[Collection Name, date span. Collection #]. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
EXAMPLES
Frank Abraham Papers, RS 21/7/94, Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
American Society of Brewing Chemists Records, 1934-[ongoing]. MS 227. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
Clementine M. Harris Diaries, 1898-1911. MS 338. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
Pilar A. Garcia Papers, 1933-2011. RS 12/6/53. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
[Item, date. Box #, Folder #. Collection Name, date span. Collection #]. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
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Dorothy Kehlenbeck to P. Mabel Nelson, 2 March 1960. Box 2, Folder 9. Dorothy Kehlenbeck Bean Papers. RS 25/4/51. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
Clothing Construction Techniques, 1981. Stewart railroad cottage lease, 15 October 1915. Box 10, Folder 5. Union Pacific Railroad Collection, 1902-1969. 97-19. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
Executive Committee Minutes, Iowa Conservation Education Council, 3 January 1980. Box 12, Folder 69. Iowa Conservation Education Council Records, 1958-1998. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
[Photo caption with date if available. Photo Collection Name Collection Number Photo Number]. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
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Jack Trice and Teammates, 1923. University Photographs RS 21/07/A. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
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[Description of Artifact, date if applicable. Collection Name, Collection Number Artifact associated with, if applicable. Artifact Number]. Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
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Marching Band Uniform, 1930-1949. Iowa State University. Cyclone Marching Band records, RS 13/17/13. Artifact 2008-094.006.Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
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Entire Collection
Pilar A. Garcia Papers, 1933-2011. RS 12/6/53. ISU Library Special Collections and University Archives.
Content from a particular document or item from collection
Executive Committee Minutes, Iowa Conservation Education Council, 3 January 1980. Box 12, Folder 69. Iowa Conservation Education Council Records, 1958-1998. ISU Special Collections & University Archives.
University Photographs
Jack Trice and Teammates, 1923. University Photographs RS 21/07/A. ISU Library Special Collections and University Archives.
Artifacts
Marching Band Uniform, 1930-1949. Artifact 2008-094.006.Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University Library, Ames, Iowa.
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