Carl A. Rott papers, 1919-1971.

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Carl A. Rott papers, 1919-1971.

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Arranged alphabetically by file name. The collection contains materials related to Rott's career in politics and journalism. A large portion of the collection consists of correspondence, especially between Rott and Fred Seaton, as well as with other Wyoming politicians including William Henry Jackson, J.J. Hickey, Milward Simpson, and Frank Barrett. There is also a significant amount of material related to Alf Landon, including campaign speeches given by Landon and correspondence between Rott and Landon primarily regarding political issues in Kansas, Wyoming, and the nation. Additional correspondence includes letters between Rott's wife Dorothy and Theo Cobb Landon (Landon's wife) and Josephine Cobb (Landon's mother-in-law). These letters primarily deal with Landon's political career and family matters. Rott's activies with the Wyoming State Highway Commission are especially well documented, and include minutes, speeches, and reports concerning the planning and implementation of the U.S. interstate system in Wyoming, especially with regards to the location of what is now I-90 between Gillette and Buffalo. The collection also contains materials related to Rott's organizational memberships, including the Wyoming Citizens Committee on Educational Problems and the Wyoming Republican State Committee's 1954 survey of Wyoming's opinions regarding Preseident Eisenhower, as well as materials related to Rott's 1958 legislative campaign. The collection contains few materials pertaining to Rott's operation of the Sheridan "Press." The collection also contains some material relating to William Bayard Weir, a U.S. Army officer who was killed during the Ute Indian War of 1879.

2.8 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7353326

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987

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Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party. He served as the twenty-sixth Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt who won the electoral college vote 523 to 8. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood in Marietta, Ohio before moving to Kansa...

Rott, Carl A., 1902-1969.

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Carl A. Rott was born in Sauk County, Wisconsin in 1902 and graduated from the Univeresity of Wisconsin in 1928 with an M.A. in journalism and economics. He worked for several papers in Wisconsin before becoming acquainted with Alf Landon in 1932. Landon had just been elected governor of Kansas, and Rott served as Landon's personal secretary from 1932-1939. He also served as one of Landon's speechwriters during his 1936 presidential campaign. From 1939-1940, Rott was the personnel director for t...

Seaton, Fred A. (Fred Andrew), 1909-1974

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Frederick Andrew Seaton was born on December 11, 1909 in Washington, D.C., December 11, 1909. He attended Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kansas. In 1936 he was secretary to Republican presidential candidate Alfred M. Landon. He also served as president of Seaton Publishing Company, Hastings, Nebraska, and publisher of Hastings Daily Tribune. He was elected to the Nebraska State Senate for 1945 to 1949, and served as the chairman of the legislative council from 1947 to 1949. On December 10, 1...

Wyoming. State Highway Commission

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Weir, William Bayard, d. 1879

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