Bruns, Armin R. papers, 1918-1977.

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Bruns, Armin R. papers, 1918-1977.

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Papers of Davenport, Iowa businessman Armin R. Bruns. Contains material related to the preservation of President Herbert Hoover's boyhood home in West Branch, Iowa; minutes and reports from the Iowa Development Commission; aerial photographs of Iowa from the first State Farm Air Tour; material related to Bruns's involvement with the Piney Woods School; and topical files.

2 linear ft. (5 archives boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7591081

Iowa State Historical Society

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Piney Woods School

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Iowa Development Commission

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Bruns Seed Company.

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Bruns, Armin R., 1893-

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Armin R. Bruns was born in 1893 into a farm family in Sigourney, Iowa. He is credited with being the first American to plant soy beans as a commercial crop and established the Bruns Seed Company to promote soy bean production. He was a lifelong Republican who worked to ensure that Herbert Hoover's boyhood home would be preserved. Bruns was also a keen photographer and launched a project to take aerial views of Iowa. He was active with the Boy Scouts and a longtime contributor to the Piney Woods ...