Tama County Box 3 Folder 1 | UNI Museum @ Rod Library

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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	2017-16-100	Form	A partially completed Internal Revenue Service 1040A Worksheet by Robert Mitchell in 1918. The worksheet shows marital status, property owned, net income, and assets. According to what is entered, Robert Mitchell has zero taxable income, as his main recorded revenue source is renting a farm to C.T. Mitchell. The back page and an inside page of the form have instructions on how to fill it out.
2	2017-16-117A	Notice	A folded pamphlet style notice, “Notice of Assessment and Annual Report of the Farmers’ Mutual Aid Association of Tama County, Iowa,” that details how much a policy holder owes and includes a report on the status of the association’s finances. The report includes a list of officers, money collected, and what funds were paid out to various policy holders for listed damage. For example, “G.M Malin – cow killed by lightning - $75.00”
3	2017-16-117B	Check	A check from Robert Mitchell, treasurer, to the Farmers’ Mutual Aid Association, for $10.13
4	2017-16-18	Program	Souvenir program for Mt. Pleasant School, 1898 Fall Term. Two cards tied together with ribbon. A United States flag is printed on the front card. Program lists the teacher for the fall term and her students.
5	2017-16-29A	Envelope	An envelope for a letter from the Office of the Dean of Women, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls Iowa, to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mitchell, Buckingham, Iowa. Black text on an aged white background.
6	2017-16-29B	Letter	A letter from Sadie B. Campbell, Dean of Women at Iowa State Teacher's College, Cedar Falls, Iowa to one "Miss Mitchell." Black type on white background. The letter reports that Miss Mitchell is performing below average in three subjects: Introduction to Education, English 1, and Inorganic Chemistry 1. Mrs. Campbell asks if Miss Mitchell needs any assistance from her office. The letter ends by noting that a "duplicate copy of this letter is being sent to your parents."
7	2017-16-38A	Envelope	Addressed in black ink to C.T. Mitchell, Buckingham, Iowa. Preprinted envelope, with From and To fields printed but left blank for writer to fill in. Written return address reads, “Christina Owens, Traer Iowa.” A blue 3 cent stamp is attached.
8	2017-16-38B	Letter	A letter from Christina Owens to C.T. Mitchell, on preprinted letterhead. The letterhead reads “Farmers’ Mutal Aid Association, O.O. Owens, Secretary, W. G. Malin, President, P. Muirhead, Treasurer.” The body of the letter concerns Christina Owens’ late status report, her wages, and her requests for reimbursement of school-related expenses, involving lumber and cloth, from the social fund. The letter is two pages.
9	2017-16-39A	Envelope	Addressed in black typewritten ink to Chas. Wellik, Cashier, Buckingham, Iowa. Preprinted envelope with preprinted red 2 cent stamp. The preprinted return address reads “After five days, return to GEO. M. Bechtel and Company, Bankers, Davenport, Iowa.”
10	2017-16-39B	Letter	A letter to Chas. Wellik, Cashier, from Geo. M. Bechtel, on preprinted letterhead for Geo. M. Bechtel & Co., Bankers. In the letter, Bechtel notes that he does not know whether the school board for Geneseo Independent School District No. 6 voted on a recent proposition. Bechtel states that the bank is interested in the sale of the bonds.
11	2017-16-39C	Letter	A handwritten letter in pencil to Geo. M. Bechtel Co. from C.T. Mitchell, dated April 21, 1914. In the letter, C.T. Mitchell responds that the issue was voted on, approved, and also notes that the first round of schoolhouse bids were rejected due to being too costly. Mitchell closes by noting that they would be willing to work with Betchel on the school bonds before “other parties.”
12	2017-16-39D	Letter	A handwritten letter in black ink to Geo. M. Bechtel & Co. from C.T. Mitchell, dated April 28, 1914. In the letter, C.T. Mitchell politely informs Geo. M. Bechtel that the school board has found buyers for the school bonds “at home,” and thus did not need the bank’s services.
13	2017-16-56	Invoice	A bill from Farmers Lumber Co. in Traer, Iowa to Claude Mitchell, dated June 4, 1919. The bill has a note written on it as follows, “Mr. Mitchell: Christina got this lumber for the sand table and it’s to be paid from the money raised by her social, which she deposited in the name of the school district. She said to send bill to you and you would remit. Please attend to this as soon as possible. Yours truly, Farmers Lumber.”