Papers, 1873-1982 (bulk 1873-1959).

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Papers, 1873-1982 (bulk 1873-1959).

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This collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, reports, news clippings, drafts, publications, and certificates. Much of the material highligths his work with the American and Iowa Farm Bureau Federations. Correspondents include Ralph K. Bliss, Chester H. Gray, Perry L. Green, Otto Kahn, Allan B. Kline, Frank O. Lowden, H.C. McKenzie, Wheeler McMillen, Gaston Means, Milo Reno, Aaron Sapiro, Gray Silver, and Henry C. Wallace. American Farm Bureau Federation materials include speeches, reports, and publications from its early years. Materials related to Herbert C. Hoover's 1928 presidential campaign includes correspondence with Hoover aides, speeches, and pamphlets. Accounts of Howard's White House visits with Presidents Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge are included. Many of the materials in the collection were gathered by Howard's son, Robert P. Howard, for his book, "James R. Howard and the Farm Bureau" (1983), and the collection includes Robert P. Howard's edited typescript of his book.

7.04 linear ft. (12 document boxes and 1 map case drawer ).

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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McMillen, Wheeler, 1893-

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Bliss, Ralph Kenneth, 1880-

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943

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Howard, James Raley, 1873-

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Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

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Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923

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Kline, Allan Blair

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