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Eddie Jarrett Collection, 1930-1975
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Jarrett, Eddie
- Title
- Eddie Jarrett Collection
- Dates
- 1930-197519301975
- Quantity
- .5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Collection 2282, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Eddie Jarrett Collection consist of various materials pertaining to Burton K. Wheeler. Material includes campaign materials, U.S. Senate documents, legislation introduced by Wheeler, correspondence, newspaper clippings, news articles about Wheeler. Subjects include Wheeler's political campaigns, pacifism, World War II, and Wheeler's 90th birthday observance.
- Repository
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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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This collection is open for research.
- Additional Reference Guides
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An alternative form of this finding aid can be found at http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/2282.html
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Eddie Jarrett was secretary to Senator Burton K. Wheeler during the latter part of Wheeler's senate career. Burton Kendall Wheeler was a U.S. Senator from Montana from 1922-1947. In 1924, Wheeler ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. During his time in the Senate, Wheeler served as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee and of the Indian Affairs Committee. In 1937, he successfully led the opposition to President Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court with justices of his own political persuasion. Throughout his years in the Senate, Wheeler consistently opposed war and so supported neutrality legislation in the 1930s, spoke out against peacetime conscription in 1940, and fought against the Lend-Lease aid to Britain in 1941. After the United States decided to enter World War II, however, Wheeler gave his full support to the effort. He was defeated for reelection in 1946 and practiced law in Washington D.C. until his death in 1975. Although Jarrett collected materials on Wheeler, it appears that he saved none of his own work or reminiscences.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection is arranged into 19 subject file folders, which contain various materials pertaining to Burton K. Wheeler, and one 1940 newsreel film. Material includes campaign materials, U.S. Senate documents, legislation introduced by Wheeler, correspondence, newspaper clippings, news articles about Wheeler. Subjects include Wheeler's political campaigns, pacifism, World War II, and Wheeler's 90th birthday observance. Oversized material that was originally found in the appropriate folders of box 1 has been removed for storage in box 2. These files have been indicated with an asterisk (*). Also included are a franking stamp and a film reel of Wheeler addressing the National Press Club Dinner, 1940.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | "Keep US Out Of War" sign. | |
1/2 | Senate report on campaign expenditures | 1947 January 31 |
1/3 | Senate report on election cases | 1962 |
1/4 | Wheeler legislation | circa 1930s |
1/5 | Press Release | 1937 February 13 |
1/6 | Correspondence | 1946 |
1/7 | Correspondence
Eddie Jarrett
|
1992 |
1/8 | Newspaper clippings | 1946-1975 |
1/9 | Times Herald article | 1940 August 15 |
1/10 | Scribner's Commentator | 1941 March |
1/11 | World War II | |
1/12 | 90th Birthday Invitation | |
1/13 | Obituaries | |
1/14 | Pledge of Allegiance | |
1/15 | Ed Johnson Broadcasting award | |
1/16 | Major Victor Cazalet | |
1/17 | Franking stamp* | |
1/18 | Wheeler For President Club | 1940 |
1/19 | Campaign Materials* | |
2/1 | Newsreel, National Press Club | 1940 |
2/2 | Campaign flyer | 1946 |
2/3 | Campaign endorsement flyer | 1946 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975