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

MS 415
Agricultural Property Rights Association
Records, 1972-1981, undated


Descriptive summary

creator: Agricultural Property Rights Association
title: Records
dates: 1972-1981, undated
extent: 3.02 linear feet (1 records center carton, 2 document boxes)
collection number: MS 415
repository: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Agricultural Property Rights Association Records, MS 415, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

The Agricultural Property Rights Association was a grassroots farmers group formed in 1972 to oppose construction of an oil pipeline in eastern Iowa by the Dome Pipeline Corporation of Calgary, Canada.

 

Collection description

This collection (1972-1981, undated) includes correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, news clippings, and U.S. Department of the Interior reports and maps.

 

Organization

The collection is listed in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Alternatives

1976

1

2

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Canada

1976

1

3

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: San Francisco

1976

2

1

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Alaska

1976

2

2

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Alaska Map Volume

1976

2

3

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Consultant and Coordination

1976

2

4

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Overview

1976

2

5

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Glossary

1976

3

1

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Los Angeles

1976

3

2

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Final Environmental Impact Statement: Canada Map Volume

1976

3

3

Letters sent to news media and legislators and their responses

1974

3

4

Informational meeting by Dome Pipeline Corporation

1972

4

1

Correspondence including bills before Iowa General Assembly

1973-1974

4

2

Court and legal documents

1972; 1976

4

3

Newspaper articles: Oil prices, pipelines, gas lines

1972-1982

4

4

Correspondence - Shuttleworth and Ingersoll

1975-1976

4

5

Correspondence - Iowa State Commerce Commission, Iowa Legislature

1977

4

6

Court Document in Michigan and handwritten account of costs caused by detours from pipe laying on Howie farm

1965

4

7

News clippings: pipeline explosions, gas leaks

1972-1974

4

8

Correspondence - Patrick Roby (Lawyer)

1974-1976

5

3-4

Printed matter - U.S. Agencies

1976-1981

5

1

Proposal for lawsuit on Commerce Commission review of pipeline proposals and permits

undated

5

2

Dome pipeline; pipeline easement conditions; land valves; appraisals; proposed alignments

1976

5

5

Dome Pipeline - correspondence, summary, reports

1974

5

6

Correspondence - Wallace Holland Kastler Schmitz and Co. (Consulting Engineers)

1978

5

7

Correspondence - State of Iowa (Ray, Office of the Citizen’s Aide)

1972-1974

5

8

Correspondence - Iowa Congressmen and Senators

1975-1979

5

9

Iowa State Commerce Commission

1972-1977

6

1

U.S. Department of the Interior Public Hearing on Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Project

1975

6

2

Pipeline Easements

1974-1977

6

3

Iowa State Legislature

1972; 1977

6

4

Agricultural Property Rights Association

1972-1981

6

5

Court items, correspondence with various attorneys at law and American Society of Civil Engineers, Iowa State Commerce Commission Order

1977-1979

6

6

Correspondence - Sheffield Brick and Tile Company

1972; 1974

6

7

Income Tax Fee Schedule - Shimanek, Shimanek, and Bowman: Attorneys and Law

1980-1986

6

8

Handwritten notes: finances

1975-1988, undated

6

9

APRA: certificate of reinstatement, meeting minutes, finances, by-laws, board of directors, correspondence

1972-1987, undated

7

1

Financial records including tax forms and checkbooks

1975-1985, undated

7

2

Letters to Orville E. Offerman - Various, including federal tax deposit forms

1979-1988, undated

7

3

Letters to Orville E. Offerman - Monticello State Bank, Iowa Department of Revenue, various

1979-1988

7

4

Letters to Orville E. Offerman - Monticello State Bank

1980-1988

7

5

Letters to Orville E. Offerman - Oelwein State Bank

1972-1980