Papers, 1898-1941 ; (bulk 1928-1938).

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Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943. Papers, 1898-1941 ; (bulk 1928-1938).

Papers, 1898-1941 ; (bulk 1928-1938).

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Personal and political papers, including correspondence, memoranda, and related materials concerning national politics, especially the 1932 presidential campaign; prohibition; the Department of Commerce and Rober's duties and activites; the Business Advisory Council; the Communications Committee, 1933-1934 (forerunner of the Federal Communications Commission); the National Advisory Council; cabinet meetings; education, particularly American University (Washington, D.C.), Duke University (Durham, N.C.), Coker College (Hartsville, S.C.), and the District of Columbia Board of Education; agriculture, especially in the Carolinas where Roper owned farm lands; the Depression; economic conditions; relief and unemployment; foreign and dommestic commerce; National Recovery Administration; and railroads. There are also copies of memoranda from Roper as secretary of commerce to the president, of press releases, and of statements, addresses, and speeches by the secretary. Financial papers include material on the property and investments of the Roper family, brokerage statements, custodian accounts, and account books, 1928-1937. Scrapbooks, 1903-1939, contain chiefly newpaper clippings and pictures. There is also a manuscript copy of Roper's book, Fifty years of public life (Durham, N.C., 1941), and several papers relating to its publication by Duke University Press.

38,706 items.

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