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Newsom, H.D. mss., ca. 1950-1970

Indiana University Digital Library Program © 2009

Summary Information

Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University

1200 E. Seventh St.

Bloomington, IN 47405-5500

Phone: 812-855-2452

Fax: 812-855-3143

Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly 

Creator:
Newsom, Herschel Davis, 1905-1970.

Title:
Newsom, H.D. mss., ca. 1950-1970  

Collection No.:
LMC 1915

Extent:
ca. 50,000 items

Language:
Materials are in English

Abstract:
The Newsom, H.D. mss., ca. 1950-1970, consist of the papers of National Grange Master and U.S. Tariff Commissioner Herschel Davis Newsom, 1905-1970.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Herschel Davis Newsom, 1905-1970, was the National Grange Master and U.S. Tariff Commissioner.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Subjects; II. Speeches and statements; III. Correspondence; and IV. Printed.

Scope and Content Note

The Newsom, H.D. mss., ca. 1950-1970, consist of the papers of National Grange Master and U.S. Tariff Commissioner Herschel Davis Newsom, 1905-1970. The files include correspondence relating to Indiana state and national Grange affairs; the National Grange Master's office files, 1950-1968, concerning grange activities and programs; copies of grange newsletters, legislative positions and annual session reports. Though somewhat intermixed, the latter part of the collection is primarily U.S. Tariff Commission materials, including correspondence and research data relating to matters coming before the Commission, 1968-1970. Included also are some files of Newsom's personal correspondence as well as copies of speeches, statements and legislative testimony given by him over the years. Materials of Blanche H. Newsom, who carried on many of her husband's activities following his death, complete the collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT , the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

Names

  • National Grange.
  • Indiana State Grange.
  • United States Tariff Commission.
  • United States Tariff Commission.
  • National Grange.
  • Newsom, Herschel Davis, 1905-1970.
  • Newsom, Blanche H.

Topics

  • Agriculture--Societies, etc.
  • Tariff--United States.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information:
Gift. 1976

Usage Restrictions:
Photocopying permitted only with the permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation:
[Item], Newsom, H. D. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Box 1  
Series: Subjects
 
The files are arranged alphabetically by folder label within the divisions of Grange and U.S. Tariff Commission.
 
Address - CBB State Departments of Agriculture  

 
Agriculture Act of 1961  (2 folders)
 
Agriculture Act of 1962  

 
Agricultural Adjustment Act  

 
Agricultural Division   (2 folders)
 
Agricultural Economics, 1959-1963  

 
Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1964-1967  

 
Agricultural Relations Council  

 
Agricultural Research Policy Committee  

 
Agway, 1962-1964  

 
A.I.D.  

 
Alaska  

 
American Assembly  

 
American Bankers Association, 1962-1964  

 
American Farm Bureau Federation, 1955-1961  (3 folders)
 
American Institute of Cooperation  

 
American Meat Institute  

 
American Medical Association  

 
American National Cattleman's Association  

 
American Sheep Producers Council  

 
Annual Session, 1965  

 
Annual Session, 1968  

 
Area Re-Development Admin., 1961-1965  

 
Associated Country Women of the World  

Box 2  
Automotive Safety Foundation
 
Awards   (3 folders)
 
Awards Congressional Fellowship  

 
Awards Arthur S. Fleming  

 
Awards Justice Tom. C. Clark  

 
Awards Federal Woman's Rockefeller Public Service  

 
Banking Contest  

 
Beautiful Rural  

 
Blue Cross   (3 folders)
 
Boy Scouts of America  

 
Brake, Williams, 1962-1968  

 
California  

 
California Trail 1956  

 
Caton, Harry A. Quarterly Report (old)  

 
Catskill Area Project  

 
Centennial Year  

 
Chemicals Division   (2 folders)
 
Citizens Committee for International Development  

 
Citizens Committee for Tax Reduction and Revision 1963  

 
Clear Channel Broadcasting, 1950-1954  

 
Clear Channel Broadcasting Service 1956  

 
Clinton Davidson (orders)  

 
Colorado  

 
Commission Meetings: Minutes  

 
Commissioners  

 
Commission on National Goals  

Box 3  
Committee for Economic Development
 
Committee on Foreign Granges  

 
Commodity Committees  

 
Common Market  

 
CPP Bulk Mailings, [1965]  

 
CPP Bulk Mailings Prior to 1965  

 
CPP  

 
Community Progress Program  

 
Community Service  

 
Community Service Contest  

 
Community Service June 12th Meeting  

 
CSC Tour and Judging, 1956  

 
Conference on Aging, 1961  

 
Conference of National Organizations  

 
Congressional Letters  

 
Connecticut  

Box 4  
Co-Op Taxes
 
Care  

 
Corn Feed-Grain  

 
Corp. Taxation  

 
Cotton, 1956-1964  

 
Current Speech Notes  

 
Dairy NAR Studies, 1955  

 
Dairy, 1955-1965  (9 folders)
 
Dairy N.Y. State - R. Curtis - 3/20/63  

 
Dairy Letter to Senator Ellender, May 2, 1962  

 
Dairy Letter to Pomona Masters, March 6, 1962  

 
Dairy Subcommittee - L. Alton Denslow, 3/20/63  

 
Dairyman's Class  

 
Davis, C. Jerome   (2 folders)
 
Delaware  

 
Denmark  

 
Dept. of State  

 
Deputy letter  

 
Disarmament  

Box 5  
East (Roger G.) Memorial Fund
 
Eastman, Robert  

 
Economics Division, 1969-1970  

 
Economics Report of the President Denslow, February 8, 1962  

 
Economics Report of the Pres. Joint Econ. Committee, February 15, 1963  

 
Editorial Material  

 
Education  

 
ECOP-Grange Conference, 1960-1963  

 
European Fair Trade Association, 1970  

 
Extracts from hearings  

 
Family Farm Bill, May 1960  

 
Farm Bill, 1956  

 
F - 1962-1965  

 
Farm Credit Administration, 1946-1964  (4 folders)
 
Farm Credit General, 1958-1964  

 
Farmer, James C.  

 
Farm Message, 1959  

 
Farm Organizations Conference on Wheat Legislation   (2 folders)
 
Farm Program - 2 price plan, 1955-1960  (3 folders)
 
Farm Vacation  

 
Farmers and Traders Live Insurance Company  (3 folders)
 
Farmers Insurance Group  

 
Farmers and Traders Pamphlets  

 
Farmers and Traders 50th Anniversary meeting  

 
Farmers and Traders tax status  

 
Farmers and World Affairs, 1955-1964  (3 folders)
Box 6  
Federal City Council, 1957-1958
 
Federal Highway Program  

 
Feed-grain, 1957-1964  (2 folders)
 
FHA, 1948, June - 1949, July  

 
Finances and Friends  

 
Finances and Friends, 1970  

 
Food and Drug  

 
Food for Peace, 1961-1966  (4 folders)
 
Food Group - Washington, D.C.  

 
Foreign Agricultural Trade Statistics Advisory Committee  

 
Foundation for American Agriculture 1956  

 
Foreign Trade  

 
Foreign Trade Five Year Outlook  

 
4-H Club  

 
Freedom from Hunger Foundation   (2 folders)
 
Freedom Speeches - Ft. Wayne, Paris, Portland  

 
Friends Service Committee on Radio  

Box 7  
Foundation for American Agriculture
 
Future Farmers of America   (4 folders)
 
FFA - Star Farmer of America  

 
GATT   (2 folders)
 
General Counsel  

 
Government Reorganization, IN, 1950, Jan.  

 
Graham, Harry L.  

 
Grain Advisory Commission - N.S.D.A.  

 
Grange, 1966-1968  

 
Grange Cooperative Wholesale, 1963  

 
Grange Foundation, 1960  

 
Grange History  

 
Grange Insurance   (3 folders)
 
Grange Leaders Conference, 1956  

 
Grange Letters  

 
Grange Mutual Life Co.   (2 folders)
 
Grange Clip Sheet  

 
Grange News - 1956, 1958, 1961-1962  

 
Grange Promotion  

Box 8  
Grange Promotion
 
Grange Publications   (2 folders)
 
Grange Reps. on Various Boards  

 
Great Plains Inter-Agency Group, 1956-1957  

 
Grocery Manufacturers of America, 1953-1965  (3 folders)
 
Handicapped - Presidents Comm., 1965-1968  (3 folders)
 
Hawes, L. Roy  

 
Health Committee  

 
Herbert, Cora  

 
Herter  

 
Highway Legislation  

 
Holter  

 
HEC Mailings, 1964  

 
HEC Programs  

 
Hope, Clifford  

 
Hospitals - Bartholomew County  

 
Idaho  

 
Illinois  

 
Index of Files - Peg's Office, Mrs. Newsom's Materials  

 
Indiana  

 
Indiana University   (2 folders)
 
Indiana Banker's Letters, Jan.-Mar., 1965  

 
Insurance Claim Agents  

Box 9  
Insurance Taxation
 
Insurance Misc. Companies  

 
Interamerican Comm. NPA  

 
Interim Committee on Foreign Granges  

 
Internal Revenue Act, 1916  

 
International Cooperation Adm.  

 
International Development Advisory Board   (2 folders)
 
International Trade Advisory Committee, 1953-1954  

 
International Co-op year in the U.S., 1965  

 
I.F.A.P. Rome Meeting - November 19, 1965  (2 folders)
 
I.F.A.P., 1949-1954 1962-1970   (5 folders)
Box 10  
I.F.A.P. Reports of General Meetings
 
I.F.A.P. 20th Anniversary Celebration London, May 2-23, 1966  

 
I.F.A.P.   (6 folders)
 
I.F.A.P. Executive Committee Meeting  

 
I.F.A.P. 13th General Conference - Bray  

 
I.F.A.P. General Conference  

 
I.F.A.P. General Correspondence  

 
I.F.A.P. Joint N. America to Europe meeting  

 
I.F.A.P. Personnel  

 
I.F.A.P. President Address, 1963  

 
I.F.A.P. Printed   (2 folders)
Box 11  
I.F.A.P. Printed
 
I.F.A.P. Secretary General  

 
Inter-office staff memos, 1962  

 
Inter-office, 1956  

 
Inter-office memos  

 
Intercession Committees  

 
Interstate Training Service, 1959  

 
Iowa  

 
Jansen, Leonard F.  

 
Joint Economic Committee  

 
Keep America Beautiful, 1956  

 
Kelly Farm  

 
Labor  

 
Land Grant Colleges  

 
Lecturer Materials, 1956  

 
Legislation, 1952-1968  

 
Legislation, 1960  

 
Legislation, 1962  (2 folders)
 
Legislation, 1967  

 
Legislation, 1967-1968  (4 folders)
Box 12  
Legislation Printed
 
[Legislation] 1/15/65 HDN Statement (Senate) Agricultural Workers Labor  

 
[Legislation] H.R. 4996 (ARA Act Amendment of 1963), Denslow, April 2, 1963  

 
[Legislation] H.R. 10010-HDN Committee on Agriculture, Feb. 27, 1962  

 
[Legislation] H.R. 8210 and similar bills - Communications HDN, Feb. 2, 1962  

 
[Legislation] S. 2109 - Communications by Jack Jackson, Feb. 22, 1962  

 
[Legislation] Cotton Testimony HDN, Jan. 28, 1964  

 
[Legislation] H.R. 10060 - HDN Cropland Retirements Bill, Mar. 16, 1962  

 
[Legislation] Farm Bill  

 
[Legislation] Food and Agriculture Act of '62 HDN, Feb. 26-27, 1962  

 
[Legislation] Dairy - L. Alton Denslow - S. 398, 900 & 953, 3/18/63  

 
[Legislation] HDN Letters to Congressman and Senators H.R. 6196, 3/16/64  

 
[Legislation] HDN - Poverty Bill H.R. 10440, 4/13/64  

 
[Legislation] H.R. 4997 Statement of the Grange - Denslow, 5/6/63  

 
[Legislation] HDN Tobacco Testimony, 1/31/64  

 
[Legislation] H.R. 9900 Trade Expansion Act of 1962 HDN, 4/3/62  

 
[Legislation] H.R. 11970 Trade Expansion Act HDN, 7/25/62  

 
Lutheran Church 1953-1965  

 
Maine  

 
Maryland  

 
Master's File, 1966  

 
Mastitis Council National, INC  

 
McCartney, Frank  

 
Milk  

 
Milk Study  

 
More Grange Members Program, 1961  

 
Museum  

 
Mutual Security Program  

Box 13  
National Agricultural Advisory Committee, 1953-1964
 
National Agricultural Advisory Committee, 1956  

 
National Association of Food Chains   (3 folders)
 
National Association of Retail Grocers, 1953-1959  

 
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts  

 
National Association of Wheat Growers  

 
National Beef Council   (2 folders)
 
National Citizens Committee of Ed. T.V.  

 
National Committee  

 
National Committee for Farm Society  

 
National Committee for a Representative Congress  

 
N.C.C.O.  

 
National Conference Foreign Aspect of National Security  

 
National Conference on NATO, 1953-1954  

 
National Council for Committee Improvement  

 
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives  

 
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, 1959-1965  

 
National Cotton Council  

 
National Farm Electrification Conference  

 
National Farm Organization   (2 folders)
 
National Farmers Union up to 1956  

 
National Farmers Union, 1963  

 
National Federation of Grange Mutual  

 
National Fertilizer Association  

 
National Food Conference   (3 folders)
 
National Food Conference Committee  

 
National Fund for Medical Ed.  

Box 14  
National Grange, 1970
 
National Grange Monthly  

 
National Grange Mutual Insurance Company   (2 folders)
 
National Grange Annual Reports  

 
National Grange Regional Grange Leaders Meeting  

 
National Grange Staff Itinerary, 1964-1968  

 
National Grange Special Study Committee  

 
National Grange Standing Committee  

 
National Plan for Civil Defense  

 
National Planning Association  

 
National Potato Council  

 
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association   (4 folders)
 
National Service Corps- for Community and Individual Dev.  

 
National Session, 1965  (2 folders)
 
National Thrift Committee  

 
New Mexico  

 
Newsom - About  

 
Newsom Statements  

Box 15  
Newsom Statements (2 folders)
 
Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative Association Annual Meeting  

 
Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations  

 
O.E.C.D.  

 
Oil Import Controls, 1970  

 
Operation Forward, 1956-1962  (3 folders)
 
Parker and Denslow  

 
Patrons Mutual Ins. Co.  

 
PIK Payments, 1964  

 
People to People Program  

 
Photos and Biography  

 
Potatoes  

 
Potomac Grange   (2 folders)
 
Public Info. Program  

 
Pure Milk Co-Op  

 
Republican Platform  

 
Republican Platform Statement  

 
Republican Platform Committee  

 
St. Joseph Conference  

 
Sears-Roebuck Foundation  

 
Selective Service  

 
Sewing Contest, 1962  

 
South Dakota  

 
Radio Free Europe  

 
Staff letters over HDN signature  

 
Staff memos  

 
Stigers, Lorena  

 
Sugar  

 
Taber, Mr. and Mrs. L. J.  

 
Tariff  

 
Tariff Commission  

Box 16  
Tariff Commission  (7 folders)
 
Tariff Commission - Investigations   (5 folders)
 
Tariff Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure  

 
Tobacco, 1955-1959  

 
Trade Agreements or Foreign Trade   (2 folders)
 
Trade Bill, 1970  

 
Trade Expansion Act of 1962  

 
Traffic Safety Committee  

 
Turkey  

Box 17  
UNA-USA, 1965
 
U.S. Agriculture  

 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce  

 
U.S. Army War College  

 
Visit USA in '60  

 
Wheat, 1950  

 
Wheat, 1956-1959   (2 folders)
 
Wheat, 1960  

 
Wheat, 1961  

 
Wheat, 1962  

 
Wheat, 1963  

 
Wheat Referendum, 1963  

 
World Food Congress, 1963  (2 folders)
 
World Food Crisis  

 
World Food Crisis, 1963-1968  

Box 18  
Series: Speeches and Statements
 
1962-1968    (14 folders)
Box 19  
Series: Correspondence
 
A-Y, 1955-1965  (35 folders)
 
General, 1948, 1949, 1952-1960  (2 folders)
Box 20  
General, 1961 - 1970, May (11 folders)
 
Misc.  (13 folders)
Box 21  
Series: Printed
 
The Green Letters, 1960-1965  and 1968  (2 folders)
 
Grange News, 1959-1960  (5 folders)
 
An Economic Program for the Americas, Miscellaneous  (9 folders)
Box 22  
Master's letters, 1957-1966