Special Collections and University Archives
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Iowa State University
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MS 44
National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association
Records, 1927-1991
creator: | National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association |
title: | National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association records |
dates: | 1927-1991 |
extent: | 18.06 linear feet (43 document boxes) |
collection number: | MS 44 |
repository: | Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives. |
language: | English |
access: | Open for research |
publication rights: | Consult Special Collections and University Archives |
preferred citation: | National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association Records, MS 44, Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives. |
people, families, and corporate bodies: | National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association. Iowa Farmers Union. |
places: | |
subjects: | Pork industry and trade -- Taxation -- Law and legislation. |
genres: | Financial records |
The National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association was initially founded in March 1936 in Des Moines, Iowa, as the Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association. Its purpose was to lobby for legislation to refund the Hog Process Tax, declared illegal by the Supreme Court. This collection contains correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, minutes, speeches, financial records, and claims. Correspondents include Andrew J. Johnson, Donald Van Vleet, D. B. Gurney, Helen Holehan, Edward E. Kennedy, and Guy M. Gillette. |
The organization was founded in March 1936 in Des Moines, Iowa, as the Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association to lobby for legislation to refund the Hog Process Tax, declared illegal by the Supreme Court. It became the National Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association (NFPTRA) a year later. Edward E. Kennedy was NFPTRA's Washington, D.C., representative; his main duty was to lobby Congress. Other officers included Donald Van Vleet, president, and Andrew J. Johnson, secretary. Johnson was also president of the Iowa Farmers Union. D. B. Gurney, the leading figure behind the movement to refund the processing tax, initiated claims for the farmers. |
This collection (1927-1991) contains correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, minutes, speeches, financial records, and claims. Correspondents include Andrew J. Johnson, Donald Van Vleet, D. B. Gurney, Helen Holehan, Edward E. Kennedy, and Guy M. Gillette. |
These records were given to Iowa State University Library by the children of Andrew Johnson of Moorhead, Iowa, in October 1974. |
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The files are listed chronologically. |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
30 |
14 |
NFPTRA correspondence, court citations, briefs, and miscellaneous materials |
1927-1944 |
41 |
3 |
Iowa Farmers Union Convention address of 1928, Iowa Farmers Union membership in Boone County, petitions and correspondence |
1928-1940 |
30 |
4 |
NFPTRA correspondence, cream grading law, bus timetables, and farm and labor news |
1930-1939 |
33 |
4 |
Taxation, farmers’ problems, and related issues |
1932-1941 |
40 |
2 |
National Farmers Union legislative program |
1933 |
42 |
6 |
Constitution of second degree of the National Farmers Holiday Association, general resolutions adopted |
1933 |
41 |
14 |
Iowa Farmers Union activities |
1933-1938 |
34 |
4-6 |
NFPTRA copies of original sales slips for hogs |
1933-1940 |
33 |
5 |
Materials unrelated to agricultural problems |
1933-1943 |
31 |
9 |
Farm record book |
1934 |
41 |
13 |
Iowa Farmers Union Mutual Life Insurance Association |
1934 |
8 |
12 |
Farmers Process Tax Recovery Association, data of participants in the AAA program |
1934-1935 |
10 |
9 |
Data showing AAA participants in Nebraska according to county |
1934-1935 |
15 |
18 |
Data of participants in AAA program in Minnesota according to county |
1934-1935 |
16 |
1-12 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: correspondence |
1934-1938 |
17 |
1-10 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: correspondence |
1934-1938 |
18 |
1-10 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: correspondence |
1934-1938 |
19 |
1-10 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: correspondence |
1934-1938 |
20 |
1-5 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: correspondence |
1934-1938 |
21 |
1-8 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1933-1938 |
22 |
1-8 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1933-1938 |
23 |
1-9 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
24 |
1-10 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
24A |
1-10 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
25 |
1-9 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
26 |
1-8 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
27 |
1-10 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
28 |
1-11 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
29 |
1-5 |
D.B. Gurney’s files: refund files |
1934-1938 |
40 |
4 |
Minutes of the meeting of the board of directors and councilors of the F.E.C.U.A. Iowa division |
1935-1936 |
5 |
8 |
Wisconsin agreements for 1940 |
1935-1940 |
30 |
11 |
NFPTRA newspaper clippings and process tax memberships |
1935-1945 |
5 |
9 |
Correspondence between NFPTRA and Wyoming |
1936 |
5 |
12 |
Correspondence between President Donald Van Vleet and the U.S. congressman Hubert Utterback |
1936 |
32 |
1 |
Processing tax general files, minutes, financial statements and correspondence |
1936 |
40 |
5 |
F.E.C.U.A. Livestock Commission Company proceedings, facts and conclusions by the Secretary of Agriculture |
1936 |
41 |
1 |
Iowa Farmers Union, list of paid membership, addresses and press releases, President of Iowa farmers union |
1936 |
31 |
5 |
Meeting of 1936, news releases, correspondence, agreement and contract breaks |
1936, undated |
32 |
2 |
Processing tax general files, membership lists, news releases and clippings |
1936-1937 |
32 |
4 |
Unanswered mail, news clippings, and an article on the processing tax by Daniel Van Vleet and correspondence with Guy M. Gillette |
1936-1937 |
40 |
8-10 |
Receipts of F.E.C.U.A. and dues from various Iowa counties |
1936-1937 |
5 |
11 |
Pending materials, photographs and newspaper clippings and price lists for oils and greases |
1936-1938 |
31 |
4 |
Minutes of board, President Van Vleet’s letter of resignation from the board, and financial statements |
1936-1938 |
36 |
1-12 |
Correspondence between state NFPTRA committeemen arranged in alphabetical order of members last names A-E |
1936-1938 |
37 |
1-14 |
Correspondence between Iowa county NFPTRA committeemen arranged in alphabetical order of members last names G-M |
1936-1938 |
41 |
2 |
Iowa Farmers Union convention resolutions and correspondence relating to national farmers union |
1936-1938 |
41 |
5-8 |
State president’s editorial (Andrew Johnson) in Iowa Union Farmer |
1936-1938 |
31 |
1 |
Original incorporation papers, license certificate and agreement |
1936-1938 |
3 |
1-10 |
Correspondence between the NFPTRA president and the Iowa County committee members, last names D-L |
1936-1939 |
4 |
1-12 |
Correspondence between the NFPTRA president and the Iowa County committee members, last names M-W |
1936-1939 |
5 |
2 |
Missouri correspondence between Agricultural Adjustment Act and non-signers and the N.F.P.T.A. president |
1936-1939 |
5 |
3 |
Missouri agreements and correspondence with Andrew J. Johnson |
1936-1939 |
5 |
7 |
Correspondence between Helen Holehan, Edward Kennedy, and Andrew J. Johnson |
1936-1939 |
11 |
12-14 |
Non-Iowa Farmers Union members who have claims |
1936-1939 |
10 |
1-8 |
Nebraska Agreements and correspondence |
1936-1940 |
32 |
9 |
Rules and instructions to county committees, bulletins, and an extract from the Congressional Record |
1936-1940 |
40 |
1 |
Correspondence between the F.E.C.U.A. and Andrew Johnson of the NFPTRA |
1936-1940 |
39 |
A |
Financial accounts |
1936-1941 |
34 |
1-3 |
NFPTRA bank statements |
1936-1942 |
1 |
1-29 |
Letters acknowledging receipt of membership dues from Iowa counties |
1937 |
2 |
1-30 |
Letters acknowledging receipt of membership dues from Iowa counties |
1937 |
31 |
6 |
Agreement with Edward Kennedy |
1937 |
32 |
5 |
Iowa process tax, congressional record, H.J. Res. 474, correspondence and pamphlet dealing with the process tax |
1937 |
33 |
1 |
Press releases and newspaper clippings |
1937 |
42 |
1 |
Provisions of the soil conservation districts of Iowa |
1937 |
35 |
3 |
NFPTRA statement of expenses submitted by staffs |
1937-1938 |
40 |
7 |
F.E.C.U.A. Iowa division minutes of the meetings |
1937-1938 |
42 |
3 |
Iowa Planning News, issued by the State Planning Board |
1937-1938 |
5 |
4 |
Michigan agreements and correspondence |
1937-1939 |
5 |
10 |
Correspondence between Ray Shield and Andrew J. Johnson, and blank statements |
1937-1939 |
9 |
1-8 |
Illinois data sheet and correspondence between county committee members and President Daniel Van Vleet |
1937-1939 |
11 |
1-11 |
Iowa Process Tax Recovery Claims Agreement arranged under various county committee members |
1937-1939 |
12 |
1-12 |
Iowa Process Tax claims Agreement arranged under various county committee members |
1937-1939 |
13 |
1-12 |
Indiana Process Tax Claims Agreement arranged under various county committee members |
1937-1939 |
13 |
13-15 |
Data of participants in the AAA program in Indiana, correspondence between state committee members and Daniel Van Vleet |
1937-1939 |
30 |
1 |
NFPTRA expenses |
1937-1939 |
5 |
1 |
Kansas agreements |
1937-1940 |
6 |
1-12 |
Illinois claims agreement |
1937-1940 |
7 |
1-10 |
Illinois claims agreement |
1937-1940 |
8 |
1-11 |
Illinois claims agreement |
1937-1940 |
31 |
8 |
Promissory notes and agreements, data on hog sales |
1938 |
32 |
3 |
Correspondence between Daniel Van Vleet and the district solicitors, board members and related materials |
1938 |
32 |
6 |
General file with list of county committeemen and claimants |
1938 |
40 |
3 |
Revocation of the Michigan and Minnesota Chapter by the National Farmers Union convention and appeal |
1938 |
41 |
12 |
Report on Iowa Farmers Union Credit Association |
1938 |
42 |
2 |
Iowa Centennial Committee Reports |
1938 |
43 |
1 |
Commentary by Iowa Farm Tenancy Committee on the Iowa Farm Tenancy Report |
1938 |
43 |
2-3 |
Iowa Farm Tenancy Committee’s summary of findings |
1938 |
43 |
4 |
Minutes of the Iowa Farm Tenancy Committee meeting of the Iowa State Planning Board |
1938 |
5 |
5 |
Ohio agreements, settlements, and correspondence |
1938-1939 |
5 |
6 |
South Dakota agreements and correspondence |
1938-1939 |
14 |
1-18 |
Minnesota process tax claims arranged under various county committee members and correspondence between state committee members and Daniel Van Vleet |
1938-1939 |
15 |
1-17 |
Minnesota claims agreements arranged under various county committee members |
1938-1939 |
30 |
5 |
Correspondence concerning process tax recovery, telegrams and agreements |
1938-1939 |
31 |
2 |
Financial statements, articles of incorporation, board and annual general meeting |
1938-1939 |
31 |
3 |
Correspondence, finial statements and commissions due to several Iowa farmers |
1938-1939 |
43 |
5 |
U.S. Community Improvement Appraisal, report on the Work program of W.P.A. and the U.S. Community Improvement Appraisal for Iowa |
1938-1939 |
32 |
10 |
Special dispatch, statements and speeches by Andrew J. Johnson, report on the expulsion of the Michigan committee from NFPTRA and other related matters. |
1938-1940 |
41 |
4 |
Andrew Johnson’s correspondence |
1938-1940 |
30 |
6 |
NFPTRA correspondence and press releases concerning the process tax refund |
1938-1941 |
30 |
12 |
NFPTRA, Edward Kennedy’s "Washington Letter(s)" |
1938-1941 |
39 |
1-13 |
Iowa Claims under the NFPTRA of the processing tax reimbursement |
1938-1941 |
33 |
3 |
Pamphlets relating to NFPTRA, Senate joint resolution 6639 and 202 |
1938-1948 |
30 |
2 |
NFPTRA Bills and receipts |
1939-1940 |
32 |
7 |
Washington service press release, Senate bill #507, Department of Agriculture memorandum #893, and the Congressional record. |
1939-1940 |
38 |
1-13 |
Iowa Claims under the NFPTRA of the processing tax reimbursement |
1939-1941 |
5 |
13 |
Andrew J. Johnson’s mail folder |
1940 |
30 |
10 |
NFPTRA Edward Kennedy’s address to the annual meeting in Des Moines; correspondence concerning the process tax refund; press releases and lists of Iowa farmers |
1940 |
33 |
2 |
Iowa Congressmen and Senators, list of counties to which Country Farmer has been mailed |
1940 |
40 |
6 |
F.E.C.U.A. minutes of Colorado convention |
1940 |
42 |
4 |
U.S.D.A.’s summery survey of the farm front |
1940 |
32 |
8 |
Correspondence between Edward Kennedy and Andrew Johnson regarding the processing tax |
1940-1941 |
31 |
10 |
Correspondence relating to the National Association |
1940-1943 |
30 |
7 |
NFPTRA correspondence concerning the process tax refund |
1941 |
30 |
8 |
NFPTRA correspondence, news clippings and press releases concerning the process tax refund |
1941 |
30 |
13 |
NFPTRA correspondence between Edward Kennedy and Andrew J. Johnson |
1941 |
31 |
7 |
Commissions due to D.L. Harvey and a copy of his contract |
1941 |
35 |
1 |
NFPTRA correspondence between members filing late claims and Andrew J. Johnson |
1941 |
35 |
2 |
NFPTRA newspaper clippings |
1941 |
41 |
11 |
Iowa Farmers Union Life Insurance Company, financial statement and investment portfolio |
1941 |
30 |
9 |
NFPTRA correspondence concerning the process tax refund |
1941-0942 |
30 |
3 |
NFPTRA bills and receipts |
1941-1942 |
34 |
7 |
Transactions between Andrew J. Johnson and J.C. Robinson Seed Company and the bank agreement |
1941-1942 |
41 |
15 |
Transcription of an interview with the children of Andrew Johnson |
1991 |
41 |
9 |
Iowa Farmers Union Mutual Automobile Insurance Association |
undated |
41 |
10 |
Iowa Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Association |
undated |
42 |
5 |
Radio broadcast by Milo Reno |
undated |