Collection Dates: 1969 -- 1973
5 linear ft.
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Delbert Laten Trowbridge (1903
-- 1973) was a businessman and Iowa legislator. He was the director of the
Iowa Retail Grocers Association and president of the Charles City Industrial
Development Corporation. He was elected to the Iowa legislature for two terms
but died before completing his second.
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided into two series: Correspondence and Subject files. There are two boxes of correspondence that include letters from Robert D. Ray. The remainder of the collection consists of subject files. Topics range from Charles City, Iowa, to the Iowa Development Commission as well as issues that he was involved with in the state legislature such as abortion, reapportionment, and taxation.
Box List
Correspondence
1969 to May 1971, including letters from Robert D. Ray and H. R. Gross
Box 2
Correspondence, cont.
June 1971 to 1973, including letters from Jack Miller, Robert D. Ray and William J. Scherle
Box 3
Subject Files
Abortion
Abortion letters, 1971, 2 folders
Abortion letters, 1973
Area Jails
Assistance Grant Programs Study Committee
Box 4
Charles City Activities
Charles City Industrial Development Corporation (2 folders)
Cities and towns -- millage
Clippings, photos, and campaign material
Commission on the Aging
County government -- Floyd
County school system
Dome Pipeline from Empress, Alberta, Canada, to Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Box 5
Delbert L. Trowbridge Itinerary, 1971
Department of Environmental Quality
Educational Television
18 percent Revolving Credit Bill
Election year Manual, 1972
Fire Marshal Benefits Retirement
Follow-Up Work
Food Stamp Program
Governor's Budget Hearings, 1970 (2 folders)
Governor's Educational Advisory Committee Higher Education, Schools
Hospital Bill
Box 6
I-380 Corridor Public Hearing
Iowa Cities and Towns
Iowa Commission for the Blind
Iowa Development Commission (2 folders)
Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Materials
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa Legislative Council
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa Tuition Grants Letters
Box 7
Judicial reform
Labor bill
Law enforcement (2 folders)
Legislative bills
Legislative letters by D. L. Trowbridge
Legislative matters, 1973
Life Underwriters
Meat inspection
Box 8
Miscellaneous legislative material
Motorcycle helmets
Parochial Schools
Political contacts in Mitchell County
Pollution
Portrait drivers license program
Public assistance programs (Aid to Dependent Children, Social Security Benefits,
Welfare Reform, etc.)
Box 9
Reapportionment (2 folders)
Removal tax exemption for some real property
Republican Party materials
Resolutions by cities
School aid plans
Schools
Studded tires
Tax information
Box 10
Trowbridge bills
Truck bill
Turkey River recreational area
Unified trial court, S.F. 428
Veterans bill, H.F. 1300
Ways and means (3 folders)
Wine bill, H. F. 1056
World Food Exposition, H.F. 1156
