Papers of Frank Nye - Special Collections - The University of Iowa Libraries

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PAPERS OF FRANK NYE

Collection Dates: 1942 -- 1983
(Bulk Dates: [date] to [date])
18.5 linear ft.

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Posted to Internet: November 1997
Addenda: 1988

Acquisition Note: Frank Nye's family donated his papers to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1983.

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Photographs: Box 4, Box 8, Box 13

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Table of Contents

Biographical note

Scope and contents

I. Series One -- Correspondence and Photographs

Boxes 1 -- 4

II. Series Two -- Individuals and Subjects

Boxes 5 -- 9

III. Series Three -- Iowa

Boxes 9 -- 17

IV. Series Four -- Professional Writings

Boxes 18 -- 31

V. Series Five -- Personal Papers

Box 31

1988 Addendum

Boxes 32 -- 37

Biographical Note

Frank Nye was born in Clarinda, Iowa, on November 27, 1912. He graduated from high school in Shenandoah, Iowa, and earned his BA, in journalism, from the University of Iowa in 1936. A newspaperman, Nye's career began in 1930 with a job as a reporter for the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel. He subsequently worked for the Clinton Herald, Look magazine, the Des Moines Register, International News Service, and the Iowa City Press Citizen. Nye joined the staff of the Cedar Rapids Gazette in 1943, as the associate editor and political writer, after serving four years as news director of the Iowa Daily Press Association. He retired from the Gazette in 1980. Nye covered Iowa's political scene for the newspaper and played a key role in achieving fair reapportionment in Iowa. He was chairman of the Governor's Reapportionment Action Committee from 1957 -- 1961. Among Nye's many professional honors was the Iowa Press Association's Master Editor-Publisher Award in 1977, and the Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa Daily Press Association in 1982. Nye's two great passions have been recognized with awards bearing his name. The Cedar Rapids Gazette sponsors the annual Frank Nye Junior Tennis Tournament, while the Iowa Newspaper Association sponsors the Frank Nye Writing Award.

Nye was active in civic affairs. He was a past president of the Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Cedar Rapids Lions Club as well as the Buchanan School PTA and the Cedar Rapids Tennis Association. He was active with the University of Iowa Alumni Association and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.

Frank Nye died suddenly on March 26, 1983, at the age of seventy.

Scope and Contents

The papers of Frank T. Nye consist of 18.5 linear feet of manuscripts dating from 1942 to 1983. The collection, which relates primarily to Nye's career in journalism, is organized in five separate series: 1) Correspondence and Photographs; 2) Individuals and Subjects; 3) Iowa; 4) Professional Writings, and; 5) Personal. There is also an addendum containing material on a variety of subjects which was given at a later date. Each series is arranged chronologically within an alphabetical sequence.

Series one consists of three boxes of correspondence and one box of photographs. Included are letters from: James E. Bromwell, John C. Culver, Jay N. Darling, John M. Henry, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Harold E. Hughes, Herschel C. Loveless, Jack Miller, Robert D. Ray, Tom Riley, Fred Schwengel, David O. Schaff, and Harrison Weber. The individual and subject series is made up of folders relating to specific people and topics. The individuals include Dick Clark and John Culver to H.R. Gross and James Leach or Harold E. Hughes and Robert D. Ray to Herbert Hoover and Ronald Reagan. Subjects range from education and busing to alcohol abuse and highways.

The third series "Iowa" consists of eight and a half boxes of subject files relating to reapportionment, Iowa politics, the legislature, the University of Iowa, the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Nye's professional writings are found in the next section. There are thirteen and a half boxes documenting his work in print. Included are stories he did for the New York Times, Newsweek, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and other major national publications. There is also manuscript material pertaining to his Herbert Hoover book. His personal papers include appointment books and certificates. The 1988 addendum primarily consist of newspapers clippings relating to the 63rd through the 67th Iowa General Assemblies.

Series I -- Correspondence and Photographs

Box 1

Correspondence

A, 1946 -- 1932. Including letters from David E. Archie.
B, 1943 -- 1983. Including letters from: Robert D. Blue, George W. Ball, William S. Beardsley, Ezra Taft Benson, Gerald Bogan, David W. Belin, James E. Bromwell, Alan Baron, David Broder, and Terry E. Branstad.

C, 1943 -- 1982. Including letters from: John Culver and Dick Clark.

D, 1943 -- 1983. Including letters from: Jay N. Darling and Minnette Doderer.

E, 1948 -- 1983. Including letters from: Leo Elthon, Norman A. Erbe, Paul Engle and Rowland Evans, Jr.

F, 1943 -- 1982. Including letters from: Robert D. Fulton and James Flansburg.

G, 1943 -- 1983. Including letters from: Charles E. Grassley and Gary G. Gerlach.

H, 1943 -- 1983. Including letters from: Earl W. Hall, Clyde L. Herring, Burke B. Hickenlooper, Leo A. Hoegh and John M. Henry.

Box 2

Correspondence (con't)

J, 1946 -- 1983. Including letters from Roger W. Jepsen.
K, 1943 -- 1983. Including letters from: Nelson G. Kraschel and Arthur Kudart.

L, 1943 -- 1982. Including letters from: Herschel C. Loveless and Jim Leach.

M, 1941 -- 1983. Including letters from: Jake More, Jack Miller, Thomas E. Martin and Clark R. Mollenhoff.

N, 1941 -- 1983.

O, 1942 -- 1982. Including letters from George Olmstead.

P, 1943 -- 1982. Including letters from: Drew Pearson, Ernest Palmer, Jr. and Don C. Pierson.

Q-R, 1943 -- 1983. Including letters from Tom Riley.

Box 3

Correspondence (con't)

S, 1943 -- 1983. Including letters from: Harrison Spangler, Lauren K. Soth, Fred Schwengel and William Safire.
T, 1947 -- 1983. Including letters from: Norman Thomas and Tom Tauke.

V-Z, 1947 -- 1983. Including letters from: George A. Wilson, J.C.

Wright and Harrison Weber.

Box 4

Photographs.

Photographs. Including photographs of: Spiro T. Agnew, William Hansen, Leo A. Hoegh, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, George McGovern, Arthur Neu, Frank T. Nye, Robert D. Ray and Arthur Small.

Series II -- Individuals and Subjects

Box 5

Individuals

Adams, C.J., 1973.
Agnew, Spiro T., 1970.

Albrecht, William P., Jr., 1970.

Beck, Robert K., 1966 -- 1968.

Bergeson, Rollo H., 1960.

Blobaum, Roger, 1970.

Blouin, Michael, 1973 -- 1978.

Bromwell, James E., 1961 -- 1968.

Brown, Hazel, 1975.

Bush, George, 1979 -- 1980.

Carson, Robert B., 1960.

Clark, Dick, 1972 -- 1978.

Countryman, Dayton, 1960.

Culver, John, 1964 -- 1980.

Dilley, Robert D., 1964.

Ellsworth, Ted, 1972.

Engle, Paul, 1970.

Erbe, Norman A., 1960 -- 1966.

Feld, Mike, 1973 -- 1974.

Fisher, Howard, 1976 -- 1978.

Flatt, Joseph B., 1966.

Franzenburg, Paul, 1966.

Fulton, Robert, 1970 -- 1971.

Box 6

Individuals (con't)

Gannon, William, 1970 -- 1971.
Grassley, Charles, 1979.

Gross, H.R., 1963.

Harbor, William H., 1971.

Harris, Fred, 1975 -- 1976.

Havlena, 1975 -- 1977.

Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 1959 -- 1971.

Hoover, Herbert, 1962.

Hughes, Harold E., 1967 -- 1980.

Hultman, Evan L., 1962.

Jensen, Martin, 1961.

Jepsen, Roger W., 1970 -- 1980.

Johnson, Donald E., 1969.

Johnson, Robert M.L., 1966.

Knudson, John, 1960.

Kyl, John, 1967 -- 1969.

Leach, James A.S., 1976.

Less, Frank W., 1962.

Loveless, Hershcel C., 1956 -- 1967.

McDermott, Edward A., 1961 -- 1965.

McManus, Edward J., 1960.

McMartin, Cole, 1970.

Martin, Thomas E., 1969 -- 1970.

Mezvinsky, Edward, 1973.

Miller, Earl G., 1942.

Miller, Jack, 1959 -- 1978.

Milligan, George, 1973.

Murray, John, 1973 -- 1974.

Murray, William G., 1958 -- 1966.

Box 7

Individuals (con't)

Neu, Arthur, 1971 -- 1974.
Nicholas, William H., 1960.

Peters, Jack L., 1966.

Plymat, William N., 1968.

Rapp, Steve, 1974.

Rasmussen, Clark, 1973 -- 1974.

Ray, Robert D., 1968 -- 1979.

Reagan, Ronald, 1975 -- 1980.

Riley, Tom, 1977.

Rush, Bob, 1977.

Schaben, Jim, 1974.

Scherle, William J., 1970 -- 1971.

Schmidhauser, John R., 1965 -- 1970.

Schroeder, Jack, 1960.

Schwengel, Fred, 1961 -- 1970.

Seeman, Ernest J., 1960 -- 1962.

Smith, Elbert B., 1966.

Stanley, David M., 1974.

Stoner, Tom, 1978 -- 1979.

Stringer, Kenneth, 1960.

Tauke, Tom, 1978 -- 1979.

Turner, Richard C., 1967 -- 1974.

Walsh, John M., 1971 -- 1972.

Wolf, Leonard G., 1958 -- 1960.

Worthington, Lorne, 1971.

Box 8

Subjects

Alcohol Abuse, 1977 -- 1978.
Busing, 1974.

Constitutional Amendments.

Constitutional Conventions in Iowa, 1960.

Democratic Income Tax Plan, 1973.

Democratic National Mini -- Convention, 1974.

Des Moines Apartment, 1970 -- 1971.

Education

Iowa State Education Association, 1963. Including correspondence with Fred Schwengel.
National Committee for Support of Public Schools, 1962 -- 1964.

First Presbyterian Church of Iowa City, 1969 -- 1970. Prof. Joseph Baker.

Highways

I-380 and 549, 1971.
Intersection photographs.

Iowa Commission for the Blind, 1977 -- 1978.

Iowa Cooperative Study Committee, 1965 -- 1966. Post High School Education.

Iowa Daily Press Association, 1968. News Committee.

Iowa Educational Broadcasting Nework, 1972 -- 1975.

Iowa Election Laws, 1969 -- 1970. Citizen's Committee.

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, 1959 -- 1964.

Iowa Freedom of Information Council, 1977.

Iowa League of Municipalities, 1961 -- 1964.

Iowa Manufacturers Association, 1960 -- 1965.

Iowa State Jaycee President's Report, 1948 -- 1967.

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1962. Midwest Correctional Conference,

Iowa Tax Commission, 1961 -- 1980. Including correspondence from Harrison Weber.

Box 9

Subjects (con't)

KCRG - TV, 1972 -- 1974
KNDI - Iowa Press Program, 1965 -- 1974.

Law Library Reserve Legislative Workshop, 1977.

Minimum Legal Drinking Age, 1979.

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1977.

National Governors' Conference, Louisiana, 1975.

Red Cross Fund Committee, 1963 -- 1965. (2 folders)

Rutgers University, 1970 -- 1974. Eagleton Institute of Politics.

Speeches, 1959 -- 1980.

State Historical Department, 1974.

U.S. Senate Chamber Desks, 1979.

United Community Service, 1963 -- 1975.

Series III -- Iowa

Reapportionment

Commission Created by the 1969 Legislature, 1969.
Constitutional Amendments, 1968.

Correspondence, 1964 -- 1965. Including letters from: Fred Schwengel and Jack Miller.

Box 10

Reapportionment (con't)

Dodie Hamblin's Story, 1964.
Dirksen Apportionment Amendment

Correspondence, 1964 -- 1966. Including letters from: Fred Schwengel, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert H. Hunphrey, John Culver, Bert Bandstra, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Jack Miller, John R. Schmidhauser and Harold E. Hughes.
Convention Route, 1968.

Dirksen Amendment and Other Apportionment Material, 1962 -- 1964. Including letters from: James E. Bromwell, Robert D. Ray, John Culver and Jack Miller.

Farm Bureau Questionnare, 1959.

Governor's Action Committee, 1958 -- 1962. Iowa State Editor's Seminar.

Hearings, 1981. (2 folders)

owa Legislative Subdistricting Commission, 1967.

Judicial Reorganization Amendment, 1960 -- 1964.

Legislative Districting of the General Assembly, 1972.

Legislative Redistricting, 1972.

Materials

1958 -- 1960. Including letters from Herschel C. Loveless.

Box 11

Reapportionment (con't)

Materials (cont.)
1958 -- 1960.
1958 -- 1966. Including a letter from John C. Culver.

1965 -- 1967.

1971.

1981.

Reprecincting Bill SF111, 1970.

Scrapbooks, 1965 -- 1970.

Shaff Plan, 1965 -- 1970. Citizens for Reapportionment.

Box 12

Reapportionment (con't)

Shaff Plan
Debates, 1963. Including a letter from John R. Schmidhauser.
Debates and Informational Material, 1963.

Iowans Against the Shaff Plan

May -- Sept. 1963. Including letters from David O. Shaff, Harold E. Huges, Robert K. Beck, David M. Stanley and John R. Schmidhauser.
Aug. -- Sept. 1963.

Oct. 1963 -- Feb. 1969.

Iowa Politics

Budget Massage, 1967. 62nd General Assembly.
Citizens Conference on State Legislatures.

Constitutional Amendment to Reduce Public Services, 1980.

Draft of the 6th Edition of the Model State Constitution, 1961.

Box 13

Iowa Politics (con't)

Elections
1958 -- 1972.
1974. Including letters from Michael Gartner.

1976.

Governor's Economy Committee Report, 1979.

Governor's Race, 1960. Photographs. Including a photograph of Norman Erbe.

Inauguration, 1975.

Iowa Federation of Republican Women, 1974.

Iowa League of Women Voters, 1968.

Iowa Primary Election Results, 1960.

Property Tax Replacement, 1967.

Democratic National Conventions

1960 -- Los Angeles.
1964 -- Atlantic City.

1968 -- Chicago. (3 folders)

1972 -- Miami.

Box 14

Iowa Politics (con't)

Democratic National Conventions (con't)
1972 -- Miami.
1974 -- Kansas City. Mini - convention.

1976 -- New York City.

Republican National Conventions

1960 -- Chicago.
1964 -- San Francisco.

1968 -- Miami (3 folders)

1972 -- Miami.

1976 -- Kansas City.

Legislative

Iowa Legislative Research Bureau, 1961 -- 1968.

Box 15

Legislative (con't)

Iowa Legislator Biographical Surveys.
Legislative Process Workshop, 1977.

Legislative Processes Advisory Committee, 1967 -- 1968.

Legislative Research Committee, 1968.

Legislative Stories, 1976.

Legislature

1955. Including a letter from David O. Shaff.
1959. Including letters from Jack R. Miller.

1961 -- 1962. Including a letter from Fred Schwengel.

1963.

1965.

1966. Interim Study Committee, 62nd General Assembly.

1967.

1969 -- 1970. Including a letter from Robert D. Ray.

1971.

1973 -- 1974.

1975 -- 1978.

Priority Issues, 1975 -- 1976.

Unicameral Legislature, 1961 -- 1965.

Box 16

University of Iowa

Alumni Association, 1963 -- 1975.
Old Capitol Restoration

Correspondence, 1969 -- 1977. (3 folders)
Minutes of Meeting, 1970 -- 1976.

Printed Material, 1970 -- 1976.

Peach Bowl, 1982.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association

Birthday and Dedication, 1962 -- 1971. Including letters from Herbert Hoover.
Birthplace Foundation, 1970 -- 1972.

Birthplace Society, 1927 -- 1982. Including letters from Jay N. Darling.

Box 17

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association (con't)

Centennial, 1974. West Branch, Iowa. Including letters from Tom Riley and John M. Henry.
Dedication, 1962. Including letters from John M. Henry.

Master Plan, 1977.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Metropolition Library Foundation, 1981 -- 1982.
Tennis Association, 1970 -- 1978.

Series IV--Professional Writings

Box 18

Time-Life, Inc.; New York Times; Newsweek

Time, 1953 -- 1960. (9 folders)

Box 19

Time-Life, Inc.; New York Times; Newsweek (cont.)

Time, 1961 -- 1965. (7 folders)

Box 20