Reddit reviews Campustown: A Brief History of the First West Ames

I wrote one a couple years ago. I also occasionally update this blog with stuff.

This City of Ames survey on Campustown, West Gate, and Greekland neighborhoods can get pretty technical but gives a basic overview of the campus vicinity. For campus history, The History of Iowa State College is readily available. The Iowa State University Campus and Its Buildings is rather scholarly and outdated in 2018, but has some fantastic history about how campus was built for its first 120 years. The same goes for The First 100 Years of Residence at Iowa State University. Greek stories can be found in Fraternities and Sororities at Iowa State, which is fantastic. The Bomb archive is great, though quality really varies year to year. There are a couple historical picture books of Ames that are really easy reads along with several niche books about ISU and various colleges and departments -- some good, some too vague, others too technical. Note that most older history books about Ames are slim on ISU and West Ames.