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Edgar W. Stanton Item Info

Portrait of Edgar W. Stanton, George Washington Carver's professor in plane geometry. Edgar W. Stanton served Iowa State continuously from his graduation in 1872 until his death in 1920. He was made Head of the Mathematics Department in 1874, served as Secretary of the Board of trustees from 1874 to 1909, and was four times Acting President of Iowa State. After the death of his first wife, Margaret MacDonald Stanton, in 1895, Stanton presented the college with the first ten bells of the carillon hanging in the Campanile. After Edgar Stanton's death, his second wife, Julie Wentch Stanton, and his children contributed 26 additional bells. The carillon is known as the Stanton Memorial Carillon. Neg. # 0051527.
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Title:
Edgar W. Stanton
Date Created:
1885
Time Period:
1880s
Description:
Portrait of Edgar W. Stanton, George Washington Carver's professor in plane geometry. Edgar W. Stanton served Iowa State continuously from his graduation in 1872 until his death in 1920. He was made Head of the Mathematics Department in 1874, served as Secretary of the Board of trustees from 1874 to 1909, and was four times Acting President of Iowa State. After the death of his first wife, Margaret MacDonald Stanton, in 1895, Stanton presented the college with the first ten bells of the carillon hanging in the Campanile. After Edgar Stanton's death, his second wife, Julie Wentch Stanton, and his children contributed 26 additional bells. The carillon is known as the Stanton Memorial Carillon. Neg. # 0051527.
Subject (Person):
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 Stanton, Edgar W., 1850-1920
Location:
Iowa Iowa--Story County
Language:
zxx
Source:
Iowa State University. Department of Mathematics records
Call Number:
RS 13/14
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9jf61
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
1 photograph; 12.5 x 20.5 cm
Genre:
photographs
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
George Washington Carver collection
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9901zf8r
Identifier:
carver276
Filename:
13-14-a-stanton-1091-5-1-a.jpg
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w98p93

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"Edgar W. Stanton", George Washington Carver Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w98p93
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The Iowa State University Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries.