Papers, 1936-1958.

Dehner, John

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John A. Dehner was born in 1874 and attended parochial schools in Burlington, Iowa. He was in the cigar business from 1887-1916. In 1916 he went into the seed and feed business at Dehner Seed and Supply Company in Burlington. He was a charter member of the Des Moines County Farm Bureau; a member of the Chamber of Commerce; president of the Burlington Chapter of the Izaak Walton League; and director of the Crystal Lake Hunting and Fishing Club. He also belonged to the Knights of Columbus and the ...

Dehner Seed and Supply Company (Burlington, Iowa).

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Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962

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Journalist and tireless advocate for preservation of the environment, Jay N. "Ding" Darling (1876-1962) spent the majority of his career working as an editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register. Twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for syndicated editorial cartoons he drew almost daily between 1900 and 1949, in 1934-1935 he headed what is now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, created the Federal Duck Stamp Program which has since restored thousands of acres of wet lands, and in 1936 founded ...

Izaak Walton League of America. Iowa Division.

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