Date Span: | 1929-1970 |
Creator: | Wolfe, Harold E. (1900-1971) |
Extent: | 2.00 linear feet. |
Collection Number: | MSC0261 |
Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
Summary: | Mason City, Iowa, chief of police, chairman of the Iowa Liquor Control Commission, and member of the Iowa House of Representatives. Correspondence, clippings, radio broadcast scripts, photographs, campaign material, and other papers. |
Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs: Box 3.
Access: This collection is open for research.
Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Acquisition: These papers were donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mrs. Harold E. Wolfe in 1972.
Preferred Citation: Harold E. Wolfe Papers, 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/sc |
Harold E. Wolfe was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on January 2, 1900. He attended schools in Cedar Rapids and Mason City before his family moved to Canada. He graduated from high school in Medicine Hat, Canada, before his family returned to Mason City, Iowa. He worked there in the foundry business for a time. In 1920 Wolfe joined the Mason City Police Department. He retired from the force thirty-one years later having spent the previous sixteen years as the chief of police.
Governor William S. Beardsley appointed Wolfe to a six year term on the Iowa Liquor Control Commission in 1951. He acted as chairman of the Commission from 1951 to 1957. Finally, he served as a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives from Cerro Gordo County from 1967 to 1970. Mr. Wolfe died on November 29, 1971.
Browse by Series:
Series 1: POLICE CHIEF
Series 2: IOWA LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION
Series 3: STATE LEGISLATOR
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