National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry records

Collection — Box: 42

Identifier: 3020

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes the files of Albert S. Goss (1924-1951) and Herschel D. Newsom (1943-1958), National Masters; Charles B. Bowling (1938-1966), Transportation Consultant; Lloyd C. Halvorson (1941-1957), Economics Consultant; C.W. "Jack" Jackson (1948-1961), Public Relations Director; Wib Justi (1949-1967), Director of Youth Services; the Executive Committee (1867-1959); and the Diamond Jubilee Building Fund (1940-1942). Consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, financial records, minutes, agenda, constitution and bylaws, resolutions, reports, speeches, certificates, legislative bills, clippings, pamphlets, a volume of Grange melodies, a scrapbook, photographs, and broadsides concerning the administration of the national and state granges, other agricultural organizations, farm credit, insurance, bonding, prices and price control, parity, taxation, Grange history, conferences, the "National Grange Monthly", and the building of the National Grange headquarters.

Also included are personal papers (1847-1929) of William Saunders, horticulturist, landscape architect, and first National Master, consisting of correspondence, a diary, journals, notes, articles, pamphlets, scrapbooks, plans, sketches, stereoscopic slides, photographs, and memorabilia regarding the U.S. Experimental Gardens, the introduction of new plants to the U.S., his designs for the national cemetery at Gettysburg, the grounds of the Lincoln Monument at Springfield, Illinois,U.S. Department of Agriculture exhibits at various international exhibitions, and the National Grange; and personal papers (1842-1926) of Oliver H. Kelley, founder and first National Secretary, consisting of correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Grange, and the Kelley family.

Correspondents include D. Wyatt Aiken, Spencer F. Baird, Patrick Barry, Roy Battles, Ezra T. Benson, Earl L. Butz, Harry B. Caldwell, Horace Capron, Richard C. Carrick, Roscoe Conkling, C. Jerome Davis, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Charles M. Gardner, C.M. Hall, Alvin E. Hanson, L. James Harmanson, Jr., T. Harvey Hedgepeth, Harold E. Heldreth, John D. Hervey, Warren G. Magnuson, Thomas Meehan, Isaac Newton, Franklin C. Nixon, Richard M. Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William H. Seward, E.R. Shankland, George A. Smathers, John W. Stokes, W. Stuart Symington, Louis J. Taber, George Thurber, Luther C. Tibbets, Mortimer Whitehead, William Whitsitt, and Oliver F. Winchester.

Dates

1842-1994.

Creator

National Grange (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The National Grange was founded in 1867 by Oliver Hudson Kelley as a political advocate for farmers and a cultural and social bastion of rural life.

Extent

64 cubic feet.

2 mapcase folders.

Additional Description

Abstract

Includes the files of National Masters and other Grange officials, the Executive Committee, and the Diamond Jubilee Building Fund. Material concerning the administration of the national and state granges, other agricultural organizations, farm credit, insurance, bonding, prices and price control, parity, taxation, Grange history, conferences, the "National Grange Monthly", and the building of the National Grange headquarters. Also included are personal papers of William Saunders, horticulturist, landscape architect, and first National Master; and personal papers of Oliver H. Kelley, founder and first National Secretary.

SERIES LIST

<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s1">Series I. William Saunders</ref>: Boxes 1-8
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s2">Series II. O. H. Kelley</ref>: Box 7
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s3">Series III. National Grange; State Granges</ref>: Boxes 8-9
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s4">Series IV. Grand Master - Albert S. Goss</ref>: Box 11
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s5">Series V. Herschel D. Newsom</ref>: Boxes 12-13
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s6">Series VI. Diamond Jubilee Building Fund</ref>: Boxes 14-15
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s7">Series VII. Transportation Consultant - Charles Bowling</ref>: Boxes 15-18
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s8">Series VIII. Economist - Lloyd C. Halvorson</ref>: Boxes 19-20
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s9">Series IX. Public Relations Director - C. W. "Jack" Jackson</ref>: Boxes 20-25
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s10">Series X. Director of Youth Activities - Wib Justi</ref>: 26-29
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s11">Series XI. Books, Journals, Articles</ref>: Box 30
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s12">Series XII. National Grange Ribbons, Medals, Buttons</ref>: Box 31
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s13">Series XIII. State Quarterly Reports</ref>: Box 32
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s14">Series XIV. National Quarterly Reports</ref>: Boxes 33, 34, 36
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s15">Series XV. Sixty Year Certificates</ref>: Box 35
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s16">Series XVI. Golden Sheaf Certificates</ref>: Boxes 37-39
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s17">Series XVII. Herschel D. Newsom testimonies, speeches, etc.</ref>: Box 40
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s18">Series XVIII. Peace Corps - Guatemala</ref>: Box 41
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s19">Series XIX. Consultant - Charles Bowling</ref>: Boxes 44-45
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s20">Series XX. Youth Department</ref>: 42-43, 45-46
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s21">Series XXI. H. L. Graham files</ref>: Boxes 47-50
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s22">Series XXII. Miscellaneous Transportation</ref>: Box 51
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s23">Series XXIII. Commodity and dairy files</ref>: Boxes 52-53
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s24">Series XXIV. National legislative files</ref>: Boxes 54-64
<ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s25">Series XXV. Miscellaneous</ref>: Boxes 65-70

Physical Description

Manuscripts, typescripts, bound volumes, clippings, photographs, slides, ribbons and medals.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: B. Petrosin, N. Dean, E. Morrison
Date completed:: 1989
EAD encoding:: Julia Guarneri, August 2002
Date modified:: Margaret Nichols, May 2016