Drake Heritage Collections
Drake Heritage Collections
The Historic Des Moines collection gives a glimpse of Des Moines, Iowa as it entered the 20th century. This was a period of substantial growth for the city, and a time when Des Moines was growing away from its origins as an outpost in the West. The collection was created by scanning images from the original sources held by the …
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Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Describe your collection for visitors to your site.
Cowles Library presents Drake University's Yearbook, The Quax. Using optical character recognition software (OCR), we have been able to create searchable transcripts for all the yearbooks. What does that mean? It means you can now keyword search several decades of Drake University's history.
Want to find an individual? …
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This exhibition focuses on Daniel Morehouse, Comet Morehouse, and astronomy at Drake University and in Des Moines. Daniel Walter Morehouse was connected to Drake University as a student, professor and administrator. An astronomer, he discovered the eponymous comet on September 1, 1908 at the Yerkes Observatory while completing …
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In 1884, two students, three faculty members and an alumnus joined together to produce Drake University's first student newspaper, the Drake Delphic. Over the past 125+ years, the students of Drake have continued to publish a newspaper, documenting news and events for the Drake and Des Moines communities. Cowles Library has a …
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The purpose of the Drake Heritage Collections is to collect, digitize, and preserve important stories of Drake University's 125-year history.
Photographs, articles and other materials have been scanned and oral histories from eye witnesses have been recorded. These materials have been made availalbe online to reach the largest possible audience.
Need more information?
Bart Schmidt
Digital Projects Librarian
bart.schmidt@drake.edu
(515) 271-2940
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