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MS 541 Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Eastern Division

Records, 1937-1976

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Eastern Division Records 1937-1976 45.5 linear feet (35 records center cartons) MS 541

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

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Open for research

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Consult Head, Special Collections Department

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Eastern Division Records, MS 541, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., was established as the Hi-Bred Corn Company in Johnston, Iowa, in 1926 by Henry A. Wallace, then editor of Wallaces' Farmer. Pioneer was added to the name in 1935. The company began to expand its research facilities during the 1930s, adding remote locations for the testing of seed under different climatic conditions. In 1936, staff members Raymond Baker and Robert J. Woods secured 150 acres of plots in Flora, Indiana, to produce parent corn. The resulting seed was sent back to Iowa for use in commercial seed production. In 1937, a commercial crop of Pioneer Brand Seed Corn was planted at Flora to be sold in Indiana. A plant was built in Flora, and a new business was established: the Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company of Indiana. Robert J. Woods was named president of the new company. Eventually, the company was headquartered in Tipton, Indiana. In 1971, the name of the company was changed to Pioneer Hi-Bred, Inc., and it became a subsidiary of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. In 1975 it became known as Pioneer Hi-Bred International's Eastern Division.

Collection description

Collection includes advertisements, contracts, correspondence, news clippings, publications, seed corn salesmen's accounts, and sales ledgers. Correspondents include John Airy, Raymond Baker, William L. Brown, David Garst, Jonathan Garst, Roswell Garst, Gordon McCleary, Owen Newlin, R. Wayne Skidmore, W. L. Thomas, Nelson Urban, James W. Wallace, and Robert J. Woods.

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Container List

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Folder Title Correspondence, 1944-1955 Elbert Gaugler Harris E. Hix Howard Kennedy Howard Kinsey L. H. Long V. R. Marshall Charles Meador Clarence H. Meyer W. H. Motley O. D. Powell C. A. Ricedorf E. Clyde Sparks George Stearns C. J. Stearn Lloyd K. Storms Vance York Advertising--General Advertising--Magazines Advertising--Newspapers Advertising--Radio Farm Quarterly Prairie Farmer Agriculture--General Applications--To Work Applications--To Sell Addressograph Sales Agency Amsterdam Printing Company Aa-Am.

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Box/Folder Box 1/29 Box 1/30 Box 1/31 Box 1/32 Box 1/33 Box 1/34 Box 1/35 Box 1/36 Box 1/37 Box 1/38 Box 1/39 Box 1/40 Box 1/41 Box 1/42 Box 1/43 Box 1/44 Box 1/45 Box 1/46 Box 1/47 Box 1/48 Box 1/49 Box 1/50 Box 1/51 Box 1/52 Box 1/53 Box 1/54 Box 1/55 Box 1/56 Box 1/57 Box 1/58

Folder Title An.-Az. Banks--General Botaman's National Bank Bemis Brothers Bag Company Brown and Bigelow Binford, William B., Printing Company Ba.-Bm. Bn.-Bz. Belknap and Thompson, Inc.--General Canada--General Compton Advertising, Inc. Hawkins, Walter (Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co. of Canada, Ltd.) Custer, A. J. Ca-Cm. Cn.-Cz. Deckers, Inc. Desauliners and Company Dictaphone Corporation Dun and Bradstreet C. B. Dyer Company, Inc. Da-Dm. Dn-Dz. A. A. Elliott Ea-Em. En-Ez. Johnson, Herbert Fairs Film Requests Fa-Fm. Fn-Fz.

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