Papers, 1885-1943 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1885-1943 (inclusive).

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Contains, professional and personal correspondence, speeches, articles, interviews, campaign material, scrapbooks, photographs, and other memorabilia including degrees, awards, and certificates. Papers document Lowden's political career, agricultural interests, business interests in the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. Contains campaign correspondence, congressional and gubernatorial correspondence, and letters of support for Lowden's Republican presidential nomination in 1920 and 1928. Topics include the management of Sinnissippi, Lowden's farm in Oregon, Illinois, and of his estates in Arkansas, South Bend and Florenden.

157 linear ft.

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago Library

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

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Lawyer, politician, landowner. A.B., University of Iowa, 1885. LL. D., Union College of Law, 1887. Congressman from Illinois, 1906-1911. Governor of Illinois, 1916-1921. Advocate for scientific farming and farmers' interests. From the description of Papers, 1885-1943 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55818931 U. S. Congressman from Illinois (1906-1911) and Illinois governor (1917-1921). From the description of Letter, January 9, 19...

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company

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Originally chartered in Illinois in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Railroad Company, the road was renamed Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company in 1851, the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company in 1866, and the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company in 1880. In Texas, three main Rock Island routes crossed the state through Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Galveston, Dalhart, Memphis, and Amarillo. From the guide to the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Ra...