VINCENT STARZINGER PAPERS
Scope and Content Note
Vincent Starzinger, general counsel for the Des Moines Register, attended
law school with Robert A. Taft. Taft and Starzinger remained life-long friends and
these papers reflect Starzinger's activities in the campaigns of 1948 and 1952.
Many "behind the scenes" glimpses are provided in correspondence with Taft, David
S. Ingalls, and numerous Iowa political figures.
After Taft's death in 1953, Starzinger became a member of the board of
the Taft Memorial Foundation, serving until 1972. The activities of the foundation
are reflected in correspondence, minutes, and plans for the memorial and its de-
dication.
The collection also contains a small quantity of Starzingers speeches,
1917-72.
Folder List
Box Contents
1
Pre Convention, Election, 1948
1947 May--August
1947 September
1947 October (Luncheon)
1947 October (Clippings)
1947 October (Meetings)
1947 November--1948 February
1948 March
1948 April
1948 May--July
Financial Statements, 1948
State GOP Convention, 1948
2
Senatorial Campaign, 1950
1949 January--September
1949 October--December
1950 and Miscellaneous
3
Pre-GOP Convention, Election, 1952
1951 April
1951 May--July
1951 August
1951 August Taft- Meeting
1951 October Taft Dinner, Invitations
1951 September
1951 October
1952
Taft Dinner Acceptances & Rejections
A--M
N--Z
Taft Dinner--Thank You Letters
Taft Appearances in Iowa, 1951 October
1951 November
1951 December & Undated
1952 January
1952 February
1952 March
4
1952 April
1951-52 Bankers Trust Account Record
1952 May
1952 June
1952 July
1952 Post Convention
1953 Taft's death and funeral
5
Taft Memorial Foundation
1954-56 Correspondence
1957 Correspondence
1958-72 Miscellaneous Correspondence
Clippings and Printed Matter
Starzinger speeches and orations, 1917-72
6
Miscellaneous Printed Matter
7
Miscellaneous Duplicates