Challenge 8: ArchiveGrid and CAMIO

ArchiveGrid
Library patrons who are serious about their research and willing to spend extra time and effort to gain results will really like ArchiveGrid.

I had never heard of Theodore Schultz before doing this assignment, so I learned something new today!  Schultz was an agricultural economist born in 1902 in South Dakota.  He taught at Iowa State College, but resigned in 1943 because of the "oleomargarine controversy."  [Researchers at Iowa State had recommended the used of oleomargarine during war time, but when dairy associations protested, the college administration backed down and did not support the Iowa State researchers.  Schultz and others resigned in protest.]  Schultz then taught at the University of Chicago.  His early papers, including publications, newspaper clippings, letters, biographical information, and information about the "oleomargarine controversy," are housed at Iowa State University. 

I found these records by searching for "theodore schultz" (in quotation marks).  There were four results, two from his years at Iowa, and two which are at Cornell University (Ithica, New York) and deal with the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association Records 1916 - 1961.  These records contain correspondence from Schultz.  The collections at Iowa State University seem to be more relevant, so perhaps a road trip to Ames is in order. 

CAMIO
I did several different searches to answer the question about clothing and dress in Charles Dickens' day.  First I searched for Charles Dickens.  [I found out he lived from 1812 - 1870.]  There were seven results, including two portraits and one photograph.  Looking at these will show how Dickens himself dressed.  Next I searched for Victorian dress, and got two results:  one was a bronze cast of a lady's profile, and the other was a daguerreotype of a family.  These are helpful, but I knew there had to be more. 

I did two more searches, for Victorian clothing, and Victorian fashion, but got zero results. 

So I broadened my search to fashion, and had over 300 results.  Scanning down through these results, I found fashion drawings from the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s and beyond.  The drawings were very detailed and colorful.  Another search for clothing resulted in 161 items, including prints from Harper's Weekly of ladies hats. 

Using CAMIO to answer this question resulted in great finds.  But this was one time when using a broad search, rather than a narrow one, yielded better results!