MS 3 Charles J. Hearst

Biographical note

Charles J. Hearst, 1904-1980, third-generation owner and operator of Maplehearst Farm, a livestock operation near Cedar Falls, Iowa, was a member of national, state, and local governmental agencies including the Foreign Policy Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Black Hawk County Board of Education, and the Cedar Falls Rotary Club. Hearst worked with the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, the Producer’s Commission Association of Chicago, the National Farm Institute, and the Farm Policy Council. Hearst was a member of the 1947 Iowa Farm Bureau Federation trip to study conditions in post war Europe. He was invited to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in regard to the Marshall Plan. In 1955, he was chosen to be a member of the American Agricultural Delegation to the USSR, part of an exchange program that played a significant role in early U.S. and Soviet post war relations.

Collection Description

The collection includes business and personal letters, maps, newspaper clippings, writings, photographs, and a biographical account of Hearst’s life.

Series I, Agricultural Delegation trip to the USSR, contains official letters and itineraries that Hearst received prior to the delegation in 1955. Materials from the actual trip include lists of soviet officials, maps, passports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Hearst’s diaries describing the events of the delegation. Following the trip, Hearst was invited to speak about his experiences and observations, and invitations and texts of speeches are among post-trip materials. There are also several articles about the delegation and its members from Indiana Farmers Guide, Chemurgic Digest, and Washington Report.

Series II, Iowa Farm Bureau European farm trip in 1947 contains correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, published articles, and memorabilia documenting Hearst’s trips to the United Kingdom and countries in Western Europe. Included are letters from Arthur H. Vandenburg with reference to the testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding the Marshall Plan, articles by and about Hearst as a delegate, and memorabilia collected by Hearst.

Series III, organizations and activities series contains correspondence and reports documenting Hearst’s involvement with a variety of groups, including the USDA Advisory Committee on Feed Grains and Wheat (1961), the Black Hawk County Board of Education, the Farmer’s Home Administration, the Committee for Educational Television, the Center for Agricultural and Economic Adjustment, the Chicago Producer’s Commission Association, the National Livestock Credit Corporation, and the National Packinghouse Workers of America.

Series IV, biographical information and personal memorabilia, contains a brief biographical sketch and memorabilia relating to rural life in Iowa.

Organization

The collection consists of four series:

Series 1, Agricultural Delegation trip to the USSR
Series 2, Iowa Farm Bureau European farm trip
Series 3, Organizations and activities
Series 4, Biographical information and personal memorabilia.

Descriptive summary
creator:	Hearst, Charles J. (1904- )
title:	Papers
dates:	1935-1970
extent:	2.94 linear feet (7 document boxes)
collection number:	MS 3
repository:	Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information
access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Charles J. Hearst Papers, MS 3, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Series 1	Agricultural Delegation trip to the USSR	1955-1962
extent:	0.84 linear feet (2 document boxes)
description:	This series contains official letters and itineraries that Hearst received prior to the delegation in 1955, lists of soviet officials, maps, passports, newspaper clippings, photographs, diaries, publications, invitations to speak, replies, and copies of speeches given by Hearst

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Pre-trip material - correspondence	1955
1	2	Pre-trip material - itineraries and objectives	1955
1	3	Trip material - final itineraries, list of Soviet Officials	1955
1	4	Trip material - maps, Pan American World Airway ticket	1955
1	5	Trip material - diaries and travel notes	1955
1	6	Trip material - Russian language newspaper accounts	1955
1	7	Trip material - photographs (probably taken by Hearst)	1955
1	8	Trip material - photographs (probably shot by a professional photographer)	1955
1	9	Trip Material - news releases, July - August	1955
2	1	Post trip material - invitations to speak and replies, June - September	1955
2	2	Post trip material - invitations to speak and replies, October 1955 - April 1956	1955-1956
2	3	Post trip material - speech: "Russian Trip"	1955
2	4	Post trip material - programs of events featuring speech about Russian trip	1955-1959
2	5	Post trip material - correspondence: miscellaneous	1955-1967
2	6	Post trip material - articles by and about Hearst as a delegate	1955-1962

Series 2	Iowa Farm Bureau European farm trip,	1947-1948
extent:	0.42 linear feet (1 document box)
description:	This series contains correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, published articles, and memorabilia.

Series 3	Organizations and Activities	1935-1970
extent:	1.68 linear feet (6 document boxes)
description:	This series contains correspondence and reports documenting Hearst's political activities, public agencies and boards, local, state and national service groups, private agencies, livestock marketing agents, and organizations

Series 4	Biographical information and personal memorabilia	1935-1959
extent:	1 folder
description:	This series contains a brief biographical sketch and memorabilia relating to rural life in Iowa.