Burton K. Wheeler documents from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1933-1945
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Burton K. Wheeler documents from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
- Dates
- 1933-1945 (inclusive)19331945
- Quantity
- 2 folder
- Collection Number
- 2226, 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
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical Note
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 Description
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 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, and the Official File.
Use of the Collection
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.
Preferred Citation
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
These copies were purchased from the FDR Library in August, 1990.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2009 May 22
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Description: PPF #723 on Senator Burton K. Wheeler127 pages
Includes correspondence with and about Senator Wheeler, and occasional news clippings.
Dates: 1933-1944 - Description: Index to specific references to Senator Wheeler in other Presidential Paper Files25 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
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
- United States. Congress. Senate
Geographical Names
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
