MsC
224
Manuscript Register
PAPERS
OF JOHN
ELLIOT GOODENOW
Collection
Dates: 1845 to 1959
(Bulk dates: 1910 -- 1930)
2.25 linear ft.
This document describes a collection of materials held
by the
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University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
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Posted to Internet: May, 2002
Acquisition
Note: These papers
were donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by John E. Goodenow in 1959.
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Biographical
Note
John
Elliot Goodenow (1878 -- 1973) was a life-long resident of Maquoketa, Iowa,
the town his grandfather founded. John Goodenow was a stockman and farmer.
He owned and operated 348 acres, where he raised registered Shorthorn cattle,
Chesterwhite hogs, and Shropshire sheep. A member of the Jackson County Farm
Bureau, he was secretary of that organization from 1920 through 1924. He was
also active in community affairs, serving on both the city council and school
board.
Time Line
1878 -- Born in
Maquoketa, Iowa, January 7, to Osceola and Fannie Cassin Goodenow
1895 -- Received
formal education at Maquoketa High School
1903 -- After his
father's death he continued farming the Goodenow's 220 acres and later
purchased 128 more
1909 -- Married
Myrta King, January 14
1920 -- 1924 --
Secretary of the Jackson County Farm Bureau
1922 -- 1933 --
Member of the Maquoketa school board
1922 -- 1940 --
Secretary-treasurer of the Co-op Stock Shipping Association
1934 -- Member
of the Maquoketa City Council
1934 -- 1938 --
Secretary of the Jackson County Warehouse Board
1973 -- Death and
burial in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa
Scope
and Contents
The
papers of John Elliot Goodenow consist of twenty-four items dating from 1845
to 1959, which document his family farming operation in Jackson County, Iowa.
Along with Goodenow's own reminiscences there are bank records, journals of
financial records, stock and crop records, and a photocopy of the original
land purchase abstract sheet. The collection represents more than a century
of farm management.
Box
List
Box 1
Folder 1
Eight business papers of Thomas W. Cassin,
maternal grandfather of Mr. Goodenow. These papers date back to 1853.
Photostat of Abstract Sheet documenting
original land purchase by J.E. Goodenow, September 4, 1845. Envelope No. 8.
Statements of account from the Federal Land
Bank, Omaha, 1934 -- 1943 in envelope No. 6; 1944 -- 1945 in envelope No.
7.
Folder
2
A
typed copy of Reminiscences of Mr. John Elliot Goodenow (as told to
George M. Sheets, Collector, Iowa Historical Documents, Iowa City, Iowa, December
11, 1958)
Typed
copy and carbon copy of Additional Reminiscences of Mr. J.E. Goodenow,
(as told to G.M. Sheets, Collector, Iowa Historical Documents)
Documents,
January 6, 1959, with Mr. Goodenow's corrections in pencil on typed copy
Another
carbon copy of Additional Reminiscences of J.E. Goodenow with further
pencil corrections
Corrected,
typed copy of J.E. Goodenow's Additional Reminiscences, and a carbon
copy of same
Four
page list, written by J.W. Goodenow III, January 8, 1959, of J. E. Goodenow
I's major accomplishments following his founding of Maquoketa
Box
3
Elm
Hill Farm brochures, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and bulletin
on "The Inheritance of Coat Colors in Horses"
Cattle records (breeding, calves, weight, sale, etc.), 1903 -- 1943
Chicken financial record, 1914 -- 1934
Town cows bred and pastured, 1904 -- 1911
Town cows bred and pastured, 1912 -- 1934
Ledger of expenses, income, etc., 1954 -- 1973
Hog notebook, 1894 -- 1903
Crop records notebook, 1904 -- 1912
Crop records notebook 1913 -- 1926
Notebook of expenses, income, etc., 1892 -- 1909
Box
4
Journal belonging
to the grandfather or father of John Elliot Goodenow(?) about 1870 -- 1871?
Ledger, 1896
Scrapbook (mostly World War I Era clippings)
Personal expense and income notebooks (6) covering the years 1893 -- 1894,
1904 -- 1916, 1917 -- 1929, 1929 -- 1941, 1941 -- 1948, 1948 -- 1957
Farm notebooks (4) covering the years 1893 -- 1894, 1927 -- 1936, 1937 --
1949, 1950 -- 1961
Notebook on Shorthorn Cattle (1933 -- 1947), Chester White Swine (1933 --
1952), Shropshires (1933 -- 1950)
Box 5
Private
register of the Elm Hill Farm herd of Shorthorn Cattle, 1897 -- 1924
Farm (Land) Tax Receipts, 1884 -- 1903
Ledger, 1888 -- 1911, of expenditures, income, misc.
Newspaper clippings, 1896 -- 1923; includes obituary, January, 1973.
