Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 21/3/1
Iowa State University Foundation
Subject Files, 1958-[ongoing]
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Iowa State University Foundation |
| title: | Subject Files |
| dates: | 1958-[ongoing] |
| extent: | 1.89 linear feet (4 document boxes and 1 half-document box) |
| collection number: | RS 21/3/1 |
| 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 State University Foundation Subject Files, RS 21/3/1, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
The Iowa State University Foundation was established in 1958 to accept and administer major gifts given to the University by individuals and organizations; in 2001, it became a private organization. This collection (1958-[ongoing]) consists of subject files regarding the foundation's efforts over the years and includes slides, photographs, correspondence, articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, committee files, donor lists, and reports. |
Historical note
The Iowa State University Foundation was established in 1958 in an attempt to accept and administer major gifts given to the University by individuals and organizations. Its main function is to aid Iowa State University in areas where funds are not available. The Foundation's Board of Directors and the Board of Governors make decisions regarding the Foundation’s policies and its expenditures. The Foundation's first major fundraising campaign raised $27 million for the Iowa State Center. Other campaigns included Excellence for the Eighties, Partnership for Prominence, President's Scholarship Campaign, and Campaign Destiny: To Become the Best. The raised monies finance campus programs, research, facilities, and equipment. Donations have also been used to fund scholarships and endowed positions university-wide and within individual departments. The Iowa State University Foundation merged with the Alumni Achievement Fund in January 1980, to consolidate the University’s fundraising activities. The Alumni Achievement Fund was established in 1932 when the Alumni Association at Iowa State was reincorporated. The Fund provided an avenue for alumni and friends of the University to support scholarships and a wide variety of projects through tax-deductible gifts to the University. In 1951, the Fund conducted its first annual campaign. In 2001, the Iowa State University Foundation became a private organization. The privatization resulted in the removal of Iowa State University administrators from its Board of Directors and the withdrawal of financial support from the University. |
Collection description
The collection (1958-[ongoing]) consists of slides, photographs, correspondence, articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, committee files, donor lists, and reports created in the course of the ISU Foundation's work. Information regarding the ISU Foundation Board of Governors is also in these records. Some slides are marked with the name of the photography studio. Slides may also be marked with identifying information about those pictured. An included index identifies notable subjects in a set of slides, all created before January 1993. |
Organization
The collection is arranged in two series: The original arrangement of Series 2: Photographs, Slides, and Negatives reflects the Foundation's use of these materials. They are generally organized by event or subject and are frequently, although not always, then arranged chronologically. |
Description of series
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Articles of Incorporation and By-laws |
1958 |
1 |
2 |
Board of Directors: Meeting Minutes |
1958-1966 |
1 |
3 |
Board of Governors: Data |
1960-1961 |
1 |
4 |
Board of Governors: Lists |
1961, 1967 |
2 |
18-19 |
Board of Governors: Manual |
1987-1989 |
1 |
5 |
Board of Governors: Meeting Minutes |
1958-1967 |
2 |
20 |
Board of Governors: Meeting Minutes |
1987 |
2 |
21 |
Board of Governors: Meeting Minutes |
1988 |
2 |
22 |
Board of Governors: Meeting Minutes |
1989 |
2 |
23 |
Board of Governors: Membership List |
1987-1988 |
3 |
1 |
Board of Governors: Nominating Committee Correspondence and Meeting Materials |
1989 |
1 |
6 |
Board of Governors: Nominations |
1958-1961 |
2 |
24 |
Board of Governors: Planning Study and Fundraising Potential Report |
1988 |
1 |
7 |
Board of Governors: Reports |
1967-1968 |
1 |
9 |
Correspondence |
1977-2004 |
1 |
8 |
Correspondence |
1958-1967 |
1 |
10 |
Correspondence: Financial |
1961 |
1 |
11 |
Correspondence: Stephens Family |
1963 |
2 |
14 |
Donor Demographics Report |
1995 |
1 |
12 |
Donor Lists |
1959-1963 |
1 |
13 |
Donor Lists: Arizona and New Mexico Alumni |
1962 |
1 |
14 |
Donor Lists: Oklahoma Alumni |
1962 |
1 |
15 |
Donor Lists: Texas Alumni |
1962 |
2 |
11 |
Endowment Gift Agreement Form |
2006 circa |
1 |
16 |
Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes |
1964-1967 |
2 |
10 |
Financial Statements and Auditor's Reports |
2003-2005 |
2 |
7 |
Gannon/Nichols Iowa Supreme Court Case Ruling |
2005 |
2 |
1 |
Governor's Manual |
1994-1995 |
2 |
12 |
Guidelines for Naming Opportunities and Endowments |
2007 |
2 |
2 |
Foundation History Articles and Timelines |
1974-2007, undated |
2 |
16 |
Holiday Cards |
2009-2011 |
2 |
3 |
Industrial Administration Development Fund |
1976 |
2 |
4 |
Investment Committee: Meeting Minutes |
1962-1963 |
2 |
17 |
Investment Report: Long Term Pool |
2010 |
3 |
2 |
Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee |
1989 |
2 |
5 |
Organization Chart |
undated |
2 |
6 |
Personnel Handbook |
1993 |
3 |
3 |
Personnel: Mayfield, Elizabeth |
1979-1989 circa |
2 |
13 |
Postcards |
2008 |
3 |
4 |
Restructuring of ISU Foundation and ISU Achievement Foundation |
1986 |
2 |
8 |
Staff Directory |
2005 |
2 |
9 |
Thanksgiving Cards |
2005-2006 |
2 |
15 |
Women and Philanthropy Workshop: Program |
2009 |
Description of series
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
3 |
5 |
Slides: Index Created 1993 January |
1993 |
3 |
6 |
Slides: Governors Meeting, 1992 June (10 color) |
1992 |
3 |
7 |
Slides: Edward McCracken Events (55 color) |
1992, 1995 |
3 |
8 |
Slides: Sweeney Hall Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1992 June (53 color) |
1992 |
3 |
9-10 |
Slides: Order of the Knoll Events, 1992 August-September (213 color) |
1992 |
3 |
11 |
Slides: Basketball Game Half-Time Presentations (16 color) |
1991, 1992 |
3 |
12 |
Slides: Durham Center Dedication, 1991 June (10 color) |
1991 |
3 |
13 |
Slides: Al and Sara Sorenson (28 color) |
1991, 1995 |
3 |
14 |
Slides: VEISHEA Parade, 1991 May (12 color) |
1991 |
3 |
15 |
Slides: Governors Wall Dedication, 1990 June (53 color) |
1990 |
3 |
16 |
Slides: Meg Speer Book Endowment Ceremony, 1991 September (19 color) |
1991 |
3 |
17 |
Slides: Construction Engineering Laboratory, Hon-Pong and Annie Fong (8 color) |
1990-1993 circa |
3 |
18 |
Slides and Negatives: Reiman Gardens Payment, Plans, Presentation, 1993 February (48 color, 2 color negatives) |
1993 |
3 |
19 |
Slides: Engel/Hilton, 1993 February (35 color) |
1993 |
3 |
20 |
Slides: Harold Nichols Reception, 1993 March 17 (32 color) |
1993 |
3 |
21 |
Slides: Murray Bacon Ethics Center Dedication, 1993 April (14 color) |
1993 |
3 |
22 |
Slides: Campaign Cabinet Meeting, 1993 April (22 color) |
1993 |
3 |
23 |
Slides: Order of the Knoll Spring Brunch (36 color) |
1993 |
4 |
1 |
Slides: VEISHEA Parade, Jischke in Cyclone Car and Parade Marshal Bobby Douglas (78 color) |
1993 |
4 |
2 |
Slides: Commencement Ceremony (58 color) |
1993 |
4 |
3 |
Slides: Unidentified Event (170 color) |
1993 circa |
4 |
4 |
Slides: Library Friends Reception (62 color) |
1993 |
4 |
5 |
Slides: Unidentified Half-Time Presentation, circa 1992 March (2 color) |
1992 circa |
4 |
6 |
Slides: Digital Gift Reception, 1993 July 2 (34 color) |
1993 |
4 |
7 |
Slides: Bernice Black Durand and Order of the Knoll, San Francisco, Calif. (16 color) |
1993 |
4 |
8 |
Slides and Negatives: Reiman Gardens (52 color, 1 color negative) |
1993 circa |
4 |
9 |
Slides: Marching Band Reunion at Homecoming (32 color) |
1993 |
4 |
10 |
Slides: Finance Presentations (10 color) |
1993 circa |
4 |
11 |
Slides: Building and Facilities (55 color) |
1993, 1995 |
4 |
12 |
Slides, Negatives, and Photographs: Campanile Renovations (61 color slides, 2 color negatives, 2 color photographs) |
1992 |
4 |
13 |
Photographs: Unidentified Foundation Event (50 color) |
1990-1999 circa |
4 |
14-15 |
Photographs: Holl Chair of Applied Mathematics at Knoll with Hailiang Liu, Geoffrey, Bierbaum (41 color) |
2002 |
5 |
1 |
Photographs: Engineering Teaching and Research Complex Dedication (13 color) |
1999 circa |
5 |
2 |
Photographs: Partnership for Prominence and Center for Teaching Excellence with Johnny Orr, Virgil Lagomarcino, and Billy Joel (13 b/w) |
1992 |
5 |
3 |
Photographs: Portraits of John Dasher, Beth Middleton, Dick Steffan, Mark Besser, and Deloris Wright (5 b/w) |
1990-1995 circa |
5 |
4 |
Photographs: Thomas Sutherland With Bell (1 b/w) |
1992 circa |
5 |
5 |
Photographs: $80 Million Gift Announcement Event, 1999 September (8 color) |
1999 |
5 |
6 |
Photographs: University Administrators (5 color) |
1990s-2000s circa |
5 |
7 |
Photographs: Murray G. Bacon, Jean Bacon Lewis, and Jischke (4 color) |
1990s circa |
5 |
8 |
Photographs and Contact Sheets: Campanile (5 color) |
1997 |
5 |
9 |
Photographs: Order of the Knoll (1 color) |
1993 circa |
5 |
10 |
Photographs and Contact Sheets: Unidentified Men (5 b/w) |
1990s circa |
5 |
11 |
Photographs: Keystone Society Luncheon with Jischke (5 color) |
1999 |
5 |
12 |
Photographs: General (12 color, 1 b/w) |
1990s circa |
5 |
13 |
Photographs and Negatives: Unidentified (6 color, 2 b/w, 1 color negative) |
1990s circa |
5 |
14 |
Slides: Iowa State Center, interior and exterior (88 color) |
1990 circa |
5 |
15 |
Slides: Polk Co., ISU Partners (25 color) |
1992 |
5 |
16 |
Slides: Iowa State Center renovation campaign presentation (31 color) |
1990-1993 circa |