Ames History Museum: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace

Program Type:

History/Genealogy, Presentation

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Program Details

 

Topic — American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace

Speaker — Tom Milligan, actor, director, theatrical producer

In this one-act play based on the award-winning book of the same name by Senator John C. Culver and John Hyde, actor Tom Milligan portrays Henry A. Wallace, the agricultural innovator and founder of Pioneer Hi-Bred seed corn company who became US Secretary of Agriculture and later Vice President under Franklin Roosevelt.

Admired by many and later branded as a Socialist during his controversial 1948 campaign for the presidency, Wallace always held out a vision for the future.

 

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Presented in partnership with Ames Public Library and Ames History Museum. Program funded by Humanities Iowa, a private, non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State Historical Society of Iowa. 

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