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NTE2cg620.xml Guide to the Fred Roy Yoder Papers circa 1890-circa 1980 Yoder (Fred Roy) Papers Finding aid prepared by Steve Rasmussen Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 620 Yoder, Fred R. (Fred Roy), 1888-1987 Fred Roy Yoder Papers circa 1890-circa 1980 20 Linear feet of shelf space 18 Boxes Collection includes research notes, correspondence, records related to Fred Roy Yoder's teaching in sociology, and other personal papers. Collection materials are in English

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.

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.

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

This collection is open and available for research use.

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

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

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).

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)

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

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

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Yoder, Fred R. (Fred Roy), 1888-1987 -- Archives Rogers, John Rankin, 1838-1901 Butler, Marion, 1863-1938 La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives Democratic Party (Wash.) -- History -- Archives Washington (State) -- History Sociology -- Research Political campaigns -- Washington (State) -- History Populism -- History -- Research -- United States Washington (State) Colleges and Universities Politics and Politicians Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history John R. Rogers 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 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 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 Butler Papers, notes 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 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: 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 11 250 The News and Observer 1898-1900 11 251 The News and Observer 1910-1934 11 252 Greensboro Daily News 1916-1928 11 253 The Caucasian 1889-1895 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 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 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 17 424 1950s 17 425 mailing list 17 426 corr. about Hatch Act, platforms 1950 and 1952 17 427 platform and notes 1954 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 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.