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

MS 497
Iowa State Soil Conservation Committee
Newspaper Scrapbooks, 1941-1948


Descriptive summary

creator:

Iowa State Soil Conservation Committee

title:

Newspaper Scrapbooks

dates:

1941-1948

extent:

0.84 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

collection number:

MS 497

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Iowa State Soil Conservation Committee Newspaper Scrapbooks, MS 497, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

After the drought and Dust Bowl of the 1920s and 1930s, soil conservation efforts expanded at the national level under the Soil Erosion Service (1933), later renamed the Soil Conservation Service (1934). Iowa passed legislation for soil conservation laws in 1939. These laws created the state's soil conservation agency (now the Division of Soil Conservation under the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship) and governing committee (State Soil Conservation Committee), in addition to allowing the establishment of soil conservation districts to move forward.

The State Soil Conservation Committee establishes administrative policies for the Division of Soil Conservation including approving rules of the Division, recommending a budget, holding public hearings as necessary, providing a forum for discussion of soil and water conservation issues, and reviewing district soil loss limits every five years.

 

Collection description

This collection (1941-1947) consists of scrapbooks containing news clippings from Iowa newspapers gathered by the State Soil Conservation Committee regarding conservation efforts in Iowa.

 

Related materials

The Special Collections Department at Iowa State University also holds a number of collections related to soil conservation and soil conservation districts such as the Iowa Soil Conservation Districts Records (MS 185), the National Association of Conservation Districts Records (MS 460), and the Hugh Hammond Bennett Papers (MS 164).

 

Organization

The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Scrapbook of news clippings

1941-1946

2

2

Scrapbook of news clippings

1946-1948

2

2

Clippings

1948