- Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE
- Sub-Series: General Correspondence
- Box 1:
- A-Bonus Board - 1945-1946
- A - 1947-1948
Includes letters to Ed Black from Henry O. Talle, July 11, 1946, and George A. Wilson, May 28, 1946
- Box 2:
- Bookkeeping-Chase - 1945-1946
- B - 1947-1948
- Box 3:
- Cherney-Coffman - 1945-1946
- C - 1947-1948
Includes letter from Paul Cunningham, June 18, 1946
- Box 4:
- D-Flynn - 1945-1946
- D-E - 1947-1948
Includes letters from Thomas E. Dewey, February 16, 1945, December 16, 1945, July 2, 1948, July 30, 1948; and James I.Dolliver, September 22, 1945, July 8, 1946
- Box 5:
- Food-G - 1945-1946
- F - 1947-1948
Includes letters from John Gunther, March 28, 1945, January 30, 1946; and John Gwynne, November 30, 1945
- Box 6:
- H - 1945-1946
- Gable-Hogue - 1947-1948
Includes letters from B. B. Hickenlooper, March 1, 1945, April 20, 1945, May 1, 1945, November 23, 1946, March 25, 1947; and C. B. Hoeven, May 10, 1948
- Box 7:
- I-Keyser - 1945-1946
- Holbrook-J - 1947-1948
- Box 8:
- Kidd-L - 1945-1946
- K-La - 1947-1948
Includes letters from Karl M. LeCompte, October 19, 1945, January 30, 1946, April 8, 1946
- Box 9:
- M - 1945-1946
- Le-Mitchell - 1947-1948
- Box 10:
- N-Postwar - 1945-1946
- Moehm-O - 1947-1948
- Box 11:
- Potter-R - 1945-1946
- P - 1947-1948
- Box 12:
- Sachet-Smith, D. - 1945-1948
- R - 1947-1948
- Box 13:
- Smith, E.-Trass - 1945-1948
- Box 14:
- Travis-W - 1945-1946
- Travis-Wanglie - 1947-1948
Including letters from Henry A. Wallace, August 30, 1946; Earl Warren, January 28, 1946, November 26, 1946; George Wilson, January 26, 1945, February 5, 1946, July 6, 1946
- Box 15:
- Y-Z - 1945-1946
- War Assets-Z - 1947-1948
Including letters from Earl Warren, January 30, 1948, July 12, 1948, October 22, 1948
- Sub-Series: Invitations, Congratulations, Christmas
- Box 15:
- Invitations - 1945
3 folders
- Box 16:
- Invitations from Gov. Blue to State Representatives - 1945
- Invitations: Des Moines - 1945
- California Picnic Invitations - 1946
- Personal Appearance Invitations, January-July - 1946
7 folders
- Box 17:
- Personal Appearance Invitations, August-May - 1946-1947
7 folders
- Box 18:
- Personal Appearance Invitations, June-April - 1947-1948
9 folders
- Box 19:
- Personal Appearance Invitations, May-December - 1948
4 folders
- Christmas Card List - 1945-1946
- Letters to governors with Christmas hams, December 20 - 1946
- Christmas gifts to be acknowledged - 1946
- Christmas - 1948
- Christmas List - 1948
- Thank you letters - 1945
- Thank yous to Campaign Workers - 1946
- Box 20:
- Thank yous, general election, November - 1946
2 folders
- Thank yous from elected republicans, November - 1946
Includes letters from Fred Schwengel and Henry 0. Talle, November 15, 1946
- Thank yous, March-October - 1948
- Thank yous to campaign supporters - 1948
- Final letter of thanks as governor - 1949
- Complimentary letters - 1944
- Complimentary letters - 1942-1953
Includes letters from William S. Beardsley, November 17, 1950; J. N. Darling, July 23, 1942; Thomas E. Dewey, January 10, 1949 and November 11, 1950; Leo Elthon, December 6, 1954; Earl Warren, January 18, 1949
- Box 21:
- Complimentary letters - 1954-1961
- Congratulatory letters - 1944
4 folders
- Congratulatory letters, June - 1946
2 folders
- Box 22:
- Congratulatory letters, June - 1946
- Congratulatory letters to elected Republicans, September - 1946
- Congratulatory letters - 1947
- Autograph requests - 1945-1948
2 folders
- Requests (general), January-July - 1947
- Baby Files - 1947-1948
- Anonymous File, June-October - 1947-1948
- Odd Letters File (mostly foreign) - 1947-1948
- Miscellaneous - 1942-1961
2 folders
- Illegible - 1945-1948
2 folders
- Letters of Introduction - 1945-1947
- Complaints, March-June - 1947
- Personal Correspondence - 1944-1945
3 folders
- Box 23:
- Personal Correspondence - 1946-1947
7 folders, includes letters from Paul Cunningham, January 4, 1949; Charles B. Hoeven, January 10, 1949; and Thomas E. Martin, January 8, 1949
- Sub-Series: Legislative Correspondence
- Box 23:
- Legislative Correspondence - 1935
3 folders
- Box 24:
- Legislative Bills - 1937
- Committee Reports - 1937
- Old Age Pension Correspondence, January-April - 1937
2 folders
- Resolutions - 1937
- Tax Legislation - 1937
- Miscellaneous Legislation (centennial-Sanitary) - 1937
- Amendments Filed - 1937
- Legislative Correspondence, A-K - 1937
2 folders
- Box 25:
- Legislative Correspondence, L-Z - 1937
2 folders
- Legislative Correspondence, A-O - 1941
5 folders
- Box 26:
- Legislative Correspondence, P-Z - 1941
- Legislative Correspondence - 1943
2 folders, includes letters from B.B. Hickenlooper, March 31, 1943; and George Wilson, April 8, 1943
- Miscellaneous - 1943
Miscellaneous, 1943
- Various forms in use - 1945
- Historical progress of Bills - 1945
- Senate Sifting Committee - 1945
- "Bowling Alley" legislation - 1945
- Miscellaneous government reports - 1946-1949
- Property Legislation - 1946
- Box 27:
- Property Legislation - 1946
- Miscellaneous Legislation - 1946
- Legislation - 1946-1947
- Correspondence on labor bill - 1947
3 folders
- Senate Sifting Committee - 1947
- Assignment of House Bills to Committees - 1947
- Assignment of Senate Bills to Committees - 1947
- Historical Progress of House Bills - 1947
- Historical Progress of Senate Bills in the House - 1947
- Correspondence Concerning Special Session of General Assembly - 1947
- Box 28:
- Special file legislation - 1948
- Speech to 53rd general assembly, January 10 - 1949
also cassette
- Series 2: ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN MATERIAL
- Box 28:
- Election material by county, undated
2 folders
- Lists of Nomination Papers by county, undated
- Meeting Places and dates at Kiwanis Clubs in Iowa, undated
- Voting Lists: Eagle Grove , undated
- Iowa Election Statistics - 1930-1939
- Miscellaneous Voting Lists - 1934, 1938, 1942, 1944
- Campaign Literature - 1934
- Box 29:
- Political File, July - 1934
2 folders
- Election Results by county - 1935-1943
2 folders
- Miscellaneous Campaign Materials - 1936-1940
- Campaigns - 1936, 1941
- Republican Voting Lists - 1938-1943
- Campaign Literature - 1938
- Campaign Statistics - 1938
- Box 30:
- Political File - 1939-1941
- Official programs of Republican State Conventions - 1940-1948
- Campaign Material - 1941-1945
- Campaign Newsprint - 1942, 1944
- Primary Election Statistics - 1942
- Election Lists of Individuals - 1942
- Election Voting Records - 1942
- Political File, January-October - 1942
- Political File, November - 1942
- Political File, December - 1942
- Miscellaneous Political Correspondence - 1943
- Political File, January - 1943
- Box 31:
- Republican Organization List: 1st-8th districts - 1944-1945
2 folders
- Campaign Letters - 1944
- Campaign Literature - 1941
- Political File, letters returned with nomination papers, February-March - 1944
2 folders
- Voting List: Davenport, Iowa, April 1 - 1944
- Box 32:
- Political File, May-November - 4 folders, includes letters from George Wilson, November 9, 1944; B. Hickenlooper, December 6, 1944
- Henry O. Talle, December 28 - 1944
- Inaugural File - 1945
- Democratic File - 1945
- Political File - 1945-1946
Includes letter from B. Hickenlooper, July 16, 1945
- Iowa Republican Central Committee Clip Sheets - 1946
- Record of 51st General Assembly - 1946
- Campaign Speeches - 1946-1948
- Box 33:
- Miscellaneous and Clippings - 1946, 1948
- Canceled Campaign Checks - 1946, 1948
- Campaign Literature - 1946
- Campaign Letters: Rough Drafts - 1946
- Political File: Blue for Governor Club - 1946
- County Campaign File - 1946
- Iowa Republican Central Committee Clip Sheet - 1946
- Record of 51st General Assembly - 1946
- Box 34:
- Political File, May - 1946-1948
6 folders
- Miscellaneous Scrapbook items campaign-related - 1947-1948
- Political File, January - 1947
- Re-election letters, October-November - 1948
- Campaign Literature - 1948
- Box 35:
- Political Correspondence, post-primary - 1948
- Central National Bank of Des Moines: circulation of nomination papers - 1948
- Beardsley Campaign Literature - 1948
- Republican National Convention, June - 1948
- Political File - 1948
- Humor/"Twice Told Tales" (Aetna) - 1941
- Governor Blue's Speeches - 1944
- Governor Blue's Speeches - 1945-1947
- Speech Material - 1945-1946
- Speech Material - 1945
- Box 36:
- Governor Blue's Speeches - 1946-1947
- Speeches and Speech Material - 1946
- Governor Blue's Speeches - 1946
- "Chicago Speech" file - 1946
- Speech Material - 1946-1947
- Inaugural Comments - 1947
- Governor Blue's Speeches - 1947-1948
2 folders
- Box 37:
- Governor Blue's Speeches - 1942-1948
3 folders
- Supreme Court Speech - 1948
- Biennial Message - 1948
- Biennial Message, January 11 - 1949
also on cassette
- Series 3: IOWA STATE DEPARTMENTS
- Sub-Series: State Highway Commission
- Box 37:
- State Highway Commission - 1938-1947
- Highway Local Projects - 1939
- Highways #14-59 (not inclusive) - 1939-1949
- Box 38:
- Highways #60-261 (not inclusive) - 1939-1940
- State Highway Commission - 1939-1942
2 folders
- State Highway Commission Recommendations - 1943
4 folders
- State Highway Commission, Miscellaneous - 1943-1947
- Box 39:
- Highway Reports - 1945-1946
- State Highway Commission - 1945-1947
6 folders
- Box 40:
- State Highway Commission Interior Highway Study Committee Reports - 1947
- State Highway Commission Appointments, January-May - 1947
- Road Study Committee, April-November - 1947-1948
- Highway Detour Reports, September-September - 1947-1948
- Highway Commission - 1948
- Highway Commission Allocations Study - 1948
- Highway Investigation Committee: Road Inspection Trip through Eastern States - 1948
- Complaints about Roads - 1948
- Sub-Series: Various State Departments
- Box 41:
- American Legion File - 1945-1946
- Boy Scout File - 1945-1946
- Chamber of Commerce file - 1945-1946
- Child welfare file - 1939, 1947
- Coal file - 1944-1946
- Correspondence concerning reorganization of Conservation Commission - 1947
- Conference on State Defense - 1945
- Dog Racing File - 1946
- Housing File - 1945
- Housing File - 1946
- Housing File - 1947-1948
- Housing File, newspaper clippings
- Liquor Control Commission file, January-February - 1945
- Box 42:
- Liquor Control Commission file, March-April - 1945
- Liquor Control Commission file, May-June - 1945
- Liquor Control Commission file, July-December - 1945
- Liquor Control Commission file - 1946
- Old Age Assistance Commission, January-March - 1947-1948
- Real Estate - 1945-1946
- Red Cross file - 1944-1948
- Selective Service Commission - 1947, 1948
- Department of Public Safety: Bureau of Criminal Investigation, miscellaneous reports - 1945
- Box 43:
- Department of Public Safety: Bureau of Criminal Investigation, miscellaneous reports - 1946-1948
3 folders
- Department of Public Safety: Buchanan Co. investigation - 1945
- Department of Public Safety: Applications for Superintendency of Eldora Training School - 1945
- Department of Public Safety: Investigation of reported homosexual rape at Eldora - 1945
- Department of Public Safety: Investigation of accidental shooting of inmate at Eldora - 1945
- Department of Public Safety: Investigation of staff's alleged mistreatment of inmates at Eldora - 1945
- Box 44:
- Department of Public Safety: Investigation of staff's alleged mistreatment of inmates at Eldora - 1945
3 folders
- Department of Public Safety: Investigation of staff's alleged mistreatment at Woodward State Hospital - 1945
- Department of Public Safety file - 1946-1948
2 folders
- Department of Public Safety, miscellaneous - 1939-1944
- Annual Audit, Iowa State Guard - 1944
- Proceedings of National Guard Association convention - 1945
- Iowa State Guard - 1945-1946
2 folders
- Statement upon demobilization of State guard, September 17 - 1947
- State Pharmaceutical Board - 1945
- Veterans' file - 1944
- Veterans' literature - 1944-1945
- Veterans' file, January-June - 1945
- Box 45:
- Veterans' file - 1945-1946
3 folders
- Women's Army Corps file - 1945
- Budget file - 1946
- Detail Budgets - 1946-1947
- Federal material - 1945
- Income Tax file
- New Salary file - 1945
- State Employees' Salaries - 1947
- State Abstract of Assessment - 1946-1948
3 folders
- State appropriations and expenditures - 1944
- Box 46:
- State appropriations and expenditures - 1946-1948
2 folders
- Miscellaneous State appropriations - 1945-1948
- State Auditor's Report: Iowa Soldiers' Home, Davenport - 1936-1939
- State Budget notes - 1949
- State Expenditures - 1946-1947
- State Revenue file - 1944-1949
- State Collectible Tax and Valuation report - 1945-1947
2 folders
- State Tax Commission - 1946-1948
4 folders
- Box 47:
- Tax Revision file - 1945-1948
- Statements on Federal funds received in 1947
- Telegrams supporting salary increase for welfare employees - 1945
- Council of State Governments - 1944-1946
3 folders
- Box 48:
- Council of State Governments' Study of Education in the States - 1948
- Governor's Conference file - 1945-1946
- Governor's Conference, May - 1946
- Governor's Conference Reports - 1948
- Midwestern Governor's Conference - 1948
- Governor's Trip to Hawaii, U.S.S. Iowa - 1944
- Sub-Series: State Board of Control
- Box 48:
- Senate Committee on Board of Control: transcript of meetings - 1939
- State Board of Control investigation of state institutions: general - 1939
- Box 49:
- State Board of Control investigation of state institutions: general brief and recommendations - 1939
- Investigation of Glenwood State hospital - 1939
- Investigation of Independence State hospital - 1939
- Investigation of State Juvenile home at Toledo - 1939
- State Board of Control - 1946-1948
2 folders
- Box 50:
- Appointment to the Board of Control - 1948
- Suggested appropriation for Oakdale - 1949-1951
- State Board of Control diet - 1946-1947
- State Board of Control investigations - 1947-1948
3 folders
- State Board of Control Eldora Training School miscellaneous - 1945
- State Board of Control miscellaneous - 1938, 1945-1948
- Sub-Series: Appointment file
- Box 50:
- Appointments made - 1945
- Box 51:
- Building Code appointment - 1947
- Committees to be appointed - 1945-1946
- Appointments to Judicial Districts - 1945
- 13th Judicial District appointment - 1945
- Rockwell Women's reformatory superintendent - 1945
- State Board of Accountancy appointment: letters - 1945
- State Banking board appointment: letters - 1945
3 folders
- State Board of Barber Examiners appointment: letters - 1945
- Box 52:
- State Board of Control appointment: letters - 1945
- State Board of Cosmetology appointment: letters - 1945
- State Board of Education appointment: letters - 1945
- State Board of Social Welfare appointment - 1945
- State Comptroller appointment: letters - 1945
- State Fire Marshal appointment: letters - 1944
- State Highway Commission appointment: letters - 1945
2 folders
- Iowa State Labor Commission appointment - 1945
- State Liquor Control Commission appointment - 1945
2 folders
- Box 53:
- Public Safety Commission appointment letters - 1945
- State Real Estate Board appointment - 1945
- State Tax Commission - 1945
- State Tax Study Committee - 1945
- State War Surplus Commodities Board appointment - 1945
- State Watchmaker's Board appointment - 1945
- Woodward State School Business manager appointment - 1945
- Miscellaneous appointments
- Miscellaneous appointments: letters - 1945
- Sub-Series: Social Services
- Box 54:
- Social Welfare Board, December - 1944-1948
4 folders
- Department of Social Welfare: correspondence
2 folders
- State Institutions file - 1946-1948
- State Institutions payroll - 1939
- Correspondent concerning State Institutions funding - 1947
- State Institutions file: Cherokee State hospital - 1936-1938
- State Institutions file: Cherokee State hospital: testimony taken at hearing - 1938
- State Institutions file: Cherokee State hospital: transcript of testimony - 1938
- Box 55:
- State Institutions file: Cherokee State hospital, miscellaneous
- Records of Mary Griffin, patient, Clarinda - 1936-1938
- Iowa State Training School for Boys, Eldora, miscellaneous - 1939
- Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison: miscellaneous, 1939 - 1939
- Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison: miscellaneous - 1947-1948
- Illinois State Training School for Boys: operation and policies - 1945
- Independence State hospital file - 1947-1948
- Mount Pleasant State hospital: miscellaneous - 1933, 1935, 1939
- Mount Pleasant State hospital - 1946-1948
- Sub-Series: Conservation
- Box 56:
- National Park Service: Work Program Outline - 1939-1940
- National Rivers and Harbors Congress - 1940, 1944
- State Conservation Commission - 1945
- State Conservation Commission - 1945-1946
Includes letters from J. N. Darling, November 1, 1945; July 10, 1946; September 27, 1946
- Conservation Notes - 1945-1947
- Conservation Commission Members and salaries, February-March - 1945-1947
- Jay N. Darling - 1946
Includes letters from J. N. Darling, August 22, 1946; October 3, 1946
- Recommendations for Pheasant and Hungarian Partridge Season - 1946
- Recommendations for Pheasant, Furbearer, and Quail Seasons - 1947
- State Conservation Commission: Work Program, April 18 - 1946
- State Conservation Commission, July-June - 1946-1947
- Box 57:
- Committee to Study Natural Resources, August-April - 1946-1947
- Conservation Study Committee Report - 1947
- State Conservation Commission, July-October - 1947
- Conservation Study Commission, September-December - 1947
- State Conservation Commission - 1947-1948
4 folders
- Soil Conservation - 1947-1948
- Series 4: GENERAL SUBJECT FILE
- Box 58:
- State Archives: Governors' files - 1902-1944
- Biographical Material: Blue
- Birthday Drivers' License Act, July 11 - 1948
Includes letter from Earl Warren, July 16, 1948
- Bonus Board - 1948
- Comptroller Appointment, June - 1947
- Executive Council at Iowa - 1948
- Expenses incurred by State Departments on out-of-state travels, July 1-July 1 - 1946-1947
- Federal (largely civil defense) - 1948
- Fire Marshall - 1944-1947
- Fire Prevention - 1947-1948
- Governors of the American States and Territories - 1948
Booklet: includes Blue
- Governors' Conference, Salt Lake City: book, July - 1947
- Governors' Conference - 1947-1948
2 folders
- Box 59:
- Governors' Conference: proceedings (book) - 1948
- Governor's House - 1947-1948
- U.S. Governors' Incomes: Comparative Study - 1946
- Governor's Notebook: Bills, Committee Notes, etc.
3 folders
- Historical and Memorial Department - 1944-1948
- State Income Tax File - 1947
- Box 60:
- Income Tax: form letters - 1947
- Iowa Poll: Surveys - 1945-1946
- Iowa Republican News - 1943-1948
- Iowa and Greetings to Iowa Soldiers - 1943-1944
- Iowa State Guard - 1947
- Judge Appointment - 1947-1948
- Department of Justice and related materials, December-September - 1946-1948
- Labor - 1947
- Labor Disputes and Arbitration - 1939
- Commission of Uniform State Laws - 1948
- Libraries - 1946-1948
- Liquor - 1947
- Man Shortage, February-April - 1945
- Box 61:
- Mine Inspector Appointment, May-May - 1946-1948
- Name List
- News Releases - 1945
- Newspaper Publicity and Campaign miscellaneous - 1944
- Newspaper Clippings, January - 1949
- Office of Price Administration - 1945
- Packing House Strikes, May-June - 1948
Cassette available
- Parole Board, January-December - 1947-1948
- Peace - 1945
- Personal, miscellaneous - 1948
- Political, Finance, etc.: miscellaneous - 1938-1948
Includes letters from B. Hickenlooper, April 23, 1940, and Thomas E. Dewey, June 6, 1940
- Box 62:
- Population Statistics, Iowa - 1910-1947
- Changes in Iowa Population: Ray E. Wakeley - 1946
- State Printing Board
- Issued Proclamations
- Requests for Proclamations
2 folders
- Republican Information - 1945-1946
- Republican National Campaign, June-September - 1948
- Republican National Convention - 1948
- Republican State Central Committee: Negro Division Bulletins - 1943-1945
- Republican State Central Committee - 1945-1948
2 folders
- Box 63:
- Resolutions - 1946-1948
- Roosevelt, F. D.: January-October - 1946
- Safety Commission - 1947-1948
- Sioux City Strike - 1939
- Special Session - 1947
- State Tax Commission - 1947-1948
- State Revenues by county - 1947-1951
3 folders
- Supreme Court Appointment, March-June - 1947
- Tax Booklet for 1947
- Treaties - 1945
- US Treasury Department - 1945-1948
- Wilson, Dr. Charles L. (Chiropractor) - 1947-1948
- Series 5: LATER CAREER
- Sub-Series: Aging
- Box 64:
- Iowa Study Committee on Care of Aging - 1956-1958
Includes letter from Herschell C. Loveless, July 17, 1957
- Iowa Care for the Aged - 1956-1961
Includes letter from Herschell C. Loveless, March 20, 1959
- State Commission Bulletin - 1960-1962
Not inclusive
- Iowa Plan for Implementation of Title III - 1965
- Title III Task Force - 1971
- Iowa Commission on the Aging - 1966-1971
5 folders. Includes letters from Walter Mondale, April 21, 1967, May 31, 1967, November 29, 1967; Jack Miller, May 15, 1967; John Culver; H. R. Gross; B. Hickenlooper, January 24, 1968; Fred Schwengel, January 25, 1968
- Box 65:
- Iowa Commission on the Aging, August - 1971-1972
2 folders
- Iowa Commission on the Aging, Agency Programs, miscellaneous - 1960-1972
- Agency Programs - 1973-1974
- Area XIII Agency Review - 1975
- Cedar Rapids Appeal - 1969-1970
- Des Moines Appeal - 1970-1971
- Assessment Material - 1974
- Auditor's report, June 30 - 1972
- Bylaws, Procedures, etc.
- Aging Correspondence - 1966-1972
2 folders
- Box 66:
- Draft rules - 1976
- Hawkeye Valley Title VII Nutrition Project - 1975
2 folders
- Meeting, July 30 - 1975
- Meeting, January 8 - 1976
- Meeting minutes - 1969-1976
5 folders
- Box 67:
- Personnel
- Proposal for Area X program - 1973
- Proposals for Area XV program - 1973
- Proposals for various senior citizens programs - 1972
- Report on county and area agency elderly and total populations - 1976
- Rotary-Ann home fund raising campaign - 1960
- Title VII Nutrition proposal - 1975
- Title VII Nutrition proposal, areas I, VI, IX - 1975
3 folders
- Box 68:
- Title VII Nutrition proposal, areas X, XI, XIII, XIV
5 folders
- Title VII Nutrition proposal, Pioneer Trail Area - 1975
- Box 69:
- Title VII Nutrition proposal, Wooden Moccasin area - 1975
- Governor's Commission on Aging, literature - 1962-1963
- US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, (HEW), Aging - 1970
- HEW memorandums on aging - 1972-1973
- Materials pertaining to HRI - 1972
- NCOA Conference of National Voluntary Organizations - 1972
- Office of Economic Opportunity: Aging - 1970-1972
- Old Age Economics, miscellaneous
- Older Americans act amendments - 1972
- Policy and procedure manual for national nutrition program for the elderly - 1972
- Box 70:
- President's Council on Aging Conference: transcript - 1971
- History of the Scott county commission on aging - 1972
- US Senate hearing, Des Moines, May 18 - 1970
- Blue statement before the US House of Representatives' Committee to amend the older Americans act of 1965 - 1972
- White House Conference on Aging - 1959-1973
4 folders
- Considerations regarding collection of information for the White House Conference - 1971
- White House Conference on Aging: background information - 1971
- White House Conference on Aging: post-conference information - 1971
- Sub-Series: Rent Advisory Board 1972
- Box 71:
- Rent Advisory Board: Tabs 10-28 - 1972
- Box 72:
- Rent Advisory Board: Tabs 30-33, 35 - 1972
- Testimony Before Rent Advisory Board
- Box 73:
- Rent Advisory Board: Tabs 1-9 - 1972
- Series 6: MEMORABILIA
- Box 74:
- Photographs
- Campaign Items
- Sound Recordings
- Cassette 1: sides 1-2
Iowa Taxpayers' Association
- Cassette 2: side 1
Iowa War Production; Tribute to F.D.R.; Statehouse steps speech to labor; Second Inaugural Speech
- Cassette 2: side 2
Second Inaugural Speech (cont.)
- Cassette 3: side 1
Second Inaugural Speech (cont.); 53rd General Assembly
- Cassette 3: side 2
53rd General Assembly (cont.)
- Cassette 4: side 1
Highway Safety; Congressman X
- Cassette 4: side 2
P.A.C. Campaign for Governor; KBUR
- Cassette 5: side 1
Dan Dancer; Ralph Arnold
- Cassette 5: side 2
Mrs. Talboy; Greater Iowa: Blue
- Cassette 6: side 1
Elmer Corwin; Grantham Tax Commission; Marie Carter
- Cassette 6: side 2
Lee Ladd; Cedar Rapids Speech
- Cassette 7: side 1
Grinnell Country Club
- Cassette 7: side 2
Packing Industry Strike
- 74b:
- Display Items of memorabilia
- Series 7: 1980 ADDENDUM
- Box 75:
- Correspondence - 1941, 1944, 1969-1970
- Memorandum on Conditions in Iowa's Mental Institutions, March 17 - 1947
- Miscellaneous - 1942-1957
- Newspaper Clippings - 1942, 1948. 1969
- Scrapbook - 1941-1942
- Scrapbook - 1948
- Speeches - 1944-1949
- Series 8: 2002 ADDENDUM
- Box 75:
- Clippings
- Raffensperger, Gene. "Eagle Grove Honors Former Iowa Governor." Des Moines Register, Iowa News Section, September 24 - 1988
- Raffensperger, Gene. "Former Gov. Blue Fights For Elderly's Cause at Age of 88." Des Moines Register, Today Section, January 27 - 1987
- Yepsen, David. ""Old Man Blue' Has Heard It All Before." Des Moines Register, September 19 - 1980
- Series 9: SCRAPBOOKS
Located on shelf at end of collection
- Box 76:
- Scrapbooks: 19 volumes - 1938-1965
Located on shelf at end of collection
