Journalism on the agricultural frontier of the Old Northwest territory of the United States was shaped by a variety of cultural forces and environmental factors and took on diverse forms. Bridging the gap between the two cultural forms of written correspondence and printed news was a third form: the handwritten newspaper. Between 1844 and 1854…

This is a condensed version of a report of a survey of secondary history courses and teachers in Iowa. The survey was undertaken as an initial step toward understanding and improving Iowa history instruction. Data was gathered from the Department of Public Instruction. Questionnaires were sent to every superintendent and to every high school…

Both economically and socially, Iowa farm women played important roles in supporting and maintaining the rural population during the 1930s. They continued their patterns of production for consumption and for income, and during the Depression this production constituted a larger and more significant part of the household economy. Women kept large…