Papers of Karl M. LeCompte, 1939-1972.

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Papers of Karl M. LeCompte, 1939-1972.

The papers of Karl M. LeCompte consist of personal and congressional correspondence files, speeches, and scrapbooks compiled by his wife. The topics discussed range from the Commission on Civil Rights to campaigns and elections and from agriculture to congressional pensions. There are letters from: Ezra Taft Benson, Paul H. Cunningham, James I. Dolliver, Fred C. Gilchrist, Guy M. Gillette, Robert K. Goodwin, H.R. Gross, John W. Gwynne, Clyde L. Herring, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Leo A. Hoegh, Charles B. Hoeven, Ben F. Jensen, John H. Kyl, Herschel C. Loveless, Thomas E. Martin, Fred Schwengel, Henry O. Talle, Lloyd Thurston, Dan W. Turner, Henry A. Wallace, Wendell Willkie, and George A. Wilson.

Papers, 10.5 linear ft., (21 boxes)Scrapbooks, 18 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7103373

University of Iowa Libraries

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