Iowa Taxpayers Association records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0125

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The collection (1937-1976) contains minutes, bylaws, correspondence, reports, newsletters, subject files, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on topics important to the association. The correspondence includes communications from prominent members in the U.S. Congress and people in Iowa businesses and professions. Business records from the ITA, such as minutes and reports, are also included in the correspondence files. Correspondents include:

Ray Edwards, Executive Secretary of ITA

Walter W. Goeppinger

Joseph P. Lawlor, General Filter, Ames

Frederic Leopold, Naturalist

Lyle E. Mercer, Aluminum Company of America

William Gordon Murray

Arthur N. Neu, Lawyer and Lieutenant Governor

William J. Petersen, State Historical Society of Iowa

E.H. Pollard, Lawyer

Curtis G. Riehm, Lawyer

Dates

1937-1976, undated

Creator

Iowa Taxpayers Association (Organization)

Access Restrictions

Open for research.

Use/Re-use Restrictions

Consult Special Collections and University Archives

Biography/Profile

The Iowa Taxpayers Association began its active existence on October 1, 1935 when offices were opened in the Iowa National Bank Building in Des Moines, Iowa. In an article from The Iowa Taxpayer (July 6, 1936), the organization stated that its goal was to make the "necessary facts available and figuring for real taxpayer control, we propose to assist and encourage the organization of local taxpayers associations in each county." The Iowa Taxpayers Association currently works towards creating a fair tax environment for businesses within the state, representing and supporting business taxpayers in Iowa through research, education and issue advocacy.

Extent

13.62 Linear Feet (11 document boxes and 6 oversized boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is organized in four series:

Series 1, Correspondence, 1953-1975

Series 2, Administrative Records and Subject Files, 1945-1963, undated

Series 3, Newsletters, 1936-1976

Series 4, Scrapbooks, 1937-1943

Processing Information

Released on 2018-11-01.

Subjects

Bylaws (administrative records) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Citizens' associations--Political activity--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Corporations--Taxation--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Correspondence Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Income tax--Law and legislation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Minutes (administrative records) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Reports Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Taxation--Law and legislation--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings