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Biographical Note
Thomas Henry Foster was born in Chicago on January 31, 1875.
While he was still a child, his family moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, where his father
helped establish the Morrell Meat Packing Plant. After going to Parson's College
for one year, T. H. as he was known, joined the family business. In 1897, he
went to Boston to be assistant manager of the Morrell branch office there.
While there, he married Mary Frances Bulger in 1898. After serving the company
in New York, in 1901 he returned to Ottumwa to establish the canning department
at Morrell, then a new venture. In 1909 he became manager of the Sioux Falls,
S.D. plant. He returned to Ottumwa in 1912, and served in a variety of positions,
including president of the company
from 1921 -- 1944, when he retired. Foster died suddenly
at his home on November 14, 1951.
Scope and
Contents
Foster was an avid collector of books and bookplates. The bookplates make up
the first series of the collection. He collected many copies
of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" and also kept scrapbooks on Harriet Beecher Stowe.
These scrapbooks make up the second series in this
collection. Foster was also a writer and his manuscripts make up series
three of this collection.
Foster collected many volumes on Shakespeare and believed that Edward de Vere wrote the plays
attributed to Shakespeare. His manuscript for Skakespeare,
Man of Mystery is a part of this colleciton. Clippings and other items make up the last series, Miscellaneous.
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