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Henry Wallace Wallace Served Served on On Papers of HENRY A. WALLACE 1 941-1 945 Accession Numbers: 51~145, 76-23, 77-20 The papers were left at the Commerce Department by Wallace, accessioned by the National Archives and transferred to the Library. This material is ·subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code. Quantity: 41 feet (approximately 82,000 pages) Restrictions : The papers contain material restricted in accordance with Executive Order 12065, and material which _could be used to harass, em­ barrass or injure living persons has been closed. Related Materials: Papers of Paul Appleby Papers of Mordecai Ezekiel Papers of Gardner Jackson President's Official File President's Personal File President's Secretary's File Papers of Rexford G. Tugwell Henry A. Wallace Papers in the Library of Congress (mi crofi 1m) Henry A. Wallace Papers in University of Iowa (microfilm) '' Copies of the Papers of Henry A. Wallace found at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, the Library of Congress and the University of Iow~ are available on microfilm. An index to the Papers has been published. Pl ease consult the archivist on duty for additional information. I THE UNIVERSITY OF lOWA LIBRAlU ES ' - - ' .·r. .- . -- ........... """"' ': ;. "'l ' i . ,' .l . .·.· :; The Henry A. Wallace Papers :and Related Materials .- - --- · --. ~ '· . -- -- .... - - ·- - ·-- -------- - - Henry A. Walla.ce Papers The principal collection of the papers of (1836-1916), first editor of Wallaces' Farmer; Henry Agard \Vallace is located in the Special his father, H enry Cantwell Wallace ( 1866- Collc:ctions Department of The University of 1924), second editor of the family periodical and Iowa Libraries, Iowa City. \ Val bee was born Secretary of Agriculture ( 1921-192-l:): and his October 7, 1888, on a farm in Adair County, uncle, Daniel Alden Wallace ( 1878-1934), editor Iowa, was graduated from Iowa State University, of- The Farmer, St. Paui, yJinnesota. A!~o im­ Ames, in 1910, experimented with hybrid corn, portant for \Vallace's political ncti\'i~;- is Iowa's and edited the family periodical, \"Va!laces' manuscript collection on the Progressive Party Farqwr ( 1921-1933 ). He served as Secretary of (1948-1954). Other relevant collections on agri­ Agriculture ( 1933-1940) during the crucial New cultural affairs include the papers of Huc!olph Deal years. During Franklin D . Hoosevclt's third :Martin Evans ( 1890-1956) of the Agricultural term Wallace was Vice-President of the United Adjustment Administration; those of Edwin States (1941-1945) and C hai~nan of the Board Thomas ~v1 ercd ith ( 1876-1928), founder of Suc­ of Economic \Varfare ( 1941-1943). Heplaced as cessful Farming and Secretary of Agriculture the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in ( 1920-1921); and of }.1i!o Reno ( l -S66-1936), 1944 bv Harrv S. Truman, he became Secretar\' Farm Holiday leader. .of Co~m1erc~ ( 1945-1946), and served until ~l foreign policy dispute with President Truman. The Special Collections Department of The Then Wallace was editor of the Neu; Republic University of Iowa Libraries is open from 8:00 ( 1946-1947.) and pr_esidential candidate of the a.m. to .5:00 p.m., !\.'[onday through Friday. ex­ Progressive Party in 1948. After his defeat, Wal­ cept certain holidays and vacation da;·s. Inqui­ lace retired to Farvue Farm, South Salem, New ries regarding the usc of these and othvr paper!-­ York, where h e expc:ri:!1ented with chicken, glad­ may be addressed to the }.[anuscripts Librarian. iolus, and strawbenv breeding and continued to The Universitv of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Citv·. ' write and speak oil'"public ar'fairs. He died 1'\o­ IO\va 52240. vembcr 18, 1965. The Henry A. \Vallace Papers were donated to The University of Iowa Libraries by his fam­ ily, by Donald R. ~Murphy, Wallace's successor as editor of \.Yallaces' Farmer, and bv mam· other friends, relatives, and associates. The P<~­ pers consist of correspondence, speeches, ap­ pointment books, newspaper clippings, issues of magazines, photographs, and other material con­ cerning \Vallacc·s varied career and wide rang(• of interests, from 1911 to 1965. The Universit,· of Iowa is cooperating in indexing and micr~­ filming additional papers from \Vallace's vice­ presidential term in the Fnmklin D. Roosevelt Library and in the Librarv of Cono-rcss. J 0 The University of Iowa also has papers of Henry A. \Vallace's grandfather. Henry Wallace ... Wallace, Her1ry A. Papers, 1941-1945 AGENCY RESTRICTIONS None SECURITY CL.4SSIFIED DOCUMENTS This co11E!ction contains documents that are restricted in accorda.'l"lce \'lith Executive Order 10501 ~~ amended. DONOR RESTRICTIONS None <C2:r:--l PI·epared by __'v~~---------- 41J Approved by ----------­ Assistant Director September 11, 1970 / INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Henry Agard Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa on October 7, 1888 . He attended Iowa State College at Ames where he majored in agriculture. After graduation in 1910, he joined the staff of Wallace's Farmer a magazine founded by his grandfather Henry Wallace and edited at that time by his father Henry Cantwell Wallace who later served as Secretary of Agriculture under_ Presi ­ dent Warren G. Harding. Henry A. Wallace edited Wallace's Farmer and its successor Wallace's Farmer and Iowa Homestead from 1921 to 1933 when he entered government service under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served under President Roosevelt as Secretary of Agriculture, 1933- 1940, then as Vice- President 1941- 1945, and finally as Secretary of Commerce, 1945 . He resigned as Secretary of Commer ce in September, 1946 as a result of a dispute with 1 President Harry S. Truman over foreign policy matters. During 1946 and 1947 he edited the magazine New Republic and in 1948 he was t he presidential candidate of the Progressive Party . After his defeat in the 1948 election, he retired fr6m public life to Farvue Farm in South Salem, New York where he resumed farming and agricultural research, particularly experiments in genetics. Wallace died on November 18, 1965 . ORIGIN OF THE COLLECTION The Henry A. Wallace papers in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library consist of approximately 78,000 pages of material from his vice- pr esidential office files for the period 1941-1945 . They are not the complete files for the vice-presidency since some of Wallace's vice-presidential papers were transferred to the Library of Congress in 1944 and 1945 by Vice- President Wa llace himself. There are also materials relating to Wallace' s vice-presidency in The Special Collections Department of the University of Iowa Libraries and in the Oral History Collection of Columbia University. Mr. Wallace left the papers now in the possession of this Library in the Department of Commerce when he resigned as Secretary of that agency in September 1946. The Depar tment of Commerce offered them to the National Archives in November 1946 and the National Archives accessioned the papers in January 1947. They remained in the National Archives building in Washington, DC . until they were transferred to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in June 1951. According to Mr . Herman Kahn who was Director of the Library at the time the papers were brought here, Henry A Wallace had no objections to the transfer of these papers to the Library. \Vhatever literary property rights of Henry A. Wallace may exist in these papers were not dedicated to the United States of America . GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PAPERS The papers consist of some 39 linear feet of material arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and thereunder chronologi- cally. A number of subject files including three of the larger ones on the General Advisory Comm1ttee, the Censorship Policy Board, the Axis Penetration and Politics in Latin America were fil ed at the end of li the collection. These fil es are in chronological order. Since this col lection of papers contains few large subject files, most material relating to Wallace's principal assignments and major interests is to be found in his correspondence with individuals r ather than under subject headings. The physical types of material in these papers include letters, drafts of letters, memoranda, r epor ts, invitations, resolutions, petitions, newspaper clippings, and private and governmental publications. The largest single body of correspondence is between Wallace's Office and the· general public. This includes public reaction letters to Wal lace's speeches and to various facets of government policy; letters advising Wallace on war time and post- war problems; requests for autographs and photo- graphs of Wallace; and r equests for assistance, jobs, and promotions and transfers in the civilian and military service. The bulk of Wallace's correspondence was drafted by and, in many cases, answer ed directly by members of his office staff which included Harold Young, his vice- presidential assistant from Texas, Mary Huss, his private secretary since the 1920's, and Mrs . Mildred Eaton, another secretary. In addition to answering letters for Wallace, Harold Young also handled a fair sized volume of corre- spondence from his friends and associates in Texas and elsewhere who were seeking influence, jobs, promotions, and various kinds of pol itical favors . This material is scattered throughout Wallace' s paper s. Wallace' s office often sent letters to other agencies for the draft of a reply or for a direct reply. In these instances .. a white sheet was inserted in the file giving the name and address of the correspondent, the date of correspondence, a summary, and the name of the agency to which the letter was referred. Wallace's Office used cross reference sheets infrequently. Instead, the name of the person or subject to which a given letter also referred or applied was written on the carbon copy of the outgoing letter that then went into the files. Also the Wallace papers have cross references to subject files that are not in this collection.
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