| Date Span: | 1920-1976 |
| Creator: | Pryor, John C. (1883-1979) |
| Extent: | 3.50 linear feet. |
| Collection Number: | MSC0377 |
| Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
| Summary: | Lawyer in Burlington, Iowa. Correspondence and subject files relating primarily to the Iowa Bar Association and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. |
John C. Pryor (1883 -- 1979) was born in Abindon, Virginia. When he was five years old his family moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There he attended public schools and worked at a number of odd jobs as a teenager. Pryor graduated from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, in 1907, and the following year earned his law degree from the University of Chicago. Returning to Council Bluffs to begin his legal career, he remained there until 1922 when he relocated his law practice to Burlington, Iowa.
In 1916 Pryor was the Democratic candidate for Congress from Iowa's 9th District. From 1915 to 1921, he was a member of the Council Bluffs Board of Education and from 1926 to 1931 he was a member of the Board of Education in Burlington. In the 1930s, he was state administrator of the Iowa State Emergency Relief Administration, assistant general council of the Farm Credit Administration, president of the Iowa State Bar Association, a member of the Iowa Commission on Uniform State Laws, and the general council for the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. During World War II, Pryor was chief council of the Preclusive Operations Division, Office of Imports, Board of Economic Welfare, legal advisor to the Economic Welfare Division of the American Embassy in London, and president of the National Conference on Uniform Law.
Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs in Box 7.
Access: This collection is open for research.
Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Acquisition: This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by Betty L. Hacker in 1981.
Preferred Citation: John C. Pryor 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/spec-coll/ |
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