Shaffer, Joshua Monroe papers, 1850-1905.

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Shaffer, Joshua Monroe papers, 1850-1905.

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Diaries; correspondence; miscellaneous documents; and ephemera related to Dr. Joshua M. Shaffer of southeast Iowa. Diaries are transcripts of the originals and include diagnostic and treatment information on Dr. Shaffer's patients. Includes a number of insurance applications to the Iowa Life Insurance Co. and a few policies. Also contains biographical sketches of Dr. Abel Commins Roberts and Judge Edward Johnstone; and documents about the Methodist church schism in Fairfield, Iowa.

2.5 linear ft. (5 archives boxes)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621889

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Iowa State Fair

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Davis, C. F.

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Shaffer, Joshua Monroe, 1830-1913.

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Dr. Joshua M. Shaffer moved to Faifield in 1852. He was a founder and secretary of the Iowa State Agricultura Society, 1853-1874; secretary of the board for the first Iowa State Fair held in Fairfield in 1854; secretary and librarian for the Jefferson County Library; secretary of the Iowa Life Insurance Co., established in 1874 in Keokuk; an officer of the Unitarian Society in Keokuk; and a taxidermist with a large collection of stuffed animals. From the description of Shaffer, Joshu...

Roberts, Abel Commins

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Iowa Life Insurance Co. (Keokuk, Iowa)

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Johnstone, Edward (Edward J.)

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