Milo Reno Papers

Collection

Identifier: MsC0044

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Scope and Contents

The papers of Milo Reno consist of three linear feet of manuscripts, dating from 1927 to 1959, and document his farm activism. Arranged alphabetically, these subject files include typescripts of speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating primarily to the activities of the National Farmers' Holiday Association and to state Farmers' Holiday associations. There are thirty-six folders of correspondence which include letters from: John H. Bosch, Richard Bosch, Smith Wildman Brookhart, Usher Burdick, Cassius E. Carnahan, F.C. Crocker, John C. Erp, William H. Green, Walter Groth, Alvin Handrich, Page Hawthorne, Clyde L. Herring, William Hirth, Thomas Horsford, George D. Iverson, Edward E. Kennedy, Norman W. Lermond, Emil Loriks, L.M. Peet, Herb Plambeck, Roy L. Rickerd, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John G. Scott, Jesse D. Sickler, John A. Simpson, Walter Singler, Art Smith, Edwin A. Stinson, Donald Van Vleet, Leon Vanderlyn, George Wharam, Alexander F. Whitney, and Howard Williams.

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Dates

Creation: 1927-1959
Creation: Majority of material found in 1933

Creator

Reno, Milo (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

3.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Farm leader. Correspondence, typescripts of speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating primarily to the activities of the National Farmers' Holiday Association and to state Farmers' Holiday associations.

Method of Acquisition

Mrs. Susie Reno Bowles and Mr. Lowell Dyson gave the papers of Milo Reno to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1958 and 1969, respectively.

Related Materials

STOVER, FRED W., 1898-1990. Papers of Fred Stover, 13.5 ft. Hampton, Iowa farm advocate and activist for progressive causes, former head of the Iowa Farmers Union and president of the U.S. Farmers Association. Correspondence, writings, and organizational materials, together with miscellaneous material, documenting his 40 years of political and social activism. MsC 165.

Microfilm of collection materials