Manuscript Register

This document describes a collection of materials held by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu

Posted to Internet: January 2003

Acquisition Note: Mr. Smith gave his papers to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1972.

Access and Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Photographs: Box 6

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Biographical Note

Born in Ireton, Iowa, Marvin Wesley Smith (1901 -- 1982) received his B.S. from Iowa State University in 1923. He was a livestock farmer and an instructor of veterans on-the-farm training. In 1956, Smith was elected as a Republican to the Iowa House of Representatives and in 1968, to the Iowa Senate. He retired from office in 1972. Marvin Smith was active in political, civic, and professional organizations. He was a member of the Lyon County School Board and the Farm Bureau.

Scope and Content

The papers of Marvin W. Smith consist of materials concerning his career in the state legislature. Half of the collection relates to the issue of apportionment, with folders of reports, debates, court cases, and various plans. His involvement with the Social Services Committee makes up most of the remainder of the papers. These subject files include topics such as adult corrections, medicine, education, and taxes.

Box List

Box 1

Apportionment:

Box 2

Apportionment, cont.

Box 3

Apportionment, cont.

Box 4

Social Services Committee

Box 5

Social Services Committee, cont.

Box 6

Photograph of the 61st General Assembly of the State of Iowa (1965)

Oversized on shelf