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Schedule a class session with Special Collections and University Archives

December 06, 2024

Author: Amy Bishop

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What can Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) offer your students? Working with archival materials and rare books gives students from a range of disciplines opportunities to engage in critical thinking, analyze multiple perspectives, and synthesize information from a variety of sources. 

Examples of recent sessions include: 

  • Journalism students learning how to analyze and use historical primary sources to write about a media-related event in Iowa State history 
  • Rhetoric students evaluating the rhetorical strategies used by creators of historical food- and agriculture-related documents 
  • Architecture students exploring the creation of taxonomies using rare books and archival collections to understand the classification of architectural types  
  • Typography students interpreting the typographical elements in rare books to articulate how they communicate content and guide the reader through the text 
  • Family and Consumer Sciences Education students learning how to conduct archival research in order to understand their field’s history and incorporate historical primary sources into their research 

SCUA has led sessions for classes in these and other program areas: 

  • Apparel, Merchandizing, and Design 
  • Architecture 
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 
  • Biological/Pre-medical Illustration 
  • Event Management 
  • Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies 
  • Graphic Design 
  • Horticulture 
  • Integrated Studio Arts 
  • Journalism and Mass Communication 
  • Political Science 
  • Sociology 
  • Spanish 
  • Speech Communication 
  • Women’s and Gender Studies 

Interested, but still have questions? Send an email to archives@iastate.edu, and an archivist will follow up with you. 

Ready to schedule? We ask for three weeks advance notice for scheduling and planning purposes. Please reach out as soon as possible for spring 2025. Fill out the instruction request form on our website, and we will get back with you to schedule a session and gather details.