Carpenter, Cyrus Clay papers, 1845-1914.

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Carpenter, Cyrus Clay papers, 1845-1914.

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Correspondence (personal and official), 1845-1900; letter books; notebooks (includes political, surveying, and account information); scrapbooks; speeches; miscellaneous papers (bills proposed by Carpenter, survey and plat material for north and western Iowa, Fort Dodge Land Office material); financial records, 1868-1885; real estate records; Civil War material (quartermaster records, description of Carpenter's war experience, scrapbooks); Des Moines River improvement material; news clippings (topics include railroads, slavery, religion, education, Republican politics, law cases, women's suffrage).

9 linear ft. (22 archives boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621346

Iowa State Historical Society

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Cyrus Clay Carpenter came to Iowa in 1854 and settled in Fort Dodge. There he was a teacher, surveyor and lawyer. He served in the first legislature elected after the state constitution of 1855 was adopted. During the Civil War he served in the Quartermaster's Corps. In 1866 he was elected Register of the State Land Office, then in 1871 he began the first of two terms as Iowa's governor. He later served as Second Comptroller of the Treasurey, Railroad Commissioner, and U.S. Congressman. He also ...