MsC 120

 

Manuscript Register

 

THE PAPERS OF W.F. MAIN

 

Collection Dates: 1885 -- 1949

(Bulk Dates: 1930 to 1950)

17.5 linear ft.

 

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Posted to Internet: June 2002

 

 

 

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Photographs: Box 39

 

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Series Table of Contents

Family History and Correspondence
Christian Science (and other correspondence)
Attorneys Correspondence and Houston Case
Business Correspondence
Miscellaneous Correspondence, A -- I, 1936 -- 1941
Miscellaneous Correspondence, I -- W, 1936 -- 1940

 

Box List

 

Family History and Correspondence (Boxes 1 -- 11)

 

Box 1

Main, H. F. (Burial), 1931

Gardner, Rita, 1940

Roebuck, J. C., 1934

Ziehme, A. E., 1935 -- 1936

Box 2

Clapsaddle, J. G., 1932 -- 1935

Box 3

Clapsaddle, J. G., 1936 -- 1937

Relatives and Friends, 1929 -- 1930, 1938 -- 1939, 1940, (various years)

Box 4

Main, Frank H., 1930 -- 1937

Box 5

Main, Frank H., 1937

Main, Mrs. Frank H. (Anna) and sons (Frank L. and Joseph), 1939 -- 1941

Main, Fred, 1897 -- 1944

Main, Mrs. Fred (Edna) and son Billy Main, 1934

Box 6

Main, Mrs. Fred (Edna) and son Billy Main, 1936 -- 1942

Box 7

Main, W. F., 1914 -- 1917; 1934 -- 1936

Box 8

Main, W. F., 1937 -- 1940 (Personal, Business, and Miscellaneous)

Box 9

Main, W. F., 1940 -- 1942 (Personal and Business; Security Laboratories and Dr. Mulsow)

Main, Mrs. W. F. (Janet), 1939 -- 1942

Box 10

Weidner, Earl L., 1928 -- 1940 (List of debts, Statements, and Legal Papers)

"Friends," 1937

Box 11

Weidner, Ruth Main, family, 1929 -- 1955

Correspondence between Ruth Main Weidner and W. F. Main (father)

Weidner Children Correspondence: Barb, Joan, Judy, Rosie, Sue, Will (and wife Billie)

Christian Science and other correspondence (Boxes 12 -- 13)

Box 12

Main - Weidner, Christian Science

Christian Science Material

C-S Fetzer Letters, 1938 -- October 1940

Box 13

Christian Science -- Miscellaneous, 1939 -- 1940

CS Amanda Rawlings Seger, 1939 -- 1940

CS (M.D.W. -- Cedar Rapids), 1939 -- 1940

Christian Science Articles, Poems, etc.

Correspondence:

Attorneys Correspondence and Houston Case (Boxes 14 -- 22)

Box 14

Attorneys -- Miscellaneous, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940

Attorney-Law List Companies, 1941

Byers, Frank C., 1932 -- 1936

Box 15

Byington, O. E., 1932 -- 1935

Box 16

Byington, O. E., 1936 -- 1941

Box 17

Claassen, George C., 1932 -- 1937

Box 18

Claassen, George C., 1938 -- 1941

Coward, Raymond, 1936 -- 1937

Garfield, C. W., 1937

George, J. M., 1936

Harrington & Lowe, 1937

Box 19

Holman, Alfred, 1936

Johnson, E. A., 1936 -- 1940

Box 20

Kuck, C. D., 1930

Linville, Guy P., 1939 -- 1940

Reynolds, R. D., 1936

Robinson Case

Silliman, P. D., 1936

Swisher, Ingalls, 1934 and 1942

Watson, Coit, Morse, & Grindle, 1936

Houston Case, 1939 -- 1940

Houston, Texas, Matter

Oakman, E. M.

Box 21

Houston Case (Fraud), 1939

Attorneys Correspondence

Patterson, James E., 1936 -- 1942

Reports on Witnesses

Indictments

Memos -- Unfavorable

Testimonials with Affidavits

Letters from Operators who will be witnesses

Box 22

Houston Case (Fraud), 1939 -- 1940

Attorneys' Correspondence

Business Correspondence (Boxes 23 -- 30)

Box 23

Arnold, John H., 1932 -- 1942

Box 24

Bobenmyer, Charles, 1936 -- 1937

Box 25

Bobenmyer, Charles, 1938 -- 1942

Bobenmyer, Corson, 1934 -- 1935

Holmes, Charles, 1940

Box 26

Arnolds, Asa, 1936

Dun & Bradstreet, 1938 -- 1942

Gebert, A. E., 1937

Machen, F. E., 1930 -- 1941

Rowan (Briefs and Articles)

Byington, William (Bill), 1939

Box 27

Records, J. L., 1934 -- 1940

Box 28

Slavata, Jane, 1934 -- 1941

Box 29

Employees, 1938 -- 1942

Memorandums, 1938 -- 1940

Box 30

Better Business Bureau, 1937

Detectives, 1934

Federal Trade Commission, 1936 -- 1941

Form Letters, 1936

Government, 1937 -- 1941

Investments

Statements, 1939 -- 1940

Miscellaneous Correspondence, A -- I, 1936 -- 1941

Box 31

A -- Miscellaneous, 1936

Automobiles, 1941

B, 1937

Banks, 1937

Bonds guaranteed by Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co., 1936

C, 1937

Customers, 1937

D -- I, 1936 -- 1941

D, 1937

Donations, 1937

E, 1937, 1938

Employment Agency, 1937

F, 1937

Farm Equipment and Information (also old time farming), 1941

G, 1937

Greeting cards and letters, 1941

H, 1940

Irwin, Leaton -- Quincy, Illinois, 1930; 1942

Miscellaneous Correspondence, I -- W, 1936 -- 1940

Box 32

Irwin, Leaton & Family -- son, Max; daughter, Ethel Smalley, 1937

K, 1937

Keeley Institute, Dwight, Illinois, 1940

L, 1937

List, 1937

Mrs. McCord, 1937

Old Matters, 1939

R, 1937

Roland, M. O., 1934, 1936

S, 1937

Statements -- Mr. Main's Correspondence

T, 1937

W, 1934 (also contains correspondence with Julius Willa children)

W, 1939

Box 33

Danish Colonial Lottery papers

Business Conditions (articles)

Notes & Stocks

Vending Machine Brochures, etc.

Business Correspondence (Family -- Main -- Weidner, etc.).

Thompson Transfer, 1949

(Included are keepsakes such as collar of Mrs. Main's wedding dress)

Box 34

Property, 1930 -- 1931, 1936 -- 1941

Main Farms

Cedar Rapids Property, 1939 -- 1941

East Iowa City House, 1936 -- 1939

Hunter Farm, 1937 -- 1939

Land -- Jackson County, S. D., 1936 -- 1937

Land -- Johnson & Johnson, 1930 -- 1931

Land and Real Estate and Loans, 1937

Box 35

Property, 1930 -- 1941

Mason City Property, 1930 -- 1934

Roebuck Farm, 1934 -- 1941

Ziehme Property, 1937

Box 36

Income Taxes, 1924 --

Box 37

Rowan File (1885, 1940, 1942, 1943)

Taxes, 1937

Abstracts and Financial Statements.

Lots belonging to Ruth Weidner, 1932 -- 1933

Box 38

Ledger, 1940

Box 39

Photographs. (Click for a register of the identified photographs in this collection.)

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings. On oversized shelves at 5:20:4