Izaak Walton League of America. Iowa Division

Records

1922-1973, undated

9.66 linear feet (23 document boxes, 1 map case folder)

MS 36

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Open for research

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Izaak Walton League of America. Iowa Division Records, MS 36, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

National Executive Board and National Board of
Directors reports and speeches

1933-1963

1

2

National Board of Directors minutes

1957-1964

1

3

National Executive Board minutes

1959-1964

1

4

National and State Board of Directors minutes

1950-1959

1

5

State Board of Directors correspondence and minutes

1954-1956

1

6

State Board of Directors minutes and Executive Secretary's budget report

1956-1965

1

7

Board meeting programs, monthly reports, memos, and correspondence

1957-1964

1

8

Iowa Division officers lists

1923-1953

1

9

Iowa chapters officers' reports, includes officer's lists

1954-1955

1

10-11

Iowa chapter officers' lists

1922-1965

2

1

National Conventions: yearend report, including bulletins, membership records, directory, minutes, statements, and correspondence

1957

2

2

National Conventions: speeches and reports

1933-1965

2

3

National Conventions: programs, agendas and policies

1942-1965

2

4

National bulletins, memos, announcements and convention schedules

1942-1964

2

5

State convention minutes

1931-1965

2

6

State Board of Directors meeting minutes, includes bound copy of 1929 Director's Meeting minutes

1929-1965

2

7

State Conventions: reports, resolutions, and correspondence

1929-1964

Map case

C406 D02

State Conventions: oversize photographs of members (2 b/w)

1935

2

8

State Conventions: programs, agenda, schedules, and newspaper clippings

1939-1965

3

1

Handbook of Instruction for Chapter Officers, chapter organizing aids, and a suggested program for new chapters' first meeting

1947 undated

3

2

Directory of national officers and membership directory

1951-1966

3

3-4

Membership statistics by state

1952-1965

3

5

New members forms, flyers, and newspaper clippings

1930-1966

3

6

News releases and membership campaign materials: includes correspondence, bulletins to chapter officers, and contest entry forms and rules

1938-1965

3

7

Correspondence: membership related

1930-1962

4

1

Iowa membership records, Annual and Membership Directory 1948, Des Moines chapter

1948-1965,
undated

4

2

Members in good standing, Iowa division

1937-1950

4

3

Membership campaign: membership highlights and notes, 1954 Honor Roll, campaign flyers, and bulletins to officers

1932-1956

4

4

Iowa division: membership lists, map, dead chapters and chapter organization dates

1929-1932

4

5

Correspondence: Iowa division membership

1936-1961

4

6

National materials: includes constitution and by-laws adopted by Iowa chapters, amendments to the I.W.L.A. Constitution, articles of incorporation, nomination policy, report on the staff (1960) and correspondence

1942-1960

4

7

Executive Board: policy manual

1965

4

8

Chapter manual index: includes operations and activities, special activities, policy papers, and pamphlets

1953

4

9

Chapter manual, memos, I.W.L.A. pamphlets and brochures, articles of incorporation, and constitution

1964

4

10

Resolutions: correspondence, list of resolutions passed, and policy papers

1929-1962

4

11

Petitions for Iowa chapter charter

1925-1946

4

12

Davenport Chapter: correspondence and newspaper clippings

1954-1955

4

13

State Divisions (other than Iowa): newsletters and correspondence

1948

5

1

Finance reports: national and Iowa division

1954-1964

5

2

Proposed Iowa Division budgets, division expenditures,
records of state and national dues

1958-1960

5

3

U.S. Treasury Department: correspondence, returns for non-profit organizations, and William A. Riacki expense account

1949-1959

5

4

Correspondence

1942-1954

5

5-6

Iowa division: expenditure records

1954

5

7

Remittances, state dues

1954

5

8

Treasurer's cash record (bound copy)

1929-1936

5

9

Endowment Committee correspondence

1964-1965

5

10

Sample Letterheads: chapter, state and national

1929-1956

5

11

Literature: book reviews, correspondence, and order forms

1944-1957

6

1

Honor Roll: awards, correspondence, and newsclippings

1952

6

2

Youth Outdoor Iowa Camp correspondence and newspaper clippings

1953-1963

6

3

Cleaning the Cedar River project correspondence

1929-1930

6

4

Statements on conservation, League Conservation platform, pamphlets, articles, and newspaper clippings

1942-1975

6

5

Iowa 25 Year Conservation Plan excerpts, salary status report of state conservation commission employees, Iowa chapter reports, Conservation Education Committee brochure for designing instructional materials, outline for organization of Conservation Education Committee

1954-1962

6

6

Convention programs, conservation sports tournament program, 24 b/w photographs of activities at 2nd Annual Conservation Sports Tournament (1958)

1940-1958

6

7

Correspondence: conservation

1930-1962

6

8

Cordova Nuclear Power Plant correspondence, newspaper clipping, and statement

1969-1972

6

9

Yellowstone National Park Northern Elk Herd Problem: testimony and correspondence

1962

6

10

Fish and game: correspondence, list of conservation officers

1929-1958

6

11

Fish and game: newspaper clippings and condition reports

1943-1962

6

12

Fish and game: pamphlets, news releases, Model State Game and Fish Administrative Law

1934-1959

6

13

Farm Forestry Program: correspondence and newspaper clippings

1947

7

1

"Hunt America Time" program organization and project information including news releases, proclamation and photographs (6 b/w)

1958-1964

7

2

Land and waters: resolutions, statements and recommendations relating to water resource management

1950-1965

7

3

Land and waters: speeches, papers, and information relating to water supply and soil

1931-1963

7

4

Land and waters: correspondence, bulletins, and news releases

1930-1945

7

5

"Save Our Shoreline" program: correspondence, description, resources, and workshop reports

1960

7

6

Land and waters: articles, newspaper clippings, and publicity

1937-1952

7

7

Legislative materials: bills and acts of interest

1941-1957

7

8

Bulletins

1945-1957

7

9

Legislative Program of the Iowa Division: description, newsclippings and correspondence

1947-1964

7

10

Natural resources: correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, and statements

1931-1958

7

11

Parks: correspondence and reports

1933-1963

7

12

Pollution: news releases, reports, resolutions and statements

1944-1963

8

1

Recreation: address, convention, bulletins, new releases, reports, and newspaper clippings

1960-1963

8

2

Social activities: announcements, correspondence, and schedules, and newsclippings

1957-1958

8

3

World War II, war effort: article, bulletins, and correspondence

1942-1943

8

4

National newsletters

1942-1959

8

5

National newsletters

1960-1965

8

6

National newsletters: League Leader's Digest, Current Affairs Bulletin, and League Highlights

1955-1958

8

7

Washington News Letter

1961-1965

9

1

National Activities Bulletin newsletter

1960-1962

9

2

National Activities Bulletin newsletter

1963-1965

9

3

Iowa Division chapter newsletter

1957-1959

9

4

Iowa Division chapter newsletter

1960-1962

9

5

Iowa Division chapter newsletter

1963-1965

9

6

Iowa Division Board newsletters

1957-1960

10

1

State form letters, newsletters

1932-1965

10

2

Iowa Division chapter newsletter

 1942-1964

10

3

Iowa Division chapter newsletter

1952-1965

10

4

Outdoor America magazine

1925

10

5

Outdoor America magazine

1926-1928

10

6

Outdoor America magazine

1932

11

1

Outdoor America magazine

1933-1951

11

2

Outdoor America magazine

1953-1957

11

3

Outdoor America magazine

1953-1967

11

4

Outdoor America magazine

1960-1961

11

5

Outdoor America magazine

1962-1963

11

6

Outdoor America magazine

1964-1965

12

1

Outdoor America magazine

1966-1972

12

2

Iowa Waltonian newsletter

1947-1952

12

3

Iowa Waltonian newsletter

1954-1955

12

4

Iowa Waltonian newsletter

1957-1958

12

5

Iowa Waltonian newsletter

1959-1971

12

6

Waltonians from Colorado and South Dakota, League Lingo, Boundary Waters Canoe Area pamphlets

1956-1965

12

7-8

Correspondence and publication records

1948-1961

13

1

Conservation: newspaper clippings and brochure

1930-1956, undated

13

2

Bound scrapbook of newsclippings

1957

13

3

Newspaper clippings prepared by the Iowa Press Clipping Bureau

1960

13

4

Newspaper clippings prepared by the Iowa Press Clipping Bureau

1960

14

1

Correspondence: I.W.L.A. Iowa Division history

1929-1973

14

2

Iowa Division chapter histories: includes 3 photographs (1 b/w of Rock Creek Ikettes chapter, 2 b/w of Johnson County chapter clubhouse) and 2 slides of the Jonco Jills chapter

1959

14

3

Historical data: including articles of incorporation and bylaws, historical papers and articles, bulletins, membership charts, correspondence, and five photocopies of meeting minutes and resolutions

1929-1972

14

4

Historical newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper articles: state and national conventions

1923-1972

14

5

The First 50: The Story of the Iowa Division, Izaak Walton League of America 1923-1973 by Carol A. Buckman
Chapters 1-4

1973 circa

14

6

The First 50: The Story of the Iowa Division, Izaak Walton League of America 1923-1973 by Carol A. Buckman
Chapters 4-6

1973 circa

14

7

The First 50: The Story of the Iowa Division, Izaak Walton League of American 1923-1973 (bound copy), illustrations and headings to be used in "The First 50"

1973, undated

15

1

Historical data: correspondence including photocopies, list of presidents in Iowa Division, newsclippings, and Des Moines Chapter History booklet

1952-1959

15

2

Chronology of events

1938-1953

15

3

Shimek-Bohumil papers and letters concerning national I.W.L.A. organization

1927

15

4

Ding Darling (cartoonist for the Des Moines Register and I.W.L.A.) addresses and newsclippings

1930-1945

15

5

Ding Darling cartoon portfolios and financial correspondence of portfolio sale by I.W.L.A.

1950, undated

15

6

Correspondence: Darling portfolio sale

1947-1962

15

7

Correspondence: Conservation Commission, including Darling/Blue committee controversy

1946, undated

16

1

Iowa Division History photographs (26 b/w)

1926-1967

16

2-3

Photographic plates used in the Waltonian (157 total)

undated

16

4

Iowa Division History photographs: includes Maytag waste treatment center, members, projects (19 b/w photographs)

1944-1967, undated

17

1-13

Correspondence

1929-1941

18

1-6

Correspondence

1942-1947

19

1-12

Correspondence

1948-1958

20

1-11

Chapter correspondence

1958-1970

20

12-19

Iowa Division: reports, resolutions, projects, minutes

1930-1938

21

1-14

Iowa Division: reports, resolutions, projects, minutes

1939-1951

22

1-17

Reports, resolutions, projects, minutes

1952-1971, undated

23

1

Board meetings: budget, minutes, and agenda

1952

23

2

Chapter bulletins

1952

23

3

List of 1952 Presidents and Secretaries and correspondence: includes committee appointments and nominations

1952-1953

23

4

Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minnesota) reports, news clippings, and statements

1965

23

5

Associated Missouri Basin Conservationists: includes correspondence, syllabus of statement aims and policies, survey commission statements and resolutions, project plan map, and newsclippings

1948-1950, undated

23

6

Iowa Division bulletins and The Iowa Waltonian

1941-1964

23

7

Speeches by Richard G. Townsend

1959

23

8

Speeches by William Voigt, Jr. (Executive Director)

1952-1954

23

9-10

Membership and charter lists

1927-1970, undated

23

11

Newspaper clippings

1945-1964, undated

23

12

Natural Resources of Story County: A Selected Bibliography of Source Materials, including correspondence

1998