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Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers
A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, Library of CongressWashington, D.C.
Collection SummaryTitle: Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson PapersSpan Dates: 1910-1934ID No.: MSS44503Creator: Walsh, Thomas James, 1859-1933Creator: Erickson, John Edward, 1863-1946Extent: 262,000 items ; 510 containers ; 204 linear feet ; 4 microfilm reelsLanguage: Collection material in EnglishLocation: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Summary: United States senators from Montana. Official correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, legislativefiles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs relating chiefly to the senatorial career of Walsh andhis successor, John Edward Erickson.
Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They aregrouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
PeopleBorah, William Edgar, 1865-1940--Correspondence.Erickson, John Edward, 1863-1946. Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson papers (1910-1934)Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon), 1861-1944--Correspondence.Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Correspondence.Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence.Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972--Correspondence.Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948--Correspondence.Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955--Correspondence.Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952--Correspondence.Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932--Correspondence.Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937--Correspondence.Nye, Gerald P. (Gerald Prentice), 1892-1971--Correspondence.Reed, David Aiken, 1880-1953--Correspondence.Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence.Shipstead, Henrik, 1881-1960--Correspondence.Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950--Correspondence.Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965--Correspondence.Walsh, Thomas James, 1859-1933.Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949--Correspondence.
OrganizationsAmerican Peace Society.International Court of Justice.League to Enforce Peace (U.S.)Permanent Court of International Justice.United States. Council of National Defense.World Peace League.
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Indians of North America--Montana--Government relations.Insurance--War risks.International law.Irrigation--Montana.Land tenure--Law and legislation--Montana.Pardon--Montana.Parole--Montana.Peace--Societies, etc.Pensions--United States.Petroleum industry and trade--Montana.Railroad law--United States.World War, 1914-1918.
PlacesFlathead River (B.C. and Mont.)Great Lakes (North America)Montana--Politics and government.Saint Lawrence Seaway.Sun River (Mont.)United States--Defenses.United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment.
OccupationsSenators, U.S. Congress--Montana.
Administrative InformationProvenance
The papers of Thomas James Walsh, lawyer and senator, and John Edward Erickson, lawyer and senator, were depositedwith the Library of Congress in 1955 by Genevieve Walsh Gudger and converted to gift in 1942; Gudger gave additionalmaterial in 1956. Grace V. Erickson deposited papers in 1956 which were converted to gift in 1957. Other gifts werereceived between 1964 and 1979.
Processing History
The papers of Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson were arranged and described in 1957. The finding aid wasrevised in 2005 and again in 2013.
Additional Guides
A note on the Walsh and Erickson Papers appeared in the Library's Information Bulletin, Jan. 2, 1957; and the material wasdescribed in the Library's Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions 14, no. 3 (May 1957).
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographshave been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Music material has been transferred to the Music Division.All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on four reels. Consult a reference librarian in the ManuscriptDivision concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers arerequired to consult the microfilm edition as available.
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Copyright Status
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson in these papers and in othercollections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Access and Restrictions
The collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Manycollections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, ThomasJames Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical NoteThomas J. WalshDate Event1859, June 12 Born, Two Rivers, Wis.
1884 Law degree, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.Admitted to the bar and commenced law practice, Redfield, S.D.
1889 Married Eleanor C. McClements (died 1917)
1890 Moved to Helena, Mont., and continued the practice of law
1906 Unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress
1908 Delegate to Democratic national convention
1910 Unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress
1912 Delegate to Democratic national conventionElected to United States Senate
1916 Delegate to Democratic national convention
1918 Reelected to United States Senate
1920 Delegate to Democratic national convention
1924 Reelected to United States SenatePermanent chairman, Democratic national convention, New York, N.Y.
1930 Reelected to United States Senate
1932 Chairman, Democratic national convention, Chicago, Ill.
1933 Married Mina Perey Chaumont de Truffin
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1933, Mar. 2 Died on a train near Wilson, N.C., while en route to Washington, D.C., to accept appointment asattorney general by President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.
John Edward EricksonDate Event1863, Mar. 14 Born, Stoughton, Wis.
1890 B.A. Washburn College, Topeka, Kans.
1891 Studied law and admitted to the bar, Eureka, Kans.
1894 Moved to Choteau, Mont., and began law practice
1897 Appointed judge of Teton County, Mont.
1898 Married Grace Vance
1905-1916 Judge, Eleventh Judicial District of Montana
1920 Delegate, Democratic national convention, San Francisco, Calif.
1925-1933 Governor of Montana
1933 Appointed to United States Senate to fill vacancy caused by the death of Thomas James Walsh
1934 Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to fill vacancy in United States SenateResumed practice of law, Helena, Mont.
1946, May 25 Died, Helena Mont.
Scope and Content NoteThe papers of Thomas J. Walsh (1859-1933) and John E. Erickson (1863-1946) span the years 1910-1934 and consistlargely of correspondence pertaining to the senatorial careers of the two men as representatives from Montana from 1913 to1934. Included in addition to official and personal correspondence are speeches, legislative files, pamphlets, newspaperclippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material. Erickson succeeded Walsh after the latter's sudden death in March1933.
Part I, 1910-1933, of the collection contains nine series: Subject File A, Subject File B, Legislation File, General File,Political File, Personal Correspondence, Miscellany, Scrapbooks, and Addition.
Part II, 1922-1934, is organized into two series: Walsh Files and Walsh and Erickson Files. The Walsh Files in Part II arearranged into ten subseries: Miscellaneous Correspondence; Bills, Amendments, and Resolutions; World Court Legislation;Flathead Power Site; Legislative Correspondence; Land Cases; Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway; War Risk Insurance;Printed Matter; and Photographs. Walsh and Erickson Files in Part II contain four subseries: MiscellaneousCorrespondence, Appointments Correspondence, Legislative Correspondence, and Pension Correspondence.
Topics of significance relating to Montana include farm loan associations, Indian affairs, pardons and paroles, the SunRiver irrigation project, Flathead River power sites, oil and gas permits, and land cases. Subjects of national significanceinclude the National Council of Defense in World War I, railway legislation, war risk insurance, American Peace Society,the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway route, League to Enforce Peace, Russian famine relief, Permanent Court ofInternational Justice (later known as World Court), and World Peace League.
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Walsh-Erickson Files in Part II were maintained for the period 1933-1934, but there is some overlap chronologically withprevious material. Topics include farm legislation, pensions, political appointments, and Indian affairs.
Correspondents include William Edgar Borah, Albert B. Fall, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover,Charles Evans Hughes, Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes, Wesley Livsey Jones, Andrew W. Mellon, Gerald Prentice Nye,David Aiken Reed, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Henrik Shipstead, Henry L. Stimson, Henry A. Wallace, and Ray L.Wilbur.
Arrangement of the PapersThe collection is arranged in eleven series in two parts:
Part I:• Subject File A, circa 1913-1933• Subject File B, circa 1913-1933• Legislation File, circa 1913-1933• General File, circa 1913-1932• Political File, circa 1913-1932• Personal Correspondence, circa 1910-1932• Miscellany• Scrapbooks, circa 1911-1933• Addition, 1930-1933
Part II:• Walsh Files, 1913-1933• Walsh and Erickson Files, 1922-1934
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Description of SeriesContainer SeriesBOX I:1-148 Part I: Subject File A, circa 1913-1933
Mainly letters sent and received.Arranged alphabetically by subject or name of person or organization. Alphabetical dossiers of
considerable size are in most cases arranged chronologically by Congresses or by groups ofyears.
BOX I:149-219 Part I: Subject File B, circa 1913-1933Mainly letters sent and received.Arranged alphabetically by subject or name of person or organization.
BOX I:220-332 Part I: Legislation File, circa 1913-1933Mainly correspondence sent and received relating to legislation.Arranged in two groups: a chronological subseries arranged by Congresses, and an alphabetical
subseries organized by subject or name. Dossiers in the chronological series are small andin some cases duplicate dossiers in the alphabetical series.
BOX I:333-362 Part I: General File, circa 1913-1932Mainly letters sent and received.Chronologically arranged by Congresses and therein alphabetically.
BOX I:363-385 Part I: Political File, circa 1913-1932Mainly letters sent and received. In two subgroups: “Political-Montana,” 1913-1932; and
“Political-National,” 1919-1932.Arranged chronologically by year or group of years; some alphabetical arrangement within.
BOX I:386-418 Part I: Personal Correspondence, circa 1910-1932Mainly letters sent and received.Arranged chronologically by year or group of years and therein alphabetically.
BOX I:419-424 Part I: MiscellanyMiscellaneous correspondence, printed matter, and other material.
BOX 424 Part I: Scrapbooks, circa 1911-1933Microfilm of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and other material.Arranged chronologically. The scrapbooks were destroyed after filming. Available only on
microfilm. Shelf no. 20,152.
BOX I:425-428 Part I: Addition, 1930-1933Correspondence, financial records, and papers of Ernest and Genevieve W. Gudger.
BOX II:1-48 Part II: Walsh Files, 1913-1933
BOX II:1-10 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1921-1933Letters sent and received.Folders arranged alphabetically by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
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BOX II:11-14 Bills, Amendments, and Resolutions, 1929-1933Letters sent and received and bills pertaining to them.Arranged by Congresses and by sessions therein.
BOX II:15-19 World Court Legislation, 1923-1933Letters sent and received.Arranged chronologically by year.
BOX II:20-21 Flathead Power Site, 1927-1930Mainly letters sent and received and some printed matter.Roughly chronological.
BOX II:22-23 Legislative Correspondence, 1925-1933Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
BOX II:24-25 Land Cases, 1927-1931Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by name of correspondent. Q-Z files are absent.
BOX II:26-27 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, 1921-1933Mainly letters sent and received and some printed matter. .Correspondence is chronologically arranged
BOX II:28-33 War Risk Insurance, 1930-1933Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by name of correspondent.
BOX II:34-47 Printed Matter, 1913-1933Bound volumes of bills introduced by Walsh from the 63rd to the 71st Congresses.Arranged by year. Also bound volumes of extracts from the Congressional Record from the
63rd to the 71st Congresses. Each volume is indexed and arranged according to session.Additional material includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and one scrapbook,1921-1929.
BOX II:48 Photographs, undated
BOX II:49-82 Part II: Walsh and Erickson Files, 1922-1934
BOX II:49-61 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1933-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
BOX II:62-68 Appointments Correspondence, 1933-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
BOX II:69-76 Legislative Correspondence, 1933-1934Letters sent and received.
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Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
BOX II:77-82 Pension Correspondence, 1922-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by name of correspondent.
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Container List
Container Contents
BOX I:1-148 Part I: Subject File A, circa 1913-1933Mainly letters sent and received.Arranged alphabetically by subject or name of person or organization. Alphabetical dossiers of
considerable size are in most cases arranged chronologically by Congresses or by groups ofyears.
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1917-1918A-H
BOX I:115 H-Z1918-1919, A-Z
BOX I:116 1919-1921, A-ZBOX I:117 circa 1919-circa 1921, A-ZBOX I:118 circa 1921-circa 1926, A-ZBOX I:119 circa 1921-circa 1928, A-ZBOX I:120 Butte, circa 1914-circa 1916
Miscellaneous, circa 1918-circa 1930BOX I:121 Miscellaneous, circa 1919- circa 1930BOX I:122 Prohibition, circa 1920-circa 1932
Promotionscirca 1915-circa 1930
BOX I:123 circa 1915-circa 1930Publications received
circa 1925-circa 1932BOX I:124 circa 1925-circa 1932
Radio, circa 1922-circa 1927BOX I:125 Radium, circa 1914
Railroadscirca 1916-circa 1930
BOX I:126 circa 1916-circa 1930BOX I:127 circa 1916-circa 1930BOX I:128 circa 1916-circa 1930BOX I:129 circa 1916-circa 1930
Reclamation, circa 1922-circa 1930Recommendations, 1919-1927Red Cross, American, circa 1916-circa 1918
BOX I:130 Reinstatements, circa 1917-circa 1930BOX I:131 Resolutions, land, 1914
Revenue tax, circa 1916Revenue tax, re Panama, circa 1914
BOX I:132 Revenue, internal, circa 1913-circa 1917BOX I:133 Roads
circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:134 circa 1913-circa 1930
Seedscirca 1915-circa 1932
BOX I:135 circa 1915-circa 1932BOX I:136 circa 1915-circa 1932BOX I:137 Sun River Irrigation Project, 1913BOX I:138 Transfers, circa 1914-circa 1927BOX I:139 Tuberculosis, 1922
War Risk Insurance1915-1919
Part I: Subject File A, circa 1913-1933
Container Contents
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BOX I:149-219 Part I: Subject File B, circa 1913-1933Mainly letters sent and received.Arranged alphabetically by subject or name of person or organization.
BOX I:149 Agriculture, includes federal farm loanscirca 1913-circa 1930
BOX I:150 circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:151 circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:152 Alice case, 1921BOX I:153 Alaska fur seals, land leasing, Alaska
circa 1913-circa 1917BOX I:154 circa 1913-circa 1917BOX I:155 Alaska, circa1914-circa1915
Aliens, circa1919-circa1923, includes alien property custodian, circa 1919-circa 1921BOX I:156 Army, circa 1916-circa 1927
Bankruptcy bill, circa 1926BOX I:157 Banks
circa 1913-circa 1918BOX I:158 circa 1917-circa 1926BOX I:159 circa 1919-circa 1926
Bills, reported on, circa 1919-circa 1930BOX I:160 Catholics in Mexico, 1916
Clayton Bill, 1914BOX I:161 Coal, circa 1913-circa 1926BOX I:162 Conscientious objectors, circa 1919
circa 1913-circa 1931BOX I:188 circa 1913-circa 1931
Investigationscirca 1917-circa 1931
Investigation re lobby, Bishop Cannon, 1930LaFollette, Robert M., investigation, circa 1917LaFollette, Robert M., dope on, circa 1922Grundy investigation, [1921?]
BOX I:189 Senate investigation, circa 1917-circa 1919, Lobinger circa 1929; Heflin, circa 1928-circa1931
Investigations, congressional, powers of, by James M. landis [missing]Investigation motion pictures, circa 1928-circa 1929Investigations, miscellaneous, 1927-1929Ship lobby investigation, 1915
BOX I:190 IrelandGovernment of, circa 1917-circa 1921American Committee for the Relief of Ireland, 1921
Justice Department, miscellaneous,1919BOX I:191 Labor, circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:192 Liberty Bonds, circa 1919-circa 1924
Liberty Loans, circa 1917, 1930Mellon, 1924Metals and minerals, circa 1918-circa 1920
BOX I:193 Mines, circa 1914-circa 1920Minotto case, 1917
BOX I:195 circa 1925-circa 1927BOX I:196 Muscle Shoals, Ala., 1925-1926
Naturalization, circa 1913-circa 1930Navy
circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:197 circa 1913-circa 1933
Newspapers, circa 1927Newspaper articles, circa 1922-circa 1928Newspaper, Montana, circa 1919
BOX I:198 Oil, circa 1919-circa 1929Oil and gas permits
Part I: Subject File B, circa 1913-1933
Container Contents
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circa 1924-circa 1930BOX I:199 circa 1924-circa 1930BOX I:200 Oil leases and subsequent litigation, reports
circa 1928BOX I:201 circa 1928BOX I:202 circa 1928BOX I:203 Persons abroad, circa 1914-circa 1922
Salt Creek leases, 1929BOX I:204 Soldiers, circa 1918-circa 1924BOX I:205 Soldiers abroad, 1918-1919BOX I:206 Speeches, circa 1913-circa 1931
Sugar, circa 1917-circa 1926Supreme Court overburdened, 1922
BOX I:207 Tariff, circa 1915-circa 1916Taxes
Estate tax, 1916Income tax returns, circa 1920-circa 1932
BOX I:208 Taylor, Miles, (secretary to Walsh), circa 1929-circa 1931Teapot Dome scandal
circa 1924BOX I:209 circa 1924BOX I:210 Teapot Dome and Elk Hills scandals, 1924
A-DBOX I:211 D-IBOX I:212 J-PBOX I:213 P-UBOX I:214 V-Z and clippingsBOX I:215 Telegraph and telephones, 1919
Treasurer, circa 1916-circa 1924Vale Contest, [1930?] [Robert B. Vale]War Department, circa 1913-circa 1917
BOX I:216 War, papers relating tocirca 1916-circa 1927
BOX I:217 circa 1916-circa 1927Water power, circa 1915-circa 1922
BOX I:218 West Point Examinations, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1928Wheat, circa 1919-circa 1920
BOX I:219 Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1921-1927Woodrow Wilson Memorial, 1925-1928Woman suffrage, 1917Wool, circa 1916-circa 1924
BOX I:220-332 Part I: Legislation File, circa 1913-1933Mainly correspondence sent and received relating to legislation.Arranged in two groups: a chronological subseries arranged by Congresses, and an alphabetical
subseries organized by subject or name. Dossiers in the chronological series are small andin some cases duplicate dossiers in the alphabetical series.
Part I: Subject File B, circa 1913-1933
Container Contents
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BOX I:220 Chronological file, circa 1913-circa 1932Congresses
circa 1918-circa 1932BOX I:258 circa 1918-circa 1932BOX I:259 circa 1918-circa 1932BOX I:260 circa 1918-circa 1932BOX I:261 Alaska, circa 1917-circa 1925
Alien property, circa 1918Aliens, circa 1923-circa 1926Anti-trust laws, circa 1922-circa 1929Appropriations, 1921-1931
BOX I:262 Army, circa 1916-circa 1926Aviation, circa 1921-circa 1930
BOX I:263 Banks, circa 1922-circa 1929Bankruptcy Act, 1922-1927Birth control, 1923-1931
BOX I:264 Bonus, circa 1920-circa 1932Boulder Dam, circa 1927-circa 1928
Foreign trade, circa 1921-circa 1928BOX I:273 Forest reserves, 1928
Forestry, 1926-1928Forest roads, 1923-1929Forest fire patrol, 1923-1927Germany, claims against, 1923-1930Gold standard, circa 1920
BOX I:274 Highways, circa 1919-circa 1930BOX I:275 Immigration, circa 1921-circa 1931BOX I:276 Indians
circa 1920-circa 1930BOX I:277 circa 1920-circa 1930BOX I:278 Investigation, Department of Justice, circa 1922-circa 1924
Smith-Vere Case investigation, 1927BOX I:279 Irrigation
circa 1919-circa 1930BOX I:280 circa 1919-circa 1930BOX I:281 Judiciary, circa 1921-circa 1927BOX I:282 Labor, circa 1919-circa 1930
Land matterscirca 1918-circa 1930
BOX I:283 circa 1918-circa 1930BOX I:284 circa 1918-circa 1930
League of Nations, 1918Leasing, circa 1918-circa 1930
BOX I:285 Material used, classified, mainly printed matterA-G
BOX I:286 H-LBOX I:287 O-RBOX I:288 R-ZBOX I:289 Maternal and infant welfare, circa 1921-circa 1927
Mergers, circa 1925-circa 1930 [Includes railroad mergers]BOX I:290 Military training, circa 1917-circa 1926
Mines and mining, circa 1918-circa 1927BOX I:291 Miscellaneous
circa 1913-circa 1917BOX I:292 circa 1917-circa 1919BOX I:293 circa 1921-circa 1928BOX I:294 circa 1927-circa 1930BOX I:295 Navy, circa 1919-circa 1929
Naval officers junior grade, circa 1917
Part I: Legislation File, circa 1913-1933
Container Contents
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Naval appropriations bill, circa 1919-circa 1921Naval treaty, circa 1930
BOX I:296 Outlawry of war, circa 1927-circa 1929Oil and gas leasing, circa 1919-circa 1920Meat packers, circa 1919Packers, circa 1921-circa 1927Packers decree, circa 1932Packers and stockyards act, circa 1928
BOX I:297 Parks, circa 1924-circa 1927Patents, 1920Pensions
BOX I:383 E-MBOX I:384 M-SBOX I:385 T-Z, also speeches
BOX I:386-418 Part I: Personal Correspondence, circa 1910-1932Mainly letters sent and received.Arranged chronologically by year or group of years and therein alphabetically.
BOX I:386 Personal correspondence1910-1911, A-Z
BOX I:387 1911-1912, A-ZBOX I:388 1912
A-Z, set 1BOX I:389 A-Z, set 2BOX I:390 1913
A-Z, set 1BOX I:391 A-Z, set 2BOX I:392 1913-1914, A-Z
Part I: Political File, circa 1913-1932
Container Contents
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BOX I:419-424 Part I: MiscellanyMiscellaneous correspondence, printed matter, and other material.
BOX I:419 Printed matter and other papersBOX I:420 Printed matter and other papersBOX I:421 Printed matter and other papersBOX I:422 Printed matter and other papersBOX I:423 Printed matter and other papersBOX I:424 Printed matter and other papers
BOX 424 Part I: Scrapbooks, circa 1911-1933Microfilm of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and other material.Arranged chronologically. The scrapbooks were destroyed after filming. Available only on
microfilm. Shelf no. 20,152.
BOX I:424REEL 1
1908, 1911
1913
Part I: Personal Correspondence, circa 1910-1932
Container Contents
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19131913-191419141914-1915
BOX I:424REEL 2
1915-1916
19161916-191819181918-1919
BOX I:424REEL 3
1919-1922
1922-19251923-19241924-1933, Political cartoons
BOX I:424REEL 4
1925-1927
19281928-1933, undated
BOX I:425-428 Part I: Addition, 1930-1933Correspondence, financial records, and papers of Ernest and Genevieve W. Gudger.
BOX I:425 Correspondence and condolences, 1930-1933Concerning death of WalshFinancial papers, Thomas James Gudger and Genevieve Walsh Gudger, 1933-1940
(5 folders)BOX I:426 Papers of Genevieve Walsh Gudger
BOX II:1-10 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1921-1933Letters sent and received.Folders arranged alphabetically by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
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BOX II:10 Walsh for President, 1924
BOX II:11-14 Bills, Amendments, and Resolutions, 1929-1933Letters sent and received and bills pertaining to them.Arranged by Congresses and by sessions therein.
BOX II:20-21 Flathead Power Site, 1927-1930Mainly letters sent and received and some printed matter.Roughly chronological.
BOX II:20 1927-1930BOX II:21 1927-1930
BOX II:22-23 Legislative Correspondence, 1925-1933Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
BOX II:24-25 Land Cases, 1927-1931Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by name of correspondent. Q-Z files are absent.
BOX II:24 A-G, 1927-1931BOX II:25 H-M, 1927-1931
BOX II:26-27 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, 1921-1933Mainly letters sent and received and some printed matter. .Correspondence is chronologically arranged
BOX II:26 1921-1933
Part II: Walsh Files, 1913-1933
Container Contents
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BOX II:27 Printed matter, 1921-1933
BOX II:28-33 War Risk Insurance, 1930-1933Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by name of correspondent.
BOX II:34-47 Printed Matter, 1913-1933Bound volumes of bills introduced by Walsh from the 63rd to the 71st Congresses.Arranged by year. Also bound volumes of extracts from the Congressional Record from the
63rd to the 71st Congresses. Each volume is indexed and arranged according to session.Additional material includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and one scrapbook,1921-1929.
BOX II:46 1921-1929BOX II:47 Scrapbook and pamphlets
Part II: Walsh Files, 1913-1933
Container Contents
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BOX II:48 Photographs, undated
BOX II:49-82 Part II: Walsh and Erickson Files, 1922-1934
BOX II:49-61 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1933-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
BOX II:62-68 Appointments Correspondence, 1933-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.
BOX II:69-76 Legislative Correspondence, 1933-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.