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  Manuscript Register

JOHN LOOMIS STEVENS PAPERS

Collection Dates: 1873 -- 1932
6 file folders

This document describes a collection of materials held by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu

Posted to Internet: January 2003

Acquisition Note: Gift of David Damon, 1959 -- 1960.

Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

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Inventory

FOLDER 1

Extracts from diary of John L. Stevens, 1873 -- July 28, 1932

Undated letters and materials relating to county chairmen of the Progressive Party in Iowa

FOLDER 2

Material dated 1881 and April 14, 1896 -- December 16, 1898

Includes some letters relating to the Des Moines River Land Claims. Includes letters of J.P. Dolliver

FOLDER 3

Letters, February 25, 1899 to April 6, 1904

Includes letters from J.P. Dolliver, John H. Gear, Leslie M. Shaw, and Albert Cummins

FOLDER 4

Letters, April 27, 1912 to December 3, 1912

Mostly relating to the Cummins for President movement and the formation of the Progressive Party. Includes letters from Albert B. Cummins

FOLDER 5

Letters, March 7, 1913 to December 29, 1913

Primarily correspondence with the leaders of the Progressive Party in Iowa. Also includes letters from George W. Perkins

FOLDER 6

Letters, January 1, 1914 to June 5, 1914

Concerned with the Progressive Party