Garst Family

Papers

ca. 1860s-[ongoing]

28.72 linear feet (1 records center carton, 33 document boxes, 5 half-document boxes, 8 over-sized boxes, and 1 small artifact box)

MS 579

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Open for research

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

Garst Family Papers, MS 579, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

All photographs related to the Khrushchev visit in 1959 are copyrighted by the photographer's estate. Please contact the Ohio Historical Society's Joe Munroe Archives http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/munroe/ for permission and/or more information.

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Family (Immediate)

ca. 1890s-2006, n.d.

5.46 linear feet (13 document boxes)

This series consists of photographs of Roswell and Elizabeth, their children, Jane, Stephen, David, Antonia, and Mary, and grandchildren. Photographs cover Roswell and Elizabeth from childhood, and include images of their children from infancy to more recent years, highlighting major life events for each individual, including weddings.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

David Garst (adult) (10- 8X10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

1

2

David Garst portrait (1- 5X7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s

1

3

David and Elizabeth Garst (1- 6X9 b/w photographs)

ca. 1990s

1

4

David Garst and sons (1- 5X7 b/w and 1- 8X10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1960s-1970s

1

5

David Garst family (23- 3X5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s-1960s

1

6

David Garst family: Includes images of wedding to Georgeann Ornstein (25- 4X5 b/w photographs)

1949-ca. 1960s

1

7

David and Sam Garst family: Includes grandchildren of David Garst (1- 2X3 b/w, 2- 3X5 color, 1- 5X7 color, 5- 3X4 color, 16- 2X3 color photographs)

ca. 1970s- 1990s

1

8

David and Sam Garst Family (10- 3X4 and 20- 4X6 color photographs)

ca. 1980s

1

9

David and Sam Garst family (1- 8X4 color, 11- 6X4 color, 9- 3X3 color, and 15- 3X5 color photographs)

ca. 1970s-1990s

1

10

David Garst wedding portrait (includes news clipping of wedding to Georgeann Orenstein) (2- 5X4 color and 1- 4X5 b/w photographs)

1949

1

11

Elizabeth Garst (2- 8X10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

1

12

Elizabeth Garst (2- 2X3 b/w, 2- 3X4 b/w, 2- 3X7 b/w, 2- 5X7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900s-1920s

1

13

Elizabeth Garst (2- 8X10 b/w, 1- 6X2 b/w, 2- 2X4 b/w, 2- 3X3 b/w, 16- 3X5 b/w, 7- 5x8 b/w, 4- 5x8 color photographs)

ca. 1920s-1990s

1

14

Elizabeth Garst (3- 5x7 b/w, 1- 2x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s

1

15

Elizabeth Garst (3- 3x4 b/w, 3- 4x2 b/w, 7- 3x2 b/w photographs)

1917-ca. 1950s

2

1

Elizabeth Garst: Includes obituary from The Gazette, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City (22- 4x4 color, 3- 4x6 color, 3- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s-1996

39

OVR

Elizabeth Garst: Graduation (1- 8x10 b/w photograph)

n.d.

2

2

Elizabeth Garst: 1 color slide and note, negative, 1 print of Elizabeth and Liz Garst

n.d.

2

3

Elizabeth Garst: Children and School Photographs (64- 2x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900s-1930s

2

4

Elizabeth Garst's summer garden (1- 4X6 color, 13- 3X5 color photographs)

1975

2

5

Elizabeth Garst, 80th birthday (13- 3x3 color photographs)

1975

2

6-11

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party (202- 3x5 color photographs)

1995

3

1-5

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party (198- 3x5 color photographs)

1995

3

6-9

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party (63 color negatives)

1995

4

1

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party, photo album (includes images of Shimerda and Albee Families) (14-3x5 color, 7-3x5 b/w photographs)

1995

38

OVR

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party, notes, cards, and letters to Elizabeth (11- 3x5 color photographs)

1995

38

OVR

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party, notes, cards, and letters to Elizabeth (28-3x5 color, 1-8x10 color photographs)

1995

38

OVR

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party, notes, cards, and letters to Elizabeth

1995

4

2

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party, photo album (17- 3x5 color, 5- 3x5 b/w, 4 b/w negatives, 3- 1x2 color, 1- 1x2 b/w, 5- 2x3 color photographs)

1995

4

3

Elizabeth Garst, 100th birthday party, photo album (20- 3x5 color, 1- 8x10 color, 3- 3x5 b/w, 4- 5x7 color, 2- 5x7 b/w photographs)

1995

38

OVR

Elizabeth Garst, portraits (1-round color portrait)

ca. 1990s

39

OVR

Elizabeth Garst, portraits (1-round color portrait)

ca. 1930s-1940s

47

1

Elizabeth Garst, with children (4- 3.5x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1990s

4

4

Family groups (copies): Snapshots of Roswell and Elizabeth, and Antonia and Harold Lee family(54- 3x5 color, 16- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1960s-1970s

4

5

Family groups, reunion photographs (16- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1930s, 1970s

4

6

Family groups, Elizabeth with daughters and grandchildren by the Garst family pool (1- 8x10 b/w, 14- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1960s

4

7

Family groups (20- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1970s, 1985

4

8

Family groups (1- 5x7 b/w, 19- 3x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1960s

4

9

Family groups (1- 5x7 color photograph)

ca. 1960s

4

10

Garst family photographs (3- 5x7 color photographs)

1938

4

11

Garst family photographs (1- 8x10 b/w, 1- 8x10 color photographs)

ca.1970s-1980s

5

1

Garst family photographs (includes image of Coon Rapids, Iowa, Class of 1915 and some unidentified, possibly extended family members) (2- 3x5 color, 14- 3x3 color, 8- 3x5 b/w, 23- 3x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900s-1970s

5

2

Garst family photographs (7- 3x5 color, 29- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900s-1980s

5

3

Garst family photographs (89- 3x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s-1930s

5

4

Garst family photographs (56- 4x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1920s

5

5

Garst family photographs (1- 4x6 b/w, 55- 3x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s-1940s

5

6

Garst family photographs (1- 5x7 picture frame (empty), 30- 5x7 color, 2- 5x5 b/w, 9- 8x10 b/w, 11- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1930s-1960s

6

1

Garst family photographs (7- 3x3 color, 39- 3x4 b/w, 1- 4x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1890s-1970s

6

2

Garst family photographs (43- 3x3 color, 25- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1930s-1970s

6

3

Garst family photographs (1- 3x3 color, 50- 3x4 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900s-1960s

6

4

Garst family photographs (58- 4x2 b/w, 3- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1910s-1940s

6

5

Garst family photographs (3- 4x6 b/w, 1- 4x6 color, 27- 3x5 b/w, 17- 3x4 b/w, 6- 3x4 color photographs)

ca. 1890s-1996

6

6

Garst family photographs (70- 4x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1940s

6

7

Garst family photographs (53- 3x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s

7

1

Children (1- 5x7, 8- 3x5, and 47- 2x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s-1950s

7

2

Children (70- 4x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1930s-1940s

7

3

Children (63- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1940s

7

4

Garst family and farm (15- 3x5 color photographs)

1947

7

5

Color negatives (8 color negatives)

n.d.

7

6

Color slides (32 color slides)

n.d.

7

7

Negatives (25 color negatives)

n.d.

7

8

Immediate family (31- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s-1930s

7

9

Immediate family (30- 3x4 b/w, 4- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s-1993

8

1

Immediate family (1- 5x7 color, 24- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca.1930s-1960s

8

2

Immediate family (4- 5x7 b/w, 2- 8x10 color, 8- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s-1940s

8

3

Immediate family (5- 3x5 b/w, 69- 3x4 b/w, 1- 2x3 color photographs)

ca. 1920s-1950s

8

4

Immediate family (45- 4x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1922-1945

8

5

Immediate family (57- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1922-1945

8

6

Immediate family (14- 4x7b/w photographs)

ca. 1922-1945

8

7

Immediate family (portrait of Antonia and Mary Garst) (2- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1930s

39

OVR

Jane Garst Kamps (teenager) (2- 8x10 b/w, 11- 3x4 b/w photographs)

ca. 1930s

9

1

Jane Garst Kamps family (children and grandchildren) (12- 5x7 b/w, 14- 2x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s-1970s

9

2

Jane Garst Kamps family (children and grandchildren) (33- 3x2 color, 1- 5x7 color photographs)

ca. 1960s-1990s

9

3

Jane Garst Kamps family (Garst-Kamps wedding) (28- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s

9

4

Jane Garst Kamps family (grandchildren) (7- 3x2 color, 1- 5x7 color, 5- 8x10 color photographs)

ca. 1980s

9

5

Kamps family (children and grandchildren) (29- 3x4 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s, 1981

9

6

Kamps family (children and grandchildren) (1- 8x10 color, 2- 5x7 color, 36- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1950s-1980s

9

7

Kamps family (1- 5x7 b/w, 36- 3x5 b/w, 1- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1950s

9

8

Kamps family (small photo albums) (41- 3x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s

9

9

Kamps family (small photo albums) (40- 3x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s

9

10

Kamps wedding (18- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s

10

1

Mary Garst Doyle (21- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s-1960s

10

2

Mary Garst Doyle (includes photographs of Garst-Doyle wedding) (2- 4x6 b/w, 1- 8x10 color, 12- 4x6 color photographs)

ca. 1940s-1968

10

3

Mary Garst Doyle, portraits (1- 8x10 b/w, 1- 8x10 color photographs)

ca. 1940s, 1980s

10

4

Mary Garst Doyle (includes photographs of Garst-Doyle wedding and Mary's 49th birthday party) (28- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1959-1986

10

5

Mary Garst Doyle (49th birthday party) (13- 3x5 color photographs)

1985

10

6

Mary Garst Doyle, photo album (8- 3x2 b/w photographs)

n.d.

10

7

Mary Garst Doyle, wedding (23- 3x3 color photographs)

1968

10

8

Roswell Garst (11- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900-1910s

10

9

Roswell Garst (10- 4x6 b/w photographs)

1989-1919

10

10

Roswell Garst (includes photograph of Roswell receiving an honorary degree from Grinnell College, 1958) (6- 4x6 b/w, 6- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1970s

10

11

Roswell Garst (3- 3x3 color, 17- 3x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s-1976

10

12

Roswell Garst (10- 3x3 color, 30- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1970s

11

1

Roswell Garst (includes baby photo, photograph of Roswell's fraternity pledge class in Ames, portraits, and images of Roswell on the Garst Farm) (1- 3x7 b/w, 1- 8x10 b/w, 8- 5x7 b/w, 6- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900-1970

11

2

Roswell Garst (2- 9x3 b/w, 4- 8x10 b/w, 13- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s-1960s

11

3

Roswell Garst and Dr. Victor Lischenko in Moscow, USSR (1- 8x10 b/w photograph)

1977

39

OVR

Roswell Garst, drawing from Monterrey, Mexico (1- 11x15 b/w photograph)

n.d.

41

OVR

Roswell Garst, drawing

ca. 1900

41

OVR

Roswell Garst, drawing from Monterrey, Mexico

ca. 1960s

39

OVR

Roswell Garst on the farm (3- 8x10 b/w, 11- 9x12 b/w photographs)

n.d.

41

OVR

Roswell Garst on the farm

1947

11

4

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst (includes Roswell and Elizabeth riding camels in Egypt) (14- 8x10 b/w, 5- 5x7 color, 2- 5x7 b/w, 6- 8x10 color photographs)

ca. 1950s-1960s

11

5

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst (3- 3x3 b/w, 30- 3x3 color photographs)

1955-1975, n.d.

11

6

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst (19- 8x10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

11

7

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst (91- 5x5 color photographs)

ca. 1968-1972

11

8

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst (50- 3x3 color, 1- 5x5 color photographs)

ca. 1970s

12

1

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst, portrait (19- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1959

12

2

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst, portrait (22- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1959

39

OVR

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst, portrait (2- 8x10 color, 1- 5x7 color photographs)

n.d.

47

2

Stephen and David Garst (1- 3x3 color, 1- 8x10 color photographs)

ca. 1980s

12

3

Stephen and Mary Garst and family (1- 5x7 color, 1- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1970s

12

4

Stephen and Mary Garst and family (46- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1956-1970s

12

5

Stephen and Mary Garst and family (3- 3x3 b/w, 1- 8x10 b/w, 13- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s-1980s

12

6

Stephen and Mary Garst and family (children and grandchildren) (2- 5x7 b/w, 52- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1980s-1990s

12

7

Stephen and Mary Garst and family (children and grandchildren) (52- 3x5 color photographs)

ca.1967-1985

12

8

Stephen and Mary Garst and family (children and grandchildren) (5- 5x7 color, 27- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1967-1996

13

1

Antonia "Tosh" Garst Lee, portraits (2- 8x10 b/w photographs)

1950, n.d.

13

2

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee family (1- 5x7 color, 32- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1960s

13

3

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee family (17- 3x3 color, 25- 3x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1965-1982

13

4

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee family (2- 5x8 color, 44- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1973-1987

13

5

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee family (1- 8x10 b/w, 2- 5x7 b/w, 4- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1936-1965

46

1

Antonia "Tosh" scrapbook

ca. 1940-1950

13

6

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee wedding (professional photographs) (31- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s

13

7

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee wedding (professional photographs) (50- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s

13

8

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee wedding (106- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s

13

9

Antonia "Tosh" and Harold Lee wedding (120- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s

47

3

Harold Lee funeral program

2006

Extended Family

ca. 1860s-2006, n.d.

2.1 linear feet (5 document boxes)

This series includes photographs of Roswell and Elizabeth's parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and other members of their extended families. Families in this series include the Albees, Chrystal, Davis, Garst, Goodwin, Henak, Ryberg, and Shimerda families.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

14

1

Albees Family (Janet Shimerda Albee and family) (1- 5x7 b/w, 14- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1942-1977

14

2

Albees Family (Janet Shimerda Albee and family) (4- 3x5 color, 6- 3x7 color photographs)

ca. 1970s-1992

14

3

Assorted relatives (12- 5x7 b/w, 1- 8x10 b/w, 28- 3x3 b/w, 1- 1x1 color photographs)

ca. 1920s-1967

14

4

Assorted relatives (39- 3x5 color, 5- 4x6 color, 1- 4x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1968-1987

14

5

Assorted relatives (1- 8x10 b/w, 1- 8x10 color, 2- 5x7 b/w, 3- 5x7 color photographs)

ca. 1950s-1980s

14

6

Campbells / Roger Garst / Ned and Nancy Garst (1- 5x7 b/w, 33- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1930s-1970

14

7

Campbells / Roger Garst / Ned and Nancy Garst (4- 3x7 color, 13- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1968-1984

14

8

Children (62- 3x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1930s

14

9

Chrystal / Davis families (5- 8x10 b/w, 2- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1890s-1940s

14

10

Chrystal / Davis families (23- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1895-1961

14

11

Chrystal / Davis families (18- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1970-1981

39

OVR

Chrystal, John and Virginia (1- 5x5 b/w, 1- 9x7 b/w photographs)

1934, n.d.

43

43

Clafson Garst (1- 8x10 b/w photograph)

n.d.

15

1

Barbara Garst and George B. Fell wedding (6- 2x2 b/w photographs)

1948

41

OVR

Edward Garst, class reunion of Class of 1866 (1- 8x10 b/w photograph)

1916

15

2

Edward Garst and family (Roswell's parents – includes images of Edward in Civil War uniform) (25- 4x6 b/w, 6- 3x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1860s- 1900s

15

3

Edward Garst and family (Roswell's parents – includes images of Edward in Civil War uniform) (1- 9x6 b/w, 10- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1860s-1922

39

OVR

Edward Garst and family (Roswell's parents) (6- 8x10 b/w photographs)

1892, 1899, n.d.

15

4

Goodwin Garst (1- 4x6 b/w, 2- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1891-1910

41

OVR

Goodwin Garst and family (1- 8x10 b/w photograph)

ca. 1920s

15

5

Jonathan Garst (6- 2x3 b/w, 1- 5x7 b/w, 6- 6x3 b/w, 1- 6x3 color photographs)

ca. 1900-1964

15

6

Jonathan Garst (1- 5x9 b/w, 1- 2x3 b/w, 5- 4x8 b/w, 9- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900-1950s

15

7

Jonathan Garst (8- 4x6 b/w, 2- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1893-1960s

15

8

Roswell Garst with cousins and siblings (6- 5x7 b/w, 5- 2x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900-1910

15

9

Goodwin family (6- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1887

15

10

Goodwin family (17- 2x4 b/w photographs)

ca. 1880-1900

15

11

Goodwin family (2- 8x10 b/w, 24- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1880-1900

16

1

Goodwin, Samuel obituary (grandfather of Roswell Garst)

n.d.

16

2

Henak family (Frederick and Hazel Henak family) (1- 8x10 color, 8- 5x7 b/w, 5- 4x5 b/w, 3- 2x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1940s

16

3

Henak Family (5- 3x5 color, 8- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1976-1992

16

4

Miscellaneous family members (1- 5x7 color, 1- 8x10 color, 6- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900s-1960s

16

5

Miscellaneous family members (3- 8x10 b/w, 12- 5x7 b/w, 10- 5x8 b/w photographs)

ca. 1860s-1940s

16

6

Miscellaneous family members (62- 2x3 b/w, 1- 4x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s- 1959

16

7

Miscellaneous family members (59- 2x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1920s

16

8

Miscellaneous family members (42- 3x5 b/w, 13- 3x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1860s- 1960

17

1

Miscellaneous family members (47- 5x3 b/w photographs)

ca. 1910s-1940s

17

2

Miscellaneous family members (2- 5x8 b/w photographs)

ca. 1890s

17

3

Miscellaneous family members (44- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1860s-1961

17

4

Miscellaneous family members (23- 3x5 b/w, 31- 4x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1890s-1940s

17

5

Miscellaneous family members (1- 2x3 color, 7- 3x4 color, 11- 4x5 color photographs)

ca. 1943-1990

17

6

Miscellaneous family members (15- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1960s

17

7

Miscellaneous family members (9- 2x3 color photographs)

ca. 1970s-1980s

17

8

Miscellaneous family members (1- 8x10 color, 3- 5x7 color, 1- 5x3 color photographs)

ca. 1860s, 1960s

17

9

Miscellaneous family members (16- 3x5 color, 34- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1960s-1980s

17

10

Miscellaneous family members (2- 2x3 b/w tintypes)

ca. 1880

17

11

Miscellaneous family members (1- 3x4 b/w, 1- 2x2 b/w, 1- 2x4 b/w tintypes)

ca. 1860s-1870s

47

18

Miscellaneous family members (1 CD-ROM)

2006

18

1

Ryberg family (1- 4x5 b/w, 2- 3x7 color, 2- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1960s-1980s

39

OVR

Shimerda family (3- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1880s-1900s

18

2

Shimerda/Henak families (1- 3x4 color photograph)

ca. 1970s

18

3

Shimerda/Henak families (5- 8x10 b/w, 17- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1880s-1900s

18

4

Shimerda/Henak families (9- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1897-1912

18

5

Shimerda/Henak families (21- 3x5 b/w, 1- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1890s- 1962

18

6

Shimerda/Henak families (24- 3x4 b/w photographs)

ca. 1870s-1920s

18

7

Shimerda/Henak families (18- 3x4 b/w, 2- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1890s- 1970

18

8

Shimerda, Mary, portrait and wedding photograph with Frank Henak (parents of Elizabeth Henak Garst) (1- 5x7 b/w, 1- 4x3 color photographs)

ca. 1890s

47

4

Thamm family, with birth announcement for daughter Elizabeth Thamm (6- 3.5x5 color, 3- 3x3 color photographs)

1981-1999

18

9

Tintype and Garst family portrait negatives (1- 3x4 b/w, 2- 4x5 b/w negatives)

n.d., 1892

18

10

Unidentified young woman (2- 2x3 b/w daguerreotype)

n.d.

18

11

Whitford, Blanche Henak (2-8x10 b/w, 1-5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1920s

Travel

1941-1997, n.d.

2.52 linear feet (6 document boxes)

This series consists of photographs from trips taken by the Garst family for both leisure and business, including vacations, conferences, diplomatic trips, and family visits. Business and research trips include visits to Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Canada, Florida, and a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) trip to Costa Rica. This series also includes materials from various conferences, and scrapbooks given to Roswell Garst by his hosts in various countries.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

19

1

Agricultural research: Hungarian Academy of Sciences (38- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d.

19

2

Agricultural research: Hungarian Academy of Sciences (37- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d.

19

3

Agricultural trips (includes some images of Russia) (4- 2x3 b/w, 54- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1956-1980

19

4

Friends/Trips/Awards (includes images of Russia, Elizabeth Garst with Iowa Governor Terry Branstead) (12- 2x3 color, 28- 3x5 color photographs)

1957-1990, n.d.

19

5

National Food Conference, Hollywood, Florida (12- 8x10 b/w photographs)

1955

19

6

Hungarian souvenir photo albums (2 – which do not contain any photographs)

n.d.

20

1

Hungarian photo album (contains photographs with captions in Hungarian) (18- 5x7 b/w photographs)

n.d.

20

2

Hungarian photo album (contains photographs with captions in Hungarian) (20- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d.

20

3

Hungarian photo album (contains photographs with captions in Hungarian) (23- 5x7 b/w photographs)

n.d.

21

1

Receipts (for airline tickets, baggage, etc.)

1955

21

2

Romanian photo album (23- 5x7 color photographs)

1961

21

3

Yugoslavian photo album (30- 8x10 color photographs)

n.d.

21

4

Yugoslavian photo album (20- 8x10 color photographs)

n.d.

22

1

Russian/Hungarian delegation (13- 4x7 b/w photographs)

1975

22

2

Tours/Receptions (2- 5x7 b/w, 1- 5x7 color, 2- 4x6 color photographs)

1973, 1981, n.d.

22

3

Tour: Indonesia (22- 8x10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

22

4

Travel, Elizabeth Garst on Caribbean cruise (3- 5x7 color photographs)

ca. 1970s

22

5

Travel, vacation snapshots (possibly Australia) (11- 3x3 color photographs)

1963

22

6

Travel, vacation snapshots (location unknown) (3- 3x3 b/w, 6- 3x5 color photographs)

1962, n.d.

22

7

Travel, snapshots (possibly Indonesia) (10- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1960s

22

8

Travel, mountains (2- 5x7 color, 2- 8x10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

22

9

Travel, postcards and snapshots: Hawaii, Alberta, Ecuador, Chicago, Russia) (1- 3x5 color postcard, 12- 3x3 color, 20- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d.

22

10

Travel, Lebanon (souvenir snapshots) (12- 3x4 b/w photographs)

n.d.

22

11

Travel, Salt Lake City, Stanford, California, miscellaneous (1- 2x3 color, 50- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d.

22

12

Travel, Latin America, Wyoming (61- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d

22

13

Travel, Yellowstone National Park (64- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d

22

14

Travel, Yellowstone National Park (34- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d

23

1

Travel, vacation snapshots (20- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1969-1975

23

2

Travel, Hawaii (37- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1960s, 1980s

23

3

Travel, New Mexico; location unknown (32- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1960s

23

4

Travel and trips, Russia, Latin America (13- 8x10 b/w, 52- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1960s

23

5

Travel and trips, Egypt, Europe, Russia, Romania, Costa Rica (17- 8x10 b/w, 29- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s-1969

23

6

Trip to Russia (1- 8x10 b/w, 1- 5x7 b/w, 3- 3x5 b/w photographs)

1956

23

7

Trip to Banff, Canada (1- 8x10 b/w, 23- 3x5 color photographs)

1975

23

8

Europe (84 color slides)

1965

24

1

Europe (135 color slides)

1965

24

2

USAID Trip to Costa Rica (15- 8x10 photographs)

n.d.

24

3

Visitors (3- 5x7 color photographs)

ca. 1960s, 1980s

39

OVR

Hungarian photo album (Garst family album) (15- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d.

42

OVR

Hungarian scrapbook (5- 10x14 b/w, 13- 8x10 b/w, 96- 5x7 b/w photographs)

n.d.

43

4

Business briefing book, "Targeting Agribusiness Investment Opportunities in Russia"

1997

43

6

Conference: A Social Agenda for the 21st Century, Des Moines, Iowa

1997

43

19

International Food Policy Research Institute

1997

43

20

Iowa Children's Home Society: Correspondence and speeches

1941-1942

43

38

News Clippings: Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Central America, Iraq

1991-1997

43

39

News clippings: Romania

1994

43

40

News clippings: Romania

1991-1997

43

41

News clippings: Russia and Ukraine

1991-1997

43

42

Newsletters: Romania

1996-1997

43

45

Romanian newspapers featuring articles on David Garst

1992-1993

44

6

Speech: "Free-the-World-from-Hunger Year" by B.R. Sen.

1959

44

7

World Food Congress

1963

Garst Farm and Seed Company

1910-1997, n.d.

0.63 linear feet (1 document box and 1 half-document box)

Series 4 includes photographs of the Garst farm and the Garst and Thomas Hybrid Seed Company, some of which were personal images, but many of which were used in publications and publicity for the seed company. Many of the photographs feature Roswell Garst showing crops, livestock, and the farm operation. There are also aerial photographs of the Garst farm.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

25

1

Farming (3- 3x3 color, 7- 3x5 color, 14- 4x6 b/w photographs)

1950- 1971, n.d.

25

2

Farming (2- 3x5 color photographs)

n.d.

25

3

Farming (20- 3x5 b/w photographs)

1956, 1966, n.d.

25

4

Farming (6- 8x10 b/w photographs)

1955-1958

25

5

Farming (2- 4x5 color, 3- 5x7 b/w, 1- 4x4 b/w photographs)

n.d.

25

6

Farming/Cattle (5- 8x10 color photographs)

n.d.

25

7

Garst farm, farm house (28- 3x3 b/w, 3- 3x5 b/w, 1- 2x3 color photographs)

ca. 1920s-1950s

25

8

Garst farm, farm house (5- 8x10 b/w, 3- 5x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s

25

9

Garst farm, farm house and grounds (12- 3x5 b/w, 7- 3x3 b/w, 18- 3x3 color, 7- 3x5 color photographs)

ca. 1945-1994

25

10

Garst farm: Land (15- 8x10 color photographs)

n.d.

25

11

Garst farm: Land (15- 8x10 color photographs)

n.d.

25

12

Garst farm: Land (13- 8x10 color photographs)

n.d.

25

13

Garst farm: Roswell Garst on the farm (3- 8x10 color photographs)

n.d.

25

14

Garst farm: Roswell Garst on the farm (13-8x10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

25

15

Pamphlet: Garst and Thomas Hybrid Seed Company

ca. 1960

25

16

Publicity photographs for the Pioneer Seed Company (7- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950

26

1

Politicians (Walter Mondale) (3- 8x10 color photographs)

1984

26

2

Seed Company (12- 3x5 b/w, 1- 3x3 color, 1- 2x2 b/w photographs)

ca. 1950s-1960s

26

3

Seed Company (2- 7x10 b/w, 8- 8x10 b/w, 1- 8x10 color, 11- 5x7 b/w photographs)

n.d.

26

4

Sites (includes images of Iowa State College; Coon Rapids; Iowa City; and Madison, Wisconsin) (1- 8x10 b/w, 2- 9x4 b/w, 5- 3x5 b/w photographs)

1910, 1915, n.d.

26

5

Visitors (3 color negatives, 1- 5x7 color, 2- 5x7 b/w, 2- 3x3 b/w, 9- 3x3 color, 1- 3x4 color photographs)

ca. 1953-1969

37

OVR

Aerial photographs of Garst farm (2- 9x12 b/w photographs)

n.d.

39

OVR

Aerial photographs of Garst and Thomas Hybrid Seed Corn Plant (2- 9x11 color photographs)

n.d.

40

OVR

Framed print: Machine picking corn (1- 6x6 b/w photograph)

n.d.

41

OVR

Corn sales ledger

1931-1934

41

OVR

Photograph: Pigs in pigpen (2- 10x13 b/w photographs)

1947

43

1

American Society of Agricultural Consultants: Minutes and administrative materials

1996-1997

43

35

News clippings: ICI/Garst Seeds, Inc.

1996-1997

47

5

Photographs: Unidentified farm and seed corn operations (45- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s

47

6

Photographs: Unidentified farm and seed corn operations (1- 3.5x5 color, 1- 3.5x7 b/w, 29- 3.5x5 b/w, 20- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s

47

7

Photographs: Purina Research Farm field trip photo booklet (14- 3x4 b/w photographs)

1952

Khrushchev Visit

1955-1997, n.d.

0.84 linear feet (two document boxes)

This series documents the visit by the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife on 23 September 1959, and includes professional and amateur photographs. Larger delegations of American and Soviet dignitaries also accompanied Khrushchev and are pictured here. Among the photographs are images of a scrapbook of the visit, given as a gift from the Garst's to the Khrushchevs, photographs that appeared in Life magazine, and photographs by renowned photographer Joe Munroe, well-known for his images of rural life and farming.

All photographs related to the Khrushchev visit in 1959 are copyrighted by the photographer's estate. Please contact the Ohio Historical Society's Joe Munroe Archives http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/munroe/ for permission and/or more information.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

44

1

Communications and news releases from the Soviet Union

1961, n.d.

43

10

Correspondence between Roswell Garst, Nikita Khrushchev, and other Soviet officials

1955-1970, n.d.

43

22

Journalistic accounts of Khrushchev visit

1955-1960, n.d.

27

1

Khrushchev visit: Family, banquet, Elizabeth Garst showing her home (30- 8x10 b/w photographs)

1959

27

2

Khrushchev visit: Farm, seed company (8- 8x10 b/w, 2- 3x5 b/w, 1- 3x3 b/w photographs)

1959

37

OVR

Khrushchev visit: Gift album from Garsts to Khrushchevs (photo close-ups) (29- 9x12 b/w photographs)

1959

37

OVR

Khrushchev visit: Life Magazine photographs (25- 9x12 b/w photographs)

1959

37

OVR

Khrushchev visit: Miscellaneous (3- 8x10 b/w, 19- 9x12 b/w photographs)

1959

27

3

Khrushchev visit: Miscellaneous (2- 8x10 b/w, 1- 5x7 b/w, 1- 3x5 b/w photographs)

1959

27

4

Khrushchev visit: Miscellaneous snapshots (18- 4x6 b/w, 3- 3x3 b/w, 10- 1x1 b/w, 4- 4x7 b/w photographs)

1959

27

5

Khrushchev visit: Proofs (31- 8x10 b/w proofs)

1959

27

6

Khrushchev visit: Tour of farm and seed company, Roswell Garst speaking with the media (29- 8x10 b/w, 1- 6x10b/w, 3- 3x5 b/w photographs)

1959

47

8

Interview of Stephen Garst regarding Khrushchev visit (1 audiotape)

1990

45

OVR

Magazine: LIFE (featuring articles on Khrushchev visit)

1959

45

OVR

Magazine: USSR (featuring Khrushchev) – 2 copies

n.d.

43

37

News clippings: Khrushchev visit

1994-1997

47

9

News clippings: Khrushchev visit

1959

28

1

Prints of Khrushchev visit by Joe Munroe (42- 8x10 b/w, 2- 3x5 b/w, 2- 8x10 b/w proofs)

1959

28

2

Prints of Khrushchev visit by Joe Munroe (1- 8x10 b/w proof, 29- 8x10 b/w)

1959

28

3

Prints of Khrushchev visit by Joe Munroe (32- 8x10 b/w, 1- 4x10 b/w photographs)

1959

28

4

Prints of Khrushchev visit by Joe Munroe (37- 4x6 b/w, 1- 4x8 b/w, 8- 2x4 b/w photographs)

1959

28

5

Prints of Khrushchev visit by Joe Munroe (42- 3x5 b/w photographs)

1959

28

6

Prints of Khrushchev visit by Joe Munroe (42- 5x7 b/w photographs)

1959

28

7

Prints of Khrushchev visit by Joe Munroe (41- 5x7 b/w, 1- 8x10 b/w, 36- 1x1 b/w, 2- 3x5 b/w photographs)

1959

42

OVR

Scrapbook of Khrushchev visit (40- 5x7 b/w photographs)

1959

43

52

Speech given by Nikita Khrushchev in Des Moines, Iowa

1959

45

OVR

Toledo Magazine: "The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Come Together in the Midwest"

1989

44

8

"A Life on the Road" told by Charles Kuralt (includes Kuralt's recollections of the Khrushchev visit to Coon Rapids; 1 audiotape)

1991

Coon Rapids, Iowa

1880-1997, n.d.

0.21 linear feet (1 half-document box)

This series includes photographs of buildings and events in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Images include postcards of the Garst Store, class photos from Roswell's elementary school years, and a photograph of the Coon Rapids Centennial celebration.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

41

OVR

Buildings (including Garst Store) (6- 8x10 b/w photographs)

ca. 1900s

29

1

Coon Rapids, Iowa (1- 5x7 b/w photograph)

1880

29

2

Coon Rapids, Iowa: Class photos, social events, Garst Store, main street (5- 5x7 b/w, 19- 3x5 b/w, 3- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1900s-1960s

29

3

Coon Rapids centennial (1- 8x10 b/w photograph)

1963

43

32

News clippings: Coon Rapids

1996-1997

29

4

Coon Rapids photo album (27- 8x10 color photographs)

ca. 1960s

43

7

Coon Rapids Women's Club: Annual yearbook

1942-1943

39

OVR

News clipping: Second grade class, Coon Rapids, Iowa (1- 9x7 b/w photograph)

1957

29

5

Photograph: The First Garst Store (with images of Edward and Warren Garst on the other side) (1- 8x10 b/w, 2- 3x5 b/w photographs)

n.d.

29

6

Postcards: The Garst Store and other photographs of Garst family members (24- 4x6 b/w, 1- 2x3 b/w, 1- 9x7 b/w photographs)

1910, 1915, n.d.

44

10

Garst Store: "Recollection of a Half Century: The Garst Store"

n.d.

Friends

ca. 1910s-2011, n.d.

0.42 linear feet (1 document box)

This series consists of photographs of friends of the Garst family. Many of the images are in the form of Christmas cards, while others are group snapshots, some of which include photographs of Roswell and Elizabeth Garst and their family.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

30

1

Friends (mostly Christmas cards) (17- 4x5 b/w, 3- 5x7 b/w, 5- 4x5 color photographs)

ca. 1940s-1980s

30

2

Friends (mostly Christmas cards) (14- 4x6 color, 21- 4x6 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s-1980s

30

3

Friends (mostly snapshots) (29- 3x5 b/w, 5- 2x3 color photographs; 2- b/w negatives,)

ca. 1910-1986

30

4

Friends (mostly snapshots) (15- 3x5 b/w, 13- 3x5 color, 20- 3x3 color photographs)

ca. 1913-1994

30

5

Friends (mostly snapshots) (28- 3x5 color, 15- 3x5 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940-1994

30

6

Friends, Matilda and Lee James (1- 8x10 b/w photograph)

n.d.

43

9

Robert B. and Henry A. Wallace

1966-1977

47

10

Joe Munroe, correspondence and news articles

1987-2000

Garst Biography by Harold Lee and other Publications

1947-1997, n.d.

0.84 linear feet (2 document boxes)

This series includes materials related to the preparation and publication of Roswell Garst: a Biography, by Harold Lee (1986), as well as other articles written by or about Roswell Garst, David Garst, and other authors. The series also includes several speeches given by Roswell and David Garst. Most of the photographs in this series are reproductions of images that can be found elsewhere in the collection, and were printed to be used as supplements in the book to highlight important events, places, and people. Also included in the photographs are reproductions of advertisements for Garst and Thomas Hybrid Seed Corn Company.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

43

2

Article: "The Great Lesson of Easter Island," by John Passos

n.d.

43

3

Assorted newsletters

1992, 1997

43

5

Columns: "Up With Agriculture," by David Garst

n.d.

45

OVR

"Declaration on Food and Population"

1974

31

1

Garst articles: International development

1961-1973

31

2

Garst book: Alumni file

n.d.

31

3

Garst book: Garst book cover and reviews

1986

31

4

Garst book: Negatives (21 color negatives)

n.d.

31

5

Garst book: Negatives (18 color negatives)

n.d.

31

6

Garst book: Photographs (26- 8x10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

31

7

Garst book: Photographs (24- 8x10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

31

8

Garst book: Photographs (14- 2x3 b/w photographs)

n.d.

31

9

Garst book: Photographs (18- 2x3 b/w photographs)

n.d.

31

10

Garst book: Portraits (4- 5x7 b/w photographs)

ca. 1940s

37

OVR

Garst book: Proofs

n.d.

37

OVR

Garst book: Proofs

n.d.

31

11

Garst book: Sources, notes, memorandums (including photocopies of correspondence between Garst and Khrushchev and a booklet entitled "Roswell Garst: The Innovator" by Hiram M. Drache)

1961-1986

32

1

Garst book: Duplicates of Garst publications and Garst and Thomas bulletins

1951-1966, n.d.

32

2

Garst book: Miscellaneous source material

1959, n.d.

32

3

Garst book: Photographs (7- 3x3 b/w, 1- 5x7 b/w photographs)

1959-1965

43

24

Magazine: Alfred University Alumni News

1959

43

25

Magazine: Leaders, special reprint edition

1993

43

26

Magazine: Leaders

1993

45

OVR

Magazine: LIFE (featuring article, "Revolution on the Farm" about Roswell Garst and hybrid corn)

1948

43

28

Manuscript: "Feeding a Hungry World," by Roswell Garst

1964

43

29

Manuscript: "Food Unlimited," by Roswell Garst

n.d.

43

30

Manuscript: "The Geography of Hunger," by Roswell Garst

n.d.

43

31

Manuscript: "Resources to Feed a Hungry World," by Roswell Garst

1980

43

27

Map: "Lewis and Clark's Track," printed by the State Historical Society of Iowa

n.d.

43

33

News clippings: Garst family

1995-1997

43

34

News clippings: Garst farm resort

1997

43

36

News clippings: John Chrystal

1995-1997

43

44

Poem: "A Song to Marianna and Thomas Whitford," by August L. Bang

1955

32

4

Publications of the Rural Bank of New South Wales

1947-1948

43

50

Speech: "Agricultural Progress and Opportunities Before Us," by David Garst

1969

43

51

Speech: "Foundations for the Future," by David Garst

1997

43

53

Speech: "Opportunities in Agriculture," by David Garst

1977

43

54

Speech: "Remarks," by David Garst

1993

43

55

Speech: "Some Thoughts about the Food Situation," by Roswell Garst

1974

43

56

Speech: "Trade: the Road to Posterity," by David Garst

1997

43

57

Speech: "What Farmers Want," by David Garst

1990

43

58

Speech: "Where do we go from here?" by David Garst

1983

43

59

Thoughts and poetry by Elizabeth Garst

n.d.

43

63

Writings of Jonathan Garst

1955-1956

Slides, Negatives, and Reprints

ca. 1950s, n.d.

1.26 linear feet (3 document boxes)

This series consists of slides, negatives, and reprints of images found elsewhere in the collection, with the exception of the color slides of the Soviet Union.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

33

1

Color slides by Joe Monroe (4 color slides)

ca. 1950s

33

2

Color slides of the Soviet Union (38 color slides)

ca. 1950s

33

3

Negatives (44 b/w negatives)

n.d.

33

4

Negatives (15 b/w negatives)

n.d.

33

5

Negatives (37 b/w negatives)

n.d.

33

6

Negatives (43 b/w negatives)

n.d.

34

1

Negatives (5- 35mm, 36 b/w negatives)

n.d.

34

2

Negatives (10- 35mm negatives)

n.d.

34

3

Negatives (47 negatives)

n.d.

34

4

Negatives (36 negatives)

n.d.

34

5

Negatives (6- 4x6 b/w negatives, 46)

n.d.

34

6

Negatives (7 b/w negatives) of Henak Diplomas, Garst farm, and portrait Stills

n.d.

35

1

Portrait reprints (28- 8x10 color, 2- 5x7 color, 3- 5x7 b/w, 24- 2x3 color photographs)

n.d.

35

2

Reprints (34- 5x7 b/w, 2- 3x4 b/w photographs)

n.d.

35

3

Reprints (27- 4x6 b/w, 10- 3x5 color photographs)

n.d.

35

4

Reprints (13- 8x10 b/w photographs)

n.d.

35

5

Reprints (37- 5x7 b/w photographs)

n.d.

35

6

Reprints (25- 5x7 b/w photographs)

n.d.

Correspondence

1897-2007, n.d.

0.63 linear feet (1.5 document boxes)

This series consists of correspondence received by the Roswell and Elizabeth Garst family. Letters in this series were written by friends, relatives, and also by the children of Roswell and Elizabeth Garst. Most of the letters are addressed to Elizabeth, but letters to all family members are included.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

43

11

Correspondence from Jane Garst

1944-1947, n.d.

43

12

Correspondence from Rachael Garst Merrill

1975

47

11

Correspondence from George Hoffer, Jr., to Liz Garst, (Includes copies of articles on and correspondence between George Hoffer, Sr., and Roswell Garst)

1956-2007

47

12

Correspondence from Nina Khrushchev to Elizabeth Garst (handwritten letter)

1963

47

13

Correspondence from to Harold and Antonia "Tosh" Garst Lee to Elizabeth Garst

1995

43

13

David Garst: Alpha Zeta centennial honor roll correspondence

1997

43

14

David Garst: Business correspondence

1993-1997

43

15

David Garst: Political correspondence

1994-1997

43

16

David Garst: Romania correspondence

1990-1997

36

1

Garst correspondence

1921

36

2

Garst correspondence

1921

36

3

Garst correspondence

1921

36

4

Garst correspondence

1922

36

5

Garst correspondence

1933-1939

36

6

Garst correspondence (includes emancipation agreement between David and Roswell Garst)

1941, 1945

36

7

Garst correspondence

1946

36

8

Garst correspondence

1947

36

9

Garst correspondence

1948

36

10

Garst correspondence

1949

36

11

Garst correspondence

1952-1956

36

12

Garst correspondence

1961

36

13

Garst correspondence

1968-1974

36

14

Garst correspondence

1994-1995

43

18

Garst family correspondence

1897, n.d.

43

8

Garst family correspondence

1943-1980, n.d.

43

46

Roswell Garst: Business correspondence

1962-1963

43

47

Roswell Garst: Political correspondence

1959-1976

Garst Family Documents

1881-2012, n.d.

20 folders and 1 artifact box

This series consists of legal and personal documents, as well as other materials related to the Garst family. The series includes the Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth and Roswell Garst, Titles and Deeds belonging to Edward Garst, and Elizabeth Garst's Diplomas.

Box

Folder

Title

Date

Artifact collection

Artifact: nametag for Roswell Garst, "Iowa State University Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Citation"

n.d.

43

17

Elizabeth Henak Garst, diplomas

1908-1919

43

64

Elizabeth Henak Garst, college yearbook "Nutshell"

1913

44

9

Elizabeth Garst, power of attorney declaration

1993

47

14

Elizabeth Garst, financial statement

1978

47

15

Elizabeth Garst, stock certificate for 135 shares of Garst Stores, Inc.

1962

47

16

Elizabeth Garst, WOI-Radio memorial to Elizabeth Garst along with August 1996 interview

ca. 1996

47

17

Garst family reunion, July 28-30, 2000, Roanoke, Virginia (2- 4x6 color, 1- 8x10 color photographs)

1997-2000, n.d.

43

21

John Tiffany v. Iowa District Court for Greene County

1997

44

2

Last will and testament of Elizabeth Garst

1942-1986

44

11

Last will and testament of Roswell Garst

1942

43

23

Last will and testament of David H. Morrison

1912

44

3

Last will and testament of Ida Goodwin

1925

47

18

Michael Garst: Genealogical information

1992, 2006

44

4

Obituary: Roswell Garst (laminated)

n.d.

44

5

Partnership agreement: Jane, Stephen, and David Garst

1941

43

48

Roswell Garst: Freedom of Information Act

1997

43

49

Sheriff's deed: John McQuillen to Roswell Garst

1932

43

60

Titles, deeds, and mortgages belonging to Edward Garst

1891-1920

43

61

Titles, deeds, and mortgages belonging to Edward Garst

1891-1920

43

62

Titles, deeds, and mortgages, miscellaneous

1881-1926

Films/Videos

1941-1990, n.d.

17 films and videotapes

Films and videos of activities on the Garst Farm, including farming, fishing, employee parties, etc.

Call number

Title

Date

4-8206

Corn Cobs and Cattle Feeding

Running Time: 5:57; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Scenes around the Garst farmyard, moving large piles of corn cobs, and feeding cattle in the feedlot

1951-1954

4-8215

Corn Planting

Running Time: 7:07; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Men on tractors planting and working fields; men on truck with fertilizers, and pulling stuck tractors out of fields (John Chrystal 5 minutes in walking in field and another time)

n.d.

DVD 002 989

Elizabeth Garst

Running Time: 2:22; Color; Silent; Positive;

Credits: KGAN Cedar Rapids;

Synopsis: Elizabeth Garst (age 94) talks about Khrushchev visit and Mrs. Khrushchev, new Soviet relations (Beta-001)

1990

DVD 002 992

Elizabeth Garst

Running Time: 9:17; Color; Sound; Positive

Credits: Joe Munroe Visual Productions

Synopsis: Elizabeth Garst talks about her first trip to Coon Rapids, their first house and living in Des Moines. Old black and white footage of Roswell/Happy Harvest. Elizabeth talks about Khrushchev visit and film of visit (film 4-8205)

1983

DVD 002 991

Employee Party

Running Time: 3:46; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Employee picnic at the farm, swimming, horseshoes, softball, women and children (film 8-8208)

1952

4-8207

Farming

Running Time: 8:40; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Planting, crop dusting, and other fieldwork. John Chrystal watching spraying

1954-1956

4-8216

Farming and Construction

Running Time: 10:36; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Men harvesting oats, tiling fields, building a barn, picking corn (John Chrystal shoveling oats twice)

1950-1952

4-8217

Farms

Running Time: 10:06; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Whalley Farm, 1951; corn, window washing, cattle and silo removal, fall, 1952; Clancy's Sunday June 28, 1952; Rinehart Farm, 1953; Side dressing, Fitzpatrick, 1953; Don Pearson, 1953

1941-1953

4-8209

Fishing

Running Time: 10:16; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Fishing trip September, 1950; Hunting, November, 1950; Trip to mountains, Carmel Ranch

1950

4-8211

Fishing

Running Time: 7:36; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: June 1951 fishing trip to Canada, Burke's Camp and June 1952 fishing trip with John Chrystal

1951-1952

4-8212

Fishing

Running Time: 8:31; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Canadian fishing trips

1953-1956

DVD 002 990

Garst and Thomas I

Running Time: 10:47; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Picking corn, loading it onto trucks to take to the Pioneer plant for processing and storing (film 4-8213)

n.d.

4-8214

Garst and Thomas II

Running Time: 9:07; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Corn moving through plant, shelled and separated from the growing cobs, sorted and bagged

n.d.

4-8203

Garst-Corn and Sorghum

Running Time: 9:27; Color; Silent; Positive

Credits: Joe Munroe

Synopsis: Harvesting of corn and sorghum crops from field to elevator. Bagged seed and cattle feeding

n.d.

DVD 002 994

Khrushchev and Garst, Coon Rapids

Running Time: 11:59; Color; Silent; Positive

Synopsis: Scenes of the Garst farm, Coon Rapids, the Khrushchev party arriving and touring the farm, and the John Chrystal farm (film 8-8529)

1959

DVD 002 993

Khrushchev at Garst's Farm

Running Time: 4:19; Color; Sound; Positive

Credits: Joe Munroe Visual Productions

Synopsis: Khrushchev at the Garst Farm touring the fields and with the family. Signs in Coon Rapids stores written in Russian. (film 4-8204)

1959

DVD 002 988

Stephen Garst Story

Color; With Sound; Positive Credits: KGAN Cedar Rapids

Synopsis: Gorbachev Visit, Khrushchev Visit, Stephen Garst memories and current Soviet plans, ISU/Soviet Farm Delegation, John Chrystal's Soviet Plan (VH-0227)

1990