Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 16/3/7/4
Iowa 4-H Foundation
Langwood 4-H Reserve Records, 1969-2000


Descriptive summary

creator:

Iowa 4-H Foundation
title:

Langwood 4-H Reserve Records
dates:

1969-2000
extent:

1.05 linear ft. (2 document boxes and 1 half-document box)
collection number:

RS 16/3/7/4
repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research
publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:

Iowa 4-H Foundation Langwood 4-H Reserve Records, RS 16/3/7/4, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

In 1969, Warren and Dorothy Langwith donated a tract of 93 acres of timber covered land in Louisa County, Iowa, to the Iowa 4-H Foundation. Their intention was for the Foundation to create a camping center to be utilized by the Davenport Extension Area 4-H and for youth in southeast Iowa. The Foundation supplied funds to provide for a manmade pond (1977), an A-frame cabin (1979), and the hiring of the first summer programmer, Curtis Henderson (1982). The Louisa County Conservation Board purchased the land in 2000 and named it the Langwood Education Center and Camp.

 

Collection description

The collection (1969-2000) provides a chronological record of the Langwood 4-H Reserve with documents that include correspondence, land deeds, meeting minutes, news clippings, photographs, slides, and reports. The records cover and include the initial gift of land from the Langwiths to the sale of the land to the Louisa County Conservation Board. Correspondence is primarily between the area extension director in charge of Langwood and the Iowa 4-H Foundation staff in Ames. Reports can include annual reports, committee reports, and financial reports.

Related collections include the Iowa 4-H Foundation Administrative Records (RS 16/3/7/4) and the Iowa 4-H Records (RS 16/3/4).

 

Organization

The collection is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Correspondence, minutes, and reports (includes copies of land deeds)

1969

1

2

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1970

1

3

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1971

1

4

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1972

1

5

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1973

1

6

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1974

1

7

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1975

1

8

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1976

1

9

Correspondence, minutes, and reports (includes 4 color slides)

1977

1

10

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1978

1

11

Correspondence, minutes, and reports (includes 8- 3.5x5" color photographs)

1979

1

12

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1980

1

13

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1981

1

14

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1982

2

1

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1983

2

2

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1984

2

3-4

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1985

2

5

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1986

2

6

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1987

2

7

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1988

2

8

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1989

2

9

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1990

2

10

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1991

2

11

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1992

2

12

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1993

2

13

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1994

2

14

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1995

2

15

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1996

2

16

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1997

2

17

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1998

2

18

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

1999

2

19

Correspondence, minutes, and reports

2000
3 1-2 Summer Program Director, Curt Henderson: Project binder and camp materials 1982