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	Title	Date	Summary
1	The women who made UNI Christensen--Caroline (Student--2021) Northern Iowan 118:40, p.02	3/7/2022	Four women are celebrated for their contributions to UNI in its early years as a kickoff for Women's History Month: Marion McFarland Walker, Annie Turner Wittenmyer, Bertha Martin, and Alison Aitchison; photos.
2	Fight for historical campus buildings continue Christensen--Caroline (Student--2021), De Bruin--Karla (Class of 2022) Northern Iowan 118:34, p.01	2/14/2022	The fight to keep the Honors Cottage and Alumni House from being demolished continues; photo.
3	UNI beginning portrayed in Lang Hall; but restoration is needed to preserve artwork of school's birth Appleby--Doug Northern Iowan 93:46, p.10	4/1/1997	Bas-reliefs in Lang Hall date back to the beginning of UNI; photo.
4	Getting started Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty) A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.27	7/1/1990	A look at the earliest days of the Normal School; description of living conditions; photo.
5	The setting Lang--William C. (Vice President; History Faculty) A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.1	7/1/1990	Political and economic background in Iowa; orphans home movement; photo.
6	Yesterdays Julseth--Jeff Northern Iowan 79:9, p.11	9/28/1982	A brief history of the Old Central Bell; photo.
7	Yesterdays Julseth--Jeff Northern Iowan 79:8, p.9	9/24/1982	A short history of the first building on campus, and the beginning of the hunt for the bell; photo.
8	Establishment of the Iowa State Normal School at Cedar Falls, 1876 Hart--Irving Harlow (Extension Faculty and Archivist) First 75 Years 0:0, p.6	7/1/1951	History of the political process behind the founding of the Normal School.
9	1950 Leaves Mark on ISTC Campus Public Relations News Release 1950:165, p.1	12/29/1950	A presidential inauguration, the fifth in 74 years, was one of several major changes during 1950. Starting last June a minor in journalism was offered. Plans were approved for granting a major in library science starting next June.
10	Iowa State Teachers College Public Relations News Release 1950:51, p.1	10/4/1950	Oldest of the 26 main buildings is a three-story brick structure that originally housed orphans of Civil War soldiers. The building is 82 years old.
11	Edward L. Palmer Alumnus 23:3, p.22	7/1/1939	Is engaged in farming. His sister, Anne Palmer Stoner, lives in Cedar Falls. As a child, Edward was housed and schooled for three years in the Orphan's home, now Central Hall, the music building.
12	Presenting "Hurricane Lovers" or "How Jennie Fell in Love" College Eye 28:5, p.1	10/8/1936	Professor Divelbess finds fragment of writing from Orphans Home days.
13	Mary Riddle riddled out her own sketch of ancient romantic episode; script of story supposedly composed by orphan discovered College Eye 27:34, p.2	3/13/1936	Professor Divelbess finds essay written by one of the children in the Orphans Home.
14	Orphans once romped on spot where Crossroads club meets; Central Hall then housed Civil War veterans' orphans College Eye 26:33, p.1	3/1/1935	A look at Central Hall at the time that the orphans lived there.
15	"Old Ben" venerable skeleton, may haunt corner in campus building College Eye 21:26, p.1	4/4/1930	Brief history of North Hall, and Old Ben, the skeleton.
16	The Soldier's Orphans Home College Eye 20:38, p.1	6/20/1929	History of start of T. C.; photo of orphan home.
17	Creation of the Iowa State Normal School Wright--David Sands (Mathematics Faculty) Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.26	7/1/1926	Professor Wright's detailed assessment of the efforts which resulted in the founding of the Normal School.
18	Library and Museum Wright--David Sands (Mathematics Faculty) Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.150	7/1/1926	Brief history of early library facilities; description of new Library Building, now Seerley Hall, including portraits and the mural.
19	The home of the State Normal School Wright--David Sands (Mathematics Faculty) Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.52	7/1/1926	The appearance of the campus and the building in 1876.
20	The Soldiers Orphans Home Wright--David Sands (Mathematics Faculty) Fifty Years at the Teachers College 0:0, p.24	7/1/1926	Professor Wright's assessment of the founding of the Orphans Home.
21	A chapter of important events in the annals of the I. S. N. S. and the I. S. T. C. Old Gold 0:0, p.194	6/1/1926	History of school events; photo.
22	Portrait of Mrs. Wittenmyer to be presented Monday; was active worker in the Civil War College Eye 17:34, p.1	2/24/1926	To be presented by Black Hawk Women's Christian Temperance Union; brief profile of Annie Wittenmyer.
23	Growth of I. S. T. C. represents many years of planning; started as an orphans home back in 1868 College Eye 17:16, p.1	9/30/1925	Brief institutional history.
24	A chronicle of I. S. T. C. in 1878 College Eye 16:2, p.1	9/10/1924	Description of the school from an 1878 issue of the Iowa Normal Monthly.
25	Our beginning College Eye 15:15, p.1	12/12/1923	Brief history of the Orphans Home; photo.
26	Editorially speaking College Eye 10:23, p.2	4/16/1919	Faculty present their issue of the College Eye and their views; oppose compulsory ROTC; urges students to be interested in the history of their own institution.
27	H. C. Hemenway's portrait placed in the college College Eye 8:16, p.6	1/31/1917	Portrait of H. C. Hemenway hung in the college library in recognition of service to the institution.
28	Interesting relic uncovered College Eye 3:9, p.153	10/30/1913	Orphans Home well discovered in excavation for new power plant building; well is 132 feet deep and contains 36 feet of water; sides lined with sandstone.
29	Historical Old Gold 0:0, p.6	6/1/1909	History of public normal schools in Iowa; special emphasis on the early history of the Iowa State Normal School; photo.
30	Official: the visit of the veterans Normal Eyte 19:4, p.49	9/30/1908	Members of 3rd Iowa Infantry visit campus; Margaret Baker lecturing in Chicago; new lockers will be added to Gymnasium; NCA has new room; Nan Baldwin is secretary of YWCA; masonry work under way at President's House; Trustees file biennial report.
31	Official: Beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; getting ready Normal Eyte 11:25, p.602	3/30/1901	Professor Wright writes about getting the campus ready for students in 1876.
32	Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School; the establishment of the State Normal School Wright--David Sands (Mathematics Faculty) Normal Eyte 11:24, p.578	3/23/1901	Professor Wright writes about the passage of the bill to establish the Normal School.
33	Official; Beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School . . . North Hall Wright--David Sands (Mathematics Faculty) Normal Eyte 11:23, p.554	3/16/1901	Professor Wright's account of the construction and early history of the Orphans' Home building, later Central Hall.
34	Official; beginnings of the Iowa State Normal School Normal Eyte 10:22, p.536	3/2/1901	Professor Wright writes about the foundation of the Orphans' Home.
35	The museum has received a large number of plants Normal Eyte 8:16, p.221	1/14/1899	Has received plants from the American West from Kirk Whited, who was an orphan in the Orphans Home.
36	Old Central Hall Shaffer--P. M. (Class of 1897) Normal Eyte 7:35, p.10	6/11/1898	History of the building as an orphans home and as the earliest home of the Normal School.

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