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Biographical Note

James Edward Bromwell was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 26, 1920. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1942. After serving in the Army during World War II, he attended the Harvard University School of Business. Receiving his degree in 1947, he returned to the University of Iowa to attend law school. Graduating in 1950, he began practice in his hometown of Cedar Rapids. He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1961 as a Republican, and he served until 1965. Failing to win re-election to the House in 1964, he tried for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate in 1968. When his bid proved unsuccessful, he resumed his law practice.

Scope and Content

The papers of James Edward Bromwell date from 1959 to 1969 and consist of 23 linear feet of manuscripts. Organized in two series, the Bromwell papers begin with general subject folders and correspondence. Arranged alphabetically, there are subject folders concerning agriculture, civil rights, education, politics, postal service, Republican Party, and taxation. Correspondents include Robert K. Beck, Gerald Bogan, Norman Erbe, John Henry, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Robert D. Ray, and Fred Schwengel.

Box List

SERIES I: GENERAL SUBJECTS AND CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1

"A" -- General topics beginning with A, 1961 -- 1963

"A" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964

"A" -- Carbon copies of A correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Administrative procedures, 1960 -- 1961

Adoption, 1961 -- 1962

Atomic Energy Commission, 1961 -- 1962

AFL-CIO, 1960 -- 1964

Agriculture

Agency for International. Development, 1961 -- 1962

Alcohol, 1961 -- 1963

Allis-Chalmers, 1961 -- 1964

American Legion, 1961 -- 1964.

Animals, 1962 -- 1963

Anti-Trust, 1961 (2 folders)

Box 2

Anti-Trust, 1961 -- 1963 (2 folders)

Applications -- Washington office, 1960 -- 1964

Apportionment, 1964

Appropriations, 1960 -- 1963

Area Redevelopment Act, 1961 -- 1963

Army, 1961 -- 1964

Ashbrook, John M., 1961 -- 1963

Assassination of John F. Kennedy, 1963

Automobile Financing, 1961

Aviation, 1961 -- 1964

"B" -- General topics beginning with B, 1961 -- 1964

"B" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964 (Includes letters from Fred Schwengel)

"B" -- Carbon copies of all B correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Banking, 1961 -- 1964

Bankruptcy, 1961 -- 1963

Berlin, 1961

Birch Society (John), 1961 -- 1962

Blood Banks, 1964

Borg-Warner Newsletter, October 1963

Bradley, Amy, 1961 -- 1962

Bromwell

Budget, 1961 -- 1963

"C" -- General topics beginning with C, 1961 -- 1964

"C" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964 (2 folders)

"C" -- Carbon copies of all C correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Box 3

Calendar, 1962

Capital Punishment, 1962 -- 1963

Capitol Historical Society, 1963 (Includes letter from Fred Schwengel)

Carson, Mrs. Marion C., 1962 -- 1964

Cases -- By name, 1961 -- 1964 (14 folders)

Cedar Rapids Urban Renewal, 1961 -- 1963

Chamber of Commerce, 1961

China, 1960 -- 1964

Christmas, 1962; 1964; 1965

Civil Defense, 1961 -- 1964

Civil Rights, January -- October 1963 (Includes letters from Robert F. Kennedy) (5 folders)

Box 4

Civil Rights, November 1963 -- 1964 (7 folders)

Civil Service Commission, 1961 -- 1964

Clay Depletion, 1961

Clinton, 1961 -- 1963

Coins, 1963 -- 1964

Colleges, 1961 -- 1964

Collins Radio

Box 5

Condolences, 1961 -- 1964 (Includes letter from Bourke B. Hickenlooper)

Conference on Aging, 1960 -- 1961

Congratulations

Congressional

Conservation, 1961 -- 1964

Copyright, 1961 -- 1964

Corps of Engineers -- U.S. Army, 1961 -- 1964

County Chairmen -- Visitors, 1961

Crahan, Clem, 1963 -- 1964

Criminal Law, 1964

Cuba, 1961 -- 1964 (3 folders)

Cyprus, 1964

"D" -- General topics that begin with D, 1961 -- 1964

"D" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"D" -- Carbon copies of all D correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Dairy, 1963

Data Processing Center, 1962

Davis-Bacon -- H.R. 9590, 1963 -- 1964

Daylight Savings Time, 1963 -- 1964

Debt -- National, 1962 -- 1963

Defense, 1962 -- 1963

Disarmament, 1961 -- 1964 (Includes letter from Hubert H. Humphrey)

District, 1961 -- 1962

Domestic Peace Corps, 1961 -- 1963

Drugs, 1961 -- 1964

"E" -- General topics beginning with E, 1961 -- 1964

"E" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964

"E" -- Carbon copies of all E correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Economy, 1961 -- 1963

Education, January -- 20 March 1961 (2 folders)

Box 6

Education, 21 March 1961 -- 1964 (9 folders)

Effigy Mounds, 1961

Employment -- Government Agencies, 1961 -- 1964

Equal Pay for Equal Work, 1963

Erbe, Norman, 1961 -- 1962

Extension of Remarks -- Bromwell, 1961 -- 1964

"F" -- General topics beginning with F, 1961 -- 1964

"F" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"F" -- Carbon copies of all F correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 1962 -- 1963

Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 1961 -- 1964

4-H, 1963

Farm

Federal

Box 7

Firearms, 1961 -- 1964

Fluoridation, 1961 -- 1963

Folding Room, 1963 -- 1964

Food, 1961 -- 1964

Food & Drug Act, 1962 (2 folders)

Football, 1961 -- 1962

Foreign

"G" & "H" -- General topics beginning with G and H, 1961 -- 1963

"G" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964

"G" -- Carbon copies of all G correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Gold, 1961 -- 1963

Great River Road Project, 1962 -- 1964

"H" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964

"H" -- Carbon copies of all H correspondence 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

H.R. 468, 1961

H.R. 4466, 1961

H.R. 5390, 1961

Hanford Reactor, 1961 -- 1962

Health, Education & Welfare (HEW), 1962

Hickenlooper Testimonial Dinner, 1961

Highway Tax, 1961

Highways, 1961 -- 1964

Home Building Project, 1989

Hoover Memorial Library, 1961

Box 8

Housing, 1961 -- 1964

"I" & "J" & "K" -- General topics beginning with I, J, K, 1961 -- 1964

"I" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1963

"I" & "J" -- Carbon copies of all I & J correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

"I Read Something About You" -- Newspaper clippings, 1963 -- 1964

Immigration, 1961 -- 1964

Imports & Exports, 1961 -- 1964

Income Tax Trial, 1973 -- 1974

Indian Tribe Legislation, 1961 -- 1964

Insurance, 1963 -- 1964

Invitations, 1960 -- 1962 (Including letters from Bourke B. Hickenlooper, and Neal Smith) (4 folders)

Iowa

"J" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

James E. Bromwell -- Congressional Record, 1964

Joint Committee -- Republican Principles, 1962 (Including letters from Fred Schwengel)

Judiciary Committee, 1961 -- 1964 (2 folders)

"K" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964 (Including letters from John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and John Kyl)

"K" -- Carbon copies of all K correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Kennedy Administration, 1961 -- 1962

Knights of Pythias Coin, 1964

Kohl, Otto, 1961

Box 9

"L" -- General topics beginning with L, 1962 -- 1964

"L" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"L" -- Carbon copies of all L correspondence 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Labor, 1960 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Latin America, 1961 -- 1962

Laubach Literacy Fund, 1961

Leif Erickson Day, 1963 -- 1964

Library of Congress, 1960 -- 1964

Livestock

"M" -- General topics beginning with M, 1961 -- 1964

"M" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964 (2 folders)

"M" -- Carbon copies of all Mc correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

"M" -- Carbon copies of all M correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Mailing List for Republican Congressional Committee Publications, 1962 -- 1964

Medical Care -- Aged, 1961 -- 1964 (Includes a letter from Lyndon B. Johnson) (6 folders)

Medicare, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Box 10

Mental Health, 1961 -- 1963

Mexican Farm Labor, 1961 -- 1964

Military

Miller, Frederick, 1961 -- 1962

Minimum Wage, 1960 -- 1964

Missouri River States Commission, 1962

Monroe Doctrine, 1963

Mosnat, H. Roy, 1961 -- 1962

Music Week, 1961 -- 1962

"N" -- General topics beginning with N, 1961 -- 1963

"N" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964

"N" -- Carbon copies of all N correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), 1961 -- 1964

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 1961 -- 1963

Nash, Russell, 1963 -- 1964

National

Naturalized Citizens, 1963 -- 1964

Navy, 1961 -- 1963

Nazette, Richard, n.d.

Newcomers, 1961 -- 1962

Newsletter, 1962 -- 1963 (2 folders)

Newspapers, 1960 -- 1963

Nixon, Richard M., 1961

Norwegian-American Museum Board, 1964

Nuclear Testing, 1961 -- 1962

"O" -- General topics beginning with O, 1961 -- 1964

"O" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"O" -- Carbon copies of all O correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Office

Operation

Out of State

Box 11

Out of State, cont.

"P" -- General topics beginning with P, 1961 -- 1963

"P" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"P" & "Q" -- Carbon copies of all P & Q correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Pages, 1961 -- 1964 (Includes a letter from Bourke B. Hickenlooper)

Paintings -- 2nd district, 1961 -- 1964

Panama Canal Crisis, 1964

Park, Zoe Pearl, 1961

Patents, 1961 -- 1963

Paul Revere Panel

Pay Increase -- Federal, 1964

Peace Corps, 1961 -- 1964

Personnel, 1961

Pesticides, 1961 -- 1964

Philippine War Damage, 1962

Politics -- State, 1961 -- 1962

Population, 1961

Post Office

Postal

Box 12

Poverty, 1964

Power -- Public & Private, 1961 -- 1964

Prayer, 1962 -- 1964

Press Releases, 1962

Primary Opposition, 1962

Public

Punte de Este, 1961

"Q" -- General topics beginning with Q, 1963

Quality Stabilization Act, 1962 -- 1964

"R" -- General topics beginning with R, 1962 -- 1964

"R" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"R" -- Carbon copies of all R correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Rural Electrification Administration (REA), 1961 -- 1964

Radio & Television Shows, 1963 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Railroads, 1961 -- 1964 (5 folders)

Realignment of Reserves, 1962

Box 13

Redistricting, 1961

Republican

Requests, 1961 -- 1964 (3 folders)

Reserve Units

Retirement, 1961 -- 1963

Rules Committee, 1961 -- 1963

"S" -- General topics beginning with S, 1961 -- 1964

"S" -- Correspondence, 1960 -- 1964 (2 folders)

"S" -- Carbon copies of all S correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Sabula Sewer Project, 1959 -- 1961

Salary Reform Plan, 1962

School

Schroeder, Katherine W. Spaulding, 1961 -- 1962

Shipe, William T., 1961 -- 1964

Second District meetings, 1961

Service Bands, 1962

Box 14

Service Star Legion Charter, 1961

Small Boat Harbors, 1961

Small Business Administration, 1961 -- 1964

Smith, Neal, n.d.

Social Security

Soil Conservation Districts, 1961

Soil Tilth Laboratory, 1962

Spain, 1962

State

Statement of Account, 1961 -- 1962

Steel Controversy, 1962

Sugar, 1961 -- 1962

Supreme Court, 1961 -- 1964

"T" -- General topics beginning with T, 1963 -- 1964

"T" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"T" -- Carbon copies of all T correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

TV & Radio Scripts, 1961 -- 1962.

Tariff, 1961 -- 1964

Tax

Taxes

Box 15

Taxes, Withholding, 1962

Taylor, Richard W., 1963

Telegrams, 1961 -- 1963 (2 folders)

Test Ban, 1961 -- 1964

Thank You's, 1961 -- 1962 (2 folders)

"To the Point" -- Newsletter ideas, 1963

Trade, 1961 -- 1964

Transportation, 1961 -- 1964

Treaties, 1962

Trucking, 1962

Truth-In-Lending, 1961 -- 1964

Tuesday Group, 1961

"U" -- General Topics beginning with U, 1961 -- 1964

"U" & "V" -- Carbon copies of all U & V correspondence 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Un-American Activities Committee, 1960 -- 1963

Unanswered Letters, 1961 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Unemployment, 1961 -- 1963

United Nations

University of Hawaii, 1961 -- 1962

Urban, 1961 -- 1964

"V" -- General topics beginning with V, 1961 -- 1964

"V" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

Vavra, John, 1961 -- 1962

Veterans

Box 16

Veterans, Pensions. 1962 (2 folders)

Visitors, 1961 -- 1964 (5 folders)

Vivisection, 1961

"W" -- General topics beginning with W, 1961 -- 1964

"W" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"W" -- Carbon copies of all W correspondence, 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

WWI -- Pension, 1961 -- 1962

Warren, Earl -- Impeachment, 1961

Washington Office, 1961 -- 1962

Water Pollution, 1961 -- 1964 (Includes a letter from Harold E. Hughes)

Whip Notices, 1961 -- 1962

Wiretapping, 1961 -- 1962

Wolf, Leonard 1961 -- 1962

"Y" & "Z" -- Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964

"Y" & "Z" -- Carbon copies of all Y & Z correspondence 1962 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Yaw, Robert, 1961 -- 1963

Young, Ross, 1961 -- 1962

Young Republican

Youth Appreciation Week, 1961 -- 1962

SERIES II: CAMPAIGNS

Box 17

1960 Campaign

1962 Campaign

Box 18

1962 Campaign, cont.

1964 Campaign

Campaign -- 1964

Box 19

1964 Campaign, cont.

Box 20

Robert Beck Campaign, 1966

Box 21

Robert Beck Campaign, 1966, cont.

Interim Years

Box 22

Bromwell for Senate -- 1968

Campaign Helpers

Campaign Promotion

Box 23

Bromwell for Senate -- 1968, cont.