Papers, 1860-1958 and n.d. (bulk 1933-1938).

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Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943. Papers, 1860-1958 and n.d. (bulk 1933-1938).

Papers, 1860-1958 and n.d. (bulk 1933-1938).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20122068

Consists chiefly of professional and political correspondence but also includes speeches, financial papers, clippings, invitations, legal papers, printed material, and pictures. The collection primarily documents Roper's term as Secretary of Commerce during the first administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Roper's close ties to the business community. In general the papers provide an inside look at this Democratic administration during the early depression years, as well as the relationships of business, government, and politics. In addition the collection tracks the course of the New Deal in the Department of Commerce and Roper's career not only as a United States government official but also as a progressive Democrat. The Aphabetical Series includes correspondence from senators and congressmen, government servants, businessmen, lawyers, judges, and New Deal figures such as Louis Howe. There is very little material pertaining to Roper's career prior to his appointment to the cabinet post. Also, files for 1931 are almost entirely missing, and cross-reference sheets in the collection prepared by Roper's staff appear to refer to a separate set of files missing from this collection. There is relatively little in the papers concerning Roper's personal life, except for financial papers. A photograph album entitled, "Sugar: Story in Pictures," concerning sugar growing in Santo Domingo appears in the Miscellaneous Series. In addition this series contains photographs of prominent statesman and others, such as Bernard Baruch, the British royal family, William Jennings Byran, Grover Cleveland, Josephus Daniels, Averell Harriman, Harold Ickes, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. The Clippings Series includes scattered information on cotton farming in South Carolina, African Americans, racial relations, tariffs, the presidential campaign of 1924 and William Gibbs McAdoo, and Roosevelt's cabinet.

33,900 items (56 linear ft.)

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