Papers of Phil Zimmerman [microform], 1900-1965.

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Papers of Phil Zimmerman [microform], 1900-1965.

Includes ca. 2000 p. of documents from his campaign against the Industrial Workers of the World & the National Nonpartisan League; correspondence with prominent Kansas Republicans; and records of his tenure as hotel commissioner, 1925-29. The collection also contains clippings & letters on the Spanish American War; motorcycle tours & the Kansas Short Grass Motorcycle Club; raising & distributing seeds; and an Indian memorial at Waconda Springs, Kan. Correspondents include Elmer T. Peterson; Theodore Roosevelt; and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7679764

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Kansas. Hotel Commission.

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Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

Zimmerman, Phil E. (Philip E.), 1879-1965.

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Salesman, Republican Party supporter, Kansas hotel commissioner; of Topeka, Lindsborg, Kan. From the description of Papers of Phil Zimmerman [microform], 1900-1965. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 54665939 ...

Kansas Short Grass Motorcycle Club.

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Republican Party (Kan.)

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National Nonpartisan League

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The Farmers' Nonpartisan Political League was organized in North Dakota in 1915 by Arthur C. Townley and other North Dakota Socialist Party members. Members sought to bring about reforms in farming-related business and governmental practices through non-partisan political activity. In 1917 the organizaation's name was changed to the National Nonpartisan Political League, and by 1921 branches were established in an additional fifteen midwestern and northwestern states. While the League was most s...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Peterson, Elmer T. (Elmer Theodore), 1884-1969

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Editor for the Daily Oklahoman and board officer for Friends of the Land. From the description of Elmer T. Peterson papers, 1925-1964. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 29459992 ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944

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Theodore Roosevelt III (September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944), known as Theodore Roosevelt Jr., was an American government, business, and military leader. He was the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Roosevelt is known for his World War II service, including the directing of troops at Utah Beach during the Normandy landings, for which he received the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt was educated at private academies and Harvard University; after his 1909 gradua...