Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-12
LOAN EXHIBIT
S VALUABLE
Iowa's Historical Collection at
st. Louis, Placed In Fire
proof Building
FEATURES OF THE EXHIBIT
II includes Seventeen Oil Portraits
Fairly Represents the History Of
the State, and Work Done In Making
Collection For Future Generations
The Situation Among the Democrats,
70 rimes-Republican.

to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 12.-Visitors to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition VIII
find that altho the state OF Iowa
has a history not covering many years.
the state is able. thru the historical
which has been built up by
Charles Aldrich thru years of laborious
effort. to make an exhibit in the his
torical and similar departments quite
creditable to one of the states OF the
Louisiana purchase. The exhibit has
lust been installed. Professor Charles
A. Cumming, of this city, member or
the capitol commission, went to st.
Louis to personally supervise the plac-
ing Of the exhibit, and he writes back
that it has been placed in a favorable
place in one Of the magnificent new
buildings which will ultimately be part
OF the Missouri State University, but
is now a part Of the exposition. He
consulted with Professor MCGEE. of
an Iowa man, who gave
him assistance in the placing of the
exhibit. Professor Cumming literally
slept with the shipment en- route. A
valuation of $4,000 was placed on the
same by the state. tho probably that is
very low. It was at first proposed that
this exhibit should go, at least partly,
In the Iowa building. but that Is not
freproof. and Curator Aldrich, Gov
ernor Cummins. President Larrabee
and others were unwilling that the
treasures of the state should be in the
least exposed. hence the decision to
place them in one Of the big flreproof
buildings, along with similar exhibits
from other states.
This is strictly q loan exhibit from
the state historical department, and
represents very well the history OF the
state and what is being done in the
way OF making a collection of histori-
cal and archaeological matter for future
generations.
There are seventeen oil portraits in
the collection. those selected being por-
traits OF Robert Lucas. John Chambers,
James Clark. Ansel Briggs. Stephen
Hampstead, James w. Grimes. Ralph
p. Lowe. Samuel J. Kirkwood, William
NJ. Stone. Samuel Merrill, Cyrus G.
Carpenter Francis M. Drake, General
G. NJ. Dodge, William B. Allison. James
Harlan. Samuel F. Miller and Charles
Aldrich.
For sample Of the archaeological
collection Mr.. Aldrich sent the great
Iowa stone axe. the largest in the
world, an axe picked up near Colum-
Y,,r In, f,, x.,Ej jnh
weighs thirty one and three-fourths
pounds. and bears evidence Of having
been swung by some Of the early Iowa
giants.
There are In the collection fourteen
early Iowa maps or maps in which
portions of Iowa are included. These
are among the most highly priced
treasures Of the state. They comprise:
A French map published in 1920, said
to be the earliest map including Iowa
Fac -sirnile of autograph map Of the
Mississippi or Conception river drawn
by Father Marquette at the time Of his
voyage.
Map of part Of Wisconsin territory
compiled from Tanners map, 1886.
Wisconsin territory, Henry J. Abel
1888.
Sectional map of Black Hawk pur-
chase. with part Of Illinois and Wis
consin. L. Judson, 1888.
Map OF Iowa. 1899, ]. III. Cotton.
Hydrograp aphical basin of the upper
Mississippi river from surveys and In
formation by ]. N. Nicollet, 1s36-4O, re-
duced and compiled in 1s43.
Gallands map of Iowa, 1910.
Surveyed part of Wisconsin terri
tory, showing Iowa City, the seat OF
government. published by John Plumbe
Western part of United States, show
ing Fort Des Moines.
Barrows' map of Iowa, 1845.
Map Of Iowa, L. Mantzinger, 1850.
Geological map of Wisconsin,, Iowa
and Minnesota, Owen, 1851.
Plan of Fort Des Moines and it's en-
virons. Polk county. Iowa, 1854.
Among the Iowa books and manu-
scripts sent to st. Louis in the col
lection are:
Journal of the Convention for Form
alton of a Constitution for the State
of Iowa, 1874.
Journal constitutional convention.
1916.
Journal constitutional convention,
1857.
Original manuscript Governor Lar
rabees first inaugural address.
Correspondence General James NJ.
Tuttle during the war.
Letters of territorial governors of
Iowa, two volumes
Correspondence of General ]. M.
street. friend of the Indians. 1S06-3f.
Ex-Governor Carpenters address un-
yelling Spirit Lake tablet at Webster
City; also sketch of Major William
Williams.
Correspondence of William Penn
Clarke, reporter supreme court. 1s44-66.
The following are among the mis-
eellaneous manuscripts:
Manuscript sermon by Rev. George
Crabbe, English poet.
Manuscript sermon by Rev. Gilbert
White, author Of the Natural History