Papers of James S. Schramm, 1932-1979.

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Papers of James S. Schramm, 1932-1979.

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The papers of James S. Schramm document his business and political affairs, as well as his activities in the arts. Although the first series is devoted to correspondence, more letters are filed throughout the papers. Some of the correspondents include: Robert K. Goodwin, Edith Gregor Halpert, Dwight Kirsch, David Kruidenier, George Nagel, and Sinclair Weeks. The personal papers grouping relates primarily to Schramm's military service. His speeches, make up the next section, however more speeches are found elsewhere in the papers. The fourth series is titled politics. Political speeches and correspondence are filed here. More than six boxes are devoted to Republican politics. Specifically the topics range from Lincoln Day dinners to Central Committee finances. There are folders on such Republican figures as Gerald Bogan and Nelson A. Rockefeller. The organizations section documents Schramm's association with such divergent groups as the Iowa Economic Council and Amherst College. The next four boxes are comprised of materials relating to U.S. trade missions and the Committee for a National Trade Policy. Included here are speeches, correspondence, policy manuals, etc. The final series concerns art and art collecting. Along with correspondence files there are folders on specific artists such as Mauricio Lasansky. There is also information regarding the Des Moines Art Center and the American Federation of Arts.

19 linear ft., (27 boxes)

University of Iowa Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7103556

University of Iowa Libraries

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Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

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Amherst College

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Committee for a National Trade Policy (U.S.)

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Des Moines Art Center

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Bogan, Gerald Leroy, 1912-1986

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Public affairs consultant. From the description of Papers of Gerald Bogan, 1947-1986. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148793041 ...

Goodwin, Robert Kingman, 1905-1983

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Nagel, George, 1900-1966.

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Republican Party (Iowa)

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Kruidenier, David, 1921-.

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National Retail Merchants Association

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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Halpert, Edith Gregor.

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Iowa State Arts Council

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Museum of contemporary art Chicago, Ill.

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American federation of arts

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The American Federation of Arts was a non-profit education association that sponsored group and one-man shows as well as lecture tours to promote the arts in America. The correspondence with A.F.A. staff Leila Mechlin, Horace Jayne and Burton Cummings deals primarily with exhibitions of the work of Federico Castellón, Misch Kohn and Mauricio Lasansky. Also mentioned is a lecture tour on prints made by Elmer Adler. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1953...

National Planning Association

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Lasansky, Mauricio, 1914-2012

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Mauricio Lasansky was born October 12, 1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to parents of Lithuanian ancestry. His interest in printing was stirred at a young age, because his father made engravings for printing the currency of Argentina. Young Lasansky began his formal printmaking education at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes, and within three years was the director of the Free Fine Arts School in Argentina. In 1943 he studied at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York under a Guggenheim Fel...

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Kirsch, Dwight, 1899-1981

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Weeks, Sinclair, 1893-1972

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Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Sinclair Weeks : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527294 Weeks was born in West Newton, Mass., the son of John Wingate Weeks. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1914. From 1914 to 1923 he was with the First National Bank of Boston. In 1923 he joined the firm of Reed & Barton, silversmiths, of Taunton, Mass. In 1929 he became a Dire...

Schramm, James S

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Schramm, a business executive in Burlington, Iowa, also served as Republican finance chairman in Iowa and was chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in Iowa. He was the executive vice-president of the Committee for a National Trade Policy. Schramm was also an art collector who served as president of the American Federation of Arts and as president of the Des Moines Art Center. From the description of Papers of James S. Schramm, 1932-1979. (University of Iowa Libraries). W...