Julie Monroe Papers collection, 2023-2024
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Monroe, Julie
- Title
- Julie Monroe Papers collection
- Dates
- 2023-2024 (inclusive)20232024
- Quantity
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.5 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- MG 5829
- Summary
- Research on Verda Barnes collected by Julie Monroe.
- Repository
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University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
Research on Verda Barnes collected by Julie Monroe. Photocopies of documents and news clippings, primary and secondary source material.
Historical Note
Verda grew up on a farm near St. Anthony, Idaho. After graduating from high school, she attended Albion Normal School and then Brigham Young University. Verda married briefly in the 1930s and had a daughter, and spent much of her time as a single mother in Boise. After the repeal of prohibition, Verda became the first director of the newly formed Idaho Liquor Commission.
After receiving a letter from James Farley, the Postmaster General and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, asking for volunteers to become a part of Roosevelt's New Deal, Verda and her daughter moved to Washington, D.C. She quickly became involved with organized labor, in the Department of the Interior, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. She also became active in the Young Democrats and became national vice-chairman for the organization during the Roosevelt era. During this time she became friends with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
In 1945, she began working for newly elected Idaho Senator Glen Taylor. Later, she joined the staff of Frank Church, who was elected in 1956. She first served as his governmental liaison and then as his chief of staff. In that position she became Church's chief political strategist and the de facto chief political strategist for the entire Idaho Democratic party. Without Barnes' tireless political efforts, it is quite likely that Frank Church would have been a one-term Senator.
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwi/women/iwi-19.html
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Series 1: Verda White Barnes
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Primary Resources
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Description: Timeline, Genealogical Information and Inventory3 itemsDates: 2023-2024Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: RG211/War Manpower Commission: office files of Verda W. Barnes4 itemsDates: 1943-1944Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Primary Resource documents - from Richard J. O'Melia Collection3 items : new clipping; Clark H. Foreman obituary; Foreman oral history interview notesDates: 1951-1977Container: Box 1, Object 3
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Description: Primary Resource documents - from Henry A. Wallace papers1 itemsDates: 1950Container: Box 1, Object 4
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Description: Primary Resource documents - Glen Taylor speech1 itemsDates: 1944Container: Box 1, Object 5
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Description: Primary Resource documents - from Everett L. "Shorty" Fuller photographs4 items : prints of low-res scansDates: 1939Container: Box 1, Object 6
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Description: Primary Resource documents - from Frank Church Papers1 items : Verda Barnes Campaign HandbookDates: 1976-1977Container: Box 1, Object 7
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Description: Primary Resource documents - from George Klein draft bio of VB1 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Object 8
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Description: Primary Resource documents - from LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer Collection on Frank Church1 itemsDates: 1980Container: Box 1, Object 9
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Description: Primary Resource documents - from Frank and Bethine Church Digital Collection1 itemsDates: 1980Container: Box 1, Object 10
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Newspaper Articles
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Description: News clippings108 items : print-outs of digitized newspaper pages ranging in date from 1932 to VB's death in 1980; newspapers are largely regionalDates: 1934-1980Container: Box 1, Object 11
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Secondary Resources
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Description: Undeserved Anonymity1 itemsDates: 2006Container: Box 1, Object 12
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Description: C. Ben Ross and the New Deal in Idaho1 itemsDates: 1970Container: Box 1, Object 13
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Description: Frank Church, D.C. & Me1 itemsDates: 1995Container: Box 1, Object 14
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Description: A Lifelong Affair1 items : notes from the bookDates: 2003Container: Box 1, Object 15
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Description: Wikipedia: CIO-PAC1 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Object 16
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Description: Wikipedia: National Emergency Civil Liberties5 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Object 17
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Description: New Deal Leftists1 itemsDates: 2012Container: Box 1, Object 18
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Description: The Progressive Party of 19481 itemsDates: 1972Container: Box 1, Object 19
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Description: Prophet without Honor: Glen H. Taylor1 items : excerptDates: 1974Container: Box 1, Object 20
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Description: Henry Wallace's Opportunity1 itemsDates: 1945Container: Box 1, Object 21
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Description: Western Politics and New Deal Policies1 itemsDates: 1963Container: Box 1, Object 22
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Description: Eleanor Roosevelt and the National Youth Administration1 itemsDates: 1984Container: Box 1, Object 23
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Description: History of the CCC & WPA1 items : excerptDates: 2003Container: Box 1, Object 24
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Description: Writing to Stay in History1 items : excerptDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Object 25
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Description: Eleanor Roosevelt and Women in the New Deal1 itemsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Object 26
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Description: Women in Politics Oral History Project1 items : excerptDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Object 27
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Description: Women Appointees of the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations1 items : excerptDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Object 28
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Idaho--Politics and government
- New Deal, 1933-1939
Personal Names
- Barnes, Verda White, 1907-1980
