Leon Mosley Papers, 1983-2003
Collection Overview
Title: Leon Mosley Papers, 1983-2003
Record Series: MsC-54
Record Group:
Manuscripts
Creator: Mosley, Leon
Date: 1983-2003
Extent: 22 boxes (13.34 linear feet)
Repository: Special Collections and University Archives, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
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Accessing the Collection:
Most materials are open for research. Access to a few folders in the Mosley collection is restricted because of the nature of the contents.
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Historical Note
Leon Mosley was born in Amory, Mississippi, on March 1, 1946. When he was one year old, his family moved to Waterloo, where his father began work at Deere & Company. Leon Mosley also worked for Deere & Company when he grew up. In 1990, he was elected to the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors. He has been deeply involved in local and state politics, as well as with many civic groups and local causes.
Scope and Content
Boxes 1-17
The material in the first seventeen, regular-sized, archives boxes of the Mosley Papers (8.5 linear feet) arrived in the University Archives in the middle 1990s in several shipments. Professor John Baskerville, of the University of Northern Iowa history faculty, arranged for the delivery of the papers. Because there was no apparent arrangement to the material, the records processors, University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson and intern Curtis Hanson, grouped the collection into five main categories: Republican Party, Campaign Material, Deere and Company, Civic Work, and Board of Supervisors.
The first category, the Republican Party, is located in Box 1 and contains documents Mosley collected on party news and issues. Campaign Material, found in Box 2, is a collection of letters, campaign flyers, and invitations organized first chronologically and then by candidate. Boxes 3 and 4 contain newsletters, letters, minutes, and other documents related to the Waterloo Waterworks and to Deere & Company. Boxes 5 through 9, Civic Work, document Mosley's extensive work in the community on various issues and boards from 1993 through 1997. The types of documents included in these boxes are letters, meeting minutes, newsletters, invitations, general mailings, and brochures. The final, and largest, group contains materials documenting Mosley's work on the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors. These papers, located in Boxes 10 through 17, contain budget and tax information; meeting minutes and agendas; and documents from offices such as Human Resource Services and Juvenile Detention Services.
Student intern Curtis Hanson processed Boxes 1-17 in the spring of 1998.
Boxes 18-22
Material in these five large archives cartons arrived in the University Archives from about 1999 through 2003. Once again, Professor John Baskerville arranged for their delivery. Because this material showed no apparent organization when it arrived in the Archives, University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson and University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Library Science graduate student Dana Wallace decided to treat this material as an addendum to the existing collection and to follow the overall arrangement of the existing collection.
Dana Wallace processed these five boxes as part of her fieldwork experience in March and April 2010.
The Mosely papers provide a good look at both Leon Mosely himself and at the matters that he addressed in his public and private life. Because the papers arrived in several batches at different times, and additions were treated as addenda to the collection, researchers may need to go to several parts of the collection in order to cover the same matters.
Access to a few folders in the Mosley collection is restricted because of the nature of the contents.
The collection control file contains a handful of news clippings. Please ask SC&UA staff for access.
Inventory
Box 1--Republican Party
Folder 1: County Republican issues, 1990, 1993-1997
Folder 2: National Rifle Association, 1995-1999
Folder 3: Political Action Committees (PAC's)
Folder 4: Republican National Committee
Folder 5: Statewide Republican issues, 1990, 1994-1997
Box 2--Campaign Material
Folder 1: Mosley campaign information--Board of Supervisors, 1994
Folder 2: Fred Grandy for Governor, 1994
Folder 3: Jim Nussle, 1994-1997
Folder 4: Paul Pate, 1994, 1997
Folder 5: Lamar Alexander for President, 1996
Folder 6: Rod Blum for Convention Delegate, 1996
Folder 7: Pat Buchanan for President, 1996
Folder 8: Leroy Corey for Senate, 1996
Folder 9: Bob Dole for President, 1996
Folder 10: Greg Ganske for US House of Representatives, 1996
Folder 11: Phil Gramm for President, 1996
Folder 12: Steve Grubbs for Senate, 1996
Folder 13: Alan Keyes for President, 1996
Folder 14: Jim Lightfoot for Senate, 1996
Folder 15: Kitty Rehberg for State Senate, 1996
Folder 16: Robert Smith for State Representative, 1996
Folder 17: Arlen Specter for President, 1996
Folder 18: Maggie Tinsman for Senate, 1996
Folder 19: Terri Walker for Supervisor, 1996
Folder 20: David Oman for Governor, 1998
Folder 21: Terry Branstad
Folder 22: Charles Grassley
Folder 23: Miscellaneous National Elections
Folder 24: Miscellaneous State And Local Elections
Box 3--Waterworks
Folder 1: Budgetary, 1994-1997
Folders 2-4: 1993-1997
- Folder 2: Minutes
- Folder 3: Meetings
- Folder 4: Agendas, 1993-1997
Box 4--Waterworks; Deere and Company
Folder 1: Waterworks: miscellaneous, 1984-1997; Washburn, 1994-1997; Water Tower Building, 1994-1997
Folder 2: Civic Action Fund, 1994, 1996
Folder 3: Miscellaneous, 1990-1997
Folder 4: Supervisor's Club, 1993-1997
Folder 5: Union Matters, 1994-1997
Folder 6: "Waterloo Weekly News", 1993-1997
Box 5--Civic Work
Folder 1: 4-H and FFA Fair Foundation, Incorporated, Board, 1996-1997
Folder 2: African-American Historical and Cultural Museum Board, 1996-1997
Folder 3: Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 1994-1997
Folder 4: Amateur Athletic Union, 1996
Folder 5: American Institute of Commerce Scholarship, 1994-1997
Folder 6: Appeals Review Board, 1993-1997
Folder 7: Arrive Alive Committee for Traffic Safety
Folder 8: Bashir Temple, 1993-1995
Folders 9-12: Big Brothers Big Sisters Board of Directors
- Folder 9: 1986
- Folder 10: 1991
- Folder 11: 1993-1997
- Folder 12: Financial, 1992-1996
Folder 13: Black Hawk County Conservation Board, 1994-1997
Box 6--Civic Work
Folder 1: Black Hawk County Decategorization Project
Folder 2: Boy Scouts, Executive Board, 1995-1997
Folder 3: Bremwood Lutheran Children's Home
Folder 4: Cedar Falls Gun Club, 1994-1996
Folder 5: Cedar Valley Cultural Council, 1995-1996
Folder 6: Cedar Valley Economic Development Corporation, 1994-1997
Folder 7: Cedar Valley Food Bank
Folder 8: Cedar Valley Labor Management Council, 1993-1995
Folder 9: Cedar Valley United Way
Folder 10: Citizens for Community Improvement, 1994-1996
Folder 11: Columbus High School, 1993-1997
Folder 12: Exceptional Persons, Inc., 1996-1997
Folder 13: Exchange Club, 1994-1997
Box 7--Civic Work
Folder 1: Family and Children's Council Board of Directors, 1993-1997
Folder 2: Family Service League, 1993-1995
Folder 3: Farm Bureau, 1994
Folder 4: Gates Park Neighborhood Association, 1994-1996
Folder 5: Girl Scouts, 1994-1997
Folder 6: Goodwill Industries, 1994-1995, 1997
Folder 7: Grin and Grow Child Care, 1995-1997
Folder 9: Habitat for Humanity, 1994-1997
Folder 10: Independence Haven, 1994-1997
Folder 11: Iowa Workforce Development
Folder 12: KBBG, 1996
Folder 13: Library issues
Folder 14: Leadership Investment for Tomorrow
Folder 15: Lions Club
Folder 16: Main Street Waterloo, 1996-1997
Folder 17: Masons, 1993-1994, 1996
Metro Fund Distribution Coordination Council, 1992-1995
Box 8--Civic Work
Folder 1: Celebrity
Folder 2: Neighborhood issues
Folder 3: National Parents Day
Folder 4: Opening Doors to the Future, Hawkeye Community College, 1995-1996
Folder 5: Operation Threshold
Folder 6: Optimist Club, 1993-1997
Folder 7: Quad County Firefighters
Folder 8: Quakerdale
Folder 9: Rotary Club, 1994-1997
Box 9--Civic Work
Folder 1: Service Corps of Retired Executives, 1996
Folder 2: United Housing Board (Including Prairie Park Apartments), 1994-1996
Folder 3: United Housing Board, 1996-1997
Folder 4: Veterans' issues, 1994-1997
Folder 5: The Village Initiative, 1994-1996
Folder 6: Violence Prevention Coalition, 1996
Folder 7: Visiting Nurses Association, 1994-1996
Folder 8: Waterloo and Cedar Falls Chambers of Commerce, 1991
Folder 9: Waterloo Community Playhouse, 1997
Folder 10: Waterloo Community Schools, 1994-1997
Folder 11: Waterloo Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1993-1995
Folder 12: Waterloo Downtown Council
Folder 13: Waterloo Museum of Art, 1994-1997
Folder 14: Western Division Advisory Committee, 1993-1996
Folder 15: YMCA, 1994-1996
Box 10--Board of Supervisors
Folder 1: Auditor, 1993-1997
Folder 2: Black Hawk County Courthouse, 1994-1995, 1997
Folder 3: Black Hawk County Jail: 1989-1990, 1993-1997
Folder 4: Aladdin, Inc. vs. Black Hawk County, 1995-1997
Folder 5: Teague vs. Black Hawk County, 1994-1995
Folder 6: Waterloo Fish Company vs. Black Hawk County, 1994-1995
Box 11--Board of Supervisors
Folder 1: Budgetary and Taxes: 1984, 1989, 1991-1997
Folder 2: Central Point of Coordination, 1995-1997
Folder 3: Constituent Correspondence, 1994-1997
Box 12--Board of Supervisors
Folder 1: Country View Care Facility, 1990, 1993-1997
Folder 2: County related health issues, 1991, 1993-1997
Folder 3: First Judicial District, Department of Correctional Services, 1993-1997
Box 13--Board of Supervisors
Folders 1-6: Human Resources:
- Folder 1: 1986
- Folder 2: 1988
- Folder 3: 1990
- Folder 4: 1992-1997
- Folder 5: Labor Relations, 1990-1997
- Folder 6: Policy and Employment Handbook
Folder 7: Independence Haven, 1995-1997
Folder 8:Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments, 1992-1996
Folder 9: Iowa Northland Regional Economic Development Commission, 1993, 1995-1996
Folder 10: Iowa State Association of Counties, 1993-1997
Folder 11:Management Information Services, 1993-1997
Box 14--Board of Supervisors
Folders 1-3: 1983-July 1995
- Folder 1: Minutes
- Folder 2: Meetings
- Folder 3: Agendas
Box 15--Board of Supervisors
Folders 1-3: August 1995-December 1997
- Folder 1: Minutes
- Folder 2: Meetings
- Folder 3: Agendas,
Folder 4: Miscellaneous
Box 16--Board of Supervisors
Folder 1: North Iowa Juvenile Detention Services, 1990, 1992-1997
Folder 2: Planning and zoning, 1993-1997
Box 17--Board of Supervisors
Folder 1: Relief Department, 1993-1996
Folder 2: Veteran Affairs Commission, 1990, 1993-1997
Folder 3: Vote Tabulation System, 1995
Folder 4: Washburn water and sewage system, 1993-1996
Folder 5: Washburn water and sewage system, Franzen, 1995
Folder 6: Washburn water and sewage system, Thiry, 1995-1996
Box 18--Board of Supervisors
Folder 1: Audits, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997-1998
Folder 2: Black Hawk County Assessor
Folder 3: Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors, agenda and minutes, 1994-2000
Folder 4: Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors, building plan update, 1997-1998
Folder 5: Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors, building and remodeling projects, 1994, 1996-2000
Folder 6: Black Hawk County Care Facility--Country View
Folder 7: Black Hawk County Central Point of Coordination, 1996-1999
Folder 8: Black Hawk County Commission on Veterans Affairs, 1996-1999
Folder 9: Black Hawk County Community Services--Pinecrest, 1990-1991, 1995, 1997-1990, 2000
Folder 10: Black Hawk County Conservation Board, 1998-2000
Folder 11: Black Hawk County Courthouse security, 1997-1999
Folder 12: Black Hawk County decategorization, 1996-1998
Folder 13: Black Hawk County department head committee, 1996-1998
Folder 14: Black Hawk County employee benefits, procedures, rules of conduct
Folder 15: Black Hawk County Engineer
Folder 16: Black Hawk County financial statements and budgets, 1995-2000
Folder 17: Black Hawk County directory
Folder 18: Black Hawk County mental health and substance abuse, 1997-2000
Folder 19: Black Hawk County planning and zoning codes and ordinances, 1995, 1997-1999
Folder 20: Black Hawk County properties, sales, purchases, auctions, citizens' property problems, 1994-1999
Folder 21: Black Hawk County property taxes, 1990-1994, 1996-2000
Folder 22: Black Hawk County research studies
Folder 23: Black Hawk County roads and surfaces projects, 1994-1996-1999
Folder 24: Black Hawk County zoning issues, 1994, 1996-1999
Folder 25: City of Waterloo, 1990, 1996, 1998-2000
Folder 26: Consolidated Public Safety Communications Center, 1994, 1997-1999
Box 19
Folder 1: Correspondence from the public to Leon Mosley
Folder 2: Correspondence to Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1999
Folder 3: Environmental concerns, 1994, 1996-1997
Folder 4: First Judicial District, Department of Correctional Services, Committee, 1993-2000
Folder 5: Flood recovery plans, 1999
Folder 6: Geographical Information System Committee, 1994, 1996-1998
Folder 7: Invitations to Leon Mosley as member of Board of Supervisors
Folder 8: Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments, 1996-2000
Folder 9: Iowa Northland Regional Housing Council, 1996-1999
Folder 10: Legal matters, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1999
Folder 11: Liability insurance, 1996-1997
Folder 12: Management information services, 1997-1999
Folder 13: Miscellaneous agenda items, 1994, 1996-1999
Folder 14: Miscellaneous committees, 1994, 1996-2000
Folder 15: Miscellaneous sanitary sewew and drainage projects
Folder 16: New employment positions in Black Hawk County government
Folder 17: Non-bargaining employee matters, 1992-1993, 1998-1999
Folder 18: North Iowa Juvenile Detention Services Committee, 1996-1999
Folder 19: Overtime matters, 1996-1997
Folder 20: Payroll adjustments for Board of Supervisors, 1992-1994, 1996-1999
Folder 21: Reports to Boad of Supervisors, 1996-1998
Folder 22: Resumes submitted to the Board of Supervisors
Folder 23: Tax and budget protests, 1990, 1995, 1999
Folder 24: Union matters, 1994-2000
Folder 25: Washburn sanitary sewer and water system project, 1994-2000
Folder 26: Western Division Advisory Committee, 1994, 1996-1999
Box 20
Folders 1-11: Waterloo Waterworks
- Folder 1: Agenda, minutes, and resolutions, 1996-1999
- Folder 2: Audits, 1996-1997, 1999
- Folder 3: Bonds and loans, 1997-1999
- Folder 4: Building projects and bids, 1996-1999
- Folder 5: Correspondence and memos, 1996-1999
- Folder 6: Employees, wages, pensions, benefits, 1996-1999
- Folder 7: Financial reports, 1996-1999
- Folder 8: Investments, 1996-1999
- Folder 9: Liability insurance, 1998
- Folder 10: Union issues, 1998-2001
- Folder 11: Water usage and operating costs, 1992, 1995-1999
Folder 12: Personal calendar and appointment books of Leon Mosley, 1996-1999
Folder 13: Correspondence received by Leon Mosley; obituaries
Folder 14: Deere & Company matters
Folder 15: Handwritten notes, memos, and correspondence
Folder 16: United Housing, Incorporated--Prairie Park Apartments, 1992-2000
Box 21--Civic involvement
Folder 1: Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Black Hawk County, 1997-1999
Folder 2: American Institute of Commerce, 1996, 1998-1999
Folder 3: African-American Museum, 1996
Folder 4: Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Northeast Iowa, 1994, 1996-1997-2000
Folder 5: Black Hawk County 4-H and Future Farmers of America Fair Foundation, Incorporated, 1994, 1996-1997
Folder 6: Black Hawk County Farm Bureau, 1998-1999
Folder 7: Black Hawk County Leadership, 1996-1998
Folder 8: Black Hawk County Veterans' Commission, 1998-1999
Folder 9: Boys' and Girls' Club of Waterloo, 1997-1998
Folder 10: Boy Scouts of American, Winnebago Council, 1996-1999
Folder 11: Cedar Valley Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Folder 12:
Folder 13: Cedar Valley Economic Development Corporation, 1996
Folder 14: Cedar Vally United Way, 1992, 1997-2000
Folder 15: Citizens for Community Improvement, 1996
Folder 16: Exceptional Persons, Incorporated, 1997, 1999
Folder 17: Family and Children's Council,1994-1999
Folder 18: Family Service League--Crisis Services Advisory Board, 1998-1999
Folder 19: Girl Scouts, Conestoga Council, 1997-1998
Folder 20: Greater Black Hawk Habitat for Humanity, 1997-1999
Folder 21: Grin and Grow
Folder 22: Grout Museum, 1998-1999
Folder 23: Hartman Reserve Nature Center
Folder 24: Independence Haven, Incorporated, 1996-1998
Folder 25: Invitations and thank you notes for civic events
Folder 26: Iowa Family Policy Center, 1997-1999
Folder 27: Kiwanis Club, 1992, 1998
Folder 28: Main Street Waterloo, 1999-2000
Folder 29: Masons, 1994-1995, 1997-1999
Folder 30: Metro Exchange Club, 1994
Folder 31: Metro Fund Distribution Coordination Council, requests for funding, 1997
Folder 32: Mosley's Neighborhood Action Team
Folder 33: Neighborhood associations, 1994-1999
Folder 34: Optimist Club, 1994-2000
Folder 35: Quakerdale
Folder 36: Rotary Club, 1994-1997
Folder 37: Service Corps of Retired Executives, 1996-1998
Folder 38: Visiting Nurses Association, 1996, 1998-1999
Folder 39: Waterloo/Cedar Falls Common Ground, your multicultural newspaper, 1999
Folder 40: Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Folder 41: Waterloo Community Playhouse, Black Hawk Children's Theater, 1998-1999
Folder 42: Waterloo Community Schools, 1994, 1997-1999
Box 22--Politics
Folder 1: Benton County Republicans
Folder 2: Black Hawk County Republicans, 1990, 1992, 1994-2000
Folder 3: The Black Hawk Group, 1993-1994, 1996-1999
Folder 4: Bremer County Republicans
Folder 5: Buchanan County Republicans
Folder 6: Clayton County Republicans
Folder 7: Fayette County Republicans
Folder 8: Miscellaneous county and college Republican groups
Folder 9: Tama County Republicans
Folder 10: Gary Bauer--Presidential campaign, 1999-2000
Folder 11: George W. Bush--Presidential campaign, 1998-2000
Folder 12: Bob Dole--Presidential campaign, 1994
Folder 13: Elizabeth Dole--Presidential campaign, 1999-2000
Folder 14: Steve Forbes--Presidential campaigns, 1995-1996, 1999-2000
Folder 15: Thurman Gaskill, Iowa Senate District 8, 1998
Folder 16: Phil Gramm--Presidential campaign, 1995-1996
Folder 17: Charles Grassley
Folder 18: Steve Grubbs--Senate campaign, 1995-1996
Folder 19: Almo Hawkins
Folder 20: Alan Keyes--Presidential campaign, 1999-2000
Folder 21: Jim LIghtfoot--gubernatorial campaign, 1998
Folder 22: Miscellaneous local, state, and national campaigns
Folder 23: Leon Mosley--various campaigns
Folder 24: Jim Nussle--Second District Congressman
Folder 25: Paul Pate
Folder 26: Dan Quayle
Folder 27: Kitty Rehberg, Iowa Senate District 14, 1996, 1998-1999
Folder 28: Marilyn Rubner, Fayette County Board of Supervisors campaign, 1998
Folder 29: Tommy Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin
Folder 30: Republican Party of Iowa, 1990, 1993-1999
Folder 31: Republican Party of Iowa, calendar of events, 1994-1995, 1998-1999
Folder 32: Republican caucus, 1995-1999
Folder 33: Republican Party of Iowa, invitations and thank you notes
Folder 34: Republican Party of Iowa, Leon Mosley expense accounts, 1996, 1998, 1999
Folder 35: Republican Party of Iowa, Leon Mosley's speech notes
Folder 36: Republican Party of Iowa, Central Committee, 1994-1999
Folder 37: Abstract of election, 1994
Processing Information
University of Northern Iowa Public History intern Curtis Hanson and University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson processed Boxes 1-17 of this collection in the spring of 1998; Gerald Peterson marked up a Web inventory at that time. Intern Dana Wallace, doing her fieldwork for a degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, processed Boxes 18-22 in March and April 2010; Gerald Peterson then revised the Web inventory to reflect the additions to the collection on April 19, 2010. Last updated by Library Associate Dave Hoing, October 2017. Linear feet count updated on August 9, 2017.