Manuscript Collections - Walter B. Garver Papers

WALTER B. GARVER PAPERS, 1937-1968
2 linear inches (1 small manuscript box)
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Walter B. Garver was an agricultural economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the University of Minnesota Extension Service, and the agricultural department of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Garver was born in 1905, educated at the Universities of Minnesota and Chicago, and began work at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 1941. In 1951 he took a position with the United States Chamber of Commerce, working there until retirement in 1969.  Garver passed away in April 1991.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Walter Garver Papers contain correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, articles and biographical information documenting his professional career. Topics include farm production, banking, and agricultural credit. The material is arranged alphabetically by type of material. 

FOLDER LIST

BOX    CONTENTS
1

Biographical, ca. 1950
Correspondence, 1949-1951
Scrapbooks, 1944-1965 (3 folders)
Speeches

Challenge of man’s last chance, 1946
Who is the farmer’s boss? 1950
Mobilization, the challenge and threat to agriculture, 1951
New directions for farm programs, 1960
Freedom and progress for farmers, 1963

Writing

Quality of grain crops, Journal of Farm Economics, Aug 1937
Prices, quantity and values of Minnesota farm product, Dec 1937
Reliability of preliminary price indexes, Journal of American Statistical Association, June 1938
Indexes of purchasing power, Journal of Farm Economics, Aug 1938
Marketing costs of Minnesota foods, June 1941
Income and expenditures in Minnesota agriculture, May 1943
The banker and the rural community, Hoosier Banker, May 1946
World hunger and American agriculture, Farm Managers, Apr 1968

Scrapbook – Farm Forum – Montana, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Chamber of Commerce award, Fathers day Cards, Photographs
Scrapbook – Letters, Newspaper clippings/articles, Business
Scrapbook – Photographs, Newspaper clippings