Bio
I serve as the History Department’s undergraduate advisor. In addition, I study and teach about the history of agriculture and rural life in the West. My courses cover Western Civilization, medieval Europe, and the history of agriculture in North America.
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What’s an unusual item you’ve found in the archives?
While doing work on a project related to the early history of Iowa State, I found a couple of documents in the archive relating to Iowa State College hiring a Pinkerton detective to work undercover posing as a student. The purpose was to root out the culprit in a series of thefts that had occurred in the student living quarters.