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Walling, William English, 1877-1936. William Walling papers [microform], 1871-1962.

Title: William Walling papers [microform], 1871-1962.

Microfilm copy of papers of the noted liberal author and lecturer on social and economic problems, and a founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, the Women's Trade Union League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Correspondence, 1871-1962, deals primarily with family affairs, but occasional letters discuss the breakdown of Czarist rule in Russia and the development of revolutionary spirit in Poland and Russia (1905-1906), race riots in Springfield, Illinois (1909), the Socialist Party and its problems prior to and during World War I, and the Negro and trade unions (1929). Some references to American Federation of Labor policies and conventions are also scattered in the correspondence. The collection also contains typewritten copies of a few of Walling's articles and speeches on labor, the national economy, racial problems, and foreign relations, as well as newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials pertaining to his career. Among the writers of letters to Walling are Albert J. Beveridge, Francis Biddle, Bruce Bliven, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Glenn Frank, John P. Frey, William Green, Hamilton Holt, W. L. Mackenzie King, Raymond Moley, Edward A. Ross, Upton Sinclair, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Matthew Woll. Copies of a few letters written by Walling to Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, Eugene V. Debs, H. M. Hyndman, Theodore Roosevelt, and President Woodrow Wilson are also among the papers. In the family letters written by Mr. and Mrs. Walling (Anna Strunsky) there are some scattered, and usually very brief, allusions to Clarence Darrow, Samuel Gompers, Herbert Hoover, Jack London, Henrik Shipstead, Rose Stokes, and others with whom they had associations.

ArchivalResource: [ca. 1,000 items]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81947204 View

Upper Mississippi Barge Line Company (Wilmington, Del.). Company records, 1919-1937.

Title: Company records, 1919-1937.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial and stock records, contracts, and related papers of this company organized in 1925 to build towboats and barges on the upper Mississippi River, to increase the river's use by shippers, and to lobby for a nine-foot navigation channel.

ArchivalResource: 3.75 cu. ft. (9 boxes, incl. 9 v.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313832434 View

Day, Frank A. (Frank Arah), 1855-1928. Frank A. Day papers, 1889-1928.

Title: Frank A. Day papers, 1889-1928.

Correspondence, clippings, financial papers, and other items relating to Day, a Fairmont (Martin County, Minn.) newspaper editor who served in the Minnesota legislature (1878, 1887-1895, 1926-1928), as lieutenant governor (1895-1897), as private secretary to Governor John A. Johnson (1905-1909), and as a member of the board of visitors of the State Board of Control (1923-1926). Most of the papers consist of letters from other journalists and politicians, concentrated in the years 1894-1897, 1915-1916, and 1923-1927.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508184 View

Bagley, William Richardson, b. 1870. William Richardson Bagley papers, 1923-1972.

Title: William Richardson Bagley papers, 1923-1972.

Letters, reports, memoranda, and clippings of Bagley, a Duluth physician and conservationist. Concentrated largely in the 1930s, they concern the history and activities of the Izaak Walton League's Minnesota division and its Duluth chapter, management and expansion of Superior National Forest, water-power development, policies and personnel of the Minnesota Conservation Commission and the Minnesota Division of Game and Fish, and wildlife management. Correspondents are Minnesota conservation officials and members of conservation organizations, including Olin L. Kaupanger, John R. Foley, E. Victor Willard, and Ernest C. Oberholtzer.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122597812 View

Zon, Raphael, 1874-1956. Raphael Zon papers, 1887-1957.

Title: Raphael Zon papers, 1887-1957.

Correspondence, clippings, reports, articles, and other papers concerning Zon, a Russian-born forester who came to the United States in 1898, graduated from Cornell University in 1901, and began a career with the U.S. Forest Service which included the directorship of the Lake States Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, from 1923 to 1944.

ArchivalResource: 6.25 cu. ft. (15 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560084 View

Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers, 1910-1934

Title: Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers 1910-1934

United States senators from Montana. Official correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, legislative files, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs relating chiefly to the senatorial career of Walsh and his successor, John Edward Erickson.

ArchivalResource: 262,000 items; 510 containers; 204 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013078 View

Minnesota. Division of Waters. Records, 1900-1979.

Title: Records, 1900-1979.

Records of the Conservation Department's Division of Drainage and Waters/Division of Waters, including materials created under its predecessors, the Drainage Commission of the State of Minnesota (1901-1919) and Department of Drainage and Waters (1919-1931), and its successor, the Natural Resources Department's Waters Division (1971-1979). The majority of the files were created under the tenure of division director Sidney A. Frellsen (1948-1967).

ArchivalResource: 8.8 cu. ft. (9 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313870506 View

Brown, Edward Fullerton, 1891-. Edward F. Brown papers, 1915-1962.

Title: Edward F. Brown papers, 1915-1962.

Primarily business and political papers relating to Brown's association with Emil Holmes and the American Security Alliance Organization in Minneapolis, including Holmes' letters and speeches (1940s-1950s); correspondence with state and national political figures and pamphlets and leaflets relating to presidential and state election campaigns (1928-1956); sheet music used in the 1936 presidential campaign of the Union Party, of which both Brown and Holmes were officers. Four letters (1915-1916) written by Brown to his parents describe his work as minister of a mission church at Fond du Lac, Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 cu. ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122474104 View

Gisle Bothne papers., 1896-1934.

Title: Gisle Bothne papers. 1896-1934.

Correspondence, articles, and speeches of the head of theScandinavian department of the University of Minnesota (1907-1929). The materialsdeal with the Norse-American centennial (1925), Norwegian history and literature,his participation in other Norwegian-American cultural celebrations, and histeaching career at Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) and the University ofMinnesota.

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http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P1453.xml View

Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation (Saint Paul, Minn.). Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation records, 1853-1958.

Title: Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation records, 1853-1958.

Historical data (1902-1956) on the congregation, including constitution and bylaws; correspondence and related papers providing information on its routine business and activities (1870-1957), membership and dues, Mount Zion Cemetery affairs (1870-1930s), various Jewish religious and social organizations with which the congregation had contact, the new temple constructed at Holly and Avon streets (1900-1910), activity of Jews in World War I (1918-1920s), anti-Semitism in Germany and the U.S. (1930s), Jewish refugees (1930s-1940s), the military service of congregation members during World War II, and the new temple at Summit and Hamline avenues (1950-1955).

ArchivalResource: 7.5 cu. ft. (18 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313839903 View

Walling, William English, 1877-1936. Papers, 1863-1962.

Title: Papers, 1863-1962.

Papers of the noted liberal author and lecturer on social and economic problems, and a founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, the Women's Trade Union League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Correspondence, 1871-1962, deals primarily with family affairs, but occasional letters discuss the breakdown of Czarist rule in Russia and the development of revolutionary spirit in Poland and Russia (1905-1906), race riots in Springfield, Illinois (1909), the Socialist Party and its problems prior to and during World War I, and the Negro and trade unions (1929). Some references to American Federation of Labor policies and conventions are also scattered in the correspondence. The collection also contains typewritten copies of a few of Walling's articles and speeches on labor, the national economy, racial problems, and foreign relations, as well as newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials pertaining to his career.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and.3 reels of microfilm (35 mm.); plus.additions of 0.2 c.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122445492 View

Gilbert, Arthur Benson, 1887-1967. Arthur B. Gilbert papers, 1909-1967.

Title: Arthur B. Gilbert papers, 1909-1967.

Correspondence and subject files of a Minneapolis-based farm activist, political gadfly, and self-described agitator for legislation to help the farmer, particularly for a protective tariff on agricultural imports. Gilbert was on the staff of the National Nonpartisan League from 1917 to 1924; after becoming disillusioned with that organization (particularly as it came increasingly under the influence of labor interests), he supported Republican candidates for state and national office as being most in sympathy with farming interests. From 1928 to 1930 he was an advocate of The Minnesota Plan of Farm Relief, a legislative agenda calling for various measures to make American farm products more competitive, to encourage domestic production and to discourage agricultural imports, and to improve farmers' profits while at the same time reducing costs to consumers. Gilbert was staunchly anti-communist, and viewed Minnesota's Farmer-Labor party and its leaders with grave suspicion.

ArchivalResource: 2.2 cu. ft. (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122585924 View

Association records., 1930-1960.

Title: Association records. 1930-1960.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, brochures, articles, clippings, and financial records of this company formed in 1932 to promote and develop water transportation routes in the Mississippi Valley. The records give information on development and use of the nine-foot Mississippi River channel, federal regulations, competition with railroads, Minneapolis harbor facilities, relations with other interested groups and individuals, promotional activities, water supply and usage problems, industrial development in river communities, attitudes of various U.S. congressmen, and distribution of barges and war production plants during World War II.

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http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00911.xml View

Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans. Minneapolis Chapter. Chapter records, 1942-1944.

Title: Chapter records, 1942-1944.

Correspondence, applications, reports, and related papers of the Minneapolis chapter of a national volunteer organization to assist in finding employment for loyal Japanese-Americans (Nisei) evacuated from the Pacific Coast during World War II. The collection consists largely of chapter secretary Genevieve F. Steefel's correspondence with Nisei seeking work--as well as their employment applications--and with officials of the U.S. Employment Service and War Relocation Authority.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313819645 View

Minnesota Music Teachers Association. Association records, 1904-2009.

Title: Association records, 1904-2009.

Records of a professional society of music instructors formed to promote music education in Minnesota. The collection contains the constitution, bylaws, minutes, convention proceedings, correspondence, examinations, directories, calendars, festival programs, newsletters, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials. There is information on conventions, elections, and other routine activities; relations with the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations; proposed legislation, particularly to create a national bureau of fine arts (1939) and national excise tax exemptions for symphony orchestras (1951); examinations given to applicants for membership; and musical education in the public schools. There are publicity files and other materials relating to statewide and regional student concerts hosted by MMTA. Correspondents include several members of Congress and a number of professional musicians, especially Paul M. Oberg and Frances Clark.

ArchivalResource: 7.75 cubic feet (8 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313839709 View

Ekern, Herman Lewis, 1872-1954. Herman Lewis Ekern papers, 1872-1954.

Title: Herman Lewis Ekern papers, 1872-1954.

Papers of Herman L. Ekern, a Wisconsin attorney, progressive Republican, and state official, relating to progressive politics and campaigns, insurance practices and legislation, the St. Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes water diversion, the University of Wisconsin, and programs such as social security and unemployment compensation. Primarily correspondence, the collection also includes speeches and writings of Ekern on insurance or related topics; records of the Lutheran Brotherhood, a large fraternal life insurance company which he helped found; materials collected during his studies of war-risk insurance and of social security; legal files; papers from his own political campaigns and from the La Follette-Wheeler 1924 campaign; and copies of minutes and reports of the Wisconsin Unemployment Commission, 1931-1932. The correspondence reflects Ekern's personal, political, and business interests. Early correspondence concerns family affairs and the beginning of his law practice at Whitehall, Wis. (1894-1911). With his election to the Assembly in 1902, politics and legislation become prominent topics. Ekern authored railroad retirement and teachers' retirement acts and was actively interested in other legislation involving taxation, redistricting, the county court system, and establishment of the state life insurance code. Ekern served as state insurance commissioner, 1910-1915, and letters from this period concern insurance as well as his interest in other progressive legislation and in the national progressive campaign in 1912. His 1924 files as finance chairman of the La Follette-Wheeler presidential ticket are present as are the files of Will R. McCord, a professional fund-raiser employed to direct solicitation of funds in other states. In 1926 there are letters concerning Ekern's unsuccessful bid for the Wisconsin governorship. Ekern later was in private law practice in Chicago and Madison, was an unsuccessful Progressive candidate for United States senate in 1938, and served on the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 1939-1943. Much of his correspondence relates to the regents, alumni activities, and University fund-raising projects. Many state and national figures are included among Ekern's correspondents: Jane Addams, Robert S. Allen, Newton D. Baker, Roger N. Baldwin, George E. Beedle, Edward A. Birge, John J. Blaine, William E. Borah, Charles E. Broughton, John R. Commons, Henry A. Cooper, Robert S. Cowie, Charles H. Crownhart, Andrew H. Dahl, Joseph E. Davies, John S. Donald, Matthew S. Dudgeon, F. Ryan Duffy, Clarence A. Dykstra, John J. Esch, William T. Evjue, Felix Frankfurter, James A. Frear, Zona Gale, Julius P. Heil, Morris Hillquit, Daniel W. Hoan, Frederick L. Holmes, Henry Huber, Merlin Hull, Charles E. Kading, Bryant Kearl, Henry Krumrey, Belle Case La Follette, Philip F. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Irvine L. Lenroot, Solomon Levitan, Louis P. Lochner, Huey P. Long, William G. McAdoo, Charles McCarthy, Francis E. McGovern, Charles L. McNary, Basil Manly, John M. Nelson, George W. Norris, Michael B. Olbrich, Samuel M. Pedrick, Emanuel L. Philipp, Gifford Pinchot, W. T. Rawleigh, Wilbur N. Renk, Oscar Rennebohm, John W. Reynolds, Alfred T. Rogers, Morris H. Rubin, Harry Sauthoff, Frank J. Sensenbrenner, Henrik Shipstead, Samuel Sigman, Isaac Stephenson, Carl Thompson, Charles R. Van Hise, George S. Viereck, Frank P. Walsh, Burton K. Wheeler, William Allen White, Edwin E. Witte, and Fred R. Zimmerman.

ArchivalResource: 36.4 c.f. (91 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145784990 View

Shipstead, Henrik, 1881-1960. Speech and article of Henrik Shipstead [manuscript], 1932.

Title: Speech and article of Henrik Shipstead [manuscript], 1932.

The collection contains a mimeographed copy of Shipstead's speech "Has China or Japan broken existing treaties?" delivered over CBS; together with a letter signed by him.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647959046 View

Harry Weinberger papers, 1915-1944

Title: Harry Weinberger papers

The papers consist of correspondence, legal papers, notes, and other materials documenting Weinberger's career as a lawyer who specialized in civil liberties cases and, later in his career, copyright law. The one hundred and sixteen (116) case files include legal briefs, writs, and memoranda prepared by Weinberger and his staff, and similar material prepared by opposing attorneys. Correspondence files include letters with clients and individuals interested in a specific case. Weinberger's clients included: Alexander Berkman, Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Emma Goldman, and Eugene O'Neill. The papers also include a small number of Weinberg's short stories and plays and correspondence with his nephew, Warren Weinberger. The Harry Weinberger Papers cover Weinberger's professional career from around 1915 until the early 1940s. In that time, Weinberger handled many types of cases, but he took a special interest in people whom he believed had been deprived of their civil liberties. As a result, Weinberger defended many aliens, immigrants, anarchists, and radicals. Two of Weinberger's most celebrated clients were the anarchists Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Another client of Weinberger was the wealthy draft dodger, Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. Most of Weinberger's clients were, however, neither famous nor wealthy. Many were referred to Weinberger by service agencies like the American Civil Liberties Union, the League for Amnesty of Political Prisoners, and the Worker's Defense Fund. In the later part of his career, Weinberger became an expert in copyright law, representing many writers, including Eugene O'Neill, in copyright and plagiarism suits. Weinberger corresponded with many prominent figures in connection with his legal work. His correspondents include Roger N. Baldwin, William A. Black, Alice Stone Blackwell, Harry M. Daugherty, Albert DeSilver, Elizabeth G. Flynn, Agnes Inglis, Daniel Kiefer, Robert M. LaFollette, Alvaro Obregon, Elmer Rice, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffans, Norman Thomas, Frank P. Walsh, Thomas E. Watson and Stephen S. Wise. The papers provide information on United States policies toward aliens, anarchists, and radicals in America during and after the first World War. The papers also contain material on United States immigration and deportation policies and important materials on Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Ricardo Flores Magon, and Tom Mooney. There is, however, very little personal material on Weinberger in the papers. Biographical information can be found in Weinberger's "A Rebel's Interrupted Autobiography" published in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology in 1 October 1942

ArchivalResource: 21.50 linear ft.

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0553 View

Excelsior Fruit Growers Association (Excelsior, Minn.). Association records, 1900-1969.

Title: Association records, 1900-1969.

Correspondence, minute books, annual and financial reports, grower and customer lists, tax returns, legal documents, stock certificates, ledgers, journals, and records of fruit receipts and sales, primarily 1934-1969, of this fruit-marketing cooperative in Excelsior and Hopkins. The correspondence includes discussions of marketing problems, especially World War II sugar rationing and price controls.

ArchivalResource: 5.0 cu. ft. (10 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313820411 View

Hjalmar Petersen papers.

Title: Hjalmar Petersen papers.

Correspondence, campaign literature, reports, printed items,clippings, and scrapbooks documenting Petersen's career as city clerk (1918-1924)and mayor (1928) of Askov, Pine County (Minnesota); editor of the (1914-1968); Minnesota state legislator(1931, 1933), lieutenant governor (1935-1936), and governor (1936); and staterailroad and warehouse commissioner (1937-1942, 1954-1967). Included are materialsfrom his legislative, unsuccessful gubernatorial (1938, 1940, 1942, 1946), and U.S.senatorial (1958) campaigns on Farmer-Labor and Democratic-Farmer-Labor partytickets. Askov American

ArchivalResource: 14.5 cubic feet (27 boxes).

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/p1059.xml View

William Richardson Bagley papers., 1923-1972.

Title: William Richardson Bagley papers. 1923-1972.

Letters, reports, correspondence, and clippings of a Duluth, Minnesota physician and conservationist.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/M213.xml View

Aufderheide, Herman, 1892-1958. Herman Aufderheide papers, 1933-1949.

Title: Herman Aufderheide papers, 1933-1949.

Correspondence, campaign materials, delegate lists, resolutions, and other papers of Aufderheide, a New Ulm (Brown County) native who served as secretary to Minnesota governors Floyd B. Olson (1930-1936) and Hjalmar Petersen (1936-1937), and later as state relief administrator. The papers concentrate on patronage, especially in the Minnesota Highway Department, during the administrations of Olson and Elmer A. Benson, and show relationships between the Farmer-Labor Party, members of the Farm Holiday Movement, and other groups. There is also information on the 1938 election; the 1940 presidential campaign, particularly the Independent-Roosevelt-Wallace Committee; the 1940 Petersen gubernatorial campaign; and agitation for a dam and flood control facilities on the Cottonwood River. Correspondents include Joseph A. Poirier, Susie W. Stageberg, Irwin C. Strout, Howard Y. Williams, Irene Welby, and Ray Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122559908 View

Association Records., 1904-2009.

Title: Association Records. 1904-2009.

Records of a professional society of music instructors formed to promote music education in Minnesota.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00619.xml View

George H. Hess and family papers, 1864-1948.

Title: George H. Hess and family papers, 1864-1948.

Correspondence, financial records, and printed materials documenting Hess's career as comptroller of the Great Northern Railway Company (1920-1946); his correspondence with St. Paul (Minn.) business leaders and business-oriented social clubs (1915-1946); correspondence and financial papers detailing his personal investments and finances (1910-1948); his Minnesota and U.S. income tax returns (1936-1948); and papers relating to his dime novel collection (1908-1946).

ArchivalResource: 11.5 cu. ft. (27 boxes).

https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MNPALS_MHS/ge68j0/alma990017300490104294 View

James Ford Bell and family papers., 1861-1978.

Title: James Ford Bell and familypapers. 1861-1978.

Business and personal correspondence (1861-1961), newspaperclippings (1920-1961), print materials, scrapbooks, and miscellany of aMinneapolis flour-milling executive who was an active participant in public affairs,and papers of other Bell family members.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00749.xml View

Bester, Earl Thomas, 1900-. Earl T. Bester papers, 1937-1967.

Title: Earl T. Bester papers, 1937-1967.

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, near-print government and union correspondence, and related papers created by Earl T. Bester, director of District 33, United Steelworkers of America, from 1952 to 1965. Bester helped organize the Steelworkers Organizing Committee (1936), which in 1940 became the United Steelworkers of America (CIO). In 1952 he became director of district 33, headquartered in Duluth.

ArchivalResource: 2.75 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122613589 View

Hjalmar Petersen papers.

Title: Hjalmar Petersen papers.

Correspondence, campaign literature, reports, printed items,clippings, and scrapbooks documenting Petersen's career as city clerk (1918-1924)and mayor (1928) of Askov, Pine County (Minnesota); editor of the (1914-1968); Minnesota state legislator(1931, 1933), lieutenant governor (1935-1936), and governor (1936); and staterailroad and warehouse commissioner (1937-1942, 1954-1967). Included are materialsfrom his legislative, unsuccessful gubernatorial (1938, 1940, 1942, 1946), and U.S.senatorial (1958) campaigns on Farmer-Labor and Democratic-Farmer-Labor partytickets. Askov American

ArchivalResource: 14.5 cubic feet (27 boxes).

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/p1059.xml View

Mudge, Rollo Lester, 1899-. Rollo Lester Mudge papers, 1917-1972.

Title: Rollo Lester Mudge papers, 1917-1972.

Correspondence, programs, histories, military papers, and similar files compiled and created by Rollo L. Mudge, Minneapolis, and documenting World War I service of Battery D, 151st Field Artillery, originally a Minnesota National Guard unit. The regiment was a part of the U.S. Army 42nd Infantry ("Rainbow Division"). Mudge served with the unit from September, 1917 until May, 1919.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122522809 View

Burnquist, J. A. A. (Joseph Alfred Arner), 1879-1961. J. A. A. Burnquist papers, 1884-1961.

Title: J. A. A. Burnquist papers, 1884-1961.

Papers documenting Burnquist's career as St. Paul (Minnesota) lawyer, state representative (1909-1911), lieutenant governor (1913-1915), governor (1915-1921), state attorney general (1939-1955), and relating to his years of retirement (1954-1961). He was a Republican.

ArchivalResource: 15.0 cu. ft. (35 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313818378 View