creator:

Shepard, Hugh H. (1876-1970)

title:

Papers

dates:

1905-1962, n.d.

extent:

64.26 linear ft. (153 document boxes)

collection number:

MS 5

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Hugh H. Shepard Papers, MS 5, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Hugh H. Shepard (1876-1970) was a lawyer and businessman of Mason City, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Iowa and the University of Iowa Law School, he became an attorney and president of the Shepard Abstract Company. He was a charter member of the Iowa and American Land Title Association and inventor and developer of Grant of Possession, a legal procedure used in connection with farm mortgages. At one time he was international president of the Jefferson Highway Association and a leader in bringing highways to northern Iowa.

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