Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 264
Iowa Soil Conservation Districts
Records, 1940-1988, undated


Descriptive summary

creator:

Iowa Soil Conservation Districts

title:

Records

dates:

1940-1988, undated

extent:

20.11 linear feet (13 records center cartons, 1 half-document box)

collection number:

MS 264

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Iowa Soil Conservation Districts Records, MS 264, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

Soil conservation districts were established nationwide beginning in 1937 after President Franklin Roosevelt sent copies of suggested legislation for the establishment of soil conservation districts to states. Soil conservation efforts had been growing at the national level under the Soil Erosion Service (1933), later renamed the Soil Conservation Service (1934), both under the direction of Hugh Bennett. The idea of soil conservation districts came from the desire to get more farmers involved at the local level in soil and water conservation. Iowa passed legislation for soil districts in 1939, and the first county in Iowa to form a district was Marion County on April 22, 1940. By 1952 all Iowa counties had organized soil conservation districts, bringing the total number in Iowa to one hundred (Pottawattamie County was split into two districts). Especially in the beginning, soil conservation districts worked closely with the federal Soil Conservation Service and state agencies for funding and technical assistance. Soil conservation districts are still managed by elected commissioners in each county and continue to help improve, sustain and conserve the soil and water resources of the state.

 

Collection description

The collection (1940-1988, undated) consists of material related to Iowa soil conservation districts collected by Dr. Minoru Amemiya, a member of the Iowa State University Agronomy Department from 1960 to 1993. Files contain soil conservation district annual reports, planning documents and newspaper clippings. Reports date back to 1940, though most are from the 1960s and 1970s. The annual reports describe the steps taken to conserve Iowa soil from the effects of erosion and contain plans to establish areas where further soil conservation practices are needed.

 

Organization

Most of the records are arranged alphabetically by county. Annual reports and other records for the late 1980s have been alphabetized by county under Annual Reports. A variety of records, mainly brochures related to conservation and agriculture not produced by Iowa soil conservation districts, can be found in Box 14.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Annual Reports and Related Correspondence (A-D)

1983-1987

1

2

Annual Reports and Related Correspondence (E-H)

1985-1987

1

3

Annual Reports and Related Correspondence (I-R)

1985-1987

1

4

Annual Reports and Related Correspondence (S-Z)

1986-1987

1

5

Adair County Annual Reports

1953-1982

1

6

Adair County District Program and Annual Reports

1940-1952, undated

1

7

Adams County District Program and Annual Reports

1943-1955

1

8

Adams County District Program and Annual Reports

1956-1984

1

9

Allamakee County District Program and Annual Reports

1942-1955

1

10

Allamakee County District Program and Annual Reports

1956-1969

1

11

Allamakee County District Program and Annual Reports

1970-1978

1

12

Allamakee County District Program and Annual Reports

1979-1985, undated

1

13

Appanoose County District Program and Annual Reports

1944-1961

1

14

Appanoose County District Program and Annual Reports

1962-1985

1

15

Audubon County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1956

1

16

Audubon County District Plans and Annual Reports

1956-1985

2

1

Benton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1970

2

2

Benton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1971-1986

2

3

Black Hawk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1957

2

4

Black Hawk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1958-1962

2

5

Black Hawk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1963-1969

2

6

Black Hawk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1985

2

7

Boone County District Plans and Annual Reports

1947-1985

2

8

Bremer County District Plans and Annual Reports

1949-1976

2

9

Bremer County District Plans and Annual Reports

1977-1985, undated

2

10

Buchanan County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1961

2

11

Buchanan County District Plans and Annual Reports

1962-1969

2

12

Buchanan County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1976

2

13

Buchanan County District Plans and Annual Reports

1977-1979

2

14

Buchanan County District Plans and Annual Reports

1980-1984

2

15

Buena Vista County District Plans and Annual Reports

1947-1959

2

16

Buena Vista County District Plans and Annual Reports

1961-1974

2

17

Buena Vista County District Plans and Annual Reports

1975-1987

2

18

Butler County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1972

2

19

Butler County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1986

2

20

Calhoun County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1969

2

21

Calhoun County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1986

2

22

Carroll County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1973

2

23

Carroll County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1985

3

1

Cass County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1963

3

2

Cass County District Plans and Annual Reports

1964-1973

3

3

Cass County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1980

3

4

Cass County District Plans and Annual Reports

1981-1986

3

5

Cedar County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1969

3

6

Cedar County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1977

3

7

Cedar County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1986

3

8

Cerro Gordo County District Plans and Annual Reports

1949-1985

3

9

Cherokee County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1960

3

10

Cherokee County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1968

3

11

Cherokee County District Plans and Annual Reports

1969-1985

3

12

Chickasaw County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1962

3

13

Chickasaw County District Plans and Annual Reports

1963-1985

3

14

Clarke County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1958

3

15

Clarke County District Plans and Annual Reports

1959-1981

3

16

Clay County District Plans and Annual Reports

1949-1962

3

17

Clay County District Plans and Annual Reports

1963-1979

3

18

Clay County District Plans and Annual Reports

1980-1987

3

19

Clayton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1940-1960

3

20

Clayton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1961-1977

3

21

Clayton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1978-1985

4

1

Clinton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1966

4

2

Clinton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1975

4

3

Clinton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1976-1981

4

4

Clinton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1982-1985, undated

4

5

Crawford County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1957

4

6

Crawford County District Plans and Annual Reports

1958-1973

4

7

Crawford County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1978

4

8

Crawford County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1985

4

9

Dallas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1954

4

10

Dallas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1955-1963

4

11

Dallas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1963-1969

4

12

Dallas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1985, undated

4

13

Davis County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1958

4

14

Davis County District Plans and Annual Reports

1959-1970

4

15

Davis County District Plans and Annual Reports

1971-1985

4

16

Decatur County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1985, undated

4

17

Delaware County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1985, undated

4

18

Des Moines County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1968

4

19

Des Moines County District Plans and Annual Reports

1969-1986, undated

5

1

Dickinson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1955

5

2

Dickinson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1956-1973

5

3

Dickinson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1985

5

4

Dubuque County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1963

5

5

Dubuque County District Plans and Annual Reports

1964-1972

5

6

Dubuque County District Plans and Annual Reports

1973-1982

5

7

Dubuque County District Plans and Annual Reports

1973-1982

5

8

Emmet County District Plans and Annual Reports

1947-1960

5

9

Emmet County District Plans and Annual Reports

1961-1987

5

10

Fayette County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1964

5

11

Fayette County District Plans and Annual Reports

1965-1968

5

12

Fayette County District Plans and Annual Reports

1969-1974

5

13

Fayette County District Plans and Annual Reports

1975-1980

5

14

Fayette County District Plans and Annual Reports

1981-1985, undated

5

15

Floyd County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1966

5

16

Floyd County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1983

5

17

Floyd County District Plans and Annual Reports

1984-1985, undated

5

18

Franklin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1967

5

19

Franklin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1968-1976

5

20

Franklin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1977

5

21

Franklin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1978-1980

5

22

Franklin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1981-1987, undated

6

1

Fremont County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1959

6

2

Fremont County District Plans and Annual Reports

1960-1985

6

3

Greene County District Plans and Annual Reports

1947-1969

6

4

Greene County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1984

6

5

Greene County District Plans and Annual Reports

1985-1988, undated

6

6

Grundy County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1965

6

7

Grundy County District Plans and Annual Reports

1966-1984, undated

6

8

Guthrie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1961

6

9

Guthrie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1962-1978

6

10

Guthrie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1985, undated

6

11

Hamilton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1968

6

12

Hamilton County District Plans and Annual Reports

1969-1984, undated

6

13

Hancock County District Plans and Annual Reports

1947-1972

6

14

Hancock County District Plans and Annual Reports

1973-1985, undated

6

15

Hardin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1969

6

16

Hardin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1982

6

17

Hardin County District Plans and Annual Reports

1983-1986

6

18

Harrison County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1949

6

19

Harrison County District Plans and Annual Reports

1950-1959

6

20

Harrison County District Plans and Annual Reports

1960-1962

6

21

Harrison County District Plans and Annual Reports

1963-1966

6

22

Harrison County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1985, undated

7

1

Henry County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1964

7

2

Henry County District Plans and Annual Reports

1965-1982

7

3

Henry County District Plans and Annual Reports

1983-1986

7

4

Howard County District Plans and Annual Reports

1952-1973

7

5

Howard County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1985

7

6

Humboldt County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1973

7

7

Humboldt County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1985, undated

7

8

Ida County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1965

7

9

Ida County District Plans and Annual Reports

1966-1978

7

10

Ida County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1982

7

11

Iowa County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1964

7

12

Iowa County District Plans and Annual Reports

1965-1988, undated

7

13

Jackson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1964

7

14

Jackson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1965-1978

7

15

Jackson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1986, undated

7

16

Jasper County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1957

7

17

Jasper County District Plans and Annual Reports

1958-1966

7

18

Jasper County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1973

7

19

Jasper County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1984, undated

7

20

Jefferson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1956

7

21

Jefferson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1957-1973

7

22

Jefferson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1985, undated

8

1

Johnson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1969

8

2

Johnson County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1985

8

3

Jones County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1974

8

4

Jones County District Plans and Annual Reports

1975-1987, undated

8

5

Keokuk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1962

8

6

Keokuk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1963-1985

8

7

Kossuth County District Plans and Annual Reports

1947-1964

8

8

Kossuth County District Plans and Annual Reports

1965-1985, undated

8

9

Lee County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1962

8

10

Lee County District Plans and Annual Reports

1963-1978

8

11

Lee County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1987

8

12

Linn County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1968

8

13

Linn County District Plans and Annual Reports

1969-1985, undated

8

14

Louisa County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1971

8

15

Louisa County District Plans and Annual Reports

1972-1986, undated

8

16

Lucas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1940-1960

8

17

Lucas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1961-1985

8

18

Lyon County District Plans and Annual Reports

1950-1966

8

19

Lyon County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1985

8

20

Madison County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1955

8

21

Madison County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1955

9

1

Mahaska County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1954

9

2

Mahaska County District Plans and Annual Reports

1955-1973

9

3

Mahaska County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1984

9

4

Marion County District Plans and Annual Reports

1940-1942

9

5

Marion County District Plans and Annual Reports

1943-1945

9

6

Marion County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1959

9

7

Marion County District Plans and Annual Reports

1960-1985, undated

9

8

Marshall County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1966

9

9

Marshall County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1982

9

10

Marshall County District Plans and Annual Reports

1983-1985

9

11

Mills County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1947

9

12

Mills County District National Plow Terrace Building Contest Reports

1946

9

13

Mills County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1960

9

14

Mills County District Plans and Annual Reports

1961-1984

9

15

Mitchell County District Plans and Annual Reports

1950-1972

9

16

Mitchell County District Plans and Annual Reports

1973-1985

9

17

Monona County District Plans and Annual Reports

1940-1952

9

18

Monona County District Plans and Annual Reports

1953-1971

9

19

Monona County District Plans and Annual Reports

1972-1985

9

20

Monona County: Reports

undated

9

21

Monroe County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1955

9

22

Monroe County District Plans and Annual Reports

1956-1979

9

23

Monroe County District Plans and Annual Reports

1980-1984

9

24

Montgomery County District Plans and Annual Reports

1940-1985, undated

10

1

Muscatine County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1968

10

2

Muscatine County District Plans and Annual Reports

1969-1979

10

3

Muscatine County District Plans and Annual Reports

1980-1988

10

4

O’Brien County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1963

10

5

O’Brien County District Plans and Annual Reports

1964-1986

10

6

Osceola County District Plans and Annual Reports

1950-1966

10

7

Osceola County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1985

10

8

Page County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1965

10

9

Page County District Plans and Annual Reports

1966-1975

10

10

Page County District Plans and Annual Reports

1976-1985

10

11

Palo Alto County District Plans and Annual Reports

1949-1964

10

12

Palo Alto County District Plans and Annual Reports

1965-1971

10

13

Palo Alto County District Plans and Annual Reports

1972-1978

10

14

Palo Alto County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1985

10

15

Plymouth County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1967

10

16

Plymouth County District Plans and Annual Reports

1968-1979

10

17

Plymouth County District Plans and Annual Reports

1980-1985

10

18

Pocahontas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1947-1977

10

19

Pocahontas County District Plans and Annual Reports

1978-1986

10

20

Polk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1949

10

21

Polk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1950-1958

10

22

Polk County District Plans and Annual Reports

1959-1987

11

1

East Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1959

11

2

East Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1960-1965

11

3

East Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1966-1970

11

4

East Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1971-1978

11

5

East Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1985

11

6

East Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1985

11

7

West Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1953

11

8

West Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1954-1978

11

9

West Pottawattamie County District Plans and Annual Reports

1979-1986

11

10

Poweshiek County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1960

11

11

Poweshiek County District Plans and Annual Reports

1961-1970

11

12

Poweshiek County District Plans and Annual Reports

1971-1986

11

13

Ringgold County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1973

11

14

Ringgold County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1985

11

15

Sac County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1972

11

16

Sac County District Plans and Annual Reports

1973-1985

11

17

Scott County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1969

11

18

Scott County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1980

11

19

Scott County District Plans and Annual Reports

1981-1985

11

20

Shelby County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1953

11

21

Shelby County District Plans and Annual Reports

1954-1969

11

22

Shelby County District Plans and Annual Reports

1970-1983

12

1

Sioux County District Plans and Annual Reports

1949-1985

12

2

Story County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1952

12

3

Story County District Plans and Annual Reports

1953-1977

12

4

Story County District Plans and Annual Reports

1978-1985

12

5

Tama County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1953

12

6

Tama County District Plans and Annual Reports

1954-1971

12

7

Tama County District Plans and Annual Reports

1972-1981

12

8

Tama County District Plans and Annual Reports

1972-1980

12

9

Taylor County District Plans and Annual Reports

1981-1985

12

10

Taylor County District Plans and Annual Reports

1956-1976

12

11

Taylor County District Plans and Annual Reports

1977-1986

12

12

Union County District Plans and Annual Reports

1943-1964

12

13

Union County District Plans and Annual Reports

1965-1985

12

14

Van Buren County District Plans and Annual Reports

1940-1957

12

15

Van Buren County District Plans and Annual Reports

1958-1985

12

16

Wapello County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1947

12

17

Wapello County District Plans and Annual Reports

1948-1970

12

18

Wapello County District Plans and Annual Reports

1971-1986

12

19

Warren County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1949

12

20

Warren County District Plans and Annual Reports

1950-1972

12

21

Warren County District Plans and Annual Reports

1971-1985

13

1

Washington County District Plans and Annual Reports

1944-1971

13

2

Washington County District Plans and Annual Reports

1972-1976

13

3

Washington County District Plans and Annual Reports

1977-1986

13

4

Washington County District Plans and Annual Reports

1984-1985

13

5

Wayne County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1944

13

6

Wayne County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1961

13

7

Wayne County District Plans and Annual Reports

1962-1973

13

8

Wayne County District Plans and Annual Reports

1974-1985

13

9

Webster County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1958

13

10

Webster County District Plans and Annual Reports

1959-1975

13

11

Webster County District Plans and Annual Reports

1976-1981

13

12

Webster County District Plans and Annual Reports

1982-1987

13

13

Winnebago County District Plans and Annual Reports

1946-1987

13

14

Winneshiek County District Plans and Annual Reports

1941-1967

13

15

Winneshiek County District Plans and Annual Reports

1968-1976

13

16

Winneshiek County District Plans and Annual Reports

1977-1980

13

17

Winneshiek County District Plans and Annual Reports

1981-1986

13

18

Woodbury County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1954

13

19

Woodbury County District Plans and Annual Reports

1955-1987

13

20

Worth County District Plans and Annual Reports

1945-1966

13

21

Worth County District Plans and Annual Reports

1967-1985

14

1

Wright County District Plans and Annual Reports

1942-1970

14

2

Wright County District Plans and Annual Reports

1971-1986

14

3

Soil Conservation Districts in Iowa - Reports

1942-1943

14

4

New York State Soil Conservation Progress Report

1950

14

5

"Background of Iowa Agriculture"

1954

14

6

"Conservation Education" Speech

1967

14

7

"Showdown"- Federal Water Pollution Control Administration

1968

14

8

"Answers to Your Questions About American Indians"

1968

14

9

"Imprint on Living: A Report on Progress"

1969

14

10

United States Department of Agriculture Correspondence

1987-1988

14

11

Topographic Maps Brochure

undated