Report of the Governmental Reorganization Commission to Governor William S. Beardsley for Submission to the Fifty-fourth General Assembly,1950

This report deals with the reorganization of the government of Iowa. The Fifty-third General Assembly established and authorized this commission to examine and recommend changes in all state agencies in order to accomplish the following purposes : a reduction of expenditures and the promotion of economies; an increase in efficiency of governmental operations; a coordination and consolidation of judicial districts; a reduction of agencies by a consolidation of those having similar functions; and an elimination of overlappoing and duplicating of efforts on the part of existing agencies.

Executive Order, July 4, 1953

General Fred C. Tandy, the Adjutant General of Iowa, is apointed Major General in the Adjutant General's Corps, State of Iowa

Executive Order, July 15, 1953

Otto Weber is appointed to Colonel on Staff of the Commander-in-Chief

Iowa Trophy Deer Records, 1953-1991

This document lists trophy white-tail deer taken by "fair chase" in Iowa from 1953-1991. A deer qualifies as a trophy by the score of the conformation of its antlers and and by type of weapon that was used.

State of Iowa Transportation Map, 1953

This document is the State Map of Iowa, both front and back of the year in the title. All maps were are in pdf format and can be used as a historical reference.

Cedar Rock, Lowell Walter House : Built in 1950, 2001.

Information brochure on Cedar Rock, Lowell Walter House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Robert Lucas journal of the war of 1812 during the campaign under General William Hall,1906.

Journal of Iowa Territorial Governor Robert Lucas on the Hall campaign which was to march to Detroit and commence a conquest of Canada. This journal is edited by John c. Parish.

Iowa, The Land Between Two Rivers, 1950.

This brochure is designed as a brief pictorial travelogue on Iowa.

The Robert Lucas Journal of the War of 1812 During the Campaign Under General William Hall,1906

This book is a reprint from the handwritten notes of Robert Lucas, first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841, written while he was in camp and on the march in the War of 1812 from the dates of April to September 1812.

Iowa Welcomes You to the Hospitality and Beauties of the "Hawkeye State.",1953

Contains a forward by the Governor of Iowa, William S. Beardsley and photos of the current Lieutenant Governor and other state officials and Supreme Court Justices of Iowa. The brochure also includes Iowa facts, trivia, historical information along with photos, with detailed captions, of scenic Iowa, tourist destinations and native plants and wildlife. Lists many other points of interest in Iowa with map legends of state parks in the back of the book.

Condition of the State of Iowa, 1953 (55rd General Assembly)

A transcript of the Condition of the State of Iowa speech by Governor Beardsley delivered at the State Capitol.

The Iowa plan for atomic energy education, 1950

This is volume 1 of 5 and is the Iowa Plan for Atomic Energy Education. It is the orientation to the Iowa plan for atomic energy education. This plan was presented to teachers, students and the lay public of Iowa with the desire to remove fears and assist in pointing the way toward a sensitive consideration of what American citizens can and should know and do about atomic energy.

1953 55th GA Inaugural Address by Governor Beardsley, January 15, 1951

This is the Inaugural Address of Governor to the General Assembly.

A Generalized Model Study of Scour Around Bridge Piers and Abutments, HR-24, 1953

Four classes of variables are apparent in the problem of scour around bridge piers and abutments--geometry of piers and abutments, stream-flow characteristics, sediment characteristics, and geometry of site. The laboratory investigation, from its inception, has been divided into four phases based on these classes. In each phase the variables in three of the classes are held constant and those in the pertinent class are varied. To date, the first three phases have been studied. Typical scour bole patterns related to the geometry of the pier or abutment have been found. For equilibrium conditions of scour with uniform sand, the velocity of flow and the sand size do not appear to have any measurable effects on the depth of scour. This result is especially encouraging in the search for correlation between model and prototype since it would indicate that, primarily, only the depth of flow might be involved in the scale effect. The technique of model testing has been simplified, therefore, because rate of sediment transportation does not need to be scaled. Prior to the establishment of equilibrium conditions, however, depths of scour in excess of those for equilibrium conditions have been found. A concept of active scour as an imbalance between sediment transport capacity and rate of sediment supply has been used to explain the laboratory observations.