Papers of John R. Hansen - Special Collections - The University of Iowa Libraries

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PAPERS OF JOHN R. HANSEN

Collection Dates: 1965 -- 1967
47 linear ft.

This document describes a collection of materials held by the
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Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
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Posted to Internet: February 1998

Acquisition Note: These papers were given to the University of Iowa by Mr. Hansen in 1967.

Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

Photographs: Photograph engravings Box 93

Ephemera: Campaign buttons Box 92

Film/Video: Boxes 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 and in canisters at the end of the collection. Slides in box 92

Audio Material: Box 92

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Table of Contents

Biographical note

Scope and contents

Box 1 Academy Candidates

Box 2 Academy Candidates

Box 3 Academies -- Insurance & Retirement

Box 4 Administration

Box 5 Administration

Box 6 Congressional Record Clippings

Box 7 Correspondence, Beverage - Employment

Box 8 Correspondence, Exposition Research Material - Newsletters

Box 9 Correspondence, Orville Freeman - Farmers Home Administration

Box 10 Correspondence, Recreation - Excise Taxes

Box 11 General, Agriculture -- U.A.W.

Box 12 General, APPRO -- Associations, A - I

Box 13 General, Associations, J -- Z

Box 14 Federal Government -- Executive, Independent Agencies - Selective Service Agency

Box 15 Federal Government -- Executive, Small Business Administration - Office of Economic Opportunity

Box 16 Federal Government -- House Committees

Box 17 Federal Government, Veterans’ Administration - Congressmen

Box 18 General

Box 19 Adair County -- Adams County

Box 20 Audubon County -- Carroll County

Box 21 Carroll County

Box 22 Cass County -- Crawford County

Box 23 Crawford County -- Dallas County

Box 24 Dallas County -- Fremont County

Box 25 Greene County -- Guthrie County

Box 26 Harrison County -- Madison County

Box 27 Mills County

Box 28 Monona County -- Montgomery County

Box 29 Montgomery County

Box 30 Page County

Box 31 Pottawattamie County

Box 32 Shelby County -- Taylor County

Box 33 Meetings - Outside D.C.

Box 34 Meetings - Outside D.C

Box 35 Meetings - In Washington D.C.

Box 36 Meetings - In Washington D.C.

Box 37 Postal Facilities

Box 38 Post Offices

Box 39 Post Offices

Box 40 Post Offices

Box 41 Post Offices

Box 42 Post Offices

Box 43 District Projects, Air Transportation - Maura Action Corp.

Box 44 District Projects, O.E.O. Community Action Committee - Vocational Schools

Box 45 District Projects, West Central Development - Lewis and Clark Trail

Box 46 Projects, Pottawattamie County - Public Relations

Box 47 Projects & Cases

Box 48 Public Relations, Brides - Thank You

Box 49 Public Relations, Cooperation - Requests

Box 50 Public Works, Rock Island - Nishuabatua River

Box 51 Public Works, Adel - Grand River

Box 52 Public Works, Main Ditch #6 - Yankton Proposal

Box 53 Public Works, Little Sioux River -- Servicemen

Box 54 Resource Materials, Agricultural Stabilization - HEW

Box 55 Resource Materials, Social Security - Internal Revenue

Box 56 Resource Materials, Federal Electric Bank - Trip Files

Box 57 Watershed Information, Cobb Creek - Stennett - Red Oak Creek

Box 58 Watershed Information, Macedonia -- Soil Conservation Service

Box 59 Watershed Information - Construction Approved

Box 60 Servicemen & Veterans, A -- G

Box 61 Servicemen & Veterans, H -- P

Box 62 Carbons by Counties (Letters Mailed Out), Outside 7th District - Outside Iowa

Box 63 Carbons by Counties (Letters Mailed Out), Adair - Harrison

Box 64 Carbons by Counties (Letters Mailed Out), Madison - Taylor

Box 65 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Jan. -- Mar. 1965

Box 66 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Apr. -- June 1965

Box 67 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), June -- July 1965

Box 68 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Aug. 1965 -- Dec. 1966 (A -- B)

Box 69 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Aug. 1965 -- Dec. 1966 (C -- E)

Box 70 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Aug. 1965 -- Dec. 1966 (F -- H)

Box 71 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Aug. 1965 -- Dec. 1966 (J -- L)

Box 72 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Aug. 1965 -- Dec. 1966 (M -- O)

Box 73 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Aug. 1965 -- Dec. 1966 (P -- S)

Box 74 Carbons - Chronological (Letters Mailed Out), Aug. 1965 -- Dec. 1966 (S -- Z)

Box 75 Bills Introduced by Hansen -- Robo Letters

Box 76 Adair County -- Cass County

Box 77 Crawford County -- Harrison County

Box 78 Madison County -- Montgomery County

Box 79 Page County -- Pottawattamie County

Box 80 Pottawattamie County -- Taylor County

Box 81 Academy Appointment Procedure -- Clippings

Box 82 Clippings -- Legislation

Box 83 Legislation

Box 84 Legislation

Box 85 Political Affairs -- Servicemen and Veterans

Box 86 Speeches

Box 87 Speeches -- Speech Materials

Box 88 Speech Materials

Box 89 Speech Materials -- Treynor Missile Base

Box 90 Tapes and Films

Box 91 Tapes and Films

Box 92 Films, Slides, Tapes, and Campaign Buttons

Box 93 Tapes and Films

Box 94 Slides, Tapes, and Films

Films in Canisters

Biographical Note

John Robert Hansen, was born in Manning, Iowa, on August 24, 1901. He attended the University of Iowa from 1919 to 1921. Hansen was president of Dultmeier Manufacturing Co. in Manning, Iowa and of Dultmeier Sales in Omaha, Nebraska. Active in state and county politics, Hansen twice served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, was Sixth District Democratic Chairman, and was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1960. In 1962, Hansen was appointed western Iowa manager of the Savings and Bond Division of the US Treasury Department. He resigned from that post in 1964. He served one term in the US Congress where he was a member of the Banking and Currency Committee. From 1967 to 1969 Hansen was a member of the Iowa State Highway Commission. John Robert Hansen died on September 23, 1974.

Scope and Contents

The papers of John R. Hansen document his term in Congress from 1965 --1967, with forty seven linear feet of materials which are arranged in a roughly alphabetical order. Much of the collection related directly to his sixth congressional district. However, there are also subject files concerning topics from watersheds to post offices, legislation to speeches, and films to audio tapes.

Box 1

Academy candidates,1966 -- 1967

Box 2

Academy candidates, 1966 -- 1967

Box 3

Academies:

Army
Coast Guard

Merchant Marine

Navy

Immigration & Naturalization

Insurance & Retirement

Box 4

Administration:

District Office
Correspondence

Form letters

Box 5

Administration (cont.):

Personnel
Applications

Summer Interns

Biography

Box 6

Congressional Record, Clippings. 1965 -- 1966

Box 7

Correspondence 1965:

Beverage
Congressional Record

Congressional Directory

Congressional Library

Christmas Cards

Drugs

Education:

Libraries
Humanities, etc.

Employment

Box 8

Correspondence 1965 (cont.):

Exposition Research Material
Taxes

Trade

Un-American Activities

Utilities

Veterans

Visitors

Newsletters (samples of)

Box 9

Correspondence 1965 -- 1966 (cont.):

Freeman, Orville
Employment Files

Federal Government:

Executive--Laison Offices
Bureau of Budget

Food for Peace

Committee on Consumer Interests

Agriculture Department:

Wool
Corn Storage

Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Service

Soil Conservation

Farm Programs

Farmers Home Administration

Box 10

Correspondence 1965 -- 1966 (cont.):

Recreation
Retirement

Roads, Salaries

State Government:

Iowa Commission for the Blind
Iowa Development Commission

Iowa Traveling Library

United States Department of Agriculture Statistics

Excise Taxes

Box 11

General:

Agriculture:
Farm Policy
Sugar

Surplus

Testing Stations

Animals

Coops

Cotton

Dairy

Associations and Committes:

Banking and Currency
Flying Club

Secretaries Club

Congressional Club

Iowa Development Commission

Democratic Study Clubs

Iowans of the Washington D.C. Area Club

Iowa State Society, Midwest Resources Association

Midwest Governor's Conference

Missouri Basin Systems Group

National Capitol Demo Club

National Rural Electric Coops

A.F.L.-C.I.O.

U.A.W.

Box 12

General (cont.):

APPRO -- BUDGET
American Legion

NARCE Legislative Program

National Farmers Organization

National Farmers Union

Associations:

A -- I

Box 13

General (cont.):

Associations:
J -- Z

Box 14

Federal Government -- Executive:

Independent Agencies
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Realtions

Atomic Energy Commission

Civil Service Commission

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Farm Credit Administration

Federal Aviation Agency

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurancce Corporation

Federal Home Loan Bank Board

Federal Power Commission

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

General Services Commission

Government Printing Office

Housing & Home Finance Agency

Interstate Commerce Commission

NASA

National Foundation on Arts & Humanities

National Gallery of Art

Selective Service Agency

Box 15

Federal Government -- Executive (cont.):

Small Business Administration
Soybeans

Foreign Agricultural Service

Federal Crop Insurance

Agricultural Legislation

Recreational Facilities

Rural Electric Administration

Office of Economic Opportunity

Box 16

Federal Government -- House Committees:

Finance
Foreign Relations

Forest Resources

Health & Welfare

Housing & Urban Affairs

Immigration & Naturalization

Inaugural 1965

Industries

Institutions

Insurance, etc.

Joint Economic Committee

Judicial Affairs

Box 17

Federal Government (cont.):

Veterans' Administration
Small Business Administation

Members of Congress' Thank You

Officers of House of Representatives

House Committees

Democratic Whip

Iowa Democratic Delegation

House of Representatives -- A-Z

Congressmen -- Miscellaneous

Box 18

General:

Labor
Legal

Lists

Mail

Maritime

Memorial

Metals

Military

National Defense

Natural Resources

Nominations

Parks and Forests

Poverty

Prayer

Box 19

Adair County:

Constituent Service Forms
Cases

Projects

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Legislation

Box 20

Audubon County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Carroll County:

Projects
Employment

Meat Irradiation Pilot Plant

Box 21

Carroll County (cont.)

Cases
Office of Economic Opportunity

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Box 22

Cass County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Crawford County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Box 23

Crawford County (cont.):

Projects
Midwestern College

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Dallas County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Greetings

Box 24

Dallas County (cont.):

Greetings
Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Fremont County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Political Affairs

Public Relations

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Flood Control

Box 25

Greene County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects -- Plowing Match

Greetings

Requests

Newsletters

Guthrie County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Greetings

Requests

Newsletters

Visitors

Box 26

Harrison County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Office of Economic Opportunity

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Madison County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Office of Economic Opportunity

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Box 27

Mills County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Projects

Cases

Greetings

Publicity

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Box 28

Monona County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Land Gifts

Projects

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Montgomery County:

Constituent Service Forms
Employment

Cases

Projects

Red Oak Data Book

Box 29

Montgomery County (cont.):

Learning Resources Center
Iowa - Nebraska Small Business Investment Corporation

Office of Economic Opportunity

Head Start Program

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Box 30

Page County:

Constituent Service Form
Employment

Projects

Cases

Office of Economic Opportunity

Small Business Administration Loans

Greetings

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Box 31

Pottawattamie County:

Public Relations
Greetings

Thank You

Requests

Visitors

Newsletters

Box 32

Shelby County:

Constituent Service Form
Cases

Employment

Projects

Public Relations

Newsletters

Taylor County:

Constituent Service Form
Cases

Employment

Projects

Public Relations

Newsletters

Box 33

Meetings -- Outside D.C. 1965

Box 34

Meetings -- Outside D.C. 1965

Box 35

Meetings -- In Washington D.C. 1965

Box 36

Meetings -- In Washington D.C. 1966

Box 37

Postal Facilities:

Railway Post Offices
Car Leasing

Adair

Bayard

Emerson

Fontanelle

Guthrie Center

Harlan

Carroll

Clarinda

Earling

Kiron

Manilla

Mondamin

Mills

Oakland

Panora,

Public Works (General)

Box 38

Post Offices:

General
Postal Appointment Procedures

Adams County

Adair County

Audubon County

Cass County

Carroll County

Crawford County

Box 39

Post Offices (cont.):

Crawford County
Dallas County

Fremont County

Greene County

Guthrie County

Box 40

Post Offices (cont.):

Harrison County
Madison County

Mills County

Monona County

Box 41

Post Offices (cont.):

Montgomery County
Page County

Pottawattamie County

Box 42

Post Offices (cont.):

Shelby County
Taylor County

Box 43

District Projects:

Air Transportation
South - West Iowa Development Conference

Office of Economic Opportunity

South - West Iowa Industrial Procurement Conference

Highway 71

Matura Action Corp.

Box 44

District Projects (cont.):

O.E.O. Community Action Committee
South-West Iowa Progress, Inc.

Tri-County, Inc.

O.E.O.

Matura Action Corp.

Small Business Administration Meetings

South - West Iowa Community College

Consumers Interests Conference

Vocational Schools

Box 45

District Porjects (cont.):

West Central Development Corp.
Office of Economic Opportunity -- General Information

7th District

Western Iowa Development Council

Glenwood State School

Outside State Affairs

Mormon Trail

Lewis & Clark Trail

Box 46

Projects:

Pottawattamie County:
Chinchilla Ranch, Inc.
Office of Economic Opportunity

Council Bluffs Liberal Arts College

Lewis Central Community School

Community Action Program

Head Start Program C.A.P., Inc.

Trade School

Lake Monawa

Miscellaneous

Urban Planning

Box 47

Projects & Cases:

Pottawattamie County:
Employment
Constituent Service Forms

Cases

Box 48

Public Relations:

Brides, Anon and Crank
Condolences

Thank You (by counties)

Autographs and Pictures

Congratulations

Agriculture Year Books

High School Seniors

Thank You (general)

Box 49

Public Relations (cont.):

Cooperation
Newsletter

Publicity

Gallery Passes

Photos and Biographies

Photo Services

Thanks You

Requests (miscellaneous)

Box 50

Public Works:

Rock Island District
Omaha District

Missouri River Basin

Twin Rivers District

Nishabatua River

Box 51

Public Works (cont.):

Adel
Bedford

Raccoon River Resevoir

Boyer River Basin

Blackbird

Fieville - Decatur

Oxbow Lake Complex

Davids Creek

Des Moines River

Jefferson Dam

Indian Creek

Disasters

Dock - Consumers Coop.

Thurman

Levee Control L-694

Garrison

Gavins Point

Grand River

Box 52

Public Works (cont.):

Main Ditch #6
Mosquito Creek

Missouri Basin Systems Group

Nodaway River

Upper Mississippi

Platte River

Yankton Proposal

Box 53

Public Works (cont.):

Little Sioux River
Big Sioux River

Saylorville Reservoir

Soldier River Basin

Silver Creek

Troublesome Creek

Iowa State Conservation Commission Revetment #774.46

Servicemen, R-W

Box 54

Resource Materials:

Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration

Soil Conservation Service

Commerce

Air Force

Army

Navy

Health Education and Welfare

Box 55

Resource Materials (cont.):

Social Security
Stream & River Pollution

Surplus Foods

Housing & Urban Develpment

Interior Department

Justice Department

Labor Department

Post Office Department

State Department

Peace Corps

AID

Treasury Department

Comptroller of Currency

Internal Revenue

Box 56

Resource Materials (cont.):

Federal Electric Bank
Civil Rights

Newsletter Comments

Conservation

Agriculture

Medicare

Education

Firearms

Industrial Arts

National Defense Education Act

Trip Files

Box 57

Watershed Information:

Cobb Creek
Hamburg

Harmony Creek

Hound Dog Creek

Little Sioux River

Mule Creek

Simpson Creek

Bee-Jay

Big Park

Blockton

Crooked Creek

Davis Creek

Davis - Battle Creek

Indian Creek

Mill - Picayune Creek

Pierce Creek #1, Pony Creek

Ryan-Henschal

Stennett - Red Oak Creek

Box 58

Watershed Information (cont.):

Macedonia
General

North Pigeon

Troublesome Creek

Waubansie

Ledgewood Creek

Mill - Long Branch

Simon - Run

Twelve Mile Creek

Twin Ponies

West Tarkie

Allan Steer Creek

Blue Grass

Soil Conservation Service:

Adams
Carroll

Crawford

Guthrie

Harrison

Mills

Monona

Motgomery

Page

Pottawattamie

Shelby

Box 59

Watershed Information -- Construction Approved:

Badger Creek
Dane Ridge

Mosquito of Harrison County Three Mile Creek

Turkey Creek

Watters Creek

West Douglas

Box 60

Servicemen & Veterans, A-G

Box 61

Servicemen & Veterans, H-P

Box 62

Carbon Copies (letters mailed out):

Outside 7th District
Outside Iowa (2 folders)

Box 63

Carbons by Counties (letters mailed out):

Adair
Adams

Audubon

Carroll

Cass

Crawford

Dallas

Fremont

Greene

Guthrie

Harrison

Box 64

Carbons by Counties (letters mailed out) (cont.):

Madison
Mills

Monona

Montgomery

Page

Pottawattamie

Shelby

Taylor

Box 65

Carbons -- chronological (letters mailed out):

January -- March, 1965

Box 66