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Haines, Lynn, 1876-1929. Lynn Haines papers, 1909-1931.

Title: Lynn Haines papers

Material collected by and about Haines while he was editor of the Searchlight on Congress, a publication of the National Voters' League.

ArchivalResource: 24.0 cu. ft. (61 boxes, incl. 4 v.; 1 v. shelved loose).

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Ludlow mss., 1898-1948

Title: Ludlow mss. 1898-1948

Consists of the papers of Louis Leon Ludlow, 1873-1950, journalist and congressman from Indiana.

ArchivalResource: 8355 items

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAA9672 View

Nelson, John Mandt, 1870-1955. John Mandt Nelson papers, 1897-1977.

Title: John Mandt Nelson papers

Papers of John Mandt Nelson, a former Progressive Republican congressman (1906-1919 and 1921-1933), consisting of constituent and personal correspondence (mainly 1928-1932); speeches and writings concerning religion, the Philippines, and political topics; minutes, notes, and material gathered on the House Rules Committee as part of the Insurgent revolt of 1908-1910; a lengthy biography by his daughter Grace Nelson; and other miscellaneous and biographical material.

ArchivalResource: 4.8 cubic feet (12 archives boxes), 0.3 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 folder), and 1 poster (1 oversize folder)

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Wisconsin. Capitol Commission. General files, 1903-1927.

Title: General files, 1903-1927.

General records, mainly 1903-1918, of the commission which was appointed to supervise the construction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol. Included are minutes, specifications and contracts, financial records, records of the Capitol Improvement Commission originally organized to remodel the third Wisconsin Capitol, and extensive correspondence of Lew F. Porter, secretary of the commission, and of J.H. Gormley, construction superintendent.

ArchivalResource: photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173699440 View

Olbrich, Michael B., 1881-1929. Michael B. Olbrich papers, 1906-1932.

Title: Michael B. Olbrich papers, 1906-1932.

Personal and business papers of Michael B. Olbrich, a Madison, Wisconsin attorney and civic leader. In politics a Progressive Republican, Olbrich was deputy attorney general for Wisconsin, 1919-1921, special counsel for the state, 1921-1926, and a regent of the University of Wisconsin, 1925-1929. General correspondence relates primarily to Olbrich's political interests prior to 1920, to legal cases which he handled for the state, and to University affairs during his years as regent. In his political correspondence are letters written by or exchanged with Robert M. La Follette (1912-16), John J. Blaine (1912), and Emanuel L. Philipp (1914). As regent Olbrich was a close friend of Glenn Frank during Frank's presidency of the University; and he initiated the movement to acquire land for the University Arboretum on Lake Wingra. Other correspondents include Joseph E. Davies, Edward Filene, Herman Ekern, James A. Frear, Zona Gale, Robert R. McCormick, and Francis E. McGovern. Olbrich's legal correspondence is supplemented by memoranda on legislative bills which he prepared for Governor John J. Blaine and by a box of notes on several of the state cases in which he participated. An extensive file of Olbrich's speeches is present as is one folder on research he did on Wisconsin's first governor, Henry Dodge. More than half of the collection comprises correspondence, financial records, and court papers pertaining to the land and sheep-ranch speculations in Montana in which Olbrich engaged from 1909 until his death. Most of these records relate to the Judith Basin Land Company, the Home Ranch Land Company, and the Flat Willow Land Company.

ArchivalResource: 5.8 c.f. (16 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145785766 View

Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Title: Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Papers of American author, journalist, editor, and social reformer Oswald Garrison Villard. Includes materials that are unsorted and uncataloged.

ArchivalResource: 37 linear feet (169 boxes and 9 volumes)

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Wisconsin. Secretary of State. Secretary Frear's correspondence, 1910-1912.

Title: Secretary Frear's correspondence, 1910-1912.

General correspondence with officials, agencies, and the general public including requests for Blue Books, election laws, and other materials; references to the Progressive Movement and La Follette's campaign; and requests for recommendations and appointments to government positions.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145775146 View

Herbert J. Hagerman Papers, 1924-1932

Title: Herbert J. Hagerman Papers, 1924-1932

ArchivalResource: 1 linear feet

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Wisconsin. Legislature. A Joint resolution relating to the life and public service of ...

Title: A Joint resolution relating to the life and public service of ... 1935-1941

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29507768 View

Gumberg, Alexander, 1887-1939. Papers, 1904-1939.

Title: Papers, 1904-1939.

Papers of a Russian-born adviser to American financial and business corporations and a promoter of closer political, economic, and cultural relations between Russia and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Includes material on his 1917-1918 visit to Russia, including correspondence with Chicherin, Dzerzhinsky, Lenin, Molotov, and Trotsky, and his affiliations with the American Red Cross and Committee on Public Information.

ArchivalResource: 6.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes and 2 card boxes) and2 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173701580 View

Smith, Peter J., 1867-1947. Papers, 1920-1928.

Title: Papers, 1920-1928.

Papers of Smith, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Republican Party leader, consisting almost entirely of correspondence with Wisconsin progressives and with members of the Scandinavian-American Fraternity.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145790207 View

Frear, James A. (James Archibald), 1861-1939. James A. Frear Papers, 1883-1940.

Title: James A. Frear Papers, 1883-1940.

Incomplete papers, mainly 1910-1940, of James Frear, a Hudson lawyer and Progressive Republican who held numerous elective offices in state and federal government: assemblyman, 1902-1904; state senator, 1904-1906; secretary of state, 1907-1913; and congressman, 1913-1935. Much of the congressional correspondence is of a routine, congratulatory nature, with letters of autograph value from Presidents Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin D. Roosevelt; Theodore Barton; Guytzon Borglum, Harry Daughtery; John N. Garner; and Gifford Pinchot. Of greater interest are files on an unofficial 1923 congressional tour of Russia meant to re-establish trade relations; Frear's criticism of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, particularly regarding New York Indians; responses from Eleanor Roosevelt, Jeannette Rankin, and others regarding his peace referendum proposal; and correspondence with Cordell Hull, Harold Ickes, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and others to secure an appointment to the Tariff Commission in 1934. There are also letters of note from John Collier and Edward Keating. Personal correspondence concerns land investments in eastern Montana and the distribution of his autobiography which was published by a vanity press. Best documenting his national political career are weekly letters distributed to district newspapers and campaign literature. These letters also describe his international travel. Frear's early political career is covered only by clippings, 1903-1904, which treat his years in the Assembly. Frear's autobiography, Forty Years of Progressive Public Service, is in the Historical Society's Library.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145785033 View

Crownhart family. Charles Henry Crownhart family papers, 1853-1943.

Title: Charles Henry Crownhart family papers, 1853-1943.

Papers documenting the personal and professional lives of four Wisconsinites prominent in legal, political, medical, and educational circles. The papers consist of the records of Charles Henry and Jessie Evans Crownhart and their sons, Jesse George and Charles H. Crownhart Jr. Personal correspondence among the family members comprises most of the collection. Included are the correspondence and political and legal files of Charles H. Crownhart, a lawyer, regent of the Superior Normal School, Reviser of Statutes for the State of Wisconsin, first director of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission, and justice on the state Supreme Court. He was also a close personal friend and advisor to Robert M. La Follette and managed La Follette's 1910 and 1916 senatorial campaigns. Information is present on state and national political campaigns, the workers' compensation program, implementation and the constitutional challenge of the Wisconsin Soldiers' Bonus Act after World War I, the work of the Industrial Commission, legal cases while in private practice, and other topics. The records of Jessie Evans Crownhart, his wife, document the family life of the Crownharts as well as her career as an educator during the 1880s and 1890s, as Douglas County Superintendent of Schools (1897-1901), and as a regent of the normal schools in Wisconsin during the Depression. Her papers include letters describing family life and the financial crisis facing the normal schools during the 1930s, as well as files containing certification tests for teachers in the late nineteenth century. Also included is correspondence of Jesse G. Evans, Jessie Crownhart's father, which deals in part with his service in the Wisconsin 7th Light Artillery Battery during the early part of the Civil War. The records of J. George Crownhart consist of correspondence from his childhood and teenage years plus later records which provide perspective on the workings of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. Crownhart served as executive secretary of the society and managing editor of its journal from 1923 until his death in 1941. Charles Crownhart Jr.'s records contain information on his personal, legal, and political activities. Also particularly noteworthy are the files on the John J. Blaine United States senatorial re-election campaign in 1932 and the Fred M. Wylie campaign for attorney general of Wisconsin in 1934; Crownhart served as campaign manager for both. The papers provide substantial documentation of the Crownhart relationship with the Progressive wing of the Wisconsin Republican Party during the early years of the twentieth century. Correspondents include Joseph D. Beck, John J. Blaine, C.E. Broughton, Edward J. Dempsey, Edger G. Doudna, James A. Frear, John J. Hannan, Fred L. Holmes, Jim Dan Hill, Joseph Kidder, Frank W. Kuehl, several members of the La Follette family, Irvine L. Lenroot, Hubert H. Peavey, John W. Reynolds, Gilbert E. Roe, Asa M. Royce, Fred M. Wylie, and Theodora Youmans. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1862-1943, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1853-circa 1943 and are described below.

ArchivalResource: 11.6 c.f. (29 archives boxes); plus.additions of 10.0 c.f. and.130 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173699457 View

Rosa, Charles D., 1870-1959. Charles D. Rosa papers, 1911-1952.

Title: Charles D. Rosa papers, 1911-1952.

Papers of Charles D. Rosa, a Progressive Republican who served as judge of the Beloit, Wisconsin municipal court, 1906-1912, state assemblyman, 1912, 1917-1918, and member of the state tax commission, 1921-1937. Correspondence falls largely into two categories. The first is comprised of political letters, most of which deal with Rosa's first term in the 1916-1917 legislature and with his unsuccessful campaign in 1926 against John J. Blaine for the Republican nomination for United States Senator. During Rosa's terms in the legislature, a number of letters relate to bills he sponsored on hotel and restaurant licensing, mothers' pensions, soldiers' bonuses, and the city manager form of government. The second group of letters consists of Rosa's correspondence as tax commissioner. Among his correspondents were John J. Blaine, Stephen Bolles, Henry Allen Cooper, Herman Ekern, William Evjue, Glenn Frank, James A. Frear, Walter S. Goodland, Merlin Hull, Paul Husting, Ada James, Richard Lloyd Jones, Robert M. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Philip F. La Follette, Solomon Levitan, Charles R. Van Hise, and Fred R. Zimmerman.

ArchivalResource: 6.8 c.f. (17 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145776183 View

Hagerman, Herbert James, 1871-1935. Herbert J. Hagerman papers, 1924-1932.

Title: Herbert J. Hagerman papers, 1924-1932.

Summary: Collection consists of a broad range of materials from Hagerman's tenure as an Indian Commissioner. Includes congressional hearings and bills, speeches, reports, government publications, minutes of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and annual reports of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Board of Indian Commissioners, and the Board of Directors of the Indian Rights Association. Most of the materials concern the Pueblo and Navajo Indians and issues such as land rights, reservations, and oil and gas leases.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear feet.

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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

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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122443401 View

Page, Thomas Walker, 1866-1937. Papers of Thomas Walker Page [manuscript], 1906-1937.

Title: Papers of Thomas Walker Page [manuscript], 1906-1937.

Personal and official correspondence, 1918-1936, research notes and manuscripts, reports and records of government agencies and charitable institutions. Papers include manuscripts of an unpublished book "American agriculture and the tariff," and an untitled work on immigration to the American colonies; manuscripts of articles, chiefly re agriculture, tariffs, and taxation; research and lecture notes; and manuscripts of addresses, memos and articles by colleagues. The papers also include reports and proceedings, chiefly of commissions, committees and institutes on taxes and tariffs; charts on agriculture and economics; printed materials on agriculture; newsclippings; and biographical sketches of colleagues.

ArchivalResource: 5000ca. items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647814612 View

Foster, Nathaniel Caldwell, 1834-1923. Papers, 1830-1936.

Title: Papers, 1830-1936.

Fragmentary records of Foster, a native of New York state who came to Wisconsin in 1854 and became a prominent lumberman and logging railroad operator headquartered at Fairchild after 1876. The collection contains political correspondence with representative James A. Frear; miscellaneous business papers including land titles, maps, mortgages, and financial records pertaining to his land and timber investments in Eau Claire and Clark counties; a few records relating to the Fairchild and Northwestern Railroad constructed by Foster in 1913; and a journal, 1908-1936, of the N.C. Foster Lumber Company. One folder contains land deeds and other business papers, 1830-1870, concerning Daniel Bread and the first Christian Party of the Oneida Nation of Indians.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145790190 View

Smith, Peter J., 1867-1947. Peter J. Smith papers, 1920-1928.

Title: Peter J. Smith papers, 1920-1928.

Papers, 1920-1928, of Peter J. Smith, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Republican Party leader, consisting almost entirely of correspondence with Wisconsin progressives and with members of the Scandinavian-American Fraternity.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear feet (1 archives box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25219169 View

Foster, Nathaniel Caldwell, 1834-1923. Nathaniel Caldwell Foster papers, 1830-1936.

Title: Nathaniel Caldwell Foster papers, 1830-1936.

Papers, 1830-1936, of Nathaniel C. Foster, Wisconsin lumberman, railroad builder, and businessman, including political correspondence, 1921-1922; miscellaneous business papers, 1830-1920, concerning land interests; and a journal, 1908-1936, of the N.C. Foster Lumber Company, Fairchild, Wisconsin.

ArchivalResource: 1.95 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24873436 View