Collection Dates:
(Bulk Dates: 1917 -- 1922)
37.5 linear ft.
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: October 2002
Acquisition Note: This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by Ruth and Elizabeth Thorne in 1964.
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Scope
and Content
The collection includes correspondence, speeches, notes, and other materials relating to legal disputes involving transportation of agricultural products. Two boxes of correspondence involve the Committee of Seventeen, and 19 boxes of material are devoted to the Wholesale Grocers Case.
Box List
Box 1 -- 2
Committee of Seventeen Correspondence
Box 3
Peddler Car Case
Box 4
Miscellaneous Exhibits
Box 5 -- 6
Wholesalers Case
Box 7
Grand Island -- Hastings Case
Box 8
Clippings, two large scrapbooks of clippings (not boxed)
Box 9 -- 10
Miscellaneous cases and correspondence
Box 11 -- 12
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1922
Box 13
Pueblo Case, Wholesale Grocers Case
Box 14 -- 23
Wholesale Grocers Case, cont.
Box 24 -- 26
Books
Box 27
Grain Dealers Case
Box 28
Correspondence, 1917, Miscellaneous Exhibits
Box 29
Correspondence, 1917, North Iowa Case
Box 30 -- 34
Miscellaneous Cases
Box 35 -- 36
Books
Box 37
Campaign Letters, 1922
Box 38
Campaign Materials, 1922
Box 39
North American Case, Grand Island Case
Box 40 -- 41
Lakewood Case
Box 42
Farm Bureau Executive Officers, Miscellaneous
Box 43 -- 48
Manuscripts of Speeches and Articles
Box 49
Wagner-Steiner Case, Livestock Case, Investments, Miscellaneous
Box 50
Livestock Case
Box 51 -- 53
Case Exhibits
Box 54
Books
Box 55
Miscellaneous Cases
Box 56 -- 58
Coal Cases
Box 59 -- 60
Exhibits in Freight Rate Cases
Box 61 -- 67
Wholesalers Case
Box 68 -- 69
Coal Cases, 1917 -- 1918
Box 70 -- 75
Books
One Shelf of Oversize Exhibit Material
