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Part 1 (McCormick Mss 1Q-5Q, PH 6702 (7)): Original Collection, 1926-1933
26.5 c.f. (34 archives boxes, 30 volumes, and 1 oversize folder);
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McCormick Mss 1Q
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
1-28
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1926 August-1931 February
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Box
2
Folder
1-4
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1930 March-1931 April
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Box
3
Folder
1-5
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1931 May-July
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Box
4
Folder
1-5
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1931 August-November
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Box
5
Folder
1-9
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1931 December-1932 August
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Box
5
Folder
10-11
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1932 October-November
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Box
5
Folder
12-15
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1933 February-May
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Box
5
Folder
16
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undated
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McCormick Mss 2Q
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Centennial Committee Files
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Bulletin: IHC
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Box
1
Folder
2-4
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The Century of the Reaper
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Circular (sample)
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Clippings sought
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Box
1
Folder
7-8
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Expense accounts
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Family Centennial Committee report
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Guest lists
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Box
2
Folder
2
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McCormick Reaper (diagram)
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous checks, bills, etc.
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Box
2
Folder
4-5
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Miscellaneous notes
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Miscellaneous reports-celebrations
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Miscellaneous speeches
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous printed material
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Box
3
Folder
2-3
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Publicity
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Source materials
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Statue unveiling
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI)
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Box
3
Folder
5a
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Addresses
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Committees for McCormick Day
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Movie
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Pageant
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Story
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Stories not used
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Box
3
Folder
11
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University periodicals
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Plans, schedules, etc.
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Programs
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Walnut Grove Farms (map)
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Washington and Lee
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Addresses
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Bulletins
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Bulletin (proofs)
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Box
4
Folder
7
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College publications
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Committees
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Invitation (sample)
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Movie
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Programs
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Medallions and small Illustrated IHC Bulletin, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Instructions for unpacking and setting up 1831 McCormick Reaper replica (pamphlet)
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Saturday Evening Post ads (colored), 1931
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Advertising poster showing assembling of Reaper (Romance of the Reaper?), 1931
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Colored lithographs from Forbes Manufacturing Company, Boston
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Large poster of IHC motor truck, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
7
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IHC Motion Picture Film Service
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Advertisement, IHC-Country Gentleman, 1931 January 31
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Box
5
Folder
9
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IHC advertisement, pamphlet-tractor plowing, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
10
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World's first reaper, cards used with reaper models, 1831
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Box
5
Folder
11
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The Harvester Foreman, Thanksgiving, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
12
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IHC crop production costs (third edition, 1931 crops)
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Large display advertisement folders
9 x 6 inches, folded; 10 titles
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Harvester threshers mimeographed bulletin, 1929 April
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Miscellaneous letterheads, etc., with centennial imprint
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Box
5
Folder
16
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IHC pennant for motor trucks (orange and blue)
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Box
5
Folder
17
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Tractor farming
: Also Canadian tractor farming.
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Box
5
Folder
18
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McCormick works and twine mills-tractor works-centennial bulletin
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Box
5
Folder
19
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The International Trail, pamphlet, 1931
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Advertising pamphlets, 1931
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Unlabeled
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Farm trucks
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Unlabeled
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Plows-drilled, moldboard and disk
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Threshers
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Corn shellers-grain grinders
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Ensilage cutters
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Cultivators
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Unlabeled
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Triple power tractors
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Farmall farming
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Farmall equipment
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Potato planting and digging
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Box
6
Folder
14
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Farm gears
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Box
6
Folder
15
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Springtime-tools
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Box
6
Folder
16
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Tillage tools
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Box
6
Folder
17
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Corn planters and drills
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Box
6
Folder
18
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Cotton and corn planters
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Box
6
Folder
19
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Grain binders
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Box
6
Folder
20
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Corn binders
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Box
6
Folder
21
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Fluted and double-run feed grain drills
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Box
6
Folder
22
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Corn pickers
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Box
6
Folder
23
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Spring needs
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Box
6
Folder
24
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Cream separators
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Box
6
Folder
25
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Saving the world from starvation (revised edition, 1931)
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Box
6
Folder
26
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Harvester-threshers
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Box
6
Folder
27
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Haying machines and hay presses
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Box
6
Folder
28
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Display file of current advertising
: 76 different ads.
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Box
6
Folder
29
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Foreign advertising
: 2 circulars, 7 pamphlets, 2 postcards.
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McCormick Mss 3Q
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Clippings
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General clippings
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Box
1
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Alabama, Arizona-Illinois
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Box
2
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Illinois
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Box
3
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Illinois-Iowa
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Box
4
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Iowa-Kansas
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Box
5
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Kentucky-Minnesota
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Box
6
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Mississippi-Missouri
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Box
7
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Montana-New York
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Box
8
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New York-North Dakota
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Box
9
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Ohio-Oregon
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Box
10
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Pennsylvania-Texas
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Box
11
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Texas-Virginia
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Box
12
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Virginia-Wyoming, miscellaneous
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Box
13
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Miscellaneous articles to Foreign: Morocco
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Box
14-18
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4-H Scholarships
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Centennial publicity accumulated by branches
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Volume
1
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Aberdeen-Buffalo
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Volume
2
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Cedar Falls-Des Moines
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Volume
3
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Dodge City-Fort Wayne
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Volume
4
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Grand Forks-Knoxville
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Volume
5
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Lincoln-Mason City
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Volume
6
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Memphis-Minneapolis
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Volume
7
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Nashville-Portland
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Volume
8
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Quincy-South Bend
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Volume
9
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Spokane-Winona
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Volume
10-11
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Miscellaneous
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Foreign
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Volume
12
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Argentina
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Volume
13
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Australia
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Volume
14
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Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Poland, Romania
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Volume
15
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Brussels
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Volume
16
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Canada
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Volume
17
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Denmark
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Volume
18
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Finland
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Volume
19
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France
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Volume
20
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Germany
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Volume
21
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Latvia
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Volume
22
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New Zealand
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Volume
23
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Norway
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Volume
24
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Philippines
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Volume
25
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Sweden
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McCormick Mss 4Q
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Centennial Celebration Reports
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Volume
1
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Alabama-Iowa
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Volume
2
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Kansas-New York
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Volume
3
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North Dakota-Wyoming
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Volume
4
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Special, USA reports to Canada, Saskatchewan
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McCormick Mss 5Q
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Photographs
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Volume
1
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McCormick Harvesting Machines, 1831-1901
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Volume
2
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McCormick Day-Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1931 July 29
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Volume
3
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McCormick Day-Cyrus Hall McCormick statue (photographs by E.F. McGovern, IH)
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Volume
4
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McCormick Celebration, Washington and Lee University, 1931 September 25
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Volume
5
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A photographic story of the events commemorating International Harvester's “100 Years in Chicago”
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Box
1
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Cyrus McCormick-Clay statue and castings to miscellaneous
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PH 6702 (7)
Oversize Folder
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Blueprints for replica of McCormick reaper produced for the Reaper Centennial Celebration, 1929
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M2002-049
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Part 2 (M2002-049): Additions, 1923-1936
4.2 c.f. (11 archives boxes)
: Additions, 1923-1936, consisting of files from IHC's executive offices regarding the Reaper Centennial celebration of 1931 and documenting 4-H club scholarships, the development of the feature film Romance of the Reaper, commemorative coins, reaper replicas, toys, a dedication at Walnut Grove, and events at the company's dealerships and branch houses around the country.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Reaper Centennial, undated
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Reaper Centennial, 1923-1929
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Address by Cyrus McCormick Jr. at the Stevens Hotel, 1931 January 15
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Agricultural motion picture-tentative plan for treatment, circa 1929
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Agricultural scholarships, 1931-1932
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Box
1
Folder
6
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American Farm Bureau Federation-radio broadcast on invention of reaper
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Arcade Toy Company toy replica
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Boys and Girls Club conference, 1931
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Canada Company pension plan, 1929-1936
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Centennial dinners
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Branch houses
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Box
1
Folder
10-11
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Chicago
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Invitations and acceptances: officers, members of the board, McCormick family
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Knoxville, Tennesee-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Minneapolis, Minnesota-Parkersburg, West Virginia
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Centennial film letters-foreign
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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Centennial letter sent to branch managers
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Centennial picture, 1931
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Centennial source material, 1930-1931
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Box
10
Folder
1-2
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“Century of the Reaper,” by Cyrus McCormick III (manuscripts), 1930-1931
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Chicago Jubilee Week celebration, 1931
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Commemorative coins
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Box
5
Folder
11
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General, 1931-1932
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Distribution to McCormick family, officers and directors, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Furnished to outstanding business man, 1931
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Box
2
Folder
6-8
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Medallic Art Company
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Copies of invoices
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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Shipment of medals and plaques
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Photographs
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Correspondence
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1931 March-May
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Aberdeen, South Dakota-Birmingham, Alabama
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Bismarck, North Dakota-Columbia, South Carolina
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Columbus, Ohio-Evansville, Indiana
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Fargo, North Dakota-Kansas City, Missouri
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Parsons, Kansas-St. Joseph, Missouri
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Box
4
Folder
2
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St. Louis, Missouri-Toledo, Ohio
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Topeka, Kansas-Winona, Minnesota
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Regarding State Colleges, 4-H Club
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Decorah, Iowa article by M.T. Grattan, 1931
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Djamgaroff, George
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Box
4
Folder
7
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The Fair of the Iron Horse-centennary exhibition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1926-1931
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Film
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Financial matters
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Foreign advertising, 1931
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Foreign letters
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Grand Rapids, Michigan-feature article
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Harvester World, 1931
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Hutchinson's book, Cyrus McCormick, acknowledgements, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Iowa State College; American Society of Agricultural Engineers
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Kellar, Herbert, correspondence, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Letter of announcement, 1930
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Letterheads and stickers, 1930-1931
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Local celebrations, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
5
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McCormick-W.F. McDermott's articles, 1931
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Box
11
Folder
2
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McCormick celebration (Washington and Lee University), 1931
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McCormick, Stanley
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Correspondence, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Suggestions for anniversary of father's death, 1931
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Medallic Art Company
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Broken plaques
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Box
5
Folder
9
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Plaques
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Medallion base
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Messmore-Damon, New York, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Metropolitan Sound Studios, 1930 May-December
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Metropolitan Sound Studios, 1931 January-November
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Mimeograph letters, 1931-1932
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Motion picture
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Chandlee Treatment, 1931 February 4
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Tentative plan for treatment, 1930
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Newspapers by state
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Oregon State Agricultural College celebration
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Photographs of Walnut Grove, circa 1931
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Pickett, John E., speech
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Postage stamp
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Radio advertising plan, Famous Artists of the Air Inc.
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Reaper replica correspondence with Professor Gore regarding reaper at the University of Virginia-Charlottesville, 1931
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Replica letters, foreign
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Results of newspaper publicity
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Romance of the reaper scenario, circa 1929
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Scholarships: 4-H Club
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Box
6
Folder
14
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Original scholarship list selected by Judges Arthur Hyde, E.J. Bodman, Carl Gray, Murphy F. Traylor
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Box
6
Folder
15
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1930
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Box
7
Folder
1-4
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1931-1935
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Correspondence
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Box
10
Folder
3
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1930-1931
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Box
7
Folder
5
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1931
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Alabama, 1932-1935
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Arkansas, 1932-1936
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Box
7
Folder
8
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California, 1932-1933
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Colorado, 1932-1936
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Florida, 1932-1934
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Georgia, 1932-1933
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Idaho, 1932-1933
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Illinois, 1932-1935
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Indiana, 1932-1934
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Iowa, 1932-1935
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Kansas
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Kentucky
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Louisiana
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Box
8
Folder
9
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Massachusetts
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Michigan
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Box
8
Folder
11
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Minnesota, 1932-1935
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Mississippi, 1932-1934
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Box
8
Folder
13
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Missouri
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Box
8
Folder
14
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Montana
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Box
8
Folder
15
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Nebraska
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Box
8
Folder
16
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New Mexico
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Box
8
Folder
17
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New York
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Box
8
Folder
18
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North Carolina
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Box
8
Folder
19
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Ohio
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Oklahoma
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Oregon, 1932-1934
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Rhode Island
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Box
9
Folder
4
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South Dakota
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Tennessee
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Virginia
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Washington
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Box
9
Folder
8
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West Virginia
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Wisconsin
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Wyoming
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Letters from winners, 1932
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Box
9
Folder
12
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List of contest participants
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Newspaper clippings
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Box
9
Folder
14
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Prize letter contest winners
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Box
9
Folder
15
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School
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Box
9
Folder
16
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A plan for the International Harvester Company regarding the seventy-fifth anniversary of the McCormick Reaper Works, 1923
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Shenandoah Valley Fair Association, 1931
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Box
9
Folder
17
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Speech file, 1930-1931
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Virginia State Fair, 1931
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Works (factories) celebrations, 1931
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Box
10
Folder
5
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Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration
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