Burton K. Wheeler Documents from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Burton K. Wheeler Documents from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1933-1945

Overview of the Collection

Title: Burton K. Wheeler Documents from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Dates: 1933-1945
19331945
Quantity: 2 folders
Collection Number: Collection 2226, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Burton K. Wheeler Documents from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library consist of documents photocopied from originals which are held by the FDR Library. These include correspondence, clippings, and numerous cross-reference sheets and index cards which refer to additional correspondence to, from, or about Wheeler scattered in more than seventy other files within the Personal File, the President's Secretary's file, and the Official File.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: Researchers are advised that any copyright restrictions which may pertain to individual original documents need to be confirmed with the FDR library, 259 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York 12538.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Senator Burton K. Wheeler (1882-1975) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1922. Shortly after taking office he became the subject of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, probably as a reaction to his own investigations of the Bureau. Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee and of the Indian Affairs Committee, Wheeler personally influenced such key New Deal legislation as the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 and the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (the Wheeler-Howard Act).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The documents in this collection were photocopied from originals which are held by the FDR Library within the 608 feet of material cataloged as President's Personal File, 1933-1945 (NUCMC 75-562) and specifically those in file number 723. These include correspondence, clippings, and numerous cross-reference sheets and index cards which refer to additional correspondence to, from, or about Wheeler scattered in more than seventy other files within the Personal File, the President's Secretary's file (NUCMC 75-581), and the Official File (NUCMC 75-574)

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are advised that any copyright restrictions which may pertain to individual original documents need to be confirmed with the FDR library, 259 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York 12538.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The Burton K. Wheeler documents from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, President's Personal File Number 723, were purchased from the FDR Library in August, 1990.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 22

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	PPF #723 on Senator Burton K. Wheeler 127 pages Includes correspondence with and about Senator Wheeler, and occasional news clippings.	1933-1944
2	Index to specific references to Senator Wheeler in other Presidential Paper Files 25 pages

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Legislators-United States
New Deal, 1933-1939

Personal Names

Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

Corporate Names

United States-Congress-Senate

Geographical Names

United States-Politics and government-1933-1945

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (creator)

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