Charles Aldrich letters to William Larrabee, 1892 August 8-1906 June 27 [microform].

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Charles Aldrich letters to William Larrabee, 1892 August 8-1906 June 27 [microform].

Microfilm copies of typed and holograph letters written by Aldrich to Governor William Larrabee of Clermont, Iowa during his tenure as curator of the Iowa State Historical Dept. The letters discuss securing funding for the department's building, Historical Building exhibitions, statues, and portraits by Charles Cumming.

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Cumming, Charles Atherton, 1858-1932

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Charles Atherton Cumming was born in Knox County, Iowa to George Paxton Cumming and Eliza Atherton. He studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Acad́émie Julien in Paris, France. He was an artist and an educator and held an early faculty position in the Department of Art at Cornell University. He founded the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines, Iowa in 1895. He also taught and was involved at the State University of Iowa. In 1926, he married artist Alice McKee, who had studied at ...

Aldrich, Charles, 1828-1908

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Charles Aldrich was a pioneer Iowa newspaperman (Hamilton Freeman, Dubuque Daily Times, Marshall Times), chief clerk of the Iowa House of Representatives (1860, 1862, 1866, 1870) , state legislator representing Hamilton County, Iowa (elected in 1881), first curator of the Iowa State Historical Dept. (1892-1908) and editor of the Annals of Iowa. From the description of Charles Aldrich letters to William Larrabee, 1892 August 8-1906 June 27 [microform]. (State Historical Society of Iow...

Larrabee, William, 1832-1912

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Republican state senator (1867-1885), governor of Iowa (1886-1890), chairman of the Board of Control of State Institutions (1899-1900), and successful entrepreneur from Clermont, Iowa. Larrabee's business interests included mills, farms, banks and manufacturing. Political issues of particular interest to him included the regulation of railroad rates, prohibition of liquor sales and the placement of state institutions under the charge of boards of control. In 1861 he married Anna M. Appelman. The...

Iowa. Historical Dept

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