The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-11
Additional Material Of Late General
Granville NJ. Dodge, viii be
Given to the state
Society.
WILL BE or MUCH VALUE
Edgar r. Harlan, Curator Of ti1storl-
cal Society, Tells Wherein Cor.
respondenee VIII be
Of Interest.

| Many valuable relics Of the ciyfl
war viii be added to the collection of
materials given to the Iowa historical
department two years ago BY the late
General Granville NJ. Dodge Of Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
q. r. Harlan, curator Of the histor-
ical department, wifi confer with the
the members Of the Dodge family for
the purpose OF arranging the mater
ials for display and completing the
collection.
Materials OF historical value that
the state OF Iowa will receive from the
estate OF General Dodge are Of such
number and variety that one can hard
lly describe them with brevity," Mr..
Harlan says.
TT must be remembered that az an
individual and In association with
other individuals and with the public
General Dodge actually produced, aft.
er mastering the rudiments, in at least
four distinct fields Of endeavor. He
made no claim to literary attainment,
yet he read and wrote exhaustively.
He had few papers or addresses
where talent was on parade. yet there
was q fre OF prepared and ofrhand
opinion running from his mind to the
trenches Of all these fields continu.
ously from 1889 to 1914.
He prepared few discussions. yet
the kilograms alone he sent In the ca
pacity OF an authority or In that OF an
advisor probably were moving thoughts
In more instances than have been the
books of many writer's.
Authors submitted books them.
selves, or, at least, their tales of con-
tents, special chapters, and especially
their propositions and conclusions
were submitted to him by hundreds,
and these accumulated about him, to.
gether with correspondence respecting
them.
A Most Helpful Critic.
He was thus quite uncon sciously
to himself and unobserved by others
one OF the most helpful and unerring
critics.
4 do not think there is single big
figure In the fields of finance, industry,
engineering or military science in
our country whose correspondence
omitted him at vital instances. and I
do not think he ever neglected to copy
his own letters or preserve those OF
the others. He held that wherein he
was acting for others than himself,
that other was entitled to all informa-
ton extant relating to the mutual In
iterest Thus he held open to the use
Iof his comrades every scrap OF his In
formation touching the war: for the
use OF the public everything with
which he had to do for It.
Material Well Organized.
"All these materials he organized
In such way that he could instantly
turn to any event at any date within
the sixty years OF his active life, pre-
cisely as he could do In the records
of his office.
ut is the collection of these docu-
mentary materials together with the
books, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps,
plans, photographs and souvenirs GO
ing with them which had appealed to
and helped him. 1t is these he began
some years ago to assemble in the
historical department and which his
family Is now arranging to complete
Upon their final and complete delivery
they will be listed and arranged for
public use subject to the reasonable
restrictions he imposed"