Records, 1955-2009, n.d.

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Records, 1955-2009, n.d.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505227846

The collection (1955-2009, n.d.) contains programs, fliers, brochures, schedules, press packets, news clippings, filmed footage of the events, and publication excerpts of the 1959 visit. The media and press packets contain brochures and a press release on the event or company. The media packet for the "Khrushchev in Iowa" events contains media contacts, a press advisory and a press release on the celebrations and original 1959 visit. A biography of Roswell Garst and a history of his numerous agricultural activities, including the Khrushchev visit, can be found in the National Register of Historic Places draft grant application. The news clippings include coverage of the Khrushchev visit, the anniversary events, and the original 1955 editorial by Lauren Soth, often cited as the catalyst for the exchange visits between Russians and Americans on agricultural issues.

0.42 linear ft. (1 document box )

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7626548

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Garst family.

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Khrushchev Committee 50th Anniversary Event.

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The Khrushchev Committee (2008-2009) was a statewide committee involving thirty organizations, formed to plan for the 50th anniversary of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the Garst farm in Coon Rapids, Iowa on September 23, 1959. Khrushchev, his wife Nina, and a Soviet delegation came to Iowa in 1959 for two days, also visiting California and the United Nations. Khrushchev's purpose in coming to Iowa was to learn about American agriculture, corn production and livestock f...

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...

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971

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Premier of the Soviet Union. From the description of Reminiscences of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev : oral history, 1967-71. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743617 ...