Papers, 1904-1930.

Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at th...

Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940

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Houston was an educator, cabinet officer, and business executive. In Woodrow Wilson's administration he was secretary of agriculture (1913-1920), secretary of the treasury (1920-1921), and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. From the description of David Franklin Houston papers, 1891-1930 (inclusive), 1913-1921 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612368785 From the guide to the David Franklin Houston papers, 1891-1930 (inclusive), 1913-1921 (bulk)., (Houghto...

Warren, George F. (George Frederick), 1874-1938

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Professor of agricultural economics and farm management at Cornell University. From the description of George F. Warren papers, 1892-1938. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64075299 ...

Kenyon, William Squire, 1869-

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Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866-1924

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Editor of Wallaces' Farmer; appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by Warren Harding in 1921. He was a member of the executive committee of the Roosevelt Memorial Association and of the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations. During his administration he promoted farm relief legislation. From the description of Papers, 1904-1930. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122463982 From the description of Papers, 1904-1930. [microform]. (Univ...

Gore, Thomas Pryor, 1870-1949

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T.P. Gore was a lawyer and a Democratic party member. He represented Oklahoma in the U.S. Senate, 1907-1921 and 1931-1936. He chaired the following Senate committees: Railroads, Agriculture and Forestry, and Interoceanic Canals. From the description of Congressional papers, 1890-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 45759757 ...

Thorne, Clifford, 1878-1923.

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Clifford Thorne was an attorney, Iowa Railroad Commissioner, and a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the early 1900s. He was also a member of the Farmers Grain Marketing Committee of Seventeen. From the description of Papers of Clifford Thorne, 1901-1923 1917-1922. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233698057 ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Hammill, John, 1875-1936

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Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951

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Publishing, radio executive; Kansas governor; U.S. senator from Kansas. Of Garnett, Topeka, Kan. From the description of Arthur Capper papers, 1853-1956 (bulk 1918-1948). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85600345 ...

Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936

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Elwood Mead (1858-1936) was territorial engineer and later, the first state engineer of Wyoming, 1888-1899, and author of its first water code. From 1899-1907, he was in charge of irrigation investigations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was chairman of the Rivers and Water Supply Commission in Victoria, Australia, 1907-1915, professor of Rural Institutions at the University of California, 1915-1924, and Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1924 until his death in 1936....

Wilson, James, 1835-1920

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1897-1913), Congressman from Iowa, and professor of agriculture at Iowa State University. From the description of Letters, 1896-1911. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233117045 Agriculturist, Iowa and U.S. congressman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Professor of Agriculture at Iowa State College. James Wilson (1835-1920) was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, the first of 14 children. The family emigrated to the U.S...

Cummins, Albert Baird, 1850-1926

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Albert Baird Cummins was a progressive Republican from Des Moines who served Iowa as state representative (1888-1890), governor (1902-1908) and United States senator (1908-1926). Prior to entering politics Cummins practiced law and gained national visibility for his successful representation of the Iowa Farmers' Protective Association in their case against the Washburn & Moen barbed wire trust. Between 1896 and 1900 he was an influential member of the Republican National Committee. During hi...

Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959

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Newspaperman. From the description of Papers of Eugene Meyer, 1819-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83145968 Financier, newspaper executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Eugene Meyer : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733277 ...

Roosevelt Memorial Association

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The Roosevelt Memorial Association conducted a competition to create a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, DC. From the description of Roosevelt Memorial Association competition photographs, 1925. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 706653421 ...

Associated press

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Evvard, John M. (John Marcus), 1884-

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Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943

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Lawyer, politician, landowner. A.B., University of Iowa, 1885. LL. D., Union College of Law, 1887. Congressman from Illinois, 1906-1911. Governor of Illinois, 1916-1921. Advocate for scientific farming and farmers' interests. From the description of Papers, 1885-1943 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55818931 U. S. Congressman from Illinois (1906-1911) and Illinois governor (1917-1921). From the description of Letter, January 9, 19...

Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. International Committee

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Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir, 1854-1932

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Reformer and irish public official. From the description of Papers of Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett, 1881-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068419 ...

National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations

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Although segregation of YMCAs as a national policy ended in 1946 with the approval of a resolution by the National Council calling for the elimination of all racial discrimination, these changes were accepted and adopted to varying degrees and speeds at the local and national levels. During the next thirty to forty years, a variety of programs and committees were established to monitor and promote the process of integration and the progress of racial equality within the movement, as...

McKelvie, Samuel Roy, 1881-1956

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Murphy, Donald R.

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Agriculturalist. Donald R. Murphy was born in Des Moines, Iowa and attended Oregon State College. He joined Wallace's Farmer in 1919 and was editor from 1933-1955. He also served as a contributing editor until his retirement in 1968. Murphy was a pioneer in farm opinion polls, establishing them in the Wallace's Farmer in 1937. He also published What Farmers Read and Like, and for almost a half century he was an associate, close friend, and confidant of Henry A. Wallace. From the desc...

Burke, Edward Lathrop, 1864-1926.

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Wallace, Daniel Alden, 1878-1954.

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Agricultural journalist. From the description of Papers of Daniel A. Wallace, 1905-1954. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233107363 ...

Howard, John R. (John Raymond), 1837-1926

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Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923

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Warren Gamaliel Harding (b. November 2, 1865, Blooming Grove, Ohio-d. August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California) was an American politician who served as the 29th President of the United States from March 4, 1921 until his death in 1923....

Meredith, Edwin Thomas, 1876-1928,

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Founder of the magazine, "Better Homes and Gardens," (1924), Meredith was very active in the publishing world. Always interested in politics he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture in 1920. During his political career Meredith was an ardent supporter and champion of farm relief, tax and tariff reform, prohibition, military preparedness, and arid land development. From the description of Papers of Edwin T. Meredith, 1898-1949. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 2330...

Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

Young, Lafayette, 1848-1926.

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Republican senator, newspaper publisher and editor, war correspondent. Lafayette Young served in the Iowa Senate from 1874 to 1880, and from 1886 to 1888. He was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate and served from 1910 to 1911. He founded and published the Atlantic Telegraph newspaper (1871-1890). He established the Des Moines Capital newspaper and served as its editor from 1890 to 1926. Young was a war correspondent during the Spanish American War and World War I (1915). He ...

National War Works Council.

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Cowles, Gardner, 1861-1946

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Stuart, Henry Carter, 1855-1933

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Virginia governor, 1914-1918. From the description of Letter of Henry Carter to Clarence J. Owens [manuscript], 1914 November 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805048 From the description of Letter of Henry Carter to Clarence J. Owens, 1914 November 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958168 Henry Carter Stuart (1855-1933) of Russell County, Virgninia was a very successful farmer, with a particular interest in breeding shorthorn ca...

Taylor, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1873-1969

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Agricultural economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Henry Charles Taylor : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737573 ...

United States Food Administration

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American food regulatory agency. From the description of Food Administration records, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866949 Organized in 1917; managed civilian food production, distribution, conservation and pricing during World War I; using both volunteers and a paid staff, accomplished its work in New Jersey through an enforcement division, through committees representing different food trades, through county-level food administrators and through publicity ef...

Wallace, James W.

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Pearson, Raymond A. (Raymond Allen), 1873-1939

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Raymond A. Pearson was a graduate of Cornell University in dairy industry (1894), and after working in commercial dairying, returned to Cornell to establish a Department of Dairy Industry. After heading the New York Department of Agriculture, Pearson was named as President of Iowa State College (University) (1912-1926). During his time at Iowa State, he focused on promoting the graduate program, extension and athletics. Pearson resigned to become the President of the University of Maryland (1926...

Herring, Clyde L. (Clyde LaVerne), 1879-1945

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Governor and U.S. Senator from Iowa. From the description of Papers of Clyde L. Herring, 1932-1942. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233107470 ...

Cole, Cyrenus, 1863-1939

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Cole served in Congress from 1921 to 1932. He engaged in newspaper work with the Iowa State Register (1887-1898) and the Cedar Rapids Republican (1898-1921). Following his congressional service he remained in Washington, D.C. writing books and other publications. From the description of Papers, 1893-1936. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 52600365 Cole was co-editor of the "Des Moines Register." From the description of Papers, 1898. (Joint Archi...

International Press Association.

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Jessup, Walter A. (Walter Albert), 1877-1944

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Walter Albert Jessup was president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a former president of Iowa State University, and a long-time friend of University of Minnesota President Coffman. From the description of Address, 1940. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291867 ...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Corn belt meat producers of Iowa.

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Brigham, Johnson, 1846-1936

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Poe, Clarence Hamilton, 1881-1964

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Clarence Hamilton Poe (1881 - 1964) became the editor of The Progressive Farmer in 1899 and formed the Progressive Farmer Company in 1903. He served as both president and editor of the company from 1903 until 1953, and retired as president in 1954. He then became the chairman of the board of directors and senior editor. Poe advocated better agriculture, health, and education for the people of North Carolina and the South. He was the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at...

Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958

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Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964

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Hermann Hagedorn was born in New York City in 1882 and educated at Harvard University, the University of Berlin, and Columbia University. From 1909 to 1911 he was an instructor in English at Harvard. Hagedorn was a friend and biographer of Theodore Roosevelt and served as Secretary and Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association from 1919 to 1957. Hagedorn died in Santa Barbara, California in 1964. From the guide to the Hermann Hagedorn papers, 1898-1970, (Beinecke Rare Book and M...