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Burton K. Wheeler Collection, 1924-1973
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Scott, Marion Wheeler, 1925-
- Title
- Burton K. Wheeler Collection
- Dates
- 1924-197319241973
- Quantity
- 1.8 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Collection 2214, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Burton K. Wheeler Collection consists of speeches, miscellaneous papers, articles, and correspondence pertaining to the career of Burton K. Wheeler. Also in the collection are scrapbooks, memorabilia, and photographs.
- 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
-
This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Marion Wheeler Scott is the youngest daughter of U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler. She was born on April 24, 1925 and grew up in the family home in Washington, D.C. She collected material on her father's career for much of her life and responded favorably to a 1990 request from family members to deposit her material at Montana State University to help build a body of research materials pertaining to the Senator.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of speeches, miscellaneous papers, articles, and correspondence pertaining to the career of Burton K. Wheeler. The material has been organized into four separate series. Series 1 consists of printed and manuscript speeches delivered by Wheeler and others. Series 2 consists of subject files which contain a variety of letters, papers, and memorabilia. Series 3, scrapbooks, holds material about Burton K. Wheeler which were created or collected by Marion Wheeler Scott. Series 4 contains 6 photographs and 1 pencil illustration of Senator Wheeler.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Series 1 Burton K. Wheeler speeches, 1939-1945
Series 2 Subject files
Series 3 Scrapbooks and Scrapbook Material
Series 4 Photographs and Illustrations 1937-1970s
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Burton K. Wheeler Speeches, 1939-1945Return to Top
Printed and manuscript speeches that were delivered by Burton K. Wheeler between October 31, 1939 and August 8, 1945. Also included are Speeches by Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming (1939-1941), Adolph A. Berle, Jr. (January 31, 1940), Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. (September 11, 1940), and Archbishop Francis J.L. Beckman (June 21, 1941). For notes and other materials used in preparation of speeches see appropriate files in series 2.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Speeches Delivered by Burton K.
Wheeler |
|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | United Grocery Manufacturers Convention |
October 31, 1939 |
| 1/2 | National Association of Manufacturers |
December 8, 1939 |
| 1/3 | Farmers Union Co-op Convention |
December 14, 1939 |
| 1/4 | Meeting to Aid Finland |
December 20, 1939 |
| 1/5 | Christmas Day Message - Montana radio
stations |
December 25, 1939 |
| 1/6 | Jackson Day Dinner, Denver |
January 8, 1940 |
| 1/7 | United Mine Workers |
January 26, 1940 |
| 1/8 | Virginia Editorial Association |
January 27, 1940 |
| 1/9 | Lincoln Association of Jersey City, New
Jersey |
February 12, 1940 |
| 1/10 | New England Traffic Club |
February 19, 1940 |
| 1/11 | 1940 Liberalism |
April 23, 1940 |
| 1/12 | "Youth -Jobs and War" |
May 2, 1940 |
| 1/13 | Anti-War Mobilization Meeting |
June 7, 1940 |
| 1/14 | "Keep America Out of War" |
June 12, 1940 |
| 1/15 | Floyd B. Olson Memorial |
June 17, 1940 |
| 1/16 | Keep America Out of War |
June 30, 1940 |
| 1/17 | Peace Action Committee of Missouri |
July 2, 1940 |
| 1/18 | National Democratic Convention |
July 14, 1940 |
| 1/19 | Opposing Conscription in Peacetime |
August 1, 1940 |
| 1/20 | "Dangers of Peacetime Conscription" |
August 13, 1940 |
| 1/21 | "Keep Out of War Congress" |
August 15, 1940 |
| 1/22 | "Conscription and National Defense" |
August 28, 1940 |
| 1/23 | "Our Foreign Policy" |
October 14, 1940 |
| 1/24 | "War or Peace" |
December 30, 1940 |
| 1/25 | "Lend-Lease-Give Bill Means War" |
January 12, 1941 |
| 1/26 | "Lend-Lease Bill" |
January 27, 1941 |
| 1/27 | American Coalition Meeting |
January 27, 1941 |
| 1/28 | "American Enabling Act of 1941" |
February 1941 |
| 1/29 | "America You Will Love War" |
February 22, 1941 |
| 1/30 | "Bill 1776 - The Road to War" |
March 4, 1941 |
| 1/31 | "House Resolution 1776" |
March 20, 1941 |
| 1/32 | America First Committee rally, New York |
May 23, 1941 |
| 1/33 | "Prevent War by Fighting for Peace" |
May 28, 1941 |
| 1/34 | Townsend National Convention, Buffalo, New
York |
July 4, 1941 |
| 1/35 | "So Long as This Country Remains At
Peace..."
[excerpts]
|
July 28, 1941 |
| 1/36 | America First Committee rally in Oklahoma |
August 30, 1941 |
| 1/37 | "House Joint Resolution 237" |
November 5, 1941 |
| 1/38 | "Rebuttal to Sen. Murray's Accusations" |
July 19, 1942 |
| 1/39 | "A People's Peace" |
September 26, 1944 |
| 1/40 | "Our Liberal Heritage" |
December 14, 1944 |
| 1/41 | "The Greek Situation" |
1944 |
| 1/42 | "Samuel F.B. Morse"
[draft with notations]
|
1944 |
| 1/43 | "What is American Foreign Policy?"
[draft with notations]
|
1944 |
| 1/44 | "Power Politics in Europe" |
January 15, 1945 |
| 1/45 | "What's Wrong with Radio" |
February 1, 1945 |
| 1/46 | "American Participation in Wars" |
August 8, 1945 |
| 1/47 | Other speeches and speech fragments |
|
| Box | ||
| 1 | OTHER SPEAKERS |
|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/48 | Adolph A. Berle, Jr. (Assistant Secretary of
State) |
January 31, 1940 |
| 1/49 | Senator Robert LaFollette, Jr.: Opposing aid to
Britain |
September 11, 1940 |
| 1/50 | Archbishop Francis Beckman |
June 21, 1941 |
| 1/51 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney |
1939-1941 |
| 1/52 | Robert M. Hutchins |
January 23, 1941 |
Series 2: Subject Files, 1937-1946Return to Top
Letters and telegrams of Burton K. Wheeler, newspaper and magazine articles, legislation introduced by Burton K. Wheeler, speech preparation materials, and political campaign material. Newspaper clippings in folders 12-14 were laid in the scrapbooks in series 3. The files are topically labeled.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
1940-1945 |
| 2/2 | Civil Liberties Correspondence |
1940-1941 |
| 2/3 | America First Committee Correspondence |
1940-1941 |
| 2/4 | Jews/Anti-Semitism |
1941 |
| 2/5 | Committee on Interstate Commerce Defense
Resolution |
1940 |
| 2/6 | Congressional Record on Agriculture |
1926-1930 |
| 2/7 | Congressional Record on Agriculture |
1932-1939 |
| 2/8 | Congressional Record on Foreign Policy |
1927-1935 |
| 2/9 | Congressional Record on Labor |
1926-1939 |
| 3/1 | Article for United Features Syndicate |
October 1940 |
| 3/2 | Click magazine article on "Columnists" |
October 23, 1940 |
| 3/3 | Nassau Lit article "Propaganda and War" |
June 1941 |
| 3/4 | Other articles |
|
| 3/5 | America First Committee printed materials |
|
| 3/6 | Magazine articles |
1939-1942 |
| 3/7 | Election printed material |
|
| 3/8 | Financial notes |
|
| 3/9 | Speech preparation materials, manuscript |
|
| 3/10-11 | Speech preparation materials, printed |
|
| 3/12 | Newspaper clippings |
1920s-1930s |
| 3/13-14 | Newspaper clippings |
1940s |
| 3/15 | Newspaper clippings |
1950s-1970s |
Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1924-1943Return to Top
Large scrapbooks which hold newspaper clippings about the life of Senator Burton K. Wheeler, 1924-1946. Inclusive dates are approximate.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | Scrapbook #1
Scrapbook of Wheeler clippings
|
1924 |
| 4 | Scrapbook #2
Scrapbook of Wheeler clippings
|
1924 |
| 4 | Scrapbook #3
Scrapbook of Wheeler clippings
|
1931-1943 |
| 5 | Scrapbook #4
Scrapbook of Wheeler clippings
|
1937 |
| 5 | Scrapbook #5
Scrapbook of Wheeler clippings
|
1941-1943 |
Series 4: Photographs and Illustrations, 1937-1945Return to Top
Photographs and one original pencil sketch portrait of Burton K. Wheeler done by C.E. Thielke, 1937.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/16 | Photographs #1-7 |
|
#1. Pencil Portrait by C.E. Thielke |
||
#2. Photo of Wheeler and Vandenberg
(R-Michigan) 5X8"
|
August 1940 | |
#3. Wheeler and unknown senator 5X8"
|
||
#4. Wheeler, Johnson (California), and Austin
(Vermont) 5X8"
|
1940 | |
#5. Buildings 3X5"
|
||
#6. Small Parade Scene |
||
#7. Color of older Wheeler, 3 other men 3x5"
|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Legislators-United States
Personal Names
- Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975
Geographical Names
- Montana-Politics and government-20th century
- United States-Politics and government-1901-1953
Kim Allen Scott, 2008
November 29, 2017
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