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James I. Dolliver was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, on August 31, 1894. He attended public schools in South Dakota before graduating from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1915. During World War I, Dolliver served as a private in the Army's signal corps. In 1921, he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School. The following year he moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he became the prosecuting attorney of Webster County (1924-1929). He was also a long time member of the Fort Dodge school board. James Dolliver was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving six terms (1945-1957). After losing a bid for his seventh term, he became the regional legal council for the International Cooperation Administration in the Middle East, based in Tehran, Iran. He held this position until his retirement in 1959. James I. Dolliver died on December 10, 1978, at the age of eighty-four.

The papers of James I. Dolliver are alphabetically arranged in seven series:
Series I. Congressional files (1945-1956) includes material relating to topics as diverse as agriculture, the Methodist Church, and waterways.
SeriesII: The Committee trips series (1947-1956) is arranged alphabetically by country within each year.
SesriesIII: The series relating to the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (1953-1955) includes reports on federal aid grants to local governments from Wyoming to South Carolina and Michigan to Kansas.
Series IV: The Speeches series contains a variety of speeches given by Dolliver while he was in the Congress, delivered to high schools, meetings in foreign countries, the Congress, and many other groups.
Series V: The Pre-Congressional personal papers series (1934-1944) includes files relating to such topics as the American Legion and individual legal cases.
Series VI: The Pre-Congressional speeches series (1923-1944) were given to wide range of groups from the Elks Club to the Buena Vista County School Directors.
Series  VII: the Post-Congressional career series (1956-1962) focuses on Dolliver's work in Iran and other foreign policy matters.
Also included throughout the papers are photographs, certificates, and correspondence. Some of the correspondents include Jay Norwood Darling, Henry O. Talle, Norman A. Erbe, Leo A. Hoegh, Paul H. Cunningham, Leonard Wood Hall, and Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver.

Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs in boxes 5, 27, 73, 74

Access: This collection is open for research.

Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Acquisition: James I. Dolliver donated his papers to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1971.

Preferred Citation: Papers of James I. Dolliver, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.

Repository:	University of Iowa Special Collections
Address:	Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:	319-335-5921
Curator:	Greg Prickman
Email:	lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Website:	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/

This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.

Corporate Names:
American Legion
Republican Party (Iowa)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States Congress. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
United States. Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
United States. International Cooperation Administration

Dates:
20th century

Topics:
Agriculture
Medicine, State
Methodist Church
Political campaigns
Waterways

Occupations:
Legislators
Politicians

Geographic Names:
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iran
Red Rock Dam (Iowa)

Genre/Form of Materials:
Speeches