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La Follette family papers, 1781-1988

Title: La Follette family papers, 1781-1988

Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953), United States senator. Also includes papers of Belle Case La Follette, Fola La Follette, and Philip Fox La Follette.

ArchivalResource: 418,100 items.1,468 containers plus 22 oversize. 594.2 linear feet.

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La Follette family papers, 1781-1988

Title: La Follette family papers, 1781-1988

Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953), United States senator. Also includes papers of Belle Case La Follette, Fola La Follette, and Philip Fox La Follette.

ArchivalResource: 418,100 items.1,468 containers plus 22 oversize. 594.2 linear feet.

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Thompson, James, 1875-1921. James Thompson papers, 1895, 1906-1921.

Title: James Thompson papers, 1895, 1906-1921.

Papers of James Thompson, a La Crosse, Wisconsin, lawyer and progressive Republican, consisting mainly of correspondence relating to his candidacy in 1918 and 1920 for the Republican senatorial nomination and his defeat in 1920 as an independent candidate for that office. Among the exchanges concerning the political scene are numerous letters from Robert M. La Follette and other Wisconsin progressives. The collection also contains an undated volume of notes for the teaching of public speaking kept by his sister Gena S. Thompson.

ArchivalResource: 0.7 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 volume)

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La Follette family papers, 1781-1988

Title: La Follette family papers, 1781-1988

Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953), United States senator. Also includes papers of Belle Case La Follette, Fola La Follette, and Philip Fox La Follette.

ArchivalResource: 418,100 items.1,468 containers plus 22 oversize. 594.2 linear feet.

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Blaine, John J. (John James), 1873-1934. John J. Blaine papers, 1894-1938.

Title: John J. Blaine papers, 1894-1938.

Papers of John J. Blaine, a Wisconsin progressive Republican who was state senator from Boscobel, 1909-1913; attorney general, 1919-1921; governor, 1921-1927; United States senator, 1927-1933; and member of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1933-1934. The collection consists mainly of correspondence and 8 volumes of speeches, and relates primarily to the years of his governorship. Papers of the period prior to 1921 contain references to Blaine's education, community affairs in Boscobel, his candidacy for a seat in Congress in 1904, investigations (1909-1911) of charges against Isaac Stephenson for unlawful use of money in the campaign of 1908, and Blaine's nonpartisan Progressive candidacy for governor in 1914. In the gubernatorial papers the major topic throughout is the issue of state taxation and finances in various forms: Blaine's opposition to the creation of a northern lakes state park; his request for revision of the income tax law by a special session of the legislature in 1922; his veto in 1923 of a bill to tax gasoline for highway construction; and the budgetary problems of the University and the state normal schools. Closely connected with Blaine's financial program was his emphasis on increased efficiency and economy in state departments. Between the Highway Department and the governor a controversy developed over expenditures, methods of letting contracts, and political influence. Correspondence concerning this conflict includes letters of 1924, when Arthur R. Hirst, chief engineer of the Highway Commission, resigned to oppose Blaine unsuccessfully for the gubernatorial nomination. The collection contains many papers on public welfare and law enforcement problems; the pardon of John Deitz in 1921; investigation of malfeasance of public officials in Kenosha County; surveys of the state prison and reformatory programs; and investigation of the care of the feeble-minded and other wards of the state. Prohibition was a continuing problem as is indicated by the scores of letters representing opinion for and against the various enforcement measures. Scattered letters show Blaine's opposition to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan and touch upon Klan incidents, particularly those at Boscobel in August, 1924, and at Marinette in November, 1926. Other topics discussed are the projected reorganization of the state educational system; the teacher retirement fund; the movement to consolidate rural schools; the furor created when the pacifist Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare was given permission to lecture in the capitol in 1922; the Illinois-Wisconsin drainage suit revived by Blaine in the same year; and pure foods legislation. The collection contains also large quantities of routine correspondence concerning patronage, state contracts, and complaints of one sort and another. For Blaine's term in the Senate the collection consists mainly of carbon copies of his replies to letters from constituents. Some letters contain information on the participation of Wisconsin residents in the Bonus Army, 1932. Other papers deal with investigation of post office leases, especially in New York City, and with Blaine's sponsorship of a bill to have the Interstate Commerce Commission report on the fair value of lands and buildings to be acquired by the federal government. Among Blaine's correspondents were Grace Abbott, Joseph D. Beck, Zona Gale, Theodore Kronshage, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Solomon Levitan, George W. Norris, Alfred T. Rogers, Edward A. Ross, Joseph Schafer, Isaac Stephenson, Edward Voigt, Edwin E. Witte, and Fred M. Wylie. Supplementing the correspondence is a set of bills introduced into Congress by Blaine while senator and a complete set of speeches, 1919-1933.

ArchivalResource: 15.0 c.f. (71 archives boxes)

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Irvine Luther Lenroot Papers, 1858-1971, (bulk 1900-1944)

Title: Irvine Luther Lenroot Papers 1858-1971 (bulk 1900-1944)

Jurist, lawyer, and United States representative and senator from Wisconsin. Correspondence, biographical material, legal papers, speeches, articles, political and subject files, reports, scrapbooks, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to Lenroot's political campaigns, association with Robert M. La Follette, role in the Wisconsin Progressive movement, and relationship with national political leaders.

ArchivalResource: 10,000 items; 33 containers plus 1 oversize; 13.2 linear feet

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La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925. Robert M. La Follette Sr. papers, 1879-1910, 1922-1924.

Title: Robert M. La Follette Sr. papers, 1879-1910, 1922-1924.

Papers of Wisconsin statesman and politician Robert M. La Follette, Sr., consisting of correspondence, governor's letterbooks, speeches and writings, records of the Wisconsin Republican Party, financial records, and miscellaneous records. La Follette served as a Wisconsin congressman, governor, and U.S. senator and was a crucial figure in the Progressive Movement of the early twentieth century. The collection documents his early career in the political reform movement in Wisconsin. In 1901 the reformers won control of the state Republican Party and La Follette began the first of his three terms as governor. Under his leadership, the state enacted the chief planks of his reform program--the primary election law and the railroad regulation act. These important pieces of legislation then served as the models for similar reforms by other states and by the federal government. The largest section of the La Follette Papers consists of personal, political, and legal correspondence. Included in addition to La Follette's own letters are letters to his law office, letters to his campaign offices, and mail between other members of the reform coalition. Little personal correspondence among members of the La Follette family is present. The letters prior to 1900 largely relate to La Follette's law practice; after that date constituent correspondence predominates including opinions and questions on pending legislation, speaking invitations, and job applications. Constituent correspondence after his election to the Senate in 1906 chiefly concerns those issues upon which La Follette had established a national reputation including interstate commerce, railroad reform, Indian affairs, and other topics. In addition routine correspondence from his 1908 Presidential campaign and his 1910 Senatorial campaign is included. Included is information on the founding of the Milwaukee Free Press as a statewide progressive newspaper and its financial difficulties. Numerous letters from both Wisconsin and national figures reflect La Follette's activities and growing influence in political affairs. The governor's letterbooks contain outgoing correspondence, 1901-1905. Many of the letters are routine although a few personal letters are included. The speeches and writings section contains speeches and drafts, messages to the legislature, statements and proclamations, remarks, books and articles, and some campaign documents. Also present is a large amount of research material on railroad rates used in speech preparation. The Wisconsin Republican Party records consist of correspondence, voter lists, registers of electors, legal material for the tumultuous 1904 convention from which the "stalwart" segments of the party withdrew to nominate their own candidate, and miscellaneous material. The voter lists were used for campaign mailings and to aid in organizing local Republican committees; these are among the few records of personal party affiliation during this significant period. The lists provide notes on occupation, national origin, and degree of party influence. The registers of electors concern a small number of Wisconsin cities. The 1904 convention material consists of research material, affidavits and exhibits, and drafts, all concerning the La Follette slate's brief for the Wisconsin Supreme Court deciding which was the legitimate ticket of the Republican Party. The collection's only materials dating after 1910 are the correspondence from 1922 and 1924 included in this section. This is generally routine material from La Follette's Senate campaign office in 1922 and from the Wisconsin organization of his 1924 Presidential campaign. Included in 1924 are forms listing names, occupations, and amounts of contributions. Financial records date primarily before 1900 and consist of checks, check stubs, deposit books, bills and receipts, the personal financial records of law partner Samuel A. Harper, and the records of the law firm La Follette, Harper, Roe, and Zimmerman. Miscellaneous records include shorthand notebooks, a register of letters of application and endorsement, and two volumes from La Follette's law practice. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1879-1910, 1922-1924, and is described in the box list and published guide. An additional accession, 1896-1906, is described below.

ArchivalResource: 57.6 c.f. (214 archives boxes, 18 black boxes, and 1 flat box) and163 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plusadditions of 0.1 c.f.

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La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925. Papers of Robert M. La Follette, 1879-1910.

Title: Papers of Robert M. La Follette, 1879-1910.

Correspondence, speeches, legislative reports, briefs, bills, and receipts, consisting chiefly of business and political papers. Occasional personal letters include a very few from La Follette's immediate family. Most of the legal papers are for the period prior to 1900. Bulk of the collection consists of correspondence of the period 1900-1910, pertaining to Wisconsin politics and the progressive movement within the Republican Party. Correspondents include Joseph W. Babcock, John J. Blaine, Henry A. Cooper, Andrew Dahl, James O. Davidson, Herman Ekern, John J. Esch, John Hannan, Samuel A. Harper, William D. Hoard, Irvine L. Lenroot, Francis McGovern, William McKinley, Gilbert Roe, Alfred Rogers, Theodore Roosevelt, John C. Spooner, James A. Stone, William H. Upham, Charles R. Van Hise, William F. Vilas, and Albert G. Zimmerman. A separate series of papers consists of correspondence (1896-1900) with the Dane County Telephone Company.

ArchivalResource: 161 microfilm reels

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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