creator:

Goeppinger, Walter W. (1911 – 2001)

title:

Papers

dates:

1958-2001

extent:

2.0 linear ft.  (1 document box, 1 oversized box)

collection number:

RS 21/7/34

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

 Open for research

publication rights:

 Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

 Walter W. Goeppinger Papers, RS 21/7/34, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 Biographical note

 
Walter Goeppinger was born in Boone, Iowa, on September 11, 1911.  He studied Industrial Science at Iowa State College (University) and received a B.S. (1933).  In addition to serving as President of the Iowa State College (University) Alumni Association in 1940 and Vice President of the Memorial Union Board of Directors, Goeppinger also served on the committee that gathered funding for the establishment of the Special Collections Department of Parks Library at Iowa State University.  He served a 17-year term as the first president of the National Corn Growers’ Association, as well as three years as chairman of the board.  During his years as president, he organized the 1960 Hog Lift to Iowa’s sister state in Japan, Yamanashi Prefecture, which had suffered severe typhoon damage.   

Goeppinger married Margaret E. Woods in 1935 and fathered two sons, Hans and Neil. He died on April 17, 2001.

Collection Description

 
This collection contains Goeppinger’s obituary, the unabridged 1987 manuscript for his book, Latin America’s Gathering Storm – and Ours, and a scrapbook from the 1960 Hog Lift to Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Organization

 
This collection is arranged topically.

1

1

Biographical Information – Obituary

2001

1

2

Latin America’s Gathering Storm – And Ours, pp. 1-144

1987

1

3

Latin America’s Gathering Storm – And Ours, pp. 145-288

1987

1

4

Latin America’s Gathering Storm – And Ours, pp. 289-432

1987

1

5

Latin America’s Gathering Storm – And Ours, pp. 432-576

1987

1

6

Latin America’s Gathering Storm – And Ours, pp. 577-611, with tables

1987

2

OVR

Scrapbook from 1960 Hog Lift to Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

1960

2

1

Scrapbook from 1960 Hog Lift to Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan: loose photographs (11 8x10 B&W, 4 4x6 B&W, 1 9x7 B&W)

1960

2

2

Scrapbook from 1960 Hog Lift to Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan: loose news clippings

1961-1990

2

3

Scrapbook from 1960 Hog Lift to Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan: self-promotional publication of Soda Ranch Company (Japanese livestock operation)

ca. 1958