Robert Rockwell papers, 1886-1950.

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Robert Rockwell papers, 1886-1950.

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The Robert F. Rockwell papers is a valuable collection for research into Colorado politics of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. the Colorado Republican Party, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado in the 1920s, and the cattle and fruit industries of the Western Slope. Additionally, the collection contains numerous speeches and notes from Rockwell's service in the US House of Representatives. This portion of the collection is especially valuable for research into US federal land policy of the 1940s, although many other topics, such as World War II, labor and industrial relations, and water policy are covered in some depth as well.

16.5 linear ft. (28 boxes)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado, Boulder

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Rockwell, Robert F. (Robert Fay), 1886-1950

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Robert Fay Rockwell, Colorado Republican politician, rancher, and businessman, was born in 1886 in Cortland, New York. He attended public schools in Hornell, New York and then attended the Hill school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He then attended Princeton University from 1905-1906. Rockwell moved to Paonia, Colorado in 1907, purchased a ranch and began a lifetime career of cattle ranching and fruit cultivation. Robert Rockwell's political career began in 1916 when he was elected as a Republican ...