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

RS14/1/13
Charles Henry Stange (1880-1936)
Papers, 1908-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator:

Stange, Charles Henry (1880-1936)

title:

Papers

dates:

1908-[ongoing]

extent:

3.21linear feet (1 half manuscript box and 1 map case folder)

collection number:

RS 14/1/13

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Charles Henry Stange Papers, RS14/1/13, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Charles Henry Stange was born on May 21, 1880 in Cedar County, Iowa. He received his D.V.M. from Iowa State College (University) (1907).

Stange began his career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry (1907). He returned to Iowa State as an assistant professor (1907-1908) and became acting Dean of the Division of Veterinary Medicine (1908-1909), and Dean of the Division (1909-1936).

During Dr. Stange's tenure as Dean, he worked diligently to make Iowa State's Division of Veterinary Medicine the best in the nation. He separated the Division into five departments and later established two new departments (the Department of Veterinary Hygiene and the Department of Obstetrics) and the Veterinary Medical Research Institute. The Veterinary Quadrangle was constructed (1912), which was one of the finest facilities of the time. The Division also become one of the first veterinary schools to offer four full years of veterinary courses and to set entrance requirements for its prospective students.

Dean Stange belonged to many professional and honorary organizations, including Phi Zeta, Sigma Xi, United States Livestock Sanitary Association, American Veterinary Medical Association, Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, Association of State and National Research Workers in Animal Diseases, and the Iowa Academy of Science. He was a delegate to the Eleventh International Veterinary Congress (1930) and the United States Bureau of Education chose him to survey the veterinary schools in the country (1928).

Dr. Stange passed away April 26, 1936 and is interred in the Iowa State University Cemetery.

 

Collection description

The collection contains correspondence, biographical information and memorials, publications, and addresses. The papers also include information regarding the Charles Henry Stange Award and photographs of Dr. Stange on vacation and of his friends and family.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Addresses

1928

1

2

Awards and certificates

1934

MAP
CASE

C409
D09

Awards and certificates

1907-1930

1

3

Biographical information

1908-1961

1

4

Biographical information – memorials and obituaries

1936-1937

1

5

Correspondence

1908-1930

1

6

International Veterinary Congress (2 8x10 B&W photographs)

1930

1

7

Photographs (10 8x10 B&W, 4 5x7 B&W, 6 3x5 B&W, 1 3x5 color photographs)

1909-1964

1

8

Publications

1914-1930

1

9

Stange Award for Meritorious Achievement in Veterinary Medicine

2001