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Rudolph M. Evans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MsC0074

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  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

This collections consists of texts for speeches, reports, press releases, appointment books, correspondence, albums of photographs, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The scrapbooks have been removed from the sequence of item numbers and moved to the end of the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1844-1956
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1933-1956

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/.

Biographical / Historical

Chronological Timeline

Rudolph Martin Evans 1890 born

1936 Special assistant to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

1938 Administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration

1942 Governor of the Federal Reserve System

1954 Ended term as governor of Federal Reserve System

1956 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Iowa

1956 died

Extent

2.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Special assistant to Sec. of Agriculture, administrator of the Agriculture Adjustment Administration, Governor of Federal Reserve System, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Iowa. Correspondence, reports, speeches, appointment books, scrapbooks, and photos.

Method of Acquisition

These papers were donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mrs. R. M. Evans.

Related Materials

Evans, Rudolph Martin. The reminiscences of R. M. Evans. [Glen Rock, N.J., Microfilming Corp. of America], c1972. MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Micro fiche 254 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882 -- 1945. Letter to Rudolph M. Evans. Washington, D.C. 1943 February 5. Concerning his appointing Mr. Evans to a committee to consider cases of subversive activity on the part of Federal employees. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Department Pres/Letters Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900 -- 1965. Letter to [R.M. Evans]. On verso is an ALS from Evans to Stevenson concerning the cut in farm prices, the importance of a Democratic victory in 1956, and requesting Evans' support at the convention. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Department MsL S847 e.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc
Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)

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