Fred Roy Yoder Papers - Archives West

Fred Roy Yoder Papers, circa 1890-circa 1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Yoder, Fred R. (Fred Roy), 1888-1987
Title: Fred Roy Yoder Papers
Dates: circa 1890-circa 1980 (inclusive)
18901980
Quantity: 20 Linear feet of shelf space, (18 Boxes)
Collection Number: Cage 620 (collection)
Summary: Collection includes research notes, correspondence, records related to Fred Roy Yoder's teaching in sociology, and other personal papers.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Fred Roy Yoder was born in 1888 in North Carolina. He was educated in various places, including Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina, the University of North Carolina, the University of Missouri, the University of London, and the University of Wisconsin. He was hired by the State College of Washington in 1920 where he taught until his retirement in 1954. After his retirement from Washington State University, he spent a number of years in Campbellsport, Kentucky. As a professor of sociology, he headed the Department of Sociology from 1928 to 1947, overseeing a great deal of growth. Additionally he did considerable writing including many articles, and two textbooks, Introduction to Agricultural Economics, and Introduction to Sociology. Yoder was very interested in political biography, and undertook several projects including biography of John R. Rogers, Robert M. LaFollette, and Marion Butler. He gathered much information on these subjects, but never completed any of the three projects. Yoder was active in many community organizations, including Kiwanis, American Legion, Moose Lodge, Chamber of Commerce, and the local Democratic Party. He ran for Congress in 1944 and 1954, losing both times.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of Fred R. Yoder are chiefly comprised of research notes, copied documents and related correspondence, all concerning uncompleted research projects, principally three political biographies: Washington governor John R. Rogers, North Carolina Senator Marion Butler, and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette. The papers also include records associated with Yoder's work as a teacher of sociology, and some personal papers.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Fred Roy Yoder Papers, circa 1890-circa 1980 (Cage 620)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in five series. Within the series, the materials follow the original, informal, order established by Yoder.

Acquisition Information

Papers of Fred Roy Yoder were acquired by the Washington State University Libraries in December 1992 by donation of Mr. Yoder's daughter, Elaine Zakarison of Washington, DC (MS 92-77).

Separated Materials

Papers of John Rankin Rogers were recieved with this collection. In 1994 they were seperated into the John Rankin Rogers Papers, 1814-1926 (Cage 615)

Related Materials

Preliminary Guide to the Fred Yoder Papers, 1920-1980 (MS.2004.14)

John Rankin Rogers Speech Typescripts, 1889-1901 (Cage 4193)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		John R. Rogers
Box	Folder
1	1	Estimate of his career - typed manuscript
1	2	Life chronology
1	3	Miscellaneous re: Rogers
1	4	Correspondence about Rogers
1	5	Ancestry - correspondence about	1770-1856
1	6	Ancestry and background	1775-1850s
1	7	Boyhood and ancestry - notes and correspondence	1775-1856
1	8	Illinois census - photocopies	1880s
1	9	Ancestry - notes and correspondence
1	10	Early boyhood in Maine	1840-1856
1	11	Ancestry and boyhood - typed narrative and notes	1840-1856
1	12	Boyhood in Maine	1840-1856
1	13	Young man in Mississippi - typed narratives, and notes
1	14	Mississippi	1856-1860
1	15	Mississippi - views slavery firsthand - typed narratives
1	16	Farmer in Illinois	1860s
1	17	Neoga, Illinois	1860-1875
1	18	Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, Maine	1860-1875
1	19	Yoder correspondence with Albert G. Rogers	1870s-1880s
1	20	Yoder correspondence with Albert G. Rogers	1875-1900
1	21	Kansas elections	1888 and 1890
1	22	Election results - nat'l, KA, MA, IL	mid to late 1800s
1	23	Notes from Washington county histories
1	24	Notes from legislative manuals
1	25-27	Notes from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer	1894-1901
1	28	Kansas	1876-1890
1	29	Kansas - Elihu Bowles on Rogers & Kansas politics
1	30-31	Kansas politics	1880s
1	32	Agrarian philosopher - typed narrative	1890-1895
1	33	William Jennings Bryan campaign	1896
1	34	Notes	1896
1	35	Notes and correspondence	1894-1895
1	36	Notes	1892
1	37	Washington, from diff. perspectives	1890s
1	38	Washington election returns - photocopies	1893-1901
1	39	Washington election returns - notes	1896-1900
1	40	Washington legislators - typed lists	1895-1901
1	41	Notes	1901
1	42	Governor	1897-1901
1	43	Estimates of his career - typed narrative
1	44	In general - notes, some typed
1	45	Governor - typed narrative, notes	1901
1	46	Governor	1901
1	47	Correspondence about Judge Burke's correspondence
1	48	Bryan campaign	1896
1	49	W.S.U. memorial
1	50	Picture of memorial in Olympia
1	51	The political thought of John R. Rogers by R. Blankenship
1	52	The Farmer's Alliances in Washington by Yoder
2	53	Notes on publications
2	54	Newspaper articles
2	55	The Irrepressible Conflict by Rogers – photocopy	1892
2	56	The Writings of John Rankin Rogers by M. Thompson MA thesis
2	57	Life by Rogers - photocopy	1899
2	58	Reformers I have known - photocopy	1894
2	59	Correspondence
2	60	Correspondence and bibliographies
2	61	Kansas in the American novel . . . by Callahan	1919
2	62	Landmarks and pioneers in early Kansas by Hall	1960
2	63	Correspondence
2	64	Correspondence and bibliographies
2	65	Kansas Authors of Best-sellers bib. by G. DeGruson	1970
2	66-67	Correspondence about Kansas authors; bibliographies
2	68	Kansas and Mississippi bibliographies
2	69	Bibliography notes
2	70	Life chronology
2	71	Notes from various biographies
2	72	campaign and other matters	1898
2	73	Inalienable Rights of Man by Rogers - photocopy	1900
2	74	Financial background	1870s-1890s
2	75	Republican County Commissioner	1877-1884
2	76	Kansas - Yoder chapters for biography - typed
2	77	Burrton, Kansas	1876
2	78	Notes	1889-1890
2	79	Kansas Commoner (newspaper)
2	80	Notes	1884-1890
2	81	Interval between election and inauguration	1896
2	82	Tri-fusion convention at Ellensburg	1896
2	83	Problems with politicians, party, and special friends	1897
2	84	Rogers and legislature	1897
2	85	Late 1897, and 1898 election	1897-1898
2	86	Decline and defeat of Populists	1898
2	87	Spanish American war and expansion	1898
2	88	Reformer in Washington	1890
2	89	Populism in Washington by C. Wooddy
2	90	Notes	1899-1900
2	91	Campaign for reelection	1900
3	92	Campaign for reelection	1900
3	93	Rogers and legislature	1901
3	94	Death and funeral	1901-1902
3	95-96	Notes
3	97	Rise of the people's party in Washington by Yoder
3	98	The Farmer's Alliance in Washington by Yoder
3	99	Articles in Pacific Northwest Quarterly v.65, no.3	July 1974
3	100	History of the Presidency 1788-1897 by Stanwood - photocopy
3	101	Populist movement in Oregon by Harrington
3	102	Wheat, corn, and oats prices in Kansas	1860s-1890s
3	103	Populist uprising in Kansas - typed	1885
3	104	Populist party in Kansas by Harrington
3	105-106	Populist party in Kansas by Miller - dissertation	1928
3	107	National Party platforms - typed
3	108-109	Cultural background
3	110	Early history and background
3	111	Kansas economy	1875-1890
3	112	Senators Ingalls and Plumb
3	113	Populism in Washington	1870-1890
3	114	Maine background
3	115	Alliance movement in Kansas
3	116-118	Notes
4	119-121	Misc. articles - photocopies
4	122	Looking Forward by Rogers - photocopy	1889, rev. 1898
5	123	Notes
		Misc. notes on Northwest history
Box	Folder
5	124	From NW newspapers - Seattle	late 1800s
5	125	Senator Clarence C. Dill
6	126-127	Interviews in eastern Washington
6	128	Interviews and newspaper notes
6	129	Notes from NW newspapers
6	130-132	Misc. notes on and from various biographies
6	133	Notes on NW newspapers - Seattle	late 1800s
6	134-136	Spokane, Seattle, Olympia
6	137	Notes on NW history - interviews and misc., including Rogers
6	138-139	Notes on NW history
6	140	Misc. - newspaper clip. of hist. sketches from eastern WA

Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
7	141	Chapters 1-7 of Yoder's biography - typed
7	142-146	Misc. notes
7	147	Interviews about Robert LaFollette
7	148	Misc. notes
7	149	Insurgent	1909-1911
7	150-151	Misc. newspaper clippings	1930s
7	152	Notes
7	153	Challenging the big boss - rough draft
7	154	Notes
7	155	Transcripts of editorials on Lafollette - typed	1920s
7	156	Notes on Nazism, democracy, misc.
7	157-158	Notes
7	159-160	campaign	1912
7	161-162	War years	1914-1918
7	163	Platforms
7	164	Eulogies	1925
7	165	Eulogies - newspaper clippings
7	166-167	Congressional Record	1885-1891
7	168	campaign - newspaper	1924
7	169	campaign - LaFollette's Weekly Magazine	1924
7	170	Correspondence about Robert LaFollette
7	171	Interviews about Robert LaFollette
7	172	Historical background
7	173	Correspondence about
7	174	Bibliographies
7	175	campaign	1900
7	176	campaign	1896
7	177	national election - newspaper clippings	1938
7	178	LaFollette's Magazine - on Belle Case LaFollette
7	179	Outline by chapters
8	180	First term as governor	1901
8	181	campaign	1902
8	182	campaign and election	1904-1905
8	183	Alone in the senate
8	184	Notes	1906
8	185	Correspondence about, copy of the Philadelphia Record	1912
8	186	gubernatorial campaign	1898
8	187	Correspondence about
8	188	census reports for Wisconsin - gov't publication	1910
8	189	census reports for Wisconsin	1920
8	190	census reports for Wisconsin	1930
8	191	Correspondence about
8	192	Bibliography, platform	1902
8	193	Notes from Congressional Record - typed
8	194	Personalities, contemporaries, colleagues
8	195	Interview with Roy LaFollette - typed
8	196	Correspondence about
8	197	Maps
8	198	Childhood and youth
8	199-200	Early background	1850-1860
8	201	Boyhood, background	1855-1873
8	202	Childhood, background	1800-1855
8	203	Political beginnings	1880-1884
8	204	Congress - some typed	1884-1890
8	205	51st congressional record - typed	1889-1891
8	206	50th congress - typed notes from record
8	207	Congress - typed speech	1884-1890
8	208	campaign	1884
8	209	Congress - typed	1888-1890
8	210	Senate	1906-1909
8	211	campaign - interviews	1912
8	212	Evaluation
8	213	Questionnaire about, misc.
8	214	Bibliographies
8	215	Misc. publications, gov messages, senate speeches-publications
8	216-220	Notes
9	221-224	Notes
9	225	Photos of gravestone, etc.
9	226	Misc. publications and mailings – actual

Series 3: Marion Butler Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Butler Papers, notes
Box	Folder
10	227	1892-1898
10	228	1898-1900
10	229	politics, 1900-1911
10	230	1912-1932
10	231	1901-1937
10	232	misc.	1901-1909
Box	Folder
10	233-234	Notes
10	235	History of North Carolina by Roulhoc Hamilton	1919
10	236	Negro Disenfranchisement in North Carolina by Cotten	1973
10	237	Bibliographies, misc, lists of Populist senators	1890-1905
10	238	Correspondence about
10	239	Correspondence, bibliographies
10	240	Notes on census	1860 and 1870
10	241	Correspondence about
10	242-243	Correspondence, bibliographies
10	244	Senate speeches - photocopies
10	245	Misc. articles on the farmer's alliance
		Newspaper notes:
Box	Folder
10	246	Charlotte Daily Observer	1892-1896
11	247	Charlotte Daily Observer	1896-1898
11	248	Charlotte Daily Observer	1898-1901
11	249	Charlotte Daily Observer	1901-1938
Box	Folder
11	250	The News and Observer	1898-1900
Box	Folder
11	251	The News and Observer	1910-1934
11	252	Greensboro Daily News	1916-1928
11	253	The Caucasian	1889-1895
Box	Folder
11	254	The Caucasian	1895-1898
11	255	The Caucasian	1898-1913
11	256	Misc. notes
11	257-258	Photocopies of Butler's papers
12	259-263	Photocopies of Butler's papers

Series 4: Teaching Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
13	264	Sociology 107 - social psychology
13	265-269	Soc. 110 - group behavior - special interest groups
13	270-271	Soc. 110 - exams
13	272	Soc. 110 - notes from Collective Behavior by LaPiere
13	273	Soc. 300 - social change - lectures
13	274	Soc. 100 - social change
13	275	Soc. 100 - notes from Social Evolution by Keller
13	275-276	Soc. 100
13	277	Study questions to accompany An Intro. to Western Civ.
13	278	Soc. 100 - social change - extension class
13	279	Soc. 100
13	280	Soc. 300
13	281	Soc. 100
13	282-283	Soc. 205 - principles of sociology
13	284	Soc. 205 - student papers on advanced soc. course
13	285	Soc. 205
13	286	Soc. 185 - seminar - fields of study
13	287	Soc. 178 - history of social thought
13	288	Soc. 61b - principles of sociology (for nurses)
13	289	Soc. 178
13	290	Soc. 177
13	291	Soc. 111 - public opinion and propaganda
13	292	Soc. 311
13	293	Soc. 111
13	294	Soc. 111 - public opinion survey	1952
13	295-296	Soc. 111
13	297	Soc. 154 - juvenile delinquency
14	298	Soc. 154 - juvenile delinquency
14	299	Soc. 1 - motivation
14	300	Soc. 1 - emotion
14	301	Culture and institutions
14	302-303	Soc. 1 - individual and society
14	304	Soc. 1 - what is society?
14	305	Soc. 1 - Yoder's outline
14	306	Man's nature and society
14	307	Secondary groups
14	308	Soc. 1 - human nature (acquired)
14	309	Soc. 1 - emotion
14	310	Soc. 1 - human nature (original)
14	311	Soc. 1
14	312	Maps
14	313	Bibliographies on teaching sociology
14	314	Introduction to Sociology (book) - outline
14	315	Quality of college teaching
14	316-317	Farm and wheat prices
14	318	Request for research grant
14	319	Bibliographies - religion and rural
14	320	Bibliographies for Soc. 404 - rural soc.
14	321	Bibs. on political parties and government
14	322	Northwest Conversation League
14	323-324	Frontier soc.
14	325	Evaluations of instructors and courses by senior class	1939
14	326	Studies in teaching and curriculum
14	327	Frontier soc.
14	328	Japanese agriculture
14	329	Rural soc.
14	330-331	Soc. 145 - rural organization
14	332	Soc. 145 - community organization
14	333	Soc. 145 - 20th century agriculture
14	334	Soc. 40 - rural soc.
14	335-336	Misc. notes
14	337	Soc. 105 - social morality
14	338	Soc. 105 - social ethics
14	339	Soc. 105 - exam
15	340	Soc. 40 - rural soc.
15	341	Soc. 10515
15	342	Soc. 1 - human nature
15	343	Soc. 1 - learned behavior
15	344	Permissions from book companies
15	345	Soc. 1 - intro. to soc.
15	346	Soc. 1 - geography and society
15	347	Soc. 1 - population and society
15	348	Soc. 1 - Social Security Board pictures
15	349	Correspondence about photographs
15	350	Soc. 1 - outline by chapters
15	351	Soc. 1 - social institutions
15	352	Soc. lecture notes
15	353	Articles on social science
15	354	Institutions
15	355	Human Nature and Social Order by Cooley - notes
15	356	Soc. 1 - groups
15	357-358	Misc. notes
15	359	Soc. 1 text - suggestions/criticisms
15	360	Soc. 1 - introduction
15	361	Rural soc. - typed lectures
15	362	Rural soc. - notes, pamphlets
15	363	Rural soc.
15	364	Rural soc.	1941-1942
15	365	Rural soc. - pamphlets, census maps
15	366	Rural soc.
15	367	Soc. 113 - social movements - typed lectures
15	368	Soc. 113 - democracy
15	369	Misc. notes
15	370	Soc. 113 - capitalism
15	371	Soc. 113 - general character
15	372	notes on Locke's Reflections on Revolutions of Our Times
16	373	Soc. 113 - Russian communism - inc. paper clip. from WWII
16	374-375	Misc. notes
16	376	Soc. 136 - social movements - the socialist state
16	377	Russian-American relations
16	378-379	Soc. 136 - socialist state
16	380	Soc. 136 - facism
16	381	Soc. 136 - nazism
16	382	Soc. 113 - general characteristics
16	383	Soc. 113 - pre-capitalist society
16	384	Soc. 113 - capitalism
16	385	Soc. 113 - democracy
16	386	Soc. 113 - communism
16	387	Soc. 113- communism
16	388	World communism
16	389	Fascism
16	390	Soc. 113 - communism
16	391	Soc. 136 - democracy
16	392	Soc. 136 - socialism
16	393	Student papers - Karl Marx and violence
16	394	Soc. 113 - facism, student exams
16	395	Soc. 113 - democracy
16	396	Exam key - Soc. 100, 110
16	397	Socialism in U.S.
16	398	Soc. 113 - Americanism
16	399	Soc. 113 - student evaluations
16	400	Soc. 113 - communism in U.S.
16	401	Introductory Sociology by Yoder	1946
16	402	Introduction to Sociology (mimeograph) Vol. I, by Yoder
16	403	Introduction to Sociology (mimeograph) Vol. II, III

Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
17	404	Misc. notes
17	405	Congressional record - Hal Holmes, 83rd Congress - 4th Wash.
17	406	Populism in North Carolina - questions
17	407	John C. Calhoun - bibliography
17	408	James A. Madison - correspondence about
17	409	Senator George W. Norris (Nebraska) - correspondence about
17	410	Dr. Franz Oppenheimer - correspondence with
17	411	Thorstein Veblen - notes
17	412-413	Woodrow Wilson centennial - misc. items	1956
17	414	Correspondence about Yoder's Intro. to Agricultural Econ.
17	415	Corresp. about publications
17	416	Misc. corresp. and other
17	417	Personal corresp. - salary requests, property questions
17	418	Garden
17	419	Misc. corresp.
17	420	Land corresp.
17	421	Misc. notes
17	422	Washington State Democratic Party - misc.
17	423	Washington State Democratic Party	1950s
		Washington 4th district Democratic Council correspondence
Box	Folder
17	424		1950s
17	425	mailing list
17	426	corr. about Hatch Act, platforms	1950 and 1952
17	427	platform and notes	1954
Box	Folder
17	428	Misc. - inc. information on Christian colleges
17	429	Wheat prices and problems, Fullbright information
17	430	Farmer's union and progressive movement - corr.
17	431	Northwest conservation league
17	432	Washington 4th district	1955
17	433	Taxation in Washington
17	434	Whitman Co. democratic party
17	434.5	Misc. - Marion Butler and Robert LaFollette
17	435	Graham Wallace
17	436	The Field of Political Sociology by L.L. Bernard
17	437	Pacific Northwest history - E.A. Bryan lecture notes
17	438	Publications of law book companies	1949
17	439	Fulbright information
17	440	Whitman Co. history - inc. typed narratives
17	441	Speeches by Yoder
17	442	Misc. - Asian politics	1950s
17	443	Speech by Yoder - Education for a new world order
17	444	Commencement addresses
17	445-449	Speeches by Yoder
17	450	Public speaking - notes
17	451	Yoder campaign photos - 4th congressional dist. WA	1944
17	452	Yoder for Congress	1954
17	453	Misc. Yoder campaign material	1954
17	454	Yoder campaign media receipts
17	455	Personal recommendations
17	456	Army discharge papers	1943
17	457	Recommendations, resume information	1920
17	458	Military records
17	459	Sympathy cards on the death of Wilma Yoder's mother
17	460	Brochure asking for building to be named after ancestor
17	461	Misc. notebooks
17	462	Misc. including corr.
		Law School
Box	Folder
18	463	information
18	464	catalogs
18	465	notes - contracts
18	466	notes - misc.
18	467	notes - insurance
18	468	notes - insurance - typed
18	469	notes - insurance
18	470	notes - damages
18	471	notes - state vs cities
18	472	notes - insurance
18	473-476	notes - misc.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Political campaigns -- Washington (State) -- History
Populism -- History -- Research -- United States
Sociology -- Research

Personal Names

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938
La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925
Rogers, John Rankin, 1838-1901
Yoder, Fred R. (Fred Roy), 1888-1987 -- Archives

Corporate Names

Democratic Party (Wash.) -- History -- Archives
Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives

Geographical Names

Washington (State) -- History

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Fred Roy Yoder Papers, circa 1890-circa 1980

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Separated Materials

Related Materials

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history Return to Top

Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette Return to Top

Series 3: Marion Butler Return to Top

Series 4: Teaching Return to Top

Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Finding aid prepared by Steve Rasmussen
2022

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Fred Roy Yoder Papers, circa 1890-circa 1980

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Separated Materials

Related Materials

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history Return to Top

Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette Return to Top

Series 3: Marion Butler Return to Top

Series 4: Teaching Return to Top

Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Finding aid prepared by Steve Rasmussen 2022

Finding aid prepared by Steve Rasmussen
2022