Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)William Edgar Borah papers, 1905-1940
Personal name
Main title
- William Edgar Borah papers, 1905-1940 (bulk 1912-1940).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011058
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011058.3
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Description
- 260,000 items.
- 880 containers plus 2 oversize.
- 352.4 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011058
Local shelving no.
- Fort Meade
- Oversize 0113N
Related names
Biography/History note
- Lawyer and U.S. senator from Idaho.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in twelve series. Series 1: General Office File, 1907-1940; Series 2: Land Utilization File, 1909-1935; Series 3: Patronage File, 1908-1940; Series 4: Pension File; Series 5: Veterans Claims File; Series 6: Public Opinion File, 1925-1939; Series 7: Subject File, 1905-1940; Series 8: Speeches, Statements, and Articles, 1908-1939; Series 9: Stenographic and Personal Notebooks, 1920-1939; Series 10: Miscellany; Series 11: Borah for President Committee Papers, 1935-1936; and Series 12: Correspondence of Grace Hileman, 1923-1936.
Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, reports, notebooks, legislative files, subject files, patronage and constituent files, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Borah's political interests and career in the U.S. Senate. Documents national politics and foreign and domestic policy during the period 1912-1940. Subjects include agriculture, antitrust legislation, constitutional interpretation, disarmament, foreign relations with the Soviet Union, isolationism, land utilization, the Lausanne treaty settlement, military activities in Latin America, League of Nations, neutrality legislation, New Deal and National Recovery Administration, Permanent Court of International Justice (World Court), the Red Scare, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sino-Japanese War, U.S. Army affairs, universal military training, and outlawry of war. Other subjects include Idaho state politics and a 1936 attempt to secure Borah the Republican presidential nomination. Includes correspondence (1923-1936) of Borah's secretary, Grace Hileman.
- Correspondents include Jane Addams, Edwin Borchard, Henry M. Dawes, Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer, Evan A. Evans, Hamilton Fish, James H. Gipson, Samuel Gompers, Frank Robert Gooding, Norman Hapgood, John W. Hart, James H. Hawley, Will H. Hays, John Haynes Holmes, James Weldon Johnson, Frank B. Kellogg, Frank Knox, Henry Cabot Lodge, Ray McKaig, Amos Pinchot, Gifford Pinchot, Raymond Robins, Irvin E. Rockwell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Joseph Walsh, William Allen White, and Woodrow Wilson.
LC Subjects
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935--Correspondence.
- Borchard, Edwin, 1884-1951--Correspondence.
- Dawes, Henry M. (Henry May), 1877-1952--Correspondence.
- Dyer, Leonidas Carstarphen, 1871-1957--Correspondence.
- Evans, Evan A., 1876---Correspondence.
- Fish, Hamilton, II, 1849-1936--Correspondence.
- Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924--Correspondence.
- Gooding, Frank Robert, 1859-1928--Correspondence.
- Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937--Correspondence.
- Hart, John W., 1866-1935--Correspondence.
- Hawley, James H. (James Henry), 1847-1929--Correspondence.
- Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954--Correspondence.
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964--Correspondence.
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938--Correspondence.
- Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937--Correspondence.
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944--Correspondence.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924--Correspondence.
- McKaig, Ray, 1880-1962--Correspondence.
- Pinchot, Amos, 1873-1944--Correspondence.
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence.
- Robins, Raymond, 1873-1954--Correspondence.
- Rockwell, Irvin E. (Irvin Elmer), 1862-1952--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.
- Walsh, Thomas Joseph, 1873-1952--Correspondence.
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944--Correspondence.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence.
- League of Nations.
- Permanent Court of International Justice.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States. Army.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- United States. National Recovery Administration.
- Treaty of Lausanne (1923)
- Agriculture.
- Antitrust law.
- Communism--United States.
- Constitutions--United States.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Disarmament.
- Draft--United States.
- Internal security--United States.
- International cooperation.
- Isolationism--United States.
- Land use--United States.
- Neutrality--United States.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Patronage, Political--United States.
- Peace.
- Presidential candidates--United States.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1936.
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
- War.
- Idaho--Politics and government.
- Latin America--History, Military.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Turkey--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States--Foreign relations--Turkey.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Lawyers.
- Senators, U.S. Congress--Idaho.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Mary McConnell Borah, 1940.
- Other gift and purchase, 1941-1959.
LCCN
- mm 77013276
Other standard no.
- MSS13276
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 0113N
- OV Containers 862-863
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- FORT MEADE
- Request in Manuscript Reading Room (Madison LM 101). Material stored offsite - advance notice of one to two business days required for retrieval.
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101) - STORED OFFSITE
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