Title: Julius A. Krug Papers

Date/Date Range :   1945-1952

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains articles, correspondence, and other items documenting Krug's work as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1946 to 1949.

Call number: MS-1548

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Julius A. Krug Papers, MS-1548. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one box.

Julius Krug was born on November 23, 1907 in Madison, Wisconsin. He earned his A.B. (1929) and A.M. (1930) at the University of Wisconsin and his D.Eng at the Colorado School of Mines (1949). He worked at number of business jobs around the United States before becoming the Secretary of the Interior for President Truman in 1946. He held this post until 1949, when he returned to his private life as a business executive. Krug died on March 26, 1970 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC.

This collection contains articles, correspondence, and other items documenting Krug's work as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1946 to 1949.

• United States. Secretary of the Interior, 1946-1949 (Krug, Julius A.).
• Krug, Julius Albert, 1907-1970.
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.