Manuscript Register
PAPERS OF
ED HOYT CAMPBELL
Collection Dates: 1924 -- 1933
9 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: January 2003
Acquisition Note: The Ed Hoyt Campbell Papers were given to the University
of Iowa Libraries in 1969 by Mrs. Campbell.
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Photographs: Box 4
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Biographical Note
Ed Hoyt Campbell
was born in Battle Creek, Iowa, on March 6, 1882. He completed his law degree
at the University of Iowa in 1906 and was admitted to the bar that same year.
Campbell's first elected office was as mayor of his hometown (1908 -- 1911).
He was then elected to the State house of representatives (1911 -- 1913).
When he returned from military service after WWI, Campbell was elected to
the State senate, where he served as president pro tempore from 1924 -- 1926.
He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy second Congresses
of the United States. His bid for a third term proved unsuccessful and he
returned to Battle Creek and the practice of law. It was there that Ed Hoyt
Campbell died on April 26, 1969.
Scope and Content
The papers of Ed
Hoyt Campbell include office files, speeches, campaign material, and correspondence.
They document his years as a State senator and United States Representative
from Iowa. There is information relating to the department of agriculture,
post offices and postmasterships, the U.S. war department, and veterans. Letters
from J. Edgar Hoover, Milo Reno, and Dan W. Turner are included in the correspondence.
Box List
BOX 1
State legislative correspondence, 1924 -- 5; A-Z.
Correspondence and materials relating to theAmerican Legion.
Republican National Committee materials.
State legislative materials.
Miscellaneous.
BOX 2
Campaign miscellaneous - 1928.
Campaign correspondence, 1928; A -- Z.
BOX 3
Correspondence, 1927; A -- Z.
Correspondence, 1928; A -- Z.
BOX 4
Newspaper clippings.
Congressional correspondence, 1929; A -- Z.
Miscellaneous - pictures, clippings, campaign literature, etc.
5 photographs, including: 34th General Assembly of Iowa
House of Reps.
Representatives at Iowa State Capitol, 1911.
Officers of the 41st General Assembly, Iowa Senate,1925.
Portrait of Ed Campbell.
BOX 5
Official business files relating to: the 1930 census and related job requests;
Requests
for the Congressional Record
Correspondence and petitions concerning tariff
Correspondence and materials concerning farm relief
National banks - receiverships, attorneyships, and examiners
LeRoy Rader correspondence
BOX 6
Federal offices files, including:
BOX 12
Veterans Cases (Ahlwardt -- Hall)
BOX 13
Veterans Cases (Hess -- Noon)
BOX 14
Veterans Cases (Naffzizer -- Woodworth)
BOX 15
Postmasterships (Akron, Iowa -- Kingsley, Iowa)
BOX 16
Postmasterships (Lake Park, Iowa -- Sanborn, Iowa)
BOX 17
Postmasterships (Schaller, Iowa -- Whiting, Iowa)
BOX 18
Veterans Cases (Wagner -- Zane)
Postmasterships
West Point Appointments
Miscellaneous
