map
Ontario plat map

1908 Souvenir Atlas of Story County
1919 Plat Maps of Story County
1926 Plat Maps of Story County
1950 Plat Maps of Story County
1967 Plat Maps of Story County
Students' Directory - 1905

Students' Directory - page 2
Students' Directory - page 3

Students' Directory - 1907
1926 ISC Campus Map and Directory
1929 Handbook of ISC
Ames area aerial views

Ames aerial views - page 2
Ames aerial views - page 3
Ames aerial views - page 4
Ames aerial views - page 5
Ames aerial views - page 6
Ames aerial views - page 7

Your Stories

Jay Cole Simser's account of Nick Nolte
1957 letter of Nancy Ross
Don McNeil's recollections of Ames after WWII
Paul Nichols stories of growing up in Ames
Tom Richards remembers his family's business
Joseph Lawlor tells of working for Joe Gerbracht
Steve Grooms on bicycles
Barb Egemo remembers Main Street
Lynn Jenison recalls her days at Central JH
Gary Moore remembers snakes and dry ice
Gary Moore recalls Charlie Sorensen
Bob Singer works for Moore Dairy at age 13
Terry Adams remembers Fraulein Schmidt
Margaret Mae Gross recalls Clearview School
Bill LaGrange makes ice cream at Moore's Dairy
Bob Covey tells his memories growing up in Ames
Uncle Charlie Taylor comes to Ames in 1868
Fred Tilden arrives in Ames in 1880
Manchester Press reporter visits Ames in 1887
Dr. A. Richmond's account from 1902

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Autograph Book verses
What Would You Say?
Burma Shave Signs
1940s Nostalgia Quiz
1895 School Daze Quiz
One hundred years ago
Unusual Historic Postcards
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