Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 422
Chrystal, John (1926-2000)
Papers, 1842-2000, undated (bulk 1970-1995)
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Chrystal, John (1926-2000) |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1842-2000, undated (bulk 1970-1995) |
| extent: | 14.6 linear feet (22 document boxes, 3 half-document boxes and 3 oversize boxes) |
| collection number: | MS 422 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | John Chrystal Papers, MS 422, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
John Chrystal (1926-2000) was a farmer, banker, Democratic party leader, advisor and citizen ambassador to the Soviet Union. Chrystal attended Central Missouri State University and Notre Dame University before receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics (1949) at the University of Iowa, and an Associate of Science Degree in Small Business Management (1989) at Iowa Lakes Community College, Emmetsburg, Iowa. Chrystal was a member of the Garst family and his career was closely associated with that of Roswell Garst and other family members. His mother, Dorothy Garst, was Roswell Garst's sister and his father, I. G. Chrystal, served in the Iowa State Senate. After the death of his mother Chrystal was raised by the Roswell Garst family. Roswell Garst owned a seed corn company and hosted Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev on a tour of his farming operation in the late 1950s. John Chrystal served as a managing partner of the Garst and Thomas Hybrid Seed Corn Company and as a partner in the Chrystal Brothers Farming Partnership in Coon Rapids, Iowa. After leaving the Navy in 1946 and obtaining his degree from the University of Iowa, Chrystal raised grain and cattle in the Coon Rapids, Iowa, area from 1949-1959. In 1959, he left farming and began a career in banking and public service. Chrystal's career in Iowa banking was extensive. Positions held include President, Chair, and Director of the Iowa Savings Bank in Coon Rapids, Iowa, and managing director of such Iowa banks as the Audubon State Bank, Audubon; the Home State Bank, Jefferson; the Perry State Bank, Perry; and the Raccoon Valley State Bank in Adel. In 1970 Chrystal became Director of Bankers Trust Company in Des Moines, and eventually served as its Chairman, President and CEO. Chrystal's public service record is also long. Positions held include service as Superintendent of Banking for the state of Iowa, 1963-1969; member, Iowa Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1963; member, Iowa Board of Regents, 1963-1965; chair of the State Banking Board, 1966; President, Iowa Transfer System, 1973; president, Iowa Bankers Association, 1973; member, Iowa State University President's Advisory Board and Iowa College Foundation; member, Iowa Farmer /Creditor Mediation Service Board, 1986-1988. Throughout his career, Chrystal was active in Iowa and national Democratic politics and supported liberal causes. In 1990, Chrystal ran on the Democratic ticket for governor in the Iowa primary election. He chaired campaigns for Harold Hughes, Tom Harkin, and John Culver. He served as president of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union in 1973 and was a member of the National Advisory Council of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1973-1978. He actively supported organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Farm Aid, Business People for Peace, and the Iowa Peace Institute. Chrystal's ties to the Soviet Union began in 1958 when he met Nikita Khrushchev during the Soviet premier's visit to Iowa and the Garst family farm. In 1960 and 1963 Chrystal and Roswell Garst traveled together to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe as citizen ambassadors and agricultural advisors. In 1972, Garst and Chrystal hosted another Russian delegation to Iowa, this time to Coon Rapids. Between 1960 and 1989, Chrystal was invited repeatedly to visit the Soviet Union to offer advice about agriculture. He visited approximately sixteen times and led efforts to help modernize farming and agricultural infrastructure systems in Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine and to improve trade relations between those countries and the United States. In 1994, President Clinton appointed Chrystal to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a federal agency with economic development projects in the former Soviet Union. Chrystal was an active member, serving as a board member and director of OPIC. In 1995, Chrystal accompanied United States President Bill Clinton on his trip to Moscow, Russia, Kiev, and the Ukraine. Chrystal was a frequent participant in national and regional governmental and professional seminars and conferences on international agriculture and business. He was also interviewed often and frequently contributed editorials to Iowa and national newspapers on those subjects. Chrystal died on January 19, 2000. He was posthumously awarded the Global Citizen Award in April 2000. |
Collection description
The collection (1842-2000, undated) documents Chrystal's personal and professional life and includes biographical information, personal and professional correspondence, talks, photographs, artifacts, and writings by others about Chrystal. Biographical files include information on the Chrystal and Garst families including a booklet titled "Recollections of a Half Century: the Garst Store" (1919), a Chrystal family genealogy, and documents pertaining to Chrystal's high school and college education and reunions, his naval service, and honorary degrees. Although the correspondence series contains notable personal material, including letters of condolence sent to Chrystal on the death of Roswell Garst in 1977, the bulk of the correspondence documents Chrystal's professional activities in banking and agriculture and his involvement in political campaigns and social causes. Of special note are materials relating to his interest in and trips to the Soviet Union in the 1980s and to Russia and Ukraine in 1995, and his candidacy for governor of Iowa in 1990. Chrystal's talks include presentations to political, agricultural, business, and citizens groups. His talks during trips to the Soviet Union are included, as are numerous commencement addresses at American colleges and universities. Texts of Chrystal's talks are, for the most part, undated and untitled. Events include President Clinton's inauguration and trip to Russia in 1995, and an Agri-business seminar. Clippings files include Chrystal's own writings: editorials, political commentary, and published letters to the editors. Also included are clippings and other writings about Chrystal, and published editorials and letters responding to his writings. Much of this material relates to Chrystal's 1990 gubernatorial campaign. Photographs include Garst and Chrystal family photos, including a scrapbook; portraits of Chrystal; photographs of Chrystal with business and political colleagues; and pictures documenting his trips within the U.S. and Europe. Photographs from his trips to the Soviet Union and Russia including Chrystal with United States President Bill Clinton are highlights. Artifacts include political paraphernalia such as buttons and bumper stickers, and gifts from business associates. |
Organization
The collection is arranged in six series:
Each series is organized chronologically. |
Description of series
| Series 1 | Biographical files | 1842-2000, undated |
| extent: | 47 folders | |
| description: | Biographical files include information on the Chrystal and Garst families including a booklet titled "Recollections of a Half Century: the Garst Store" (1919), a Chrystal family genealogy, and documents pertaining to Chrystal's high school and college education and reunions, his naval service, and honorary degrees. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
22 |
|
Samuel Goodwin (Garst ancestor) (copies) |
1842, 1917 |
24 |
16 |
Postcard to Mrs. Edward Garst and newspaper clipping re: Gov. Warren Garst's sudden death |
1912, 1924 |
1 |
16 |
Garst family: Garst & Thomas Seed Co., Garst Store |
1919-1994 |
20 |
1 |
Closing out sale flyer from Coon Rapids farm |
1920 ca. |
24 |
14 |
The Garst Store publications |
1922, 1969 |
24 |
2 |
Edward Garst obituary in Coon Rapids Enterprise, September 14 |
1923 |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Certificate of Appointment: Iowa Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1963; Certificate of Election: State Senator 48th District, 1932 and 1934 |
1932-1963 |
1 |
2 |
Grade reports |
1933-1943 |
24 |
1 |
Virginia Chrystal's Iowa State Parks and Preserves |
1937 |
1 |
3 |
High school diploma |
1943 |
1 |
4 |
University of Oklahoma Student Identification |
1943 |
1 |
7 |
Honoraria and memorabilia |
1943-1989 |
1 |
8 |
Honorable discharge from Navy |
1946 |
1 |
1 |
Chrystal family genealogy and information |
1948-1991, undated |
24 |
15 |
Garst family newspaper clippings |
1962-1984, undated |
Map case |
C405 D05 |
Certificate appointing Chrystal to State Board of Regents |
1963 |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Congratulations newspaper spread |
1969 |
22 |
|
Photocopy of congratulations newspaper spread |
1969 |
24 |
4 |
Farm Journal featuring Bob Garst, February |
1976 |
24 |
10 |
Roswell Garst funeral card (2) | 1977 |
24 |
12 |
Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Company's Pioneer Horizons "Roswell (Bob) Garst 1898-1977" | 1978 |
1 |
14 |
Julia Chrystal - correspondence |
1978-1980 |
24 |
5 |
The Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame booklet (includes Roswell Garst) |
1979 |
24 |
7 |
"50th anniversary of the Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Company" by Sandor Rajki |
1980 |
24 |
11 |
"A glance across the years" by V. Polyakov about R. Garst |
1982 |
24 |
9 |
Iowa Stater: "Garst records donated to ISU library archives" |
1982 |
1 |
6 |
1943 class reunion |
1982-1983 |
1 |
5 |
Class of 1943 and reunion |
1983 |
1 |
10 |
Honorary degree from Clarke College |
1986 |
1 |
13 |
Memorabilia/Ephemera |
1987-1999, undated |
1 |
11 |
Honorary degree from Grand View College |
1988 |
24 |
6 |
Memories: "Mayhem in the Market" pp. 57-59 (re: Khrushchev, Garst, & the media) |
1989 |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Chrystal farm and residence landscape architecture plans and related correspondence |
1990, 1993 |
19 |
4 |
Amnesty International Award |
1991 |
1 |
12 |
Honorary degree from Iowa Wesleyan College |
1991 |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Certificate signed by W. J. Clinton making Chrystal a member of the board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) |
1993 |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
OPIC Board of Directors Resolution in response to Chrystal's resignation |
1999 |
1 |
9 |
World War II - Navy - memorabilia and reunion |
1993 |
22 |
|
Miscellaneous political ephemera, |
1994, undated |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Certificate signed by W. J. Clinton making Chrystal a member of the board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
1995 |
1 |
15 |
WOI-Radio memorial to Elizabeth Garst (audiocassette) |
1996 |
19 |
7 |
Foreign fellow of the Russian Agricultural Academy materials |
1997 |
22 |
|
Mr. John Chrystal Iowa, USA (scrapbook from the 'Celebrating John Chrystal' open house), January 6 |
1996 |
24 |
19 |
Oral history with John Chrystal (3 microcassettes) | 1999 |
24 |
20 |
Funeral testimonials | 2000 |
24 |
17 |
"Grinnell College trustee, John Chrystal, dies" | 2000 |
24 |
3 |
"Elizabeth Garst reaches century milestone" | undated |
22 |
|
Miscellaneous art prints |
undated |
22 |
|
Poster: John Chrystal – Man of the Year |
undated |
24 |
13 |
"Roswell Garst – the Innovator" reprint from Beyond the Furrow by H.M. Drache |
undated |
24 |
8 |
Speech on Harold Lee's biography of Roswell Garst |
undated |
19 |
9 |
Travel diaries (2) |
undated |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Correspondence | 1893-1997, undated |
| extent: | 71 folders | |
| description: | Letters of condolence sent to Chrystal on the death of Roswell Garst in 1977; materials concerning Chrystal's professional activities in banking and agriculture and his involvement in political campaigns and social causes; materials relating to his interest in and trips to the Soviet Union in the 1980s and to Russia and Ukraine in 1995, and his candidacy for governor of Iowa in 1990. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
2 |
Correspondence |
1893 |
2 |
3 |
Postcards of Des Moines and Garst store |
1915-ca. 1920, undated |
2 |
4 |
Correspondence |
1964 |
2 |
5 |
Correspondence |
1966 |
2 |
6 |
Correspondence |
1971 |
2 |
7 |
Correspondence |
1972 |
2 |
8 |
Correspondence |
1973 |
2 |
9 |
Correspondence |
1974 |
2 |
10 |
Correspondence |
1975 |
2 |
11 |
Correspondence |
1976 |
2 |
12 |
Correspondence |
1977 |
2 |
13-16 |
Condolences received upon the death of Roswell Garst (1-4 of 6) |
1977 |
3 |
1-2 |
Condolences received upon the death of Roswell Garst (5-6 of 6) |
1977 |
3 |
3 |
Correspondence |
1978 |
3 |
4 |
Correspondence |
1979 |
3 |
5 |
Correspondence |
1980 |
3 |
6 |
Correspondence (1 of 2) |
1981 |
4 |
1 |
Correspondence (2 of 2) |
1981 |
4 |
2-3 |
Correspondence |
1982 |
4 |
4-5 |
Correspondence |
1983 |
4 |
6 |
Materials relating to Soviet Union trip |
1983 |
5 |
1-4 |
Correspondence |
1984 |
5 |
5 |
Professional correspondence relating to speaking engagements |
1984 |
5 |
6 |
Correspondence |
1985 |
6 |
1-2 |
Correspondence |
1986-1987 |
6 |
3 |
Correspondence |
1987 |
6 |
4 |
Correspondence |
1988 |
6 |
5-6 |
Correspondence |
1989-1990 |
7 |
1 |
Correspondence |
1990 |
7 |
2 |
Correspondence |
1991 |
7 |
3 |
Correspondence |
1992 |
7 |
4 |
Correspondence |
1993 |
7 |
5 |
Correspondence |
1994 |
7 |
6 |
Correspondence |
1995 |
27 |
2 |
Correspondence - general |
1995 |
27 |
3 |
Correspondence - Russia |
1995 |
27 |
4-6 |
Correspondence - mostly regarding Russia |
1995 |
27 |
7-8 |
Correspondence - Russia |
1995 |
27 |
9 |
Correspondence - mostly regarding Russia |
1995-1997 |
7 |
7 |
Correspondence |
1996 |
28 |
4 |
Correspondence - mostly regarding Russia |
1996 |
28 |
5 |
Correspondence - Russia; general |
1996 |
28 |
6-7 |
Correspondence - mostly regarding Russia |
1996 |
28 |
8-9 |
Correspondence - Russia; general |
1996 |
28 |
1-3 |
Correspondence - general |
1996-1997 |
7 |
8 |
Correspondence |
1997 |
27 |
10 |
Correspondence - mostly regarding Russia |
1997 |
26 |
1 |
Correspondence - Russia; general |
1997 |
26 |
6-7 |
Correspondence - general |
1997 |
27 |
1 |
Correspondence - Savchenko |
1997 |
25 |
6 |
Correspondence - to/from Chrystal and OPIC information |
1997 |
21 |
7 |
Correspondence |
undated |
2 |
1 |
Correspondence |
undated |
Description of series
| Series 3 | Talks/Events |
1978-1995, undated |
| extent: | 26 folders | |
| description: | Talks include Chrystal's presentations to political, agricultural, business, and citizens groups. Talks during trips to the Soviet Union are included, as are numerous commencement addresses at American colleges and universities. Texts of Chrystal's talks are, for the most part, undated and untitled. |
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Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
8 |
1 |
Translation of interview to Economic Newspaper |
1978 |
8 |
2 |
Address to Russian |
1979 |
8 |
3 |
Talk on the U.S.S.R. |
1981 |
8 |
4 |
Addresses to citizens groups about Russia |
1981-1983, undated |
8 |
5 |
Commencement addresses |
1985-1986 |
8 |
6 |
Political speeches |
1986-1988 ca. |
21 |
9 |
Event programs (including Gorbechev's visit) |
1986-1994, undated |
8 |
7 |
Talks |
1989 |
25 |
3-4 |
Iowa International Development Foudnation |
1993 |
8 |
13 |
Agribusiness seminar |
1995 |
21 |
1 |
Clinton trip background information |
1995 |
21 |
2 |
Clinton trip seminar information |
1995 |
21 |
3 |
Itinerary and details of Clinton's trip |
1995 |
21 |
4 |
Air Force One souvenirs and itinerary |
1995 |
21 |
5 |
Clinton inaugural and White House appointment |
1995 |
8 |
8 |
Unidentified speech |
1995 ca. |
8 |
9 |
Address to Russian/Slovakian visitors at Garst farm |
1995 ca. |
25 |
5 |
Reception for Chrystal's receiving of the "Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation" |
1996 |
25 |
1-2 |
Russian Prime Minister of Agriculture's visit to Iowa |
1997 |
8 |
10 |
Miscellaneous talks on banking |
undated |
8 |
11 |
Address concerning Roswell Garst book |
undated |
8 |
12 |
"Modern Problems of Soviet Agriculture" |
undated |
19 |
8 |
Shumsky papers (discussion of a Russian's visit to England) |
undated |
20 |
3 |
Unidentified speech |
undated |
Description of series
| Series 4 | Clippings/ephemera | 1952-1998, undated |
| extent: | 30 folders | |
| description: | Clippings files include Chrystal's own writings: editorials, political commentary, and published letters to the editors. Also included are clippings and other writings about Chrystal, and published editorials and letters responding to his writings. Much of this material relates to Chrystal's 1990 gubernatorial campaign. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
9 |
1 |
News clippings |
1952-1982 undated |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Des Moines Register Christmas Page Posters |
1983, undated |
9 |
2 |
Clippings |
1983-1984 |
22 |
|
Des Moines Register news clipping: "John Chrystal, an Iowan respected from Coon Rapids to the Kremlin", April 1 |
1984 |
9 |
3 |
Clippings |
1985 |
10 |
1 |
Clippings |
1986 |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
News clipping: "Restoring a Boyhood's Countryside" |
1986 ca. |
10 |
2 |
Clippings |
1987 |
19 |
10 |
Publications about/picturing Chrystal |
1987, undated |
10 |
3 |
Clippings |
1988 |
10 |
4 |
Clippings (1 of 3) |
1989 |
11 |
1-2 |
Clippings (2-3 of 3) |
1989 |
19 |
11 |
Chrystal for Governor brochure |
1989 |
19 |
13 |
Chrystal for Governor ephemera |
1989 |
21 |
8 |
Chrystal for Governor volunteer sheet (blank) and nomination petition (blank) |
1989 |
19 |
15 |
Publications by Chrystal |
1989 |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Chrystal for Governor campaign signs |
1989-1990 |
19 |
16 |
Reference publications |
1989-1993 |
11 |
3-4 |
Clippings (1-2 of 3) |
1990 |
12 |
1 |
Clippings (3 of 3) |
1990 |
26 |
2-4 |
Publications - magazine, newspaper articles |
1990-1997 |
12 |
2 |
Clippings |
1991-1994 |
26 |
5 |
Bulletins - farm industry |
1993 |
19 |
17 |
Russian publication: Novyi Agrobiznes (New Agribusiness) |
1994 |
21 |
6 |
Russian literature on agriculture |
1994 |
12 |
4 |
Russian clippings |
1994 ca., undated |
12 |
3 |
Clippings |
1995-1998 |
19 |
12 |
"To Russia with love: Travels with John Chrystal" by Harold Lee |
undated |
20 |
2 |
Miscellaneous ephemera – U.S.S.R. |
undated |
12 |
5 |
Newspaper clippings |
undated |
Description of series
| Series 5 | Photographs |
1898-2000, undated |
| extent: | 56 folders | |
| description: | Photographs include Garst and Chrystal family photos, including a scrapbook; portraits of Chrystal; photographs of Chrystal with business and political colleagues; and pictures documenting his trips within the United States and Europe. Photographs from his trips to the Soviet Union and Russia and of Chrystal with United States President Bill Clinton in 1995 are included. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
13 |
12 |
Garst children (5- 5x7"b/w, 7- 5x7" color, 5- 3x5" b/w, 2- 5x9" b/w photographs) |
1898, 1905, undated |
15 |
1 |
Scrapbook |
1910 ca. -1920 |
16 |
2 |
John Chrystal (preschool age) |
1920s ca. |
14 |
7 |
Depression/war era from the University of Kentucky at Louisville Archives (7- 8x10 b/w photographs) |
1930s-1940s ca. |
Map case |
C406 D05 |
Members of the Iowa State Senate 47th General Assembly (2- 36" x 8" panoramic photographs) |
1937 |
13 |
14 |
Unidentified (1- slide, 1- 1x2" b/w, 2- 2x2" b/w, 2- 2x3" b/w, 2- 3x5" b/w, 1- 4x6" b/w, 5- 5x7" b/w, 1- 2x3" color, 3- 3x5" color, 1- 3x3" color, 2- 8x10" color photographs ) |
1941, undated |
13 |
2 |
Portrait shots (4- 1x1" b/w, 1- 2x2" b/w, 10- 3x5" b/w, 2- 3x5" b/w, 2- 3x5" color, 10- 5x7" color, 3- 5x7" color, 4- 8x10" color photographs) |
1945-1990s, undated |
13 |
15 |
Miscellaneous Garst family photographs (12- 5x7" b/w, 2- 8x10 b/w, 8- 3x5" b/w, 2- 2x2" b/w, 2- 3x5" color, 2- 5x7" color photographs) |
1946, undated |
13 |
11 |
Roswell Garst hosting Khrushchev (6- 8x10" b/w, 1- 4x6" b/w) |
1959 |
19 |
5 |
Miscellaneous photographs (32) including Khrushchev's visit and several of Chrystal |
1959, undated |
23 |
2 |
Portrait photographs (36) of Chrystal |
1960s-1980s ca. |
13 |
1 |
Signed photographs of H. Hughes & T. Kennedy |
1964-1980 |
13 |
7 |
John Chrystal and Tom Huston (2- 5x7" color, 2- 8x10" color photographs) |
1978, undated |
13 |
4 |
Union Pacific Railroad trip (11- 3x5" color photographs) |
1981 |
13 |
3 |
High school class of 1943 reunion (1- 3x5" color photograph) |
1982 |
13 |
8 |
Trips to Soviet Union (20- 5x7" b/w, 26- 3x6" b/w, 5- 3x5" color, 17- 6.5x10" b/w, 12- 3x5" color photographs, Disc negative) |
1983 ca. |
13 |
5 |
Iowa Savings Bank, Coon Rapids, Iowa ( 3- 8x10" b/w, 3- 3x3" color photographs) |
1983, undated |
23 |
|
Album (8x12") inscribed: "To Mr. John Chrystall, To make you remember your visit to Goltava" |
1989 |
23 |
5 |
6th Annual International Brotherhood/Sisterhood Banquet sponsored by the Council for International Understanding, February 17 (20) |
1991 |
23 |
|
Small maroon album with photographs of trip to Russia |
1993 |
23 |
6 |
Unidentified loose photographs of Chrystal, friends |
1993, undated |
19 |
19 |
Photographs (87) from trip to Russia, Georgia, & Ukraine |
1994 |
14 |
11 |
Trip to Russia and Ukraine with United States President Bill Clinton (51- 4x6" color photographs) |
1995 |
13 |
16 |
Address to Russian/Slovakian visitors at Garst farm (11- 4x6" color photographs) |
1995 ca. |
23 |
|
Album inscribed: "Your 70th Birthday Celebration January 6, 96 Hotel Fort Des Moines, Plus '95 Summer Spree in Russia" |
1995-1996 |
14 |
6 |
70th birthday celebration (59- 3x5"color photographs) |
1996 |
14 |
4 |
Grinnell College commencement (2- 4x6" color photographs) |
1997 |
14 |
14 |
Unidentified (29- 3x5" color photographs) |
1997 |
14 |
15 |
Meeting in Perry, Iowa (23- 4x6" color photographs) |
1997 ca. |
19 |
2 |
Photocopies of multi-photograph framed items |
2000 |
19 |
2 |
Photocopies of multi-photograph framed items |
2000 |
19 |
6 |
Photocopy of 1994 trip album that also included misc. photos & some of Khrushchev's visit |
2000 |
23 |
4 |
"To John Chrystal – with best wishes, Hubert Humphrey" (1- 8x10 b/w photographs) |
undated |
23 |
1 |
Aerial farm photographs (3 - unidentified) |
undated |
13 |
10 |
Caribbean cruise (11- 3x5" color, 3- 3x5" color photographs) |
undated |
14 |
1 |
Christmas cards and photos accompanying correspondence (7- 3x5" color, 3 3x5" b/w photographs) |
undated |
16 |
3 |
Chrystal children | undated |
14 |
3 |
Chrystal family (5- 8x10" b/w, 1- 5x9" b/w, 1- 4x10" b/w, 16- 5x7" b/w, 16- 3x6" b/w, 8- 3x5" b/w, 2- 3x3" color, 11- 3x5" b/w photographs) |
undated |
16 |
1 |
Class of 1943 Coon Rapids High School, John Chrystal with friends |
undated |
22 |
|
Coon Rapids/Garst Seed Company photo album |
undated |
13 |
13 |
Fishing trip (19- 3x5" color, 1- 3x3" color, 1- 4x6" color, 1- 5x7" b/w photographs) |
undated |
16 |
4 |
Garst family |
undated |
23 |
3 |
Garst, Edward (1843-1923) photograph |
undated |
14 |
9 |
Home State Bank (1- 5x7" color photograph) |
undated |
14 |
12 |
Iowa State University (2- 4x6" color photographs) |
undated |
13 |
9 |
John Chrystal with others (4- 8x10" b/w, 6- 3x5" b/w, 19- 4x6" color, 4- 5x7" color, 43- 3x5" color, 8- 5x7" b/w photographs) |
undated |
14 |
10 |
Landscapes (6- 3x5" color photographs) |
undated |
14 |
2 |
Personal (1 polaroid, 1- 3x5" color photographs) |
undated |
19 |
3 |
Photographs (17) removed from frames including family, friends & President Clinton |
undated |
19 |
18 |
Photographs (31) removed from frames including family, friends, travels, politicians (many signed), and Al Gore |
undated |
14 |
16 |
Travel to Middle East (28- 4x6" color photographs) |
undated |
14 |
5 |
Trip to Georgia, Russian Federation (6- 3x5" color photographs) |
undated |
22 |
|
Unidentified photograph of four men (including young Chrystal) (1- 11x14" b/w photograph) | undated |
13 |
6 |
Unidentified-inscribed "To Julia with fond memories" (1- 8x10" b/w, 1- 5x7" b/w photographs) |
undated |
14 |
13 |
Visit to Russia (12- 6x8" b/w, 22- 4x6" color, 5- 3x5" color photographs) |
undated |
14 |
8 |
With politicians (5- 8x10" color, 1- 8x10" b/w, 4- 5x7" color, 1- 5x7" b/w, 1- 4x6" color photographs) |
undated |
Description of series
| Series 6 | Artifacts | 1905-1993, undated |
| extent: | 19 folders |
|
| description: | Artifacts include political paraphernalia such as buttons and bumper stickers, and gifts from business associates. |
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Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
18 |
2 |
Deed to Chrystal family land in Oklahoma |
1905 |
18 |
7 |
Awards and degrees |
1930-1996 |
18 |
5 |
White House Christmas card |
1970s ca. |
17 |
3 |
Decoupage plaque of news clippings |
1972 |
18 |
4 |
Commemorative plate for Garst and Thomas |
1980 |
18 |
3 |
Framed decorative tile |
1980 |
24 |
7 |
Nametag from Chatauqua '87 | 1987 |
19 |
14 |
Press passes (2) from Reagan-Gorbachev summit | 1987 |
18 |
8 |
News clippings |
1987 ca.-1989 |
22 |
|
3 mounted/laminated newspaper clippings |
1988-1989, undated |
18 |
6 |
Campaign for Iowa governor materials |
1989 ca. |
17 |
1 |
Campaign buttons and stickers | 1990 ca. |
Art. |
|
Silver-plated tray [?] from Sergey Ioannesian | 1992 |
19 |
1 |
Lenin in NYC cover of the New Yorker (removed from frame) | 1993 |
18 |
1 |
"Man of the Year" | undated |
22 |
|
Cut pieces from Russian calendar poster: Agrocentre Iowa of Tavria | undated |
17 |
2 |
Plaque presented by Polk County Bar Association | undated |
Art. |
|
Silver-plated platter | undated |