Descriptive Summary
Igo, Harry
Harry Igo Papers,
1934-1994 and undated
The collection
consists of the personal and professional papers of Harry Igo.
S476.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
2 boxes (2.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Harry Igo is a retired agricultural business man from Plainview,
Texas. He was president of the Plainsman Fertilizer Company, a division of the
W. R. Grace and Company, for a number of years. Mr. Igo is known for his
participation in World War II as an Army Air Force pilot. He was a captain when
in July 26, 1945, he and his crew flew the C-54 cargo plane with a special
cargo on board from Kirtland Air Force Base (Albuquerque, New Mexico) to
Hamilton Field, California. From there, another crew flew the parts to Tinian,
Guam. The special items were parts necessary to complete the assembly of the
first atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. At that
time, Mr. Igo and his crew had no idea what their cargo was until years later
when The National Archives revealed its true identity. Harry Igo had become a
part of history when the actions he carried forth as a transporter served to
end the second world war.
Scope and Contents
The Igo Collection is a small collection containing business and
personal files from 1934-1994. The bulk of the papers are mainly business
materials from Plainsman Fertilizer, Red River Properties, Inc., Janson
Industries, and W. R. Grace and Company. It also includes a file on Billie Sol
Estes, photographs of their agriculture business operations, a ranch file,
memorabilia files and scrapbook files on Igo’s World War II experiences, and a
book on the Manhattan Project.
Organization
The collection is organized into the following series: Business Files
and Personal Files.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Igo, Harry
Subjects (Organizations)
W. R. Grace and Company
Plainsman Fertilizer Company
Subjects
agriculture--Texas
Plainview (Tex.)--History
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
Atomic bomb
Atomic bomb--United States
Collection accession #(s):
87-0020-B, 95-0011-B
Gifts, 1987-1994
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, 1996
Preferred Citation
Harry Igo Papers, 1934-1994 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Harry Igo’s small replica of a U.S. Army Air Force C54
airplane
- Air transportation orders, 1945, for Harry Igo's crew (Framed
item #449
- Harry Igo Exhibit Items (2 boxes)
Collection Inventory
Business
1
1
Correspondence: W. R. Grace and Company,
1958-1963 and undated
1
2
Corporate Journal: Igo Land and Cattle Company, Inc.,
1979-1984
1
3
Corporate Journal: Janson Industries,
1954-1982 and
undated
1
4
Corporate Journal: Plainsman Grain, Inc.,
1983-1985
1
5
Corporate Journal: Plainsman Transportation, Inc.,
1954-1979
1
6
Corporate Journal: Plainsman Elevators, Inc.,
1971-1979
1
7
Corporate Journal: Red River Properties, Inc.,
1976
1
8
Estes, Billie Sol,
1958-1985 and undated
1
9
Legal Material,
1951-1964 and
undated
2
1
News clippings, W. R. Grace and Company,
1962-1965
2
2
Photographs,
1949 and
undated
2
3
Plainsman Distributor’s Manual,
1967 and
undated
2
4
Scrapbook Material,
1957-1982 and undated
2
5
Scrapbook Material: Fertilizer and Grace,
1948-1978 and
undated
2
6
Scrapbook Material: Ranch and Etc.,
1967-1974 and
undated
Personal
2
7
4-H and Agriculture,
1941-1980 and
undated
2
8
Printed Material: World War II,
1951-1994 and undated
2
9
Red River County,
1959-1979 and undated
2
10
Scrapbook Material: Army Air Corps,
1945-1967 and
undated
2
11
Scrapbook Material: Texas A&M,
1934-1979 and undated
2
12
Book:
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the
Manhattan Project, by Leslie E. Groves,
1962