Montana Historical Society
Archives
MC 182
Craighead, Barclay,
1895-1978
Barclay Craighead Papers
1924-1949
6.5 linear feet of shelf space
Barclay Craighead served as secretary to U.S. Senator Burton
K. Wheeler, secretary of the Wheeler for President Club, secretary of the Montana Democratic
State Central Committee, director of the Federal Housing Administration in Helena, and as
chairman of the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Montana. This collection (1924-1949)
consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, printed materials, photographs, and
miscellany relating to Craighead's various positions.
11:8-3
English
Barclay Craighead was born in Clemson, South Carolina, on April 10, 1895, the son of Edwin
Boone and Kate A. Johnson Craighead. The Craigheads had two other children, Edwin Boone,
Jr., and Catherine. E.B. Craighead served as president of Clemson College, Central College
in Missouri, and Tulane University in New Orleans. In 1912 he resigned from the presidency
of Tulane and assumed the presidency of Montana State University in Missoula, a post he held
until 1915, when his controversial efforts to consolidate the state's university system led
to his dismissal. With his sons, E.B. Craighead re-established and operated The New
Northwest, a Democratic newspaper in Missoula. E.B. Craighead died in October 1920. Barclay,
a graduate of Montana State University and Gonzaga University in Spokane, served as business
manager of the New Northwest from 1915 until 1918, and as editor of the Daily Northwest from
1918 until 1920. Both papers were owned by the Northwest Publishing Company. From 1921 until
1925, he managed the Iron Mountain Mining Company in Superior, Montana, but returned to the
newspaper business in 1925, when he worked for the editorial staff of the Spokesman-Review
in Spokane, Washington. Craighead returned to Montana in 1926, and worked as chief of the
State Division of Labor and Statistics and served as Montana's Real Estate and Publicity
Commissioner. In 1932 he was a field auditor for the Montana State Board of Equalization.
Barclay Craighead actively participated in Democratic Party affairs. In the 1926, 1928,
1930, and 1932 elections he served as office manager of the Democratic State Central
Committee. Under Party Chairman Grover C. Cisel, he served as both office manager and
secretary of the Committee in the 1934 and 1936 elections. In 1952 he was the Party's
candidate for lieutenant governor. Craighead was a staunch and life-long supporter of Burton
K. Wheeler. Craighead editorialized in his newspaper for Wheeler when he ran unsuccessfully
for governor against Joseph M. Dixon in 1920. He supported him in his first and successful
race for U.S. senator in 1922, and when Wheeler was Progressive Robert LaFollette's
vice-presidential running mate in 1924. In 1928 Wheeler defeated Dixon and retained his
Senate seat. Craighead campaigned for Wheeler against Republican Judge George M. Bourquin in
the Senate campaign of 1934. In 1933 Craighead was hired by Wheeler as his secretary, and
worked in the Senator's Washington, D.C., office for two years. Although Craighead returned
to Montana in 1935 as head of the Montana Federal Housing Administration, he continued in
his capacity as an advisor and supporter of Wheeler. In 1940 Barclay Craighead was
instrumental in the formation and operation of the Wheeler for President Club of Montana. In
addition to his political activities, Craighead also was involved in political patronage,
working to obtain jobs for those who had served the Democratic Party. Barclay Craighead
gradually became affiliated with the more conservative elements of the Democratic Party and,
in 1938, worked to defeat liberal Democratic Congressman Jerry O'Connell by supporting Butte
Republican Jacob Thorkelson. Craighead also supported Republican Governor Sam C. Ford, and
retained his position as chairman and executive director of the Montana Unemployment
Compensation Commission to which he had been appointed when the Commission was established
in 1937. Craighead supported Ford in the 1948 election, but he was fired following Ford's
defeat by Democrat John W. Bonner. Craighead, arguing that he held his position through
merit and that his removal from office was an attack upon the Merit System, took his case to
the Montana Supreme Court. On May 14, 1949, the Supreme Court decided against him and
Craighead retired from public service. In addition to his political activities and his
public service career, Craighead also was interested financially in radio stations around
western Montana. In 1941 he established a radio station in Butte. Craighead was the manager
of Helena radio station KXLJ during the 1950s. From 1957 until 1963 he was vice-president of
the Z Bar Radio Network, which owned radio stations in Helena, Bozeman, Great Falls,
Missoula, and Butte, and TV stations in Butte, Helena, and Spokane. In many of these
ventures he collaborated with Butte radio pioneer Ed Craney. Barclay Craighead married
Lucille Henry, daughter of Louis C. and Genevieve B. Henry of Helena. The couple had one
daughter, Lorraine. Barclay Craighead died at the age of 82 on January 19, 1978.
This collection consists of the papers of Barclay Craighead and is divided into three
subgroups: Barclay Craighead personal papers; the Montana Democratic State Central
Committee; and the Burton K. Wheeler for President Club of Montana. The Barclay Craighead
Subgroup consists of two arrangements of general correspondence. The first (1924-1938) is
arranged chronologically; the second (1932-1949) is arranged alphabetically as well as
chronologically. Barclay Craighead's correspondence with Burton K. Wheeler's office
(1932-1949) is in the second arrangement of correspondence. The correspondence with
Wheeler's office includes letters to and from Burton K. Wheeler; Maude Wheeler Mitchell,
Wheeler's sister and personal secretary; R. Bailey Stortz, clerk of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee chaired by Wheeler; and others. Also included in the Burton K. Wheeler
office correspondence are letters to and from Wheeler during the years Craighead served as a
Wheeler secretary (1932-1933). Principal correspondents include Judge E.C. Carruth, Great
Falls; Grover C. Cisel, Billings; James V. Bennett, Scobey; J. Burke Clements, Helena; C.H.
McLeod, Missoula; William F. Casey, Warm Springs; Rev. Patrick Casey, Deer Lodge; Arthur F.
Lamey, Havre; Walter L. Pope, Missoula; C.T. "Sully" Sullivan, Great Falls; E.B. Coolidge,
Great Falls; James F. O'Connor, Livingston; B.R. Albin, Billings; Willard E. Fraser,
Billings; Louis G. DeNayer, Billings; Leonard "Belgian" Daems, Bozeman; and Sam C. Wallin,
Whitefish. Much of the correspondence pertains to political patronage. Also in the Barclay
Craighead Subgroup are miscellaneous correspondence (1939-1949, undated); financial records
(1937-1949); speeches (1938, undated); subject files (1941, 1946), reflecting, among other
things, Craighead's involvement in the Sam C. Ford gubernatorial campaign, Craighead's
application for a radio station license, and his association with the Great Falls
Broadcasting Company; writings (c.1920, 1931); miscellany, including Burton K. Wheeler
speeches and clippings. In the Montana Democratic State Central Committee Subgroup are
General Correspondence (1936-1938), including letters pertaining to Craighead's efforts to
defeat U.S. Representative Jerry O'Connell; financial records (1928, 1937); minutes (1934);
news releases (1936); subject files (1934) concerning the general election; and miscellany.
In the Wheeler for President Club of Montana Subgroup are general correspondence (1939-1940)
arranged alphabetically and chronologically pertaining for the most part to the Club's
attempts to raise support within Montana for Wheeler's candidacy; financial records
(1939-1940); printed materials (1940); speeches (1940); miscellany; and clippings.
Artifacts, maps, photographs, and printed materials have been transferred to the Museum,
Library Map Collection, Photograph Archives, and Library respectively.
Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material hosued in Archives Map Case. See inventory
below for more information.
Collection open for research.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical
Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection.
In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright
owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
Printed material and maps have been separated to MHS Library. Photographs seperated to MHS
Photo Archives. See inventory below for more information.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Craighead, Barclay,
1895-1978
Bearmouth Hot Springs (Mont.)
Butte (Mont.)--Commerce
Helena (Mont.)--Commerce
Superior (Mont.)
Bimetallism
Cartoonists
Elections--Montana
Insurance, Unemployment--Montana
Patronage, Political--Montana
Radio broadcasting--Montana
Silver question--Montana
Montana
Business, Industry, and Labor
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Barclay Craighead
General Correspondence
1 / 1-2
Personal (re Iron Mountain Mining Company, etc.)
1926-1927
1 / 3-4
Personal (re application for position as
commissioner of the Montana Department of Agriculture, etc.; correspondents include
Burton K. Wheeler)
1928-1929
1 / 5
Personal (includes Harry H. Parsons, Missoula, re
Great Depression, etc.)
1930
1 / 6
Personal (includes scholastic grades, 1927, 1929)
1931
1 / 7
Personal (includes letter re reorganization of
Montana counties, with maps)
1932
1 / 8
Personal (re election, etc.; also includes
correspondence with Miles Romney re Federal Housing Administration)
1934
1 / 9
"Barclay Craighead - State Director personal
letters" (re Federal Housing Administration, etc.)
1934 December- 1935 May
1 / 10
"Barclay Craighead - State Director personal
letters" (includes drafts of circular letters for James E. Murray re Montana
agriculture)
1935 May-October
1 / 11
"Barclay Craighead - State Director personal
letters" (re Eben F. Comins' portrait of Thomas J. Walsh; and P.B. Moss' proposal
for a "Mutual Deposit Banking System")
1935 November-1936 March
1 / 12
"Personal file" (re Roy Humbert, Daniels County,
smuggled cattle case, etc.; also includes James E. Murray correspondence and
speeches, "The Presidency and Recovery" and "A Plea for Cooperation in Lieu of
Destructive Criticis"; and letter to Roy E. Ayers re Montana politics)
1936 March-June
1 / 13
"Personal file" (re election, Federal Resettlement
Administration, butte cartoonist John Powers, and Chevallier Livestock Company
[Canyon Creek]; correspondents include James E. Murray and James F. O'Connor; also
includes text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech at Fort Peck Dam)
1936 July-September
2 / 1
"Personal file" (re election, E.L. Livestock
Company, religion and politics in Kalispell; also includes open letter from B.R.
Albin re Gov. W. Elmer Holt and the Independent Merchants' Legislative Association;
correspondents include James E. Murray, C.K. Dickey, and Joe Bosone)
1936 October-November
2 / 2
"Personal file" (re proposed Public Works
Administration chemistry-pharmacy building project at Montana State University,
radio, etc.; also includes correspondence and cartoon by John Powers)
1936 November-1937 January
2 / 3
"Personal letters" (re radio, etc.; also includes
news release re Ed Craney-supported copyright bill)
1937 February-May
2 / 4
"Barclay Craighead - personal" (re People's forum
of the Air, Non Partisan Dinner, etc.)
1937 June-July
2 / 5
"Personal" (re radio, unemployment compensation,
etc.)
1937August-December
2 / 6
"Personal file - Barclay Craighead" (re Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission, radio, etc.; also includes "Comparative Annual
Income and Expenditures, 1934-1937," materials re Roberts-MacNab Company and
Gallatin Radio Forum applications for construction permits; etc.)
1938 January-April
3 / 1
"Personal file - Barclay Craighead" (re radio,
election, etc.; also includes letters to Catholics re allegations against Burton K.
Wheeler concerning anti-Catholicism; and radio speech re Jerry O'Connell alliance
with Montana Communists)
1938 April-July
3 / 2
"Personal file for Barclay Craighead" (re American
Federation of Labor and Montana Council for Progressive Political Action, radio,
elections, etc.; also includes "The Passing of Jerry [O'Connell]" by John Nelson; a
list of railroad labor organizations endorsing Dr. J. Thorkelson and repudiating
Jerry O'Connell; and "Certain Phases of the Case of Dr. Paul C. Phillips,
considered by the Service Committee of the State University of Montana in July and
August 1938," by N.J. Lennes)
1938 August-December
3 / 3
"Ray A. Adams - Personal"
1943-1948
3 / 4
"A" (re radio, etc.)
1940-1948
3 / 5
"B" (re radio, and proposed sale to military of
buffalo coats, etc.; also includes "Statement Discussed at Caucus of Democratic
House and Senate Members at Helena, Montana, March 2, 1943" re actions of Burton K.
Wheeler in support of Wellington Rankin against James E. Murray)
1939-1943
3 / 6
"B" (re radio, elections, lodgepole pine, etc.;
also includes letter from Joe Bosone re Sam Ford)
1944-1949
3 / 7
"Barclay Craighead Procurement Office War Department,
Salt Lake City Army, 1943" (re application for military position)
1943
3 / 8
Edwin Boone Craighead, Jr.
undated
3 / 9-10
"C" (re radio, Burton K. Wheeler candidacy for
President, elections, etc.)
1939-1940
3 / 11
"C" (re radio, elections, Edwin Boone Craighead,
Jr.'s death, etc.)
1941-1945
3 / 12
"C" (re radio, elections, Edwin Boone Craighead,
Jr.'s death, etc.; also includes letter from Charles Russell Memorial Committee re
commission of Charlie Beil for bronze)
1946-1949
4 / 1
"D" (includes "Wheeler, Fighting Liberal," by
Barclay Craighead)
1939-1949
4 / 2
"E" (correspondents include Zales Ecton)
1940-1948
4 / 3
"F" (re elections, America First Committee in
Billings, development of Montana's rivers, and social security legislation, etc.)
1939-1948
4 / 4
"General Electric - Richland (re coal bids, etc.)"
(re Montana Coal and Iron Company)
1947-1948
4 / 5
"G" (re radio, etc.)
1939-1948
4 / 6-7
"H" (re Hatch Act, elections, etc.; also includes
press release re Burton K. Wheeler and Columbia Basin Project and suggested news
story re Wheeler)
1939-1949
4 / 8
"I-J" (re radio, etc.)
1939-1949
4 / 9
"KPFA" (re Helena radio station)
1945-1946
4 / 10
"K" (re radio, etc.; also includes
"Wheeler--Liberal or Conservative?" by bob Davee; correspondents include Edward
Keating)
1939-1947
4 / 11
"L" (re elections, Bearmouth hot springs, radio,
etc.; also includes speech by Arthur F. Lamey re re-election of Gov. Ayers;
correspondents include N.J. Lennes)
1939-1949
5 / 1-2
"M" (re elections, radio, etc.; correspondents
include James E. Murray)
1939-1949
5 / 1
"M" (re elections, etc.; correspondents include
James E. Murray)
1939-1942
5 / 3
"N" (re elections,; also includes speech re Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission)
1939-1949
5 / 4
"O" (includes open letter from Joe bosone to
membership of United Mine Workers of America re Jerry O'Connell and Burton K.
Wheeler)
1939-1945
5 / 5
"P"
1939-1949
5 / 6
"R" (re Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Library
Committee, radio)
1939-1949
5 / 7-9
"S" (re Great Falls News, Wheeler for President
Club, Hill 57, Montana hydroelectric programs, Burton K. Wheeler, America First
Committee; correspondents include Charles L. Stevens, O.H.P. Shelley)
1939-1949
5 / 10
"T" (re Montana Unemployment Compensation
Commission, etc.)
1939-1949
5 / 11
"U" (re United Service to China, Inc.;
correspondents include Mearl L. Fagg)
1939-1947
5 / 12
"V"
1939-1943
5 / 13
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re Buffalo Rapids
Project, Big Horn Dam, silver question, proposed Missoula Federal Building,
elections, Judge George Bourquin, etc.; also includes letters from Franklin D.
Roosevelt to B.K. Wheeler re Revenue Act of 1932 and Wheeler-Howard Bill)
1932- 1934 April
5 / 14
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re Montana Power
Company, Robert Yellowtail and Crow Indians, Medicine Lake and Bowdoin Lake
projects, Chevallier Livestock Company [Canyon Creek], Judge George Bourquin,
proposed Missoula Federal Building, Montana Home Owners' Loan Corporation, etc.)
1934 May-September
6 / 1
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re Montana Federal
Housing Authority, Gov. Frank Cooney, Montana labor unions, etc.)
1935
6 / 2
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re elections, Gov. W.
Elmer Holt, Roy Ayers, Chevallier Livestock Company [Canyon Creek], radio, etc.)
1936
6 / 3
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re Montana State
University chemistry-pharmacy building project, U.S. Supreme Court, radio, Montana
labor unions, Jerry O'Connell, Gov. Roy Ayers, etc.)
1937
6 / 4
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re Jerry O'Connell,
unemployment compensation, etc.; also includes statement by B.K. Wheeler re
railroads)
1938
6 / 5-6
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re Jerry O'Connell,
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Gov. Roy Ayers, etc.; also includes strategy for
"Wheeler for President" movement in Washington and Oregon)
1939
6 / 7-8
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re James E. Murray,
Wheeler for President clubs, Harrison J. Freebourn, elections, Jerry O'Connell,
radio, etc.; also includes list of Montana contributors to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library, B.K. Wheeler speech on "Conscription and National Defense")
1940
7 / 1
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re Jews, Lend Lease
program, Charles Stevens' accusation of B.K. Wheeler's alleged pro-Nazi sentiments,
James E. Murray, World War II, etc.)
1941- 1942 June
7 / 2-3
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re elections,
Wellington Rankin, Gov. Sam Ford, etc.)
1942 July- 1945
7 / 4
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re elections, Mike
Mansfield, smelter unions, Leif Erickson, Montana mining industry, Zales Ecton,
etc.)
1946
7 / 5
Burton K. Wheeler's Office (re elections, James E.
Murray, Z Bar N Network [radio], John Bonner, etc.)
1947-1949
7 / 6
Burton K. Wheeler (re radio)
1941-1946
7 / 7
"W"
1939-1949
7 / 8
Miscellaneous
undated
Miscellaneous Correspondence
7 / 9
Letters to Lucille Craighead from "Mayme" and
"Prof"
1934
Financial Records
7 / 10
Individual income tax returns
1937-1939
RESTRICTED
7 / 11
Stock and mining purchases and sales
1938-1945
Maps
7 / 12
List of maps transferred to Library Map Collection
undated
Photographs
7 / 13
List of photographs transferred to Photo Archives
undated
7 / 14
List of printed materials transferred to Library
undated
Speeches
7 / 15
Charter Day speech, Missoula
1938 February
7 / 16
Miscellaneous (includes "Unemployment
Compensation"; "The Two Dollar Plan" re tariffs; and "Speaking of Liberty" re
corporations; also untitled speeches re Liberty League, social security legislation
in Montana, development of Montana's resources, Leif Erickson, relationship of
unemployment compensation and employment services divisions, administrative
cooperation among federal, state, and local governments, agricultural matters, and
Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission contribution report)
1939, 1946, undated
Subject Files
8 / 1
"Bourquin" (includes materials compiled in 1934 re
Judge George M. Bourquin's career and personal life, 1906-1934, including "The
Judicial Career of the Hon. George M. Bourquin," by D.A. Batchoff; "Sentences
Imposed by Judge Bourquin in Cases involving Violations of Harrison Acts" re
narcotics; court papers re Mary M. Bourquin v. George M. Bourquin; lists of cases
heard by Bourquin, James E. Murray speech re Bourqin and Scott leavitt; etc.)
1934
8 / 2
"E.B. Craighead - magnesite, etc." (re Ely, Nevada,
magnesite property)
1942, undated
8 / 3
Gov. Sam C. Ford election (includes radio spots,
speeches, and analysis of Gallup poll)
1944
8 / 4
"Mercer Mining Claims" (re John F. Mercer's claims
including in Poorman's Creek, Gould-Stemple Mining District; also includes Ida Mine,
Inc. and Drumlummon Extension Mine stock certificates)
1933-1943
8 / 5
"Mining Claims" (re claims in Lewis and Clark and
Stemple [unorganized] mining districts)
1901-1947
8 / 6
Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission
(includes "Digest of Official Interpretations approved and adopted..."; "Regulation
for the Administration of the Montana Unemployment Compensation Law"; official
interpretations, #1-20; "Questions and Answers Bearing upon the Basic Principles,
Scope, Methods, and Economic Benefits of the Montana Unemployment Compensation
Law"; The Wagner-Murray Bill"; circular letters; "Employment News Letter"; statement
of expenditures for equipment; Social Security Board review of budget; and blank
forms)
1937, undated
8 / 7
Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission
(includes "stationery; notes; list of reports, news releases, and publications; memo
re personnel transferred from U.S. Employment Service; "Maximum Lumber Production in
Montana Can be Attained by Full Utilization of Sawmill Capacity and the Available
Labor Supply"; biographical sketches of Commission employees; "Unemployment
Compensation in Montana"; radio transcript of Bailey Stortz with Barclay Craighead,
Louis G. DeNayer, and Carl Anderson; etc.)
1943-1948, undated
8 / 8-10
Radio (re application and amended application for
Federal Communications Commission license)
1941
9 / 1-2
Radio (re application and amended application for
Federal Communications Commission license; includes correspondence with Jeannette
Rankin)
1941
9 / 3
Radio (re purchase of equipment for Butte radio
station)
1941
9 / 4
Radio (re People's Forum of the Air; KPFA radio
station, Helena; also includes correspondence of E.B. Craney's refusal to carry
Walter Winchell's commentary)
1941-1945
9 / 5
Radio (re application of Hennessy Broadcasting
Company for Federal Communications Commission license; includes articles of
incorporation, depositions of M.J. Thomas, L.E. Vidal, A.T. Hibbard, Rev. Ralph
Johnson, Jerry O'Connell, J. Burke Clements, Miles Romney, Sylvester Graham, John J.
Tomcheck, Paul A. Dickover, H.E. Hart, James B. Graham, Judge George W. Padbury, Jr,
Will Whalen, Edmond G. Toomey, Howard A. Johnson, G.A. Norris, E.C. Burris, Lewis
Penwell, and Payne Templeton; also includes articles of incorporation for People's
Forum of the Air and annual reports of Hennessy Mercantile Company and Anaconda
Copper Mining Company)
1941
9 / 6-7
Radio (re radio stations in Butte, Helena, and
Great Falls, and a proposed station in Havre, etc.; includes correspondence with
E.B. Craney, K.O. MacPherson, J. Russell Larcombe, Pat Goodover, A.T. Hibbard, et
al.; also includes balance sheets and stock certificates of Great Falls Broadcasting
Company)
1946-1949
9 / 8
Miscellaneous (includes correspondence re
application for radio construction permit, Butte; death of E.B. Craighead, Jr.)
1939-1949
Writings
9 / 9
"America Tomorrow: Industrial Millennium or Mirage?"
and "Wheat and the Federal Farm Board" (includes note from W.S. McCormick)
1931, undated
9 / 10
Miscellaneous (re Burton K. Wheeler, Joseph M.
Dixon, Thomas J. Walsh, Micky McGlynn, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Myers, Barclay
Craighead, Nonpartisan League, Harry H. Parsons, hydroelectric power, Anaconda
Copper Mining Company, communism, Industrial Workers of the World [IWW], Montana
politics and elections, World War I, etc.; also includes "Career Statement" re
application with Department of Agriculture)
undated
9 / 11
"The Industrial Depression"
1931 June
Miscellany
9 / 12
Application for position as executive officer,
Federal Works and Security Agency (includes cover letter)
1941 July
MC 182-194
Blueprints ("Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Barclay
Craighead, Helena, Montana, Sigvald L. Berg, licensed architect" [Archives Map Case
see folder MC 182-194]
1936 March
MC 182-194
Certificate of appointment as chairman of Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission [Archives Map Case
see folder MC 182-194]
1937 May
MC 182-194
Certificate of appointment as notary public [Archives Map Case
see folder MC 182-194]
1937 February
10 / 1
Christmas card lists
1934, 1936
10 / 2
Edwin Boone Craighead Jr. ephemera
1945-1946, undated
10 / 3
Election wager forms
undated
10 / 4
"Highlights of Local Office Labor Development
Reports in Montana"; "Population and Employment [in Montana] 1940 and 1943";
"Determination of Seasonal Employment"
1943, undated
10 / 5
"Information for the Use of Office Staffs of
Senators Entering Their First Terms of Service in the 73rd Congress"
1933
10 / 6
KGIR, Inc. contract for political broadcasting
[blank]
1934
10 / 7
List of artifacts transferred to the Museum
undated
10 / 8
List of federal projects in Montana [arranged by
county; provides status of projects]
1934
10 / 9
Montana Federal Housing Administration reports of
operation, 1935-1937
1937
10 / 10
Montana State Employment Service expenses,
1937-1939; breakdown of federal and state contributions, 1938
1938-1939
10 / 11
Notes re Big Horn Dam
undated
10 / 12
Plan to consolidate Montana counties
1934
10 / 13
Poetry ("The Sound Dollar"; "The New Deal")
undated
10 / 14
St. Lawrence Seaway materials
1931-1934
10 / 15
Burton K. Wheeler speeches [annotated] (re silver
question, democracy, the Roosevelt Administration, Thomas J. Walsh, and Thomas
Jefferson)
1933, undated
10 / 16
Burton K. Wheeler speeches (includes "Keep Out of
War"; "Youth: Jobs and War"; "1940 Liberalism"; "Government Control of Business";
"The National Farm Problem"; "America Must Remain at Peace"; and untitled speeches
re neutrality, universal military conscription [draft], Farmers Union, business and
democracy, Democratic Party and problems of America, aid to Finland,
interrelationship between neutrality and improvement of American economy, hopes and
plans of Roosevelt Administration)
1939-1940, undated
10 / 17
Burton K. Wheeler speeches (includes "War or
Peace"; "Unity for Peace"; untitled speech re Henry L. Stimson's charge of "near
treason" against Wheeler; "Remonetization of Silver")
1932-1933, 1940-1941
10 / 18
Burton K. Wheeler stationery (U.S. Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs)
undated
10 / 19
Burton K. Wheeler writings ("Processing Racket Farm
Board Follies")
1934
10 / 20
Wheeler-Howard Bill materials (re federal Indian
policy)
1934
Clippings
10 / 21
Re Barclay Craighead
circa 1940-1949, undated
10 / 22
Re radio blackout of Walter Winchell broadcast
1941 July
Montana Democratic State Central Committee
General Correspondence
10 / 23
"Applications"
1936
10 / 24
Gallatin County [includes Blaine County]
1936
10 / 25
Garfield County
1936
10 / 26
Glacier County
1936
10 / 27
Golden Valley County
1936
10 / 28
Granite County
1936
10 / 29
Hill County
1936
10 / 30
Jefferson County
1936
10 / 31
Judith Basin County
1936
10 / 32
Lake County
1936
10 / 33
Lewis and Clark County (includes correspondence re
suspected lay off of Fort Peck laborers)
1936
10 / 34
Liberty County
1936
10 / 35
Lincoln County
1936
11 / 1
McCone County
1936
11 / 2
Madison County
1936
11 / 3
Meagher County
1936
11 / 4
Mineral County
1936
11 / 5
Missoula County
1936
11 / 6
Musselshell County
1936
11 / 7
Park County
1936
11 / 8
Petroleum County
1936
11 / 9
Phillips County
1936
11 / 10
Pondera County
1936
11 / 11
Powder River County (includes Custer County)
1936
11 / 12
Powell County
1936
11 / 13
Prairie County
1936
11 / 14
Ravalli County (includes Valley County)
1936
11 / 15
James E. Murray (includes "Stand of James E. Murray
Regarding Veterans' Legislation"; "Montana Legislative Record Senator T.O. Larson";
James E. Murray speech "The Tongue River, Buffalo Rapids, Upper Musselshell, Little
Missouri, Poplar River and Other Similar Projects"; also includes letter to Murray
from W.J. Butler re Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation)
1936
11 / 16
"National Committee Correspondence"
1936
11 / 17
"Newspaper Releases"
1936
11 / 18
Jerry O'Connell
1936
11 / 19
"Jerry's Correspondence" (re Jerry O'Connell and
the 1938 election)
1938 February-July
11 / 20
"Personal"
1936
11 / 21
"Publicity, Radio, etc., Newspaper Advertising,
etc."
1936
Financial Records
11 / 22
"Receipts and Disbursements of Democratic State
Central Committee"; "Financial Statement - Presented by Barclay Craighead"
1928, 1937
Minutes
11 / 23
Minutes
1934 September 8
Press Releases
11 / 24
Announcement of Burton K. Wheeler candidacy for
re-election
1934
Miscellany
11 / 25
"Democratic County Office Holders in Montana,
Elected November 3, 1936"
1936
11 / 26
Democratic Victory Club certificate of membership
(mock-up copy)
1938
11 / 27
Statements and resolutions of support for Burton K.
Wheeler
1934
11 / 28
Stationery (includes names of officers and members
of executive committee)
1934
11 / 29-30
Miscellaneous (re 1934 election; includes
correspondence to and from Burton K. Wheeler; also includes Wheeler itinerary,
clippings, etc.)
1934 June-November
Wheeler for President Club of Montana
General Correspondence
12 / 1
J. Burke Clements
1939 December- 1940 July, undated
12 / 2-3
"Confidential Correspondence of Wheeler for
President Club"
1939 December- 1940 July
12 / 4-8
Correspondence: A-Y
1939 December- 1940 June
12 / 9
Barclay Craighead (includes quotations of Burton K.
Wheeler)
1940 February-March
12 / 10
Executive Committee: A-C
1939 November- 1940 May
13 / 1-5
Executive Committee: D-Z
1939 November- 1940 May
13 / 6
Montana delegation communication (J.W. Jewett)
1940 May-June
13 / 7
Burton K. Wheeler
1939 November- 1940 May
13 / 8
"Wheeler for Senator"
1940 July
Financial Records
13 / 9
"Collection and Disbursement Reports, Wheeler for
President Club"
1939 December- 1940 July
13 / 10
Receipts
1940
Printed Material
13 / 11
"The Nation's Liberals are Thinking!"; "The
Railroads and Economic Conditions Confronting the Country", speech of Burton K.
Wheeler
1940
13 / 12
"Burton K. Wheeler", prepared by the Wheeler for
President club (binder includes various printed materials and clippings)
1940 June
Speeches
13 / 13
Barclay Craighead re Burton K. Wheeler
1940
Miscellany
13 / 14
Howard Costigan radio broadcast (re Burton K.
Wheeler)
1940 January
13 / 15
Campaign mailing lists for Burton K. Wheeler
(includes lists of priests in Helena and Great Falls dioceses)
1931, undated
13 / 16
County officials (includes state and county
committeemen, liquor vendors, precinct committeemen, and election results)
circa 1936
13 / 17
Democratic precinct committeemen and women
(arranged by county)
1946
14 / 1
List of contacts (includes name and service
rendered to each by Burton K. Wheeler, arranged alphabetically by community)
undated
14 / 2
List of supporters (includes "List of Friends",
"Friendly List", "Veterans List", "Supplemental List", and list of trade unionists
arranged by trade and lodge; also includes officers of the county committees
arranged by county)
undated
14 / 3
"Paper Clipping Returns for Literature"
1940 March-April
14 / 4
Pledges of support (blank); form cover letters
1940, undated
Clippings
14 / 5
"Romeike Press Clipping Bureau"
1940
14 / 6
Miscellaneous
1940
Miscellany
15 / 1
Names and addresses of Burton K. Wheeler supporters
in Montana [index cards]
undated