Mary B. Welch Papers
Writings and letters documenting the early history of the Department of Domestic Economy by its first head, Mary B. Welch
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About the collection
Mary B. Welch was the organizer and head of the Department of Domestic Economy at Iowa State from 1875 to 1883. She was married to Iowa State College’s first president, Adonijah Welch. This collection includes writings and lectures by Welch on various topics, including home economics, rhetoric, etiquette, Italy, and the early history of the Department of Domestic Economy. The collection also includes correspondence by Welch and biographical information.
Accessibility information
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Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder
This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.
Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.