C.J.A. Ericson

C.J.A. Ericson was an Iowa businessman and politician. He represented a district in Iowa's Boone and Story counties five times as a senator in the Iowa General Assembly. While in the state legislature he advocated for libraries on a statewide level. He was also a longtime member of the Iowa Library Association. He donated funds enabling the construction of the Ericson Public Library. Documents of the Historical Department of Iowa records its 1903 addition to their collection of a bust of C.J.A. Ericson created by the Pugi Brothers studio of Florence, Italy.

C.J.A. Ericson

C.J.A. Ericson was an Iowa businessman and politician. He represented a district in Iowa's Boone and Story counties five times as a senator in the Iowa General Assembly. While in the state legislature he advocated for libraries on a statewide level. He was also a longtime member of the Iowa Library Association. He donated funds enabling the construction of the Ericson Public Library. Documents of the Historical Department of Iowa records its 1903 addition to their collection of a bust of C.J.A. Ericson created by the Pugi Brothers studio of Florence, Italy.