The first woman sent to the United States House of Representatives by the State of Utah was Reva Beck Bosone who represented the Second Congressional District for the 1949-1951 term. Bosone had set precedents before--when she became Democratic floor leader of the Utah State House of Representatives, in which she served from 1933 to 1936, and when she became Utah's first woman judge, a post she held until 1948.
Reva Beck Bosone was born in American Fork, Utah, the only daughter among the four children of Christian M. and Zilpha Chipman Beck. Her father was of Danish extraction, her mother a descendant of the 1847 Mormon pioneers and of the
Inspired by the memory of her mother's admonition that "a country is no better than its laws--if you want to serve all of the people, go where the laws are made," Reva Beck resigned from her teaching post in 1927 to read law at the University of Utah. She received her law degree in 1930. The previous year, she was married to Joseph P. Bosone, a lawyer. They were divorced in 1940.
The Bosone family moved to the mining region of Carbon County where both Bosone and her husband practiced law under the firm name Bosone and Bosone until Mrs. Bosone became a candidate for the state legislature. Carrying her two-year-old daughter Zilpha, she conducted a door-to-door campaign that resulted in her election to the 1933 session of the Utah State House of Representatives with "the highest vote received by any candidate for an office in the county." In 1935 she was returned to office from Salt Lake County. In the 1935 session Mrs. Bosone was elected floor leader of the Democratic members and also became the first woman member of the important Sifting Committee, as well as its chairman. Her role in obtaining passage of a minimum wage-and-hour law for women and children and of the Utah child labor constitutional amendment, was commended by Frances Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt.
In 1936, after several months of private law practice in Salt Lake City, Bosone was elected city judge, and was successively reelected to that office until 1948. Sitting in both police and traffic courts (all traffic violations in Salt Lake City were filed in her court), she instituted extraordinary traffic fines--a conviction for drunken driving cost $300, for reckless driving $200. During her first year in office the number of traffic cases filed was tripled, and only three appeals from her judgments were sustained.
The election of Bosone to the United States House of Representatives over Republican William A. Dawson took place in November 1948, when she was chosen to represent the Second Congressional District of Utah comprising the four counties of Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Utah. Her concept of a legislator's duties was contained in a pre-election statement: "Office holders should do the job that should be done, whether the required course of action is popular or not...The biggest need in politics and government today is for people of integrity and courage, who will do what they believe is right and not worry about the political consequences to themselves."
She was the first woman to serve on the House Interior Committee. Judge Bosone continued to work on this committee when she was reelected to the House in 1950, defeating Ivy Baker Priest. During this second term she was a member of the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials. Judge Bosone also proposed legislation to remove the American Indians from government wardship and was much involved in sponsoring water projects for the West.
In 1952 and again in 1954 Reva Beck Bosone was defeated for election to the House by William A. Dawson. Following the 1954 defeat, she had a private law practice until 1958 when she became legal counsel for the Subcommittee of Safety and Compensation of the House Committee on Education. After serving over three years, Postmaster General J. Edward Day appointed her a judicial officer and chairman of the Contract Board of Appeals, for the United States Post Office Department, a position she held until her formal retirement in 1968.
The problems of juvenile delinquency and alcoholism were of special interest to Judge Bosone. She was appointed director of the Utah State Board for Education in Alcoholism, and served in that capacity between 1947 and 1948. For her work in this area, as well as that of juvenile delinquency, Judge Bosone was elected to Utah's Hall of Fame in 1943. During World War II, in her capacity as chairman of the Civilian Advisory WAC Committee of the Ninth Service Command, she toured eleven Western States to confer with their governors. She was an active member of the United War Fund Committee of Utah and of the Veterans Central Welfare Committee. (In the fall of 1948 she taught a refresher course for veterans at the University of Utah Law School.) The Utah congress woman was an officer of such organizations as the Italian-American Civic League (1934-46), the Housewives' Council of Salt Lake City (1934-35), and the Consumers' Welfare League of Utah (1934-37). She was a member of Phi Delta Delta and the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
The keynote address at the 1947 convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs was delivered by Judge Bosone, who was also a principal speaker at the general session of the National Safety Conference in 1948. For several months radio station KDYL of NBC carried a fifteen minute weekly program by Judge Bosone, entitled "Her Honor--The Judge." In July and again in September of 1948 she appeared on "America's Town Meeting of the Air," speaking on international law and alcoholism. After her election defeat in 1952, Reva Beck Bosone was moderator of the Salt Lake City program "It's a Woman's World" on KDYL, four times weekly. In 1953 the program won the Zenith Television Award for excellence in local programming. A special KUTV documentary, "Her Honor, the Judge," was shown in 1977 on Reva Beck Bosone's varied and colorful career.
In 1946, Judge Bosone was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, and in 1965 was considered for an appointment to that body with the resignation of Justice Arthur J. Goldberg. There followed honors from the three schools she had attended. In 1970 the University of California, Berkeley, gave her a Distinguished Service in Government award. Westminster College awarded her an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree (L.H.D.) in 1973 at a ceremony where she was the commencement speaker. Finally, in 1977 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Utah. Judge Bosone was also given, with two other women, the first annual Susa Young Gates Award, in 1973, for her work in raising the status of women in Utah.
Reva Beck Bosone died in 1983.
Essentially a political collection, the Reva Beck Bosone papers (1927-1977) contain very little personal material. However, the first part of the collection includes her autobiography and a number of biographical sketches, as well as personal memorabilia such as greeting cards, invitations, award certificates, and programs.
The bulk of the correspondence is contained in four boxes, filed by date. These letters are from congressional colleagues, constituents, and personal friends. Other correspondence related to specific subjects is interfiled throughout the collection where it is supportive or items on the same topic. In addition to the four boxes of speeches or statements filed by date, there are others filed under related subject headings where necessary to clarify the topic.
Comprising the central part of the collection are items directly related to Reva Beck Bosone's political life. Materials from her years as judge in the Salt Lake Traffic Court are in this portion. Campaign materials, voting records, and legislation are also included in this section, as well as materials related to her committee and subcommittee assignments, including two boxes on Utah water projects. Materials on issues in which she had a special interest, such as alcoholism, foreign affairs, and business, are filed alphabetically in four boxes.
General items on women and women's clubs (both Utah and national) and Utah are included together in one box. Two boxes on the Democratic and Republican parties contain miscellaneous political material. Following this is a volume containing the decisions made by Judge Bosone as a judicial officer for the United States Post Office Department.
The Subject Files are arranged alphabetically and contain such items as club rosters and pending military discharge cases in which Bosone had an interest. The six scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and other memorabilia. Addenda to the collection includes correspondence, tributes, essays, and miscellaneous materials.
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Includes verses, quotes, personnel application for the Works Project Administration of Utah, gas rationing stamps, and other items.
Includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, and statistics.
This correspondence covers many different areas. In this period there is much dealing with politics in general. It covers the period of Bosone's schoolteaching to her defeat in the 1952 congressional campaign. The bulk of this box is concerned with the 1952 campaign and includes appeals to her constituents to support her and their replies as well as her own endorsements of other candidates. Included are reactions to the Fulton Lewis accusations. There are letters from her constituents during her time in office, urging her to vote positively or negatively on certain issues, such as the establishment of the CIA, the Mundt-Nixon Bill from the Committee on Un-American Activities, and UNICEF. It contains her views on the United Nations, on housing, and on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. There are letters requesting information as well as congratulatory letters on her elections and appointments to various committees and commissions and on her work as judge. Several letters express appreciation for her congressional efforts and support her stands. There are business letters, travel arrangements, speaking engagements, and other similar letters. Many letters are from her congressional colleagues, which include several important people. There are two letters from Harry S. Truman (September 14, 1950 and January 8, 1951). This box also contains some personal correspondence.
One original letter has been removed from folder 7 and placed in Reserve. One original letter has been removed from folder 8 and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
This box contains many items similar to those in Box 4. There are letters dealing with politics in general, staff correspondence, requests and thank-you letters for speaking engagements, congratulatory letters on appointments and elections, and requests for information. It also includes letters from congressional colleagues such as Sam Rayburn (January 21, September 21, 30, 1955; April 27, December 3, 1956), Mary T. Norton (April 24, 1956), and Estes Kefauver (July 5, 1955, August 30, 1956). Other notable people include Averell Harriman, (July 5, August 23, 1956), Adlai Stevenson (June 19, August 10, 1956), and Harry S. Truman (May 3, August 8, 1956). The later correspondence is primarily personal or deals with post office business after her appointment as a judicial officer. There are several letters expressing opinions of her television program, "It's a Woman's World," for which she received the Zenith Television Award, a national award for distinguished public service by a woman television broadcaster, in 1953.
One original letter has been removed from folder 8 and placed in Reserve. Two original letters has been removed from folder 9 and placed in Reserve. Seven original letters has been removed from folder 10 and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
In large measure this box is personal correspondence. There is some correspondence dealing with post office business, invitations for speaking engagements, and letters of recommendation for positions. Included are letters concerned with getting Bosone appointed to the United States Supreme Court, The personal correspondence relates to her family, health, travel, and general political views. She went on a personal crusade against medical schools when one young man, whom she felt would be a dedicated doctor, was not allowed into medical school. She wrote editorials ("I want to be a Doctor," August 24, 1964) and letters to several people to see if something could be done about what she felt to be a grave injustice. There is also a copy of a portion of a thesis which refers to the effect of the physicians' lobby against the Democratic candidates in the 1952 and 1954 elections. It is entitled "Effectiveness of the Temporary Medical Group as Seen in Two Case Studies in Two Separate Utah Election Years," June 4, 1965.
This box is almost entirely personal correspondence from Bosone. In addition to purely personal matters, there are letters concerned with business affairs, general political issues and arrangements, letters of congratulations, and letters of recommendation--both for and from her. Much of the correspondence with her congressional acquaintances is in letters of recommendation endorsing her appointment to the Interior Department or the Obscenity Commission. Some correspondence on the Equal Rights Amendment is also included. There is a letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson (January 25, 1968) thanking her for her support. This box also contains some undated letters, including annonymous ones.
Two original letters have been removed from folder 9 and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Debate for American Fork High School (won first debate cup, 1915); "Salt Lake City Blazed a Safety Trail" (1939); "A Thank You To the Utah State Senate" (1945); "Traffic and Uniform Fines" (published in
"Excerpts from Speech to Women Lawyers," "Speech to . . . Democratic Committee of New York County," article in
Deals with housing, mining, peace, University of Utah centennial, statue of Brigham Young in the capital, Indians, women, and security loans.
Delivered in Congress on peace, appropriations for recreation areas, Alaska, traffic control, "How Utah Looks from Washington," Civilian Conservation Corps Bill, law before the Oregon State Bar, and price controls.
Remarks on Sam Rayburn, foreign policy, women in civil defense, misuse of immunity, and a speech for United States Air Force graduation at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Floor speeches in the United States House of Representatives on the deaths of George Albert Smith and Frank Buchanan, reclamation, and Harry S. Truman; a partial address before the Conservation Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution; "The Old Gray Mare, She Ain't What She Used to Be" printed in the
Deals with isolationism, foreign policy, Colorado River Storage Project, Reconstruction Finance Company, the Korean War, the Salt Lake Aqueduct, United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, and memorial services in Congress.
Includes address at Lackland Air Force Base and remarks on Puerto Rico, REA (Rural Electric Association), and Dawson's campaign tactics.
Defense of "kickback" charges, issues, leftist government, Dawson smear tactics, etc.
"A State Legislator and Former Congresswoman's Experiences as a Teacher" (1953); "American Democracy--How to Obtain It--How to Live It" (1956); "Expressions Heard in Childhood Influence Adult Thinking and Action" (1967): General Federation of Women's Clubs Commemorative Stamp Ceremony, New York (1967); and "In Memory" (1969), which became a chapter in Irving Stone's
"Hear Ye! Hear Ye!" (1970), "What Life Has Taught Me" (1974), "The Joseph R. McCarthy Times" (1977); and "A Salute to Men" (1977).
Remarks in Congress on water projects, Alaska and Hawaii, price controls, honesty in government, and Indian Affairs.
"Hanged By the Rumor Noose."
Water projects and reclamation.
Covers juvenile delinquency, alcoholism, pornography, reckless driving, taxation, and the budget.
"What are We Talking About at Home," "Some Loose Thoughts on Women in Defense," "Why You Should Register," an article for the
Who do we think we are?
Reva Bosone speech at a DAR Conservation Committee breakfast
Today's home builds tomorrow's world
There's no magic in Potomac's waters
Lawyers and judges as guardians of democracy: Reva Bosone speech in Congress
Appearances on "Hello, Ladies" on which Bosone spoke of mixing a career with being a wife and mother; on "The Hall of Fame," a tribute to Bosone and short biography; and a salute to Bosone on "Mothers of Today!"
Appearances on "Auerbach's Breakfast-Time Half Hour" first as a guest speaking of her work and background and then speaking about the San Francisco United Nations Conference.
From the program "Her Honor--The Judge" including such subjects as drunk driving, delinquent adults, speeding, vandalism, assault and battery, juvenile delinquency, and disorderly conduct.
From the Program "Her Honor--The Judge" including such subjects as disorderly conduct, juvenile delinquency, vandalism, vagrancy, traffic safety statistics, drunk driving, hit-and-run, pedestrian accidents, alcoholism, assault and battery, and penalties for repeaters of traffic violations.
From the program "Her Honor--The Judge" including such subjects as reckless driving, leaving keys in cars, court attitudes, hit-and-run, parking, and alcoholism.
From the program "Her Honor--The Judge" including such subjects as alcoholism, a drunk farm, traffic fines, hit-and-run, reckless driving, and leaving keys in cars; an interview with an inmate of the Utah State Penitentiary and the Industrial School; and sex crimes.
From the program "Her Honor--The Judge" including such subjects as auto theft, assault and battery, disturbing the peace, salute to mothers, women alcoholics, and good neighbors.
KDYL (possibly for the program "People Report") includes such subjects as alcoholism and the drunk farm, vandalism, divorce, and juvenile delinquency.
On alcoholism and program entitled "How Should The United Nations Progressively Establish International Law," broadcast on "America's Town Meeting of the Air," from Eugene, Oregon.
Discussion of the United Nations broadcast, alcoholism, and traffic safety.
Interviews of Bosone and Mary T. Norton covering the liberal-progressive program of the Democratic party and its timetable in the 81st Congress, Bosone's vote against the CIA bill, military expenditures, "Life With Congress" on "KSL Reports The Washington Scene" (Bosone's first months in Congress, her election to the Public Lands Committee, the Colorado River Compact, Central Arizona Project, the Marshall Plan, the Military Establishments Bill, and the Indians), and "What is the Best Answer to Alcoholism" on "America's Town Meeting of the Air," from New York City.
Bosone's declaration of candidacy for Second Congressional District in Utah (June 17, 1950); Bosone's legislative objectives dealing with peace, economics and reclamation, mining, education, unemployment, the Civil Conservation Corps, wardship of American Indians, and federal expenditures; speeches on national health insurance and socialized medicine, the American Indian, the federal budget and spending of tax dollars, reclamation and Utah water projects, and communism and socialism, drafting women for service in the war to replace noncombatant men in the armed services and on the industrial front (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom), and price controls.
KALL broadcasts on "Echo Park Reservoir"; "Christmas Spirit in Politics"; "New Year's--1952"; "Legislative Matters Facing Congress"; "President's Health Commission"; "Preparation for Voting"; "The 1952 Budget"; "Universal Military Training"; "Newbold Morris"; "Price Controls--1952"; "Wool"; "Television"; "Biennial Political Conventions"; "1953 Budget"; "Korea--Why We Are There"; "Japanese Peace Treaty"; "Weber Basin Reclamation Project"; "Defense Appropriation Bill"; "Steel Dispute and WSB"; and "Upper Colorado River." Also included is "Women in the News Series: Reva Beck Bosone, Congresswoman from Utah."
Includes speech on Puerto Rico, campaign speech endorsing the reelection of John R. Murdock of Arizona, and campaign speeches on communism and political honesty.
Campaign speeches, statements by two women in support of Bosone for reelection, and retaliation against the William A. Dawson smear tactics.
Campaign speeches denouncing William A. Dawson's smear tactics and supporting her views, broadcast by Gordon Crowe for reelection of Reva Beck Bosone, speech dealing with Korea and communism, and "Hi, Neighbor" (1956)--a campaign speech extolling women to vote the Democratic ticket.
Messages to groups, statements for books and articles, editorials, and news releases for such groups as the American Heart Association and Utah State Federation of Labor and for such publications as
Messages of appreciation, endorsement of programs, and statements for newspapers for such groups as the Utah Association for the United Nations, the National, Council of the Churches of Christ, and the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., and such publications as
Remarks before Democratic Women of Utah, Exchange Club of Provo, CIO Labor Dinner, Kiwanis Club, National Council of Jewish Women, Sahara Club, and Sagebrush Club, on such subjects as women, Korea, housing, communism, reclamation, business, campaign issues, smear tactics, national health insurance, post offices, government spending, Indians, social security, mining, and George Albert Smith.
Statement on a speech by President Harry S. Truman, cheese storage, announced candidacy, post offices, floods, price controls, Indians, socialism, tidelands oil, wetbacks, reclamation, character assassination and smear tactics, campaign speeches, and national health insurance before such groups as the Provo Kiwanis Club, National Rural Electrification Cooperative Association, and Women Garment Makers, and for such publications as the
For
Excerpts from the
Campaign flyer.
Campaign flyers, letters of support, and speech asking for support.
Campaign flyers and primary ballot with vote tally written in.
Correspondence generally in praise of Bosone's judgments in the court from those who appeared before her and those who worked in city government.
Correspondence in praise of judgments as well as letters from people outside the state who favored her methods and ideas.
Reports, publicity and articles, speech notes, and newsletters primarily praising Bosone's actions as a traffic judge.
One letter of congratulation, speech on international law, ballot and election returns, campaign literature of both Bosone and William A. Dawson.
Publications, including
Correspondence related to advertisements, advertising texts and literature, campaign pamphlets for Bosone and Ivy Baker Priest, and general 1950 campaign literature.
Correspondence generally in defense of Bosone against the radio attack made by Fulton Lewis, including some letters which support Lewis. Contains letters from friends and political associates like Elise Musser and Roxey Romney.
Correspondence generally in defense of Bosone from associates like William T. Thurman, Herbert B. Maw, and Roxey Romney; also correspondence with David O. McKay of the L.D.S. church, William S. Hill and Wayne N. Aspinall of Colorado, and the NAACP.
Letters from friends supporting Bosone's reelection; correspondence among staff members who developed campaign literature; statistics on government and campaign spending; and form letters seeking support.
Declaration of Candidacy; advertisement texts and layouts; resolutions favoring candidacy; campaign materials used against Bosone by William A. Dawson, including her 1951 "Old Gray Mare" speech; and speeches about her candidacy and campaign.
Literature, pamphlets, flyers, and advertisements supporting Bosone and other Democratic candidates. One campaign folder on Hugh B. Mitchell, a democratic candidate for governor of Washington. Campaign expenditure reports and requirements and election statistics booklet.
Letters seeking support and letters used as campaign material or to state views by William A. Dawson, one from Lyndon Johnson, and letter of condolence for losing the election from Cal Rawlings.
Statements, including Declaration of Candidacy; advertisement texts; and voting records of Bosone and W. A. Dawson.
Literature, flyers, and articles about Bosone; campaign literature about W. A. Dawson, Adelai E. Stevenson, and the general Democratic ticket; and pamphlet by Democratic National Committee on summaries of state registration and voting laws.
Social security, "tight money," civil service, business, and other subjects.
Indo-China, cost of living, grain shortages, and farm prices.
"Trickle-down" theory, federal sales tax, income tax, and power (energy) development.
Public health, housing, welfare and education, commerce, and economy.
Labor and veterans and "Promises and the Smile and Smear Campaign of 1952."
Security risks, communism and corruption, and "F.D.R. vs. Ike."
Legislation briefs under specific headings with Bosone's feelings for or against each measure.
80th Congress actions on housing, wages, and the European recovery program.
Liberal view of the 80th Congress and where it failed.
Background information and democratic publicity releases found in the
Summaries of legislation passed by the 81st Congress in one official House of Representatives publication and in newsletters of the Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
Voting records of senate on major legislation and Bosone's individual voting records.
Newsletters reviewing legislative actions.
Legislative history and House of Representatives weekly agenda.
Index to legislation, A.E.A. index and summary analyses.
Summaries of Major Legislative Actions In official House of Representatives publications and the
Voting records, roll call votes, and individual record of Bosone.
Roll calls on specific issues, includes entire congressional votes published by private interest groups: the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Council of State Chambers of Commerce, the League of Women Voters, the Council for Social Action of the Congregational Christian Churches, and Americans for Democratic Action.
Material on the 1952 vote to establish the agency, including Bosone staff correspondence and her statements to the press.
Clippings showing reactions to the first session of the congress, including the "Daily Digest" of legislative actions and index.
Unofficial membership list, unofficial list of committee assignments,
Article decrys the 80th to the 83rd congresses on the basis of their legislative actions.
Cardboard sheets listing name, party, office, and telephone numbers.
Statements on issues and political actions made by, or in support of, Bosone, as well as her assessment of the 82nd Congress, possibly for use in her 1952 campaign. Typed and bound according to subject.
Correspondence from Utahns seeking Bosone's support of expansion, consolidation, and higher pay in the armed forces.
Articles on high school Reserve Officer Training Corps programs, legislative report on the National Security Training Corps Act, and an article on defense expansion.
Letters from constituents seeking information about the bill and Bosone's feelings toward it.
Copies of the legislation, clippings from the
Legislation and legislative reports, amendment summaries, background report used for allotment decisions, and Department of the Interior newsletters on production of mineral resources.
Letters and homilies related to "Rosabelle," a doll, the Utah symbol for better education; resolution from Utah Teachers' Association in favor of an education bill pending before Congress.
News reports.
Reports and statements on sending grain to India.
Legislation and reports.
Legislation and correspondence.
Reports and statements.
Correspondence, including one lengthy analysis statement.
Correspondence, including letters from doctors and groups against "socialized medicine."
Pamphlets.
Booklets.
Magazine articles and reprints.
Flyers, commentary, open letters, and news releases.
Legislation, speeches, and notes.
Articles and clippings from the
Correspondence, fact sheets, and transcript of telephone conversation between Bosone and Bert Smoot, the Salt Lake City postmaster.
Correspondence, including exchange of letters between Bosone and Governor J. Bracken Lee of Utah.
Report,
Progress reports and budget requests.
Letters from employers and other concerned constituents about the minimum wage and labor relations laws pending before Congress.
Statements, articles, and speeches (not by Bosone).
Report, clippings, and statement.
Correspondence and articles.
Report from Philip B. Perlman the United States solicitor general, Supreme Court petition, resolutions, and press releases.
Correspondence.
Original synopses.
Clippings and articles from the
Hearings, report, and correspondence.
Working copies.
Working copies.
Summaries.
Summaries.
Summaries.
Correspondence in support of the work of the committee, including one letter opposing it.
Statements made as testimony before the committee.
Reports, legislation, and memoranda.
Reports of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Publications of Comics.
Book summaries divided by publisher, giving brief synopses of specific books from each company with quotations of the objectionable material. The emphasis is on the pornographic, the violent, and the obscene aspects of each book.
Quotations from books banned by the Detroit Police Department and summaries of books from Knickerbocker Publications.
Articles about the committee and pornography.
Memoranda and National Organization of Decent Literature materials.
Correspondence and reports on campaign expenditures, contested elections rules, and telephone toll charges to each state.
Statements and legislation on reclamation.
Hearings, reports, and resolutions.
Reports and legislation on reclamation projects and the National Park Service.
Correspondence about legislation with Indian organizations like the Navajo Tribal Council; Indians of California, Inc.; North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission; and the Osage Tribal Council, as well as other organizations and people concerned about Indian bills.
Letters concerned with Indian bills including individuals and organizations such as John R. Murdock (United States representative from Arizona); United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Mission Indian Federation; Indians of California, Inc.; and the Uintah-Ouray Tribal Business Committee.
Correspondence including letters from Joseph C. O'Mahoney (senator from Wyoming); many congressmen who gave Bosone a proxy to vote as she saw fit on House Joint Resolution Number 8 to take Indians off government wardship; the Uintah-Ouray Tribal Business Committee, the Association of American Indian Affairs, Inc.; Indians of California, Inc.; American Friends Service Committee; and the League of North American Indians.
Bosone statements and press releases on Indian legislation.
Statements of various people made before the committee.
Legislation, resolutions, and reports.
Statistical charts on Indian population, education, income, employment, and other aspects of life and culture; United States Indian Service pamphlets on Indian life and culture.
Articles by and about Indians related to the Bosone bill to take Indians off government wardship.
News releases by and about Indians and Indian legislation including the Berthold Reservation, North Dakota tribal newsletter.
Tribal attorney list.
"Navajo-Hopi Placement Service, Year Book, 1950-51," mimeograph;
Memoranda and reports and statements about water projects in the West.
Plans and cost estimates for small projects in the Southwest.
Correspondence.
Congressional reports and resolutions.
Reports and publicity articles.
Correspondence and attached publications.
Statements made before the committee on the Snake River Project and list of questions about the project.
Legislation, statements about the scope and history of the bill to authorize the Hells Canyon Project, draft of the bill, and other reports and information.
Speech by Wayne Morse of Oregon, reports, maps, photographs, and diagrams of the project.
Fact sheets in favor of the TVA and its power sales.
Correspondence.
Correspondence, including a lengthy memorandum on House subcommittee meeting.
Correspondence, including letters about the Echo Park Dam Project in Dinosaur National Monument.
Correspondence, including letters about Echo Park Dam.
Upper Colorado River Basin Commission brief supporting Echo Park and Split Mountain dams.
Legislation and congressional speeches, including one against Echo Park Dam by LeRoy H. Johnson of California.
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact reports and hearings.
Pamphlets, articles, development plans, and report on the agricultural impact of the project.
Statements about the project, lists of names, favorable resolution, and miscellaneous information about the Colorado River and the project.
Bosone statements and press releases.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Cost, development, flood data, and statements by Bosone.
Reports from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Correspondence.
Reports and statements.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Project history, cost analysis, and statements by Utah Power and Light Company favoring the project.
Copies of newsclippings, project map, favorable resolution, and notes about the Deer Creek Power Plant problem.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Plans for Ogden and Provo (in the Metropolitan Water District) and statements about the district and terminal reservoir in Salt Lake City.
Correspondence.
Correspondence, especially with regard to military water needs.
Correspondence, including the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District.
Legislation, financial reports, statements by Bosone and others, hearings, and list of interested parties.
Reports and information on the project.
Utah Water and Power Board reports.
Correspondence, including Utah Water Users Association and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Summary of why the bill on small projects was introduced and Bosone's notebook on small water projects--first five parts.
Bosone's notebook on small water projects--parts six through twelve.
Manual, outlines of policies, and legislation.
Reports and data.
Correspondence, including letters from the Utah Mining Association, mine owners, and Governor J. Bracken Lee about the mining situation in Utah.
Correspondence from the Utah Mining Association, American Mining Congress, and other Utahns concerned about mining.
Correspondence from Utah mining interests and Utah Coal Operators Association.
Congressional speeches, reports, and legislation.
Private and government agency reports and publicity.
Data on mine development and regulations including the United States Department of the Interior newsletters on mining.
Statements by Bosone and others before the committee and Bosone notes.
Correspondence and reports on Alaskan statehood proposals.
Correspondence, statements, and
Reports, commentary, and text of the constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Governor's address outlining American Samoan affairs and the government program.
Correspondence, reports, and speeches on the islands, and letter and address by Governor Morris F. de Castro.
Reports and hearings on revising the Virgin Islands Organic Act.
"The Following Statement and Photographs Give Briefly the Place of Research in the Forest Service Organization and an Outline of Research in Wild Land Management at the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station's Wasatch Research Center," March 22, 1949 (typescript).
Report with photographs of Bosone's trip through the forest, September 12, 1949.
Letters from the Cache Valley Dairy Association, the Utah State Farm Bureau Federation, the Utah State Department of Agriculture, the Utah Dairy Federation, Western States Meat Packers Association, Utah Farm Bureau, and the National Farmer's Union.
Report on Utah farm valuation (one page), National Farmer's Union report on problems of co-operatives and role of price supports, American Farm Bureau Federation report on appropriations, report on business restrictions that affect agriculture, Food and Drug Administration news release.
Reports on sources of supply and domestic wool requirements and wool prices.
Statements and articles about wool production, including congressional and National Wool Growers Association statements.
Bureau of the Budget comparison of money spent in 1940 and 1950 with inflation and other adjustments; statements and speeches by Senators Harry F. Byrd and Hubert H. Humphrey.
Federal budget in brief, Bureau of the Budget pamphlets.
President's review.
Briefs and expenditure summaries.
Newsletters and articles on federal expenditures.
Congressional reports, proposals, summary of regular and supplemental appropriation acts from 1946-50.
Summaries of federal expenditures and appropriations.
Summaries.
Summaries.
Summaries.
Report to taxpayers.
Newsletter with budget proposals.
Report.
Letters from congressmen agreeing with Bosone about the reorganization of the executive branch of government.
Letters from Utahns about the reorganization plans.
Congressional reports on reorganization progress, summary of Hoover Commission recommendations, and summary of legislation.
Citizen's Committee analyses of legislation and progress.
Correspondence, recommendations, and legislation.
National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances, membership lists, and subcommittee reports.
Program and reports.
Alcoholism materials are in folders 1-11 and foreign affairs materials are in folders 12-22.
Letters concerning Bosone's talk about rehabilitation of alcoholics on the program, July 5, 1949; letters preparatory to her participation and letters following the program--some congratulatory, some critical.
Letters from temperance and abstinance organizations, research centers and liquor distributors.
Correspondence from Alcoholics Anonymous, Utah State Board on Alcoholism, David R. Trevithick of the Utah State Board on Alcoholism, and other interested people.
Correspondence from the
Correspondence from the
Correspondence includes a letter to the Utah Alcoholism Foundation from Bosone explaining her role in setting up Utah's alcoholism education program.
Pamphlets and bulletins.
Reports.
Articles, pamphlets, and flyers, including
Legislation;
Foreign Affairs
Correspondence from constituents about foreign affairs and the North Atlantic Pact.
Legislation, summaries of committee hearings, miscellaneous information sheets, petition urging passage of the Atlantic Union Resolution.
Report on legal aspects of the agreement, favorable report on consequences, highlights of a statement by Averill Harriman.
Policy statements and question outline to be used for campaign purposes for the Democratic party.
Articles, pamphlets on security agreements, text of the North Atlantic Treaty, and a report on the Military Assistance Program.
Articles and reports on foreign policy.
Articles.
United Nations materials are in folders 1-4, military materials are in folders 5-10, economics materials are in folders 11-17.
Charter, bulletin, yearly schedule for 1939-45; member countries and populations; text of the draft of the International Covenant on Human Rights, 1952.
Report to the President on the San Francisco Conference on International Organizations, 1945.
San Francisco Conference on International Organizations journal, agenda, and memoranda.
Publications for and against world organizations including a statement in favor by Bosone.
Correspondence including the United War Fund of Utah, the Army Service Forces, military Christmas cards, booklet of documents titled
Defense Production Record.
Correspondence and reports about the reserve program at HAFB and the civilian work force, news release about reduction of defense costs, information about Hill Field and employee requests for congressional action through Bosone.
Restricted report on strategic importance of Hill Field and two publications on the Air Force Reserve program.
Correspondence about veterans' pensions and Veterans Administration news releases.
Resume of legislative bills on veterans and veterans' pensions.
Economics
Articles and reports on the national economy, including July 1952 economic indicators.
Correspondence on Rent Control Act.
Correspondence from constituents on price control bills.
Form letter in reply to Utah Farm Bureau members' letters seeking a cut in the Department of Agriculture budget, letters about rent control, and Bosone's news releases and notes.
Statements and legislative summaries on the Herlong Amendment, justifications and reasons for price control, and article summaries from
Reports, articles, and
Profits, tax loopholes, and charts from the
Labor materials are in folders 1-7, business materials are in folders 8-10, lobbying and propaganda materials are in folders 11-15, and education materials are in folder 16.
Pamphlets by labor unions, congressional voting and legislation records on labor issues, and Bosone's labor legislation record.
Brief on a motion for a court case, State of Idaho.
Correspondence with constituents and Governor J. Bracken Lee of Utah.
Government statements about prices in the steel industry, including an address by President Harry S. Truman.
Statements in pamphlet form giving the union and management points-of-view.
Decision of the United States Supreme Court on the "Power of the President to Take Possession of the Steel Mills."
Department of Commerce report on current business conditions, editorial on Kennecott Copper taxes, and flyer by businessmen against controls.
Correspondence.
Congressional resolutions and reports, statements to Congress, and news releases.
Congressional reports on lobbying activities.
Statements and hearing before Congress on lobbying activities.
Articles, pamphlets, and flyers.
Reports and clippings on Rumley's conviction for contempt of Congress.
Lobbying pamphlets, articles, and clippings about communism in schools.
Miscellaneous
Articles from
Press release on contracts granted.
Address by General Lewis A. Pick on the contributions to national progress made by the Corps of Engineers, 1952.
Articles on the energy crisis from the
Statements by Utahns on a bill to amend the Interstate Commerce Act.
Statements and articles on court procedure and changes and rehabilitation of criminals.
Council of State Chambers of Commerce newsletter on socialist progress in the United States.
Correspondence about publications on women in Congress.
Brief article about every woman who served in the United States Congress.
Postcard on the International Women's Year Conference of 1975 and publicity flyers in favor of the ERA.
Bosone speech notes, newsletter, list of women lawyers, speeches (not Bosone) about women in politics, list of women's organizations, and pamphlet on
Correspondence, news articles about the commemorative stamp.
Publications and programs.
Correspondence, publications, club rosters, programs, and Bosone speech notes.
Correspondence, reports on conferences, and poem.
Yearbook of membership.
Membership lists.
Convention program and Centennial Committee list.
Yearbook.
Yearbook.
Correspondence from and to Utah officials such as Governor J. Bracken Lee, State Senator B. M. Jolley, State Senator Elbert D. Thomas, and Lorenzo J. Bott, mayor of Brigham City, about Utah problems.
Special bulletins of the Salt Lake County Democratic Committee (September-October 1950) and program for the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.
Convention pamphlets and programs, invitation letter to reception by women democrats to meet Governor Averell Harriman of New York.
Roster.
Pamphlets, platforms, and songs.
Total votes by party for congressmen (presidential years only) (1896-1952), congressional elections (1895-1954), congressional elections (1867-94) and, Utah returns (1946).
Lists and directories of Utah democrats, newspapers, contributors, and miscellaneous notes and lists.
Census advance reports (1950), Federal airport aid to Utah status of projects (1951), and state improvement plan and costs.
Pamphlet explaining the goals of the Council for Utah Education and Utah Foundation research report on financing higher education.
Membership lists.
Notes made by Bosone on Utah subjects.
Editorial favorable to Bosone's Train Length Bill in the
NSD Clearfield 100% U.S. Defense Bond Celebration, 1952, program.
Clipping from
Program proposal, notes by Bosone, and proposed legislative amendments.
Copy of a letter to Wallace 0. Walker from George J. Cannon of Beneficial Life Insurance Company about some "not-above-board" deals, with a note attached telling Bosone she should investigate and use for her campaign.
Information sheets on a variety of subjects.
Suggested speeches which follow the party platform.
Directory of state organizations and staff.
Publications comparing the platforms and legislative records of the republicans and democrats.
Campaign songs.
Article on democratic corruption; "A Challenge to Americans,"
Handbook, a compilation of brief information about national issues (mimeograph).
"Information Manual for District Workers, National Material" (mimeograph).
Whistle-stop campaign speeches, including one made in the tabernacle in Salt Lake City, September 21, 1948.
Articles and clippings.
Bosone's statement supporting Truman's removal, pamphlets,
Articles on F.D.R.'s health and death.
Voting record, 80th Congress 1947-48, for use in Bosone's campaign for reelection.
Campaign pamphlets and speeches for presidency.
Campaign statements for presidential election.
Article against him related to communism.
Platform,
Guaranty Survey, pamphlet on economic trends from conservative viewpoint.
Pamphlets and articles on fighting communism in the United States.
Congressional report "The Communist 'Peace' Offensive: A Campaign to disarm and defeat the United States,"
Articles on McCarthy and the "ism."
"Scare Words Index," phrases used by republicans about the communist threat, compiled by the Democratic party, mimeograph.
Speeches by Eisenhower and articles about the administration.
Democratic National Committee Fact Sheets about the administration, democratic songs about Eisenhower and the republicans, "Town Meeting of the Air" bulletin "Do We Want a Military Man in the White House?"
Corruption, Democratic Fact Sheets, notes.
Voting Record, 80th Congress.
Speeches and statements from the
Speeches and statements from the
Campaign literature, Bosone information notes on Dawson.
Articles and papers about Taft and his policies as a presidential candidate.
Interview text.
Pamphlet history of the organization and its stand on issues.
Cases of Utahns seeking discharges from the military in which Bosone was involved.
Cases of Utahns seeking some kind of federal action in which Bosone was involved as congresswoman.
Printed in the newspaper on different issues, to be filled out and sent to congressional representatives.
Correspondence about preserving the building with John W. McCormack, house speaker; Leverett Saltonstall, chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; and others.
Comparison of Roman civilization and United States civilization.
Membership lists.
Correspondence, background, and charter members
Resume and meeting groups of the 1955 Work Conference at the Institute of World Affairs, University of Utah.
Informative discussions on a variety of topics.
Correspondence, from people invited to the commencement, either accepting or regrets.
Bosone's address and copies of the programs.
Letters congratulating Bosone on the degree to be conferred upon her at the commencement exercises.
Newspaper articles by date and subject, about Bosone and her political campaigns as well as subjects related to her congressional committee work.
Newspaper articles by date and subject, about Bosone and her work on congressional committees as well as McCarthyism, General Douglas MacArthur, and political cartoons.
Biographical sketch by Bosone on folder.
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Three original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manu
Charter Day, 1970 (Garff B. Wilson).
Tribute to Reva Beck Bosone, 1974.
Term paper on Christopher Marlow.
"A Minority of Members," Hope Chamberlin, 1974.