Iowa Centennial Committee and Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation records, 1943-1960.

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Iowa Centennial Committee and Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation records, 1943-1960.

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include committee history, minutes (1946), correspondence (1943-1946), weekly bulletins (1946), publicity and articles, information regarding the centennial stamp and coin and special centennial projects and events, publications, newspaper clippings, its 1947 final report and miscellaneous documents and ephemera. include articles of incorporation and by-laws, minutes (1949-1956), correspondence (1949-1958) and biographical files and photographs of members of the original Iowa Centennial Committee.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7998462

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Iowa Centennial Committee.

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The Iowa Centennial Committee was informally convened in 1943 as the Iowa Statehood Centennial Commission, chaired by State Historical Society of Iowa director Ora Williams. Upon the recommendation of the Commission the legislature formalized the committee to coordinate events to celebrate Iowa's statehood centennial. The Iowa Centennial Committee completed its work in 1947, summarizing its activities in a report to Governor Robert Blue. In 1948 the Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation was incorp...

Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation

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Williams, Ora, 1862-

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William Lytle Carpenter served one term as mayor of Des Moines beginning in 1888. He also served as secretary of the Farmers' Protective Association which was formed in 1881 chiefly for the purpose of fighting a barbed wire monopoly by Washburn & Moen Company. The Association contracted with a "free factory" in Des Moines to manufacture barbed wire independently and sell its product to the group's members. Carpenter was the superintendent of the Des Moines free factory and one of the primary...