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Thomas James Walsh and John Edward Erickson Papers

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2013

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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.

SubjectsAgricultural credit--Montana.Agriculture--United States.Electric power--Montana.Famines--Russia.Food relief--Russia.

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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.


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


1918 Reelected to United States Senate


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


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


Container List

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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.

BOX I:1 Appointments, Montana1913-1915

A-DBOX I:2 D-IBOX I:3 I-PBOX I:4 P-UBOX I:5 UBOX I:6 P-Z and miscellanyBOX I:7 1915-1917

A-FBOX I:8 F-NBOX I:9 N-ZBOX I:10 1917, military only

A-LBOX I:11 M-ZBOX I:12 1917, others

A-LBOX I:13 M-SBOX I:14 S-Z

1917-1918A-I

BOX I:15 I-RBOX I:16 R-UBOX I:17 U-WarBOX I:18 WarBOX I:19 War-ZBOX I:20 1918-1919

A-ZBOX I:21 1919-1921

A-IBOX I:22 I-NBOX I:23 N-SBOX I:24 S-ZBOX I:25 1921-1927

A-LBOX I:26 M-N


BOX I:27 N-ZBOX I:28 1921-1933

A-EBOX I:29 F-JBOX I:30 L-MBOX I:31 MBOX I:32 N-ZBOX I:33 Appropriations, circa 1913-circa 1916

Claims1913-1917

BOX I:34 1917-1929BOX I:35 1919-1929BOX I:36 Documents and related correspondence

1915-1917BOX I:37 1915-1917BOX I:38 1919-1921BOX I:39 1920-1925BOX I:40 1921-1927BOX I:41 1927-1932

Federal Farm Loan Board, 1917, 1919Farm Loan Associations, 1918Federal Farm Loan Associations, 1917National Farm Loan Associations, circa 1921-circa 1927

BOX I:42 Federal buildings, circa 1917-circa 1920Fish and game

circa 1913-circa 1932BOX I:43 circa 1913-circa 1932

Forests, nationalcirca 1913-circa 1932

BOX I:44 circa 1913-circa 1932BOX I:45 circa 1913-circa 1932

Grazing permits, circa 1919-circa 1929BOX I:46 George Washington anniversary, 1931-1932

Harrison hospital, circa 1919-circa 1930BOX I:47 Huntley project, 1913BOX I:48 Indian affairs

1913-1915BOX I:49 1913-1917BOX I:50 1913-1917BOX I:51 1915-1917BOX I:52 1915-1918BOX I:53 1913-1919BOX I:54 1917-1927BOX I:55 circa 1919-circa 1930BOX I:56 circa 1919-circa 1931BOX I:57 circa 1921-circa 1931

Part I: Subject File A, circa 1913-1933

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BOX I:58 circa 1929-circa 1932BOX I:59 Irrigation and reclamation

circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:60 circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:61 circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:62 Land cases

Mainly 1913-1914A-De

BOX I:63 De-JuBOX I:64 Ke-ReBOX I:65 Re-StBOX I:66 Su-ZBOX I:67 1914-1921

A-BeBOX I:68 Bu-CaBOX I:69 Ca-CuBOX I:70 Cu-ElBOX I:71 En-GoBOX I:72 Go-HeBOX I:73 He-HuBOX I:74 Hu-KiBOX I:75 Ki-McBOX I:76 Mc-MaBOX I:77 Me-NuBOX I:78 Ny-PoBOX I:79 Pr-ScBOX I:80 Sc-StBOX I:81 St-SuBOX I:82 Su-TuBOX I:83 Un-WiBOX I:84 Wi-ZBOX I:85 Land inquiries, circa 1918-circa 1927BOX I:86 Land offices

circa 1915-circa 1917BOX I:87 circa 1917-circa 1920BOX I:88 Military discharges

Army1917-19181918-1919

A-QBOX I:89 A-Z

1919A-M

BOX I:90 N-Zcirca 1921-circa 1926

Navy


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1917-19181918-1919

A-HBOX I:91 I-Z

1919A-F

BOX I:92 I-ZBOX I:93 1921-1927

Miscellaneous, 1915-1916BOX I:94 Pardons and paroles


Parks, nationalcirca 1913-circa 1932

Glacier National ParkYellowstone National ParkMiscellaneous

BOX I:96 circa 1913-circa 1932BOX I:97 circa 1913-circa 1932BOX I:98 Passports


Patentscirca 1920-circa 1930

BOX I:100 circa 1920-circa 1930Pensions, circa 1913-circa 1927

BOX I:101 Pension casescirca 1913-circa 1919

A-DBOX I:102 D-MBOX I:103 M-ZBOX I:104 circa 1919-circa 1924

A-CBOX I:105 C-JBOX I:106 J-McBOX I:107 Mc-SBOX I:108 S-ZBOX I:109 Post offices

1913-1915A-M

BOX I:110 M-ZBOX I:111 1915-1917

A-CBOX I:112 C-MBOX I:113 M-ZBOX I:114 1917, A-Z


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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


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


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


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BOX I:140 1919-1921A-H

BOX I:141 1921-1928A-B

BOX I:142 BBOX I:143 D-FBOX I:144 F-JBOX I:145 K-LBOX I:146 M-OBOX I:147 P-SBOX I:148 T-Z

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

Congressional Record, 1913-1921BOX I:163 Continental Trading Co., 1928

A-NBOX I:164 N-ZBOX I:165 Copper


Council of National Defense, 1917Democratic campaigns

circa 1916-circa 1917


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BOX I:167 1916A-B

BOX I:168 C-DBOX I:169 D-GBOX I:170 G-IBOX I:171 J-LBOX I:172 L-MBOX I:173 M-PBOX I:174 P-SBOX I:175 S-VBOX I:176 W-V and miscellaneousBOX I:177 1918

H-O [A-H missing]BOX I:178 P-ZBOX I:179 1928

A-CBOX I:180 D-KBOX I:181 L-OBOX I:182 P-ZBOX I:183 Food, circa 1917-circa 1919, includes administration, conservation, allotments

Food control under Herbert Hoover,1917Foreign relations, circa 1913-circa 1932

American Peace Society, 1917Armenia, circa 1921-circa 1922Ballou Island Consul, circa 1913China, 1915Cuban affairs, 1919Germany, 1931-1932Custamale-Honduras boundary, 1919International agreement, 1924International boundary, 1915International situation, 1919Japanese relief, 1923League to Enforce Peace, 1919London Conference, 1930

BOX I:184 Mexico, affairs with, 1914-1918Mexico bishops, 1917Mexican situation, 1919-1928Munitions of war, 1914-1915Pan-America, 1927Passports, 1913Peace, 1918

BOX I:185 Persons abroad, 1914-1915Ruhr invasion, 1922Russia, 1919Russian famine relief, 1921-1922

Part I: Subject File B, circa 1913-1933

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Shansung, 1919South American trade, 1919State Department miscellaneous, 1913-1914Treaties, 1918, 1927World Peace League, circa 1914-circa 1915

Furloughs, enlisted men, 1918BOX I:186 Gould case, 1926BOX I:187 Immigration


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:194 Miscellaneous officialcirca 1918-circa 1924

BOX I:195 circa 1925-circa 1927BOX I:196 Muscle Shoals, Ala., 1925-1926

Naturalization, circa 1913-circa 1930Navy


Newspapers, circa 1927Newspaper articles, circa 1922-circa 1928Newspaper, Montana, circa 1919

BOX I:198 Oil, circa 1919-circa 1929Oil and gas permits


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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.


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BOX I:220 Chronological file, circa 1913-circa 1932Congresses

63rd, 1913-1915A-L

BOX I:221 L-ZBOX I:222 64th, 1915-1917

A-CBOX I:223 C-IBOX I:224 I-LBOX I:225 L-MBOX I:226 L-PBOX I:227 P-RBOX I:228 R-ZBOX I:229 65th, 1st Session, 1917, A-P [R-Z missing]BOX I:230 65th, 2nd Session, 1917-1918 (A-Z)BOX I:231 66th, 1919-1921

A-GBOX I:232 G-RBOX I:233 R-ZBOX I:234 67th-69th , 1921-1927

A-CBOX I:235 C-FBOX I:236 FBOX I:237 F-GBOX I:238 G-HBOX I:239 H-IBOX I:240 M-R [I-M missing]BOX I:241 R-ZBOX I:242 67th-72nd, 1921-1932

A-CBOX I:243 C-FBOX I:244 G-LBOX I:245 MBOX I:246 M-PBOX I:247 P-SBOX I:248 T-ZBOX I:249 Alphabetical file, circa 1913-circa 1932

Addresses and speechesMainly printed copies, circa 1914-circa 1928

A-LBOX I:250 L-ZBOX I:251 Mainly drafts, circa 1914-circa 1932

A-DBOX I:252 D-KBOX I:253 K-M

Part I: Legislation File, circa 1913-1933

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BOX I:254 M-PBOX I:255 R-WBOX I:256 W-ZBOX I:257 Agriculture

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

BOX I:265 Child labor, circa 1923-circa 1925BOX I:266 Civil service, 1921-1929

Civic service retirement, 1919-1920Civil service reclassification, 1923-1925Coal strike, 1919-1922Confirmation, miscellaneous

1928-1932BOX I:267 1928-1932BOX I:268 Disarmament, circa 1920-circa 1930

District of Columbia, circa 1920-circa 1931Draft, 1917-1918

BOX I:269 Education, circa 1918-circa 1929Espionage Act, 1918

BOX I:270 Federal Power Commission, 1928-1932Federal Trade Commission, 1923-1926Fish and Game Preserves, 1926-1928

BOX I:271 Flood control, 1927-1930Food, circa 1917-circa 1920Foreign countries

Japanese exclusion, circa 1921-circa 1923Mexico, 1924Puerto Rico, 1924United States Court for China, 1924-1927

BOX I:272 Peace, 1927China, circa 1925Cuba, circa 1930


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Ireland, 1922Russia, 1924-1925Russian Famine Relief, 1922Russian Railway Service, circa 1921-circa 1926Russian Railway Corps, 1920-1921

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


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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

1918BOX I:298 1918-1927BOX I:299 1920-1927BOX I:300 Philippines, independence, circa 1922-circa 1930

Postscirca 1917-circa 1931

BOX I:301 circa 1924-circa 1931BOX I:302 Procedural bill, circa 1926

Prohibition1916-1919

BOX I:303 1918-1926BOX I:304 1919-1926BOX I:305 1926-1930BOX I:306 Public health, circa 1928-circa 1930

Pure food law, 1921-1922Radio, circa 1924-circa 1928Radium, 1917Railroads

circa 1917-circa 1927BOX I:307 circa 1919-circa 1930BOX I:308 Reclamation, 1923-1929

Red flag, 1919-1921BOX I:309 Revenue


Salaries, circa 1919-circa 1928BOX I:311 Senate, Louis Brandeis confirmation, 1916

Strikes, 1920-1922Sugar, circa 1916-circa 1927Corn sugar bill, 1926-1927

BOX I:312 TariffArsenic, 1922Lumbar, 1929-1932

BOX I:313 Manganese, circa 1921-circa 1932Miscellaneous


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circa1913BOX I:314 circa 1913-circa 1932BOX I:315 circa 1913-circa 1932BOX I:316 Sugar, circa 1913-circa 1932BOX I:317 Wheat, circa 1921-circa 1930

Wool, circa 1913-circa 1930BOX I:318 Various, 1928-1932

A-FBOX I:319 G-OBOX I:320 O-ZBOX I:321 Taxes, income, circa 1913-circa 1919

Treatiescirca 1929-circa 1930Lausanne Treaty, circa 1926

Utilities, government control of, 1918-1919BOX I:322 War matters

circa 1914-circa 1917BOX I:323 1917, A-ZBOX I:324 circa 1917-circa 1928BOX I:325 War Risk Insurance, 1917-1921

War veteransSpanish American, circa 1930World War I veterans, 1919, 1929-1923

BOX I:326 World War I veteransBOX I:327 World War I veteransBOX I:328 Disabled American veterans of the World War I, 1922-1927

Warren confirmation, 1924BOX I:329 Water power


Waterways, circa 1931Water rights, circa 1930Water storage, circa 1927

BOX I:331 Wheat, 1923-1930BOX I:332 Woman suffrage, 1924-1932 (Equal Rights for Women)

Wool, circa 1919-circa 1921Workmen's employers compensation, circa 1927-circa 1931

BOX I:333-362 Part I: General File, circa 1913-1932Mainly letters sent and received.Chronologically arranged by Congresses and therein alphabetically.

BOX I:333 Congresses63rd, 1913-1915

A-FBOX I:334 F-MBOX I:335 N-S


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BOX I:336 S-ZBOX I:337 64th, 1915-1917

A-CBOX I:338 C-IBOX I:339 I-PBOX I:340 P-SBOX I:341 S-ZBOX I:342 65th, 1st session, 1917

A-LBOX I:343 L-ZBOX I:344 65th, 2nd session, 1917-1918

A-IBOX I:345 I-NBOX I:346 P-ZBOX I:347 65th, 3rd session, 1917-1918, A-Z [E-N missing]BOX I:348 66th, 1919-1921

A-HBOX I:349 H-OBOX I:350 P-ZBOX I:351 67th -72nd, 1921-1932

A-AmBOX I:352 Am-CaBOX I:353 Ce-CuBOX I:354 D-FrBOX I:355 Ga-HoBOX I:356 I-KuBOX I:357 La-MaBOX I:358 Ma-MoBOX I:359 Mo-OsBOX I:360 P-RuBOX I:361 S-SuBOX I:362 T-Z

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:363 Political, Montana1913, A-Z

BOX I:364 1913-1914, A-ZBOX I:365 1914, A-ZBOX I:366 1915

1916A-L

BOX I:367 L (lists of various taxpayers in Montana counties)BOX I:368 L

Part I: General File, circa 1913-1932

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BOX I:369 M-Z19171918

A-DBOX I:370 E-Z

1919-1921BOX I:371 1922-1932BOX I:372 Political, national

19191920

A-LBOX I:373 M-Z

1921-19231924

A-BBOX I:374 C-JBOX I:375 K-SBOX I:376 T-Z

1925-1927BOX I:377 1928-1929

1930A-B

BOX I:378 C-HBOX I:379 I-MBOX I:380 N-SBOX I:381 T-ZBOX I:382 1931

1932A-D

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

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BOX I:393 1914, A-ZBOX I:394 1915, A-ZBOX I:395 1912-1932

A-BBOX I:396 B-CBOX I:397 C-FBOX I:398 F-HBOX I:399 H-KBOX I:400 L-McBOX I:401 Mc-NBOX I:402 N-QBOX I:403 R-SBOX I:404 S-TBOX I:405 U-ZBOX I:406 Personal correspondence, all years by subject, circa 1910-circa 1932

A-ByBOX I:407 C-CoBOX I:408 CoBOX I:409 ContributionsBOX I:410 Co-HoBOX I:411 Ho-IrBOX I:412 Ir-MoBOX I:413 Mo-MuBOX I:414 N-OBOX I:415 P-RiBOX I:416 Ro-SeBOX I:417 Sh-WaBOX I:418 Wa-Z

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

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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

A-R, loosely arrangedBOX I:427 S-WBOX I:428 Emmett Gudger condolences, cards, letters and notes, 1941

(3 folders)

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.

BOX II:1 “A,” 1927-1933BOX II:2 “B-Fed,” 1927-1933BOX II:3 “Fed,” 1921-1933BOX II:4 “Fi-Fr,” 1930-1933BOX II:5 “G-Inc,” 1927-1933BOX II:6 “Ind-Cf,” 1928-1933BOX II:7 “Oil-Post,” 1927-1933BOX II:8 “Post-Pow,” 1927-1933BOX II:9 “R-Y,” 1927-1933

Part I: Scrapbooks, circa 1911-1933

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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:11 71st Congress, 1929-1931Sessions 1-3

BOX II:12 Sessions 1-3BOX II:13 72nd Congress, 1931-1933

Sessions 1-2BOX II:14 Sessions 1-2

BOX II:15-19 World Court Legislation, 1923-1933Letters sent and received.Arranged chronologically by year.

BOX II:15 1923-1925BOX II:16 1926-1928BOX II:17 1929-1930BOX II:18 1931-1932BOX II:19 1932-1933

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 A-Ma, 1925-1933BOX II:23 Me-W, 1925-1933

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

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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:28 A-CBOX II:29 D-HBOX II:30 I-MBOX II:31 N-RBOX II:32 SBOX II:33 T-Z

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:34 Walsh bills63rd -66th Congress, 1913-1920

(4 vols.)BOX II:35 67th -71st Congress, 1921-1930

(5 vols.)BOX II:36 Congressional extracts

63rd Congress, 1913-1915BOX II:37 64th Congress, 1915-1917BOX II:38 65th Congress, 1917-1919BOX II:39 66th Congress, 1919-1921BOX II:40 67th Congress, 1921-1922

Sessions 1-2(2 vols.)

BOX II:41 Sessions 3-4(2 vols.)

68th Congress, session 1, 1922-1924BOX II:42 69th Congress, 1925-1926

Session 1BOX II:43 Session 2

(2 vols.)70th Congress, 1926-1929

BOX II:44 71st Congress, sessions 1-2, 1929-1931(2 vols.)

BOX II:45 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings1921-1929

BOX II:46 1921-1929BOX II:47 Scrapbook and pamphlets


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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:49 “A-Big”BOX II:50 “Bir”

“Congra”BOX II:51 “Congre”

“Doc”BOX II:52 “Dog-Fed”BOX II:53 “Fed-Fort”BOX II:54 “Fort-G”BOX II:55 “H-I”BOX II:56 “J-Mea”BOX II:57 “Med-Ph”BOX II:58 “Po-Pu”BOX II:59 “Ra-Rel”BOX II:60 “Ret-S”BOX II:61 “T-W”

BOX II:62-68 Appointments Correspondence, 1933-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by subject with reverse chronological arrangement therein.

BOX II:62 “A-Coa”BOX II:63 “Com-Gea”BOX II:64 “Gen-Indi”BOX II:65 “Indu-Mil”BOX II:66 “Mis-Nav”BOX II:67 “Nec-Rec”BOX II:68 “Red-Y”


BOX II:69 “A-B” miscellaneousBOX II:70 "C-Gr” miscellaneousBOX II:71 “Gt-I” miscellaneousBOX II:72 “J-O” miscellaneousBOX II:73 “P-Ra” miscellaneousBOX II:74 “Re-Sc” miscellaneousBOX II:75 “Si-St” miscellaneous


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BOX II:76 “St-W” miscellaneous

BOX II:77-82 Pension Correspondence, 1922-1934Letters sent and received.Alphabetically arranged by name of correspondent.

BOX II:77 “A-C”BOX II:78 “D-H”BOX II:79 “I-Mc”BOX II:80 “Me-R”BOX II:81 “S-Z”BOX II:82 Miscellaneous

Part II: Walsh and Erickson Files, 1922-1934

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