MsC
334
Manuscript Register
PAPERS
OF EDWARD J. BREEN
Collection Dates
(Bulk Dates: 1936 to 1942)
2.5 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: May 2002
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Biographical
Note
Breen was a member of the Democratic Party and was president of the Young Democratic Club of Iowa in 1933. He became the Webster County Attorney that same year, and remained so until 1937. Breen was elected to the Iowa state senate in 1936, serving until 1942. He was the Democratic floor leader for some time. He ran two unsuccessful campaigns, one for governor in 1940 and one for U.S. Representative in 1942.
Scope
and Contents
Box List
Bills, 1937 (37 folders, including some drafts of bills and correspondence)
Box 2
Business Men's
Organization for Breen, 1942
Commission on Compensation and Expenses for State Officials, 1972 -- 1973
Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1937
Conservation, 1936 -- 1937
Correspondence: October, 1936 -- February, 1937. (3 folders, including TLS:
Guy M. Gillette, January 14, 1937; February 3, 1937. Clyde L. Herring, January
25, 1937. Nelson G. Kraschel, January 19 and 26, 1937. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
February 23, 1937 -- xerox copy replaces the original transferred to Presidential
Letters Collection.)
Box 3
Correspondence:
March, 1937 -- December, 1942 (3 folders)
Democratic County Convention, 1942
Democratic File. 1939 -- September 1940 (Including TLS: Guy M. Gillette, August
16, 1940; September 25, 1940. Nelson G. Kraschel, August 8, 1940)
Box 4
Democratic File,
October 1940 -- 1942 (Including TLS: Clyde L. Herring, October 11, 1940. Nelson
G. Kraschel, October 8 and 9, 1940)
Departmental Affairs, 1937
Education, 1937
Election Returns, 1937
Expenses, 1939 -- 1942
Federal Housing Administration, 1937
Gilchrist, Fred, 1939 -- 1942
Gilchrist's Record, 1942
Iowa Press Association, 1937
Iowa Radio Network, 1963 -- 1964
Labor, 1937
Material for Speeches, 1942
Minimum Wage Laws, 1937
Mr. Breen, Political. Dec., 1941 -- July, 1942 (Including TLS: Guy M. Gillette,
June 4 and 5, 1942)
Box 5
Mr. Breen, Political,
August -- October 1942
Mutual Affiliates Advisory Committee, 1964
Mutual Affiliates Advisory Committee -- Meeting in Nassau, 1963
Naval Reserve, 1937
Nomination Paper Data, 1942
Obituaries, Mr. Breen, 1978
Offers of Help on the Campaign, 1942. (Including TLS: Guy M. Gillette, October
21, 1942)
Petitions, 1937
Political Personal, 1941
Political Speeches, 1942
Resolutions, 1937
Speaking Engagements, 1942
State Office Building, 1936
Synthetic Rubber, 1942 (Including TLS: Guy M. Gillette, July 23, 1942)
Telegrams, 1942
Townsend Club: 1935, 1942 (2 folders)
Gift of Russell Johnson
Clippings pertaining to KQTV, KVFD; a biography of Ed Breen
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