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William E. Borah Papers, 1902-1941
Overview of the Collection
- Author
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940
- Title
- William E. Borah Papers
- Dates
- 1902-1941 (inclusive)19021941
- Quantity
- 1.0 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MSS 345
- Summary
- The William E. Borah Papers consist primarily of his published speeches. There is a letter to Franklin Roosevelt and correspondence with Walter White. Also included are photographs, campaign notebooks, and other items related to his Senatorial career.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The William E. Borah Papers consist primarily of his published speeches. There is a letter to Franklin Roosevelt and correspondence with Walter White. Also included are photographs, campaign notebooks, and other items related to his Senatorial career.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Edgar Borah was born on June 29, 1865 in Illinois. After several years as a lawyer, he served as a Republican Senator for 33 years (1907-1940). Known as the "Lion of Idaho" because of his progressive viewpoints, he chaired the Senate Foreigh Relations Committee, was against the US joinging the League of Nations in 1918, distrusted government centralization, and supported many New Deal initiatives. Borah died in 1940.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[item description], William E. Borah Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donated by Bruce Corker, son of Borah's assistant Charles Corker, in 2014.
Related Materials
See also: Grace Barringer Scrapbook on William E. Borah: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv04690
C.P. Connolly Correspondence with William E. Borah and Albert E. Horsley (Harry Orchard): http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv74127
Blanche Kunz Collection on William E. Borah: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv29412
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-2 | Campaign Notebooks | 1902-1908 |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence | 1930-1940 |
| 1 | 4 | Press Statements | 1939 |
| 1 | 5 | Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress | 1941 |
| 1 | 6 | The Adverse Report of the Committee on the Judiciary | 1937 |
| 1 | 7 | Borah-Butler Debate, The Roosevelt Club | 1927 |
| 1 | 8 | The Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho | 1940 |
| 1 | 9 | Neutrality Act of 1939, H.J. Res. 306 | 1939 |
| 1 | 10 | Funeral Program | 1940 |
| 1 | 11 | Photographs | |
| drawer | |||
| 1 | Photographs | ||
| 1 | Articles | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 12 | Excerpts of Speeches | 1918, 1937-1939 |
| Admission of New Mexico and Arizona - Recall of Judges | 1911 | ||
| The Alternative | 1914 | ||
| An American Fireside - with Norman Hapgood and Sherman Mittell | 1935 | ||
| American Foreign Policy in a Nationalistic World | 1934 | ||
| Americanism | 1939 | ||
| Andrew Hamilton | 1934 | ||
| The Antilynching Bill | 1938 | ||
| Arbitration with Mexico | 1927 | ||
| Armaments - Taxation | 1929 | ||
| Armed Merchant Ships | 1916 | ||
| Balancing the Budget | 1933 | ||
| The Beer Bill | 1933 | ||
| Boise Exchange Club | 1938 | ||
| The Bonus Bill | 1921 | ||
| The Bonus Bill | 1922 | ||
| Borah on the Constitution | |||
| The Brownsville Affair | 1908 | ||
| Conscription | 1917 | ||
| Conservation of Natural Resources | 1910 | ||
| The Consumer and Small Business | 1934 | ||
| The Constitution of the United States of America and the United States Supreme Court | 1936 | ||
| [Constitutional Government] | 1936 | ||
| Constitutional Government | 1937 | ||
| Control of Monopoly | 1937 | ||
| Currency Expansion | 1932 | ||
| Delay in Legislation | 1924 | ||
| Delegation of Power | 1934 | ||
| The Denby Resolution - Impeachment | 1924 | ||
| The Depression - Debts | 1933 | ||
| The Direct Primary | 1922 | ||
| During the Debate on Woman Suffrage, The Question of the 15th Amendment Interfering with the Securing of Suffrage for Women Came into the Debate | 1919 | ||
| The Economic Situation | 1932 | ||
| The Eighteenth Amendment | 1926 | ||
| Election of Senators by Direct Vote | 1911 | ||
| Election of Senators by the People | 1911 | ||
| Farm Bill | 1937 | ||
| The Farm Problem | 1929 | ||
| Farm Relief | 1926 | ||
| Farm Relief | 1928 | ||
| The Farmer and Free Ships | 1914 | ||
| The Farmer and the Tariff | 1928 | ||
| The Farmer's Enemy | 1936 | ||
| Fascism | 1937 | ||
| Federal Relief - The Depression | 1932 | ||
| Food - Intoxicating Liquors | 1917 | ||
| Food Speculators | 1917 | ||
| Foreign Affairs | 1938 | ||
| Foreign Affairs | 1939 | ||
| Forestry and Public Lands | 1912 | ||
| Forget Not America | 1925 | ||
| The German Treaty | 1921 | ||
| Gold Standard Bill | 1933 | ||
| How to Meet the Issue | 1935 | ||
| Immigration | 1912 | ||
| Immigration - After the War | 1918 | ||
| Income Tax | 1909 | ||
| Income Tax | 1910 | ||
| Inheritance Tax | 1926 | ||
| The Integrity of the Constitution | 1926 | ||
| Integrity of the States | 1909 | ||
| Integrity of the States | 1938 | ||
| The Lawyer and the Public | 1916 | ||
| The League Court | 1926 | ||
| League of Nations | 1918 | ||
| League of Nations | 1919 | ||
| Liberty's Crucial Hour | 1918 | ||
| Lincoln the Orator | 1911 | ||
| The Lowering of the Draft Age | 1918 | ||
| M. Clemenceau | 1922 | ||
| Modern Militarism | 1916 | ||
| The Money Question | 1934 | ||
| Monopoly | 1913 | ||
| Munition Manufacturers Should be Curbed | 1934 | ||
| National Defense | 1916 | ||
| National Republican League and the League of Republican State Clubs | 1915 | ||
| Neutral | 1917 | ||
| Neutrality | 1939 | ||
| The Newberry Case | 1922 | ||
| The Nicaraguan Situation | 1927 | ||
| No Entangling Alliances | 1917 | ||
| Obedience to Law | 1911 | ||
| Obedience to Law | 1929 | ||
| Open Diplomacy | 1918 | ||
| Our Foreign Policy | 1935 | ||
| Peace | |||
| Philippine Independence | 1933 | ||
| The Pioneer and Democracy | |||
| Political and Economic Conditions | 1936 | ||
| Political Prisoners | 1923 | ||
| The Power of the Executive to Withdraw Public Lands | 1910 | ||
| The President's Indianapolis Speech | 1915 | ||
| Profiteers | 1918 | ||
| Progressive Conference | 1931 | ||
| Protection of Citizens in Foreign Countries | 1928 | ||
| Public Land Laws | 1912 | ||
| Public Opinion Outlaws War | 1924 | ||
| Public Ownership of Water Power | 1918 | ||
| Purchasing Power | 1935 | ||
| Reciprocal Tariff Agreements | 1934 | ||
| Recovery Retarded | 1938 | ||
| Reorganization Bill - Forest Service | 1938 | ||
| Repeal | 1933 | ||
| Repeal of Inheritance Tax | 1928 | ||
| Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment | 1932 | ||
| Republican Get-Together Meeting | 1914 | ||
| Resolution Declaring State of War | 1917 | ||
| Restore the Antitrust Laws | 1935 | ||
| Russia | 1931 | ||
| Sales Tax | 1932 | ||
| Secret Treaties - Shantung | 1919 | ||
| Senator from Wisconsin [Isaac Stephenson] | 1912 | ||
| Settlement of International Debts | 1927 | ||
| Shall the World be Governed by Military Force? | 1919 | ||
| Ship Subsidy - Bonus Taxes | 1922 | ||
| Ship Subsidy - Farm Credits - Freight Rates | 1922 | ||
| The Smith-Vare Cases | 1927 | ||
| The Spy Bill | 1917 | ||
| The Steel Industry Under the Code | 1934 | ||
| Strong Navy | 1916 | ||
| The Supreme Court | 1937 | ||
| Supreme Court's NRA Decision | 1935 | ||
| The Tariff | 1913 | ||
| The Tariff | 1929 | ||
| The Tariff | 1930 | ||
| The Tariff - Income Tax | 1913 | ||
| The Tariff on Sugar | 1930 | ||
| Tax Burden - Waste of Public Funds | 1924 | ||
| Tax Reduction | 1924 | ||
| The Time to Do Justice to the Agriculture Interests Is Right Now in this Session | 1929 | ||
| Trade Commission - Monopoly | 1914 | ||
| The Traffic Club of New York | 1918 | ||
| Treaty with Columbia | 1921 | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | 1910 | ||
| The United States Policy Toward Haiti | 1922 | ||
| The United States Supreme Court | 1936 | ||
| The Versailles Treaty | 1921 | ||
| Veto Message Relating to the Agriculture Surplus Control Act | 1928 | ||
| Vote on the Tariff Bill - Debenture | 1930 | ||
| War Debts | 1932 | ||
| War Expenditures - The War Situation | 1917 | ||
| War Revenue - War Profits | 1917 | ||
| War Tax - Extravagance | 1914 | ||
| The Warren Appointment | 1925 | ||
| Washington | 1918 | ||
| Washington's Foreign Policy | 1936 | ||
| Waste of Public Funds | 1921 | ||
| We are not Going Back | 1936 | ||
| The Young Republican Clubs of New York | 1934 | ||
| Borah Assails Government Trends | 1934 | ||
| Article by Senator Borah - Outlawry of War by Walter E. Edge | 1928 | ||
| Congress Must Remain in Session by John Thomas | 1940 | ||
| Let the American Sugar Industry Live by John Thomas | 1940 | ||
| Why I Am for Senator Borah by Hamilton Fish Jr. | 1936 | ||
| Wm. E. Borah: Destructionist or Constructionist? by Ray McKaig | |||
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Idaho--Politics and government--20th century
- Legislators--Idaho
- Political campaigns--Idaho
- Republican Party (Idaho)
Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Oestreicher
2014
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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