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Herky Celebrating 25th Birthday
Herky the Hawk points to his "little nest" at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house.
Iowa, University of
Iowa City
University of Iowa President Willard L. Boyd (left) with Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Carver, donors of the largest gift to the University in its history. Carver is chairman of Bandag, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa.
New U Of I Music Hall
A new footbridge across the Iowa River leads to the Music Building construction on the arts campus at the University of Iowa. The School of Music will move into the building during the second semester. Ned L. Ashton, Iowa City consulting engineer and…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
The metamorphosis of a building was concluded with the transformation of a large classroom on the ground floor into four classrooms like this one. Funds for the work in SUI's North Hall were appropriated by the Iowa legislature. The project was…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
Typical of the offices in the new part of North Hall is this one in the School of Religion. In such surroundings, faculty members counsel their students, meet with colleagues, carry on research and study projects, and keep at hand the books and…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
No shade of Blackstone remained in the former law center when the job was completed this fall. A "fourth" floor has been added where bookshelves had been, and the entire new section contains 33 offices and five seminar rooms. The Department of…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
At the height of the $230,000 conversion, the former library area was gutted, resembling an empty warehouse. As this work was going on, the University Personnel Service, Dormitory and Dining Service, and the Superintendent of Planning and…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
When the College of Law moved to a new building dedicated in April 1962, it left the building, now called North Hall, ready for a major remodeling job in order to gain badly needed classroom and office space. The most dramatic change occurred here,…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
Over the entrance to this building on The State University of Iowa campus in Iowa City is a stone which is engraved, "He That Maketh the Law Becomes Master of the Intent Thereof." This motto is all that remains to remind one that it was here that…
Old Capitol Begins Second Century Of Service - Built Under Watchful Eyes Of Indian 'Sidewalk Superintendents'
(Top) Old Capitol Today . . . after more than 100 years of service to SUI, overlooks a campus of more than 100 modern buildings.
(Bottom) Strength And Grace . . . typify the hanging spiral staircase with its unique reverse curve. The staircase…
(Bottom) Strength And Grace . . . typify the hanging spiral staircase with its unique reverse curve. The staircase…
Iowa City, Iowa
Four massive pillars which support the portico had not been erected when this picture was taken of Old Capitol, the first statehouse of Iowa. Old Capitol was turned over to the State University of Iowa when the state capital was moved to Des Moines…
Iowa City, Iowa
Old Capitol was completely renovated and restored in 1923-24 with a $50,000 appropriation from the State Legislature. More than three-quarters of a century of service had caused a marked deterioration. Wooden beams and trusses were replaced with…
Iowa City, Iowa
Hundreds of Johnson County settlers gathered around Old Capitol in the early 1850's for the Johnson County Fair. The building was still unfinished at this time and had not been completed in December, 1857, when it became the property of the State…
Iowa City Played Key Roll In Early History Of State - Territorial Capital Century Ago . . .
An Old Brick Walk . . . leads across the inviting grounds of Plum Grove, home of Robert Lucas, first governor of the Iowa territory. Now a state historical monument, the restored Lucas home is open to the public.