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- From the Archives Sitemap - weekly feature in the Ames Tribune
- Monthly Photos Sitemap - past photos featured on the homepage
About Us - Origin - Mission - Board of Directors - Membership - Meetings - Newsletter
Presentations - Ames Remembers WWII - Hallett's/Ada Hayden Heritage Park Project - Ames Lincoln Way Project
Donations - Historical Material - Volunteer Time - Building Procurement Fund - Programming Endowment - Planned Giving
Hoggatt School - Building - Students - Teachers - Restoration - Dedication - Timeline
- Lucian Q. Hoggatt
Sarah Jane Emery
early teaching contracts
Henry May
McGuffey's Reader
W.H. McGuffey
McGuffey publishers
Excelsior Recitations
Greene's English
Collins' Geography
Eclectic Geography
Peterson's Geography
Monteith's Geography
Ray's Arithmetic
North American Speller
Spencerian penmanshipPenmanship - Nichols Business Guide
Ornamental penmanship
Autograph verses
Exhibits - Listing of Exhibit Panels available for Loan WOI Radio and TV
Newsletters - (pdf format)
About Ames - Ames Historical Collection Highlights - enlarging photos
- Future Ames Historical Museum
City Government
- Ada Hayden Heritage Park
- Ames City Hall 1916 time capsule
- Ames Mayors
- Ames Municipal Court Records
Ames Municipal Electric System
Schools
- Ames Public School Centennial Booklet
- Ames High School
- Beardshear School
- Central School
- Clearview School
Crawford School - Edwards School
Evergreen School
Grant School #3 - Harlan School
Lincoln School
Meeker School - Mitchell School
North Grant School
Northwood School - Oakwood School
Roosevelt School - South School
Welch School
Whittier School
Businesses, Industries, Professions
- Adams Funeral Home
- Allen Motor Company
Ames Art Pottery Company
Ames Canning Company - Ames Drag Strip
Ames Greenhouse and Floral
Ames Nursery - Ames Stationers
Ames Theatre Company - Ames Tourist Court
Ames Tribune - Archie's Shoe Repair
- Artesian Apco
Bates Bakery
Bauge and Alm Shoes - Bosworth
Brintnall's Standard Service
Carr Hardware - Carr family record
- Carr's Pool
Casey Motel
Christensen Hardware
Cities Service Station - Cole Construction
- College Savings Bank
- Collegiate Man.
Coon Station
Dependable Motors
Dixon Drug
Dunlap Motors
Edwards Coal Company
Erickson Brothers Service Station - Frangos
Froning Elevator - Gamble Drugs
Gerbracht Aeronautic Corporation - Hallett
- Hansen Construction
Henry's Hamburgers
Home Furniture and Appliance
Hotel Ames
Hotel Barber Shop
Irvine Paint Store
Joe's Men's Shop - Judisch Drug Store
Kampus Kamp
Kimler Coal & Ice Company
Knapp Insurance Agency
L-Way Cafe - Litzel Lumber Company
- Malander's Ninth Street Grocery
Marion's Bicycle Service
Max Duitch Auto Exchange
Menu-ette Cafe
Michael's Cyclery awards
Mikado Restaurant
Miller's Paint Store
Millers Refrigeration
Moore's Dairy
Motor Sales and Service
Nelson Electric Company - Ness Typewriter Sales
New York Store
Nim's Sportsman's
O.K. Barber Shop
O'Neil Dairy
Oslund Drug
Overland Cafe & Bus Depot
Overland's Tourist Camp - Pacific Fish Market
The Paint Spot
Pyle Photo Shop
Richards' Restaurant - Scotty's Chicken Inn
Sheldon-Munn formal opening - Skateland
Skeie Pontiac
Snook Construction - Silver Spur Lounge
Square Deal Service Station
Solar Inn Restaurant
Spick & Span Grocery - Tilden Brothers
Tip Top Sandwich Shop
Topahollow Inn
Triplett Real Estate
Trueblood's Shoe Store
Van Voorhis Plumbing & Cooling
Van's Grocery
Victorbilt Toys - Walgreen Restaurant
Whattoff Motor - Woodland Dairy
Organizations
- Ames Women's Theatre record
- Clark Avenue Club record
Emanon Club record
North Star School Country Club
Bethesda Lutheran Church - Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Collegiate United Methodist Church - First Baptist Church
First Christian Church - First Methodist Church
- Ontario Church of Christ
- St. Cecilia Parish
- United Church of Christ - Congregational
Ames Golf and Country Club
Elks Club - KK photos
Kaffee Klatsch
Mono Clan record - Friends of Hallett's Quarry
Izaak Walton League - Ames Drum and Bugle Corps
Camp Fire Girls
Girl Reserves - The Noteables
Residents
- Winifred Abram
- Bert Adams
Clint Adams
William Arrasmith family
Ruth Boast RCA speaker
K.W. Brown - Otto Brue
- Dad Carr family record
- John Cole photos
W.P. Coon
Lee Fellinger - Peter Frango Family
- Joe Gerbracht
Alice Hallowell - Lawlor
- Martin family
- Mills family
- McNeil family
- Maria Pearson
- Floyd Penkhus
- Ringgenberg archival materials
- Olav Smedal
- Izaak Walton Field Day
Transportation
- American Wheelmen
- Ames & College Railway
- Chicago & NW
Construction of Grand Ave. rail crossing - Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad
- Lincoln Way Through Ames sitemap - (over 70 pages in this online exhibit)
Squaw Creek bridge collapse of 1918
Tourist Handbook of 1924
1963 Lincoln Way widening through Campustown
Celebrations and Events
- Bicentennial Quilt record
- Ames coverage in national publications
Atomic Attack plan
Blizzard of 1942
Bombing of City Hall - Chautauqua in Ames
- Depression Era
Flood of 1944 - Friendship Train
Bank Robbery of 1935
Ginkgo Festival
1953 Iowa Mother of the Year - ISC Excursion Day
Memorial Day Celebrations
Santa in Ames in 1953
St. Patrick's Day Parade of 1914
Wally Byam CC Rally
World War II
Rationing
Rural Life Heritage Collection
Ames Tribune Photographic Archive - Description - Preservation - Volunteers - Use - Copyright – Requests Ames Newspapers
- Origin of Ames
- Dinkey history
Noted ResidentsSong of Ames
Pipe organs in Ames
Ames Church Organs
ISU Morrill Hall
ISU Memorial UnionISU Music Hall
ISU Positif
ISU Recital Hall
ISU Practice Rooms
Streets Renamed
Main Street
Street Paving
Theodore Roosevelt visit
Clifford Thompson visit
Martin Luther King visit
Nancy Reagan visit
- Appendix B from Farwell Brown Book 1
Resources and Wealth of Story County
Directory of Story County
Ames in Rhyme
History of Story County - Railroad HistoryFaces of our Founders - list
Historical and Architectural Resources - abstract - TOC
Ames the early years
Farwell Brown Book 1 TOC
Farwell Brown Book 2 TOCS. Augustus Mitchell Map of Iowa, 1850
Johnson & Browning Map of Iowa & Nebraska, 1862
1864 Ward & Johnson Map of Iowa and Nebraska
Images from 1875 Andreas' Illustrated Atlas- page 2
Map of Story County- Collins - Franklin - Grant - Howard - Indian Creek - Lafayette - Lincoln
Milford - Nevada - New Albany - Palestine - Richland - Sherman
Union - Warren - Washington
Ames area - (parts of 4 twps)
- Collins - Franklin - Grant - Howard - Indian Creek - Lafayette - Lincoln
1878 Colton's Iowa Map
1887 Colton's Iowa Map
1898 Franklin Township Topographical Map
1899 Story County Map of Superficial Deposits
1902 Heubinger Atlas of Story County, Iowa- Story County Map
Washington Township plat
Franklin Township plat
Milford Township plat
Grant Township plat
Ames plat map
Ontario plat map
1903 Ames area Soils Map
1904 Topographical Map of Story County
1908 Souvenir Atlas of Story County
1912 Map of the City of Ames
1914 Map of the City of Ames
1916 Map of the City of Ames
1919 Plat Maps of Story County
1926 Plat Maps of Story County
1926 Map of the City of Ames
1930 Map of the City of Ames
1943 Map of the City of Ames
1943 Zoning Map of the City of Ames
1948 Street & Polling Map of the City of Ames
1950 Plat Maps of Story County
1957 Sewer Map of the City of Ames
1961 Street Map of the City of Ames
1967 Plat Maps of Story County
1969 Street Map of the City of Ames
1980 Street Map of the City of Ames
Students' Directory - 1905Students' Directory - 1907
1926 ISC Campus Map and Directory
1929 Handbook of ISC
Ames area aerial views - page 2
- Carol Cummings
Mary Metzger
Roger Goetz
Jack Morris
John Midgorden
Ginny Jackson
Mary Martin Carr
Gary Hall
Jay Cole Simser
1957 letter of Nancy Ross
Don McNeil
Paul Nichols
Tom Richards
Joseph Lawlor
Steve Grooms
Barb Egemo
Lynn Jenison
Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Bob Singer
Terry Adams
Margaret Mae Gross
Bill LaGrange
Bob Covey
Uncle Charlie Taylor
Fred Tilden
Manchester Press reporter
Dr. A. Richmond
Fun Stuff - What is This? Answer
- Autograph Book verses
What Would You Say?
Burma Shave Signs
1940s Nostalgia Quiz
1895 School Daze Quiz
One hundred years ago
Unusual Historic Postcards
Photo of the Month
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