Papers, 1924-1949.
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Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...
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...
Garst, Roswell, 1898-1977
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Roswell Garst (1898-1977), Iowa agriculturist, innovator, Iowa State alumnus (1916-1918), and founder of Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company (1930). Agressively promoted hybridization, mechanization, fertilization, utilization of cellulose as fodder for cattle, as well as the use of herbicides, pesticides and irrigation in the U.S. and abroad to achieve dramatic increases in agricultural productivity. Contributed toward improving East-West relations through his exchanges and transfer of Ameri...
Kline, Allan Blair
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Gillette, Guy M. (Guy Mark), 1879-1973
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Guy Mark Gillette was born in Cherokee, Iowa, February 3, 1879. After attending public schools, Gillette served as a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment of the US Army during the Spanish-American War, from May 25 until October 30, 1898. He returned to school and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines in 1900. After being admitted to the bar, he established practice in Cherokee. Gillette was City Attorney of Cherokee in 1906 and 1907, prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County from 190...
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006
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Galbraith taught economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973248 John Kenneth Galbraith was born in Iona Station, Ontario, Canada in 1908. He emigrated to the United States in 1931 and became an American citizen in 1937. He received degrees from Ontario Agricultural College (1931), University of California (1933, 1934), and studied at Cambridge, England (1937-38). His academic career has...
Dolliver, James I. (James Isaac), 1894-1978
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Attorney, U.S. Representative from Iowa, and Regional Legal Council for the International Cooperation Administration in the Middle East. From the description of Papers of James I. Dolliver, 1923-1962. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233107134 ...
Garst, Warren, 1922-
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