2019 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference Workshop Observing and Experiencing Nature: Exploring Possibilities

Throughout the workshop, we visited a number of websites and mentioned a few resources related to our explorations of nature and how nature was experienced and described in the past. Below are links to a few of these resources.

Iowa State University Ada Hayden Herbarium

Iowa State University Ada Hayden Herbarium
Projects, Organizations, and Additional Resources
Specimen Databases
(These databases include specimens from the ISU Ada Hayden Herbarium)
Hibiscus Esculentus (okra) specimen
Carver sent this specimen to Pammel in the letter discussed during the workshop

Iowa State University Library Digital Initiatives

Iowa State University Library Digital Initiatives
Ada Hayden Digital Exhibit and Collection
George Washington Carver Digital Collection
Charles Christopher Parry Digital Collection

Iowa State University Library Artwork

Art in the Library main page
Grant Wood Murals
Grant Wood Mural: When Tillage Begins
(note: the flowers depicted are primarily woodland flowers)
 

Art in Parks Collection
For art related to this workshop, see: Rachel Sussman, La Larreta #0308-2B31
Virginia Thorne, Butterfly Weed
Virginia Thorne, Trumpet Creeper

Additional Resources

Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Archives