Title: Verne P. Kaub Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1908-1950

Creator:

• Kaub, Verne P., 1884-

Call Number: M2004-198

Quantity: 5.1 c.f. (5 record center cartons and 1 oversize folder), 54 photographs, and 1 drawing

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1908-1950 (primarily 1927-1949), of Verne P. Kaub, a Wisconsin newspaperman, publicist, and religious activist. In the 1930s Kaub’s concern focused on the influence of communism and socialism on American religion, government, and free enterprise. Much of the material in the collection documents his efforts to combat what he saw as the growing strength of communism within the Congregational Church, especially the Church’s Council for Social Action, and in American Protestant churches in general. In 1949 these concerns, among others, led to his founding of the American Council of Christian Laymen.

Language: English

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The collection consists primarily of Kaub’s correspondence with individuals, newspapers, and religious or political organizations but also includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, and other printed material pertaining to the broad range of issues in which he was interested. Kaub corresponded with many prominent figures including William T. Evjue, editor of the Capital Times, Dr. Alfred Swan, pastor of Madison’s First Congregational Church, as well as many other newspaper editors, church pastors, and leaders of patriotic organizations in the Midwest and across the country. Also included are Kaub’s writings as well as materials related to the speeches and debates in which he participated.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Jane Ayer, Madison, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M2004-198

M2004-198	Chronological Files
Box   1 Folder   1-35	Correspondence, Clippings, Published Materials, etc., 1908-October 1946
Box   2 Folder   1-44	Correspondence, Clippings, Published Materials, etc., November 1946-1949, undated
	Subject Files
Box   2 Folder   45	Atheists, 1926-1931, 1937-1940, 1945-1946, undated
Box   2 Folder   46	Book Prospects, 1939, 1942-1947, undated
Box   2 Folder   47	Capital Times - Letters, 1938-1943, undated
Box   2 Folder   48	[Chewing Gum, 1915, 1919-1927, undated]
Box   2 Folder   49	Chicago Sun - Letters, 1942
Box   2 Folder   50	[Code, 1945, undated]
Box   2 Folder   51	“Collectivist Plot…” Article in Public Service Magazine
	Congregational Church
Box   3 Folder   1	“Basis of Union”, 1948
Box   3 Folder   2	Congregational Tidings, 1937-1938, 1944, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Council for Social Action and the TVA, 1947, undated
Box   3 Folder   4-7	Council for Social Action - Economic Plebiscite, 1936-1942, undated
Box   3 Folder   8	First Congregational Church, Madison, Wisconsin - The Church Tower, 1940-1944, undated
Box   3 Folder   9	General Council Meeting, Grinnell, Iowa, 1946, undated
Box   3 Folder   10-11	Conservation Commission, 1926-1930, undated
Box   3 Folder   12	Constitutional Defense League - Pamphlets, 1919-1921, undated
Box   3 Folder   13	Cooperatives, 1940, undated
Box   3 Folder   14	[Employment, 1928-1928]
Box   3 Folder   15	Federal Subsidies to the States, 1944, undated
Box   3 Folder   16	Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1944-1945
Box   3 Folder   17	Freethinkers - The Comet, 1945-1946, undated
Box   3 Folder   18	“Home” File, 1941-1949, undated
Box   3 Folder   19	[Home Plans, 1925-1927]
Box   3 Folder   20	Industrial Relation Counselors, 1930
Box   3 Folder   21	Kading and Kading - Legal Matters, 1936-1950
Box   3 Folder   22	K and K Enterprises, 1940-1941, undated
Box   3 Folder   23	K and K Enterprises - Kernals and Kobs, 1940-1941
Box   3 Folder   24	Lecturers, 1920, undated
Box   3 Folder   25	Madison, Wisconsin - Aldermen, 1937
Box   3 Folder   26	Northern States Power Company, 1940-1946
Box   3 Folder   27	Paine, Tom, undated
Box   3 Folder   28	[Personal/Biographical Material, 1918-1949]
Box   3 Folder   29	[Personal - Caricature, undated]
Box   3 Folder   30	[Photos - Miscellaneous, 1940, undated]
Box   3 Folder   31	Photos - S.A.I. Pictures, undated
	Post-War Employment
Box   3 Folder   32	1943-1944, undated
Box   3 Folder   33	Pabst Awards, 1940-1944, undated
Box   3 Folder   34	Republican Policy Association, 1943, undated
	Prohibition
Box   3 Folder   35	1930-1931, 1933, undated
Box   3 Folder   36	Clipping Scrapbook, 1926, undated
Box   3 Folder   37	Volstead Act, 1926
Box   3 Folder   38	Radio Campaign, 1945, 1947, undated
Box   3 Folder   39	Religious File, 1940, 1942, 1944-1945, undated
	Rural Electrification Association
Box   3 Folder   40	1947-1949, undated
Box   3 Folder   41	First Year of the Program in Wisconsin, 1935-1939
Box   3 Folder   42	Socialist Party of America, 1912-1913, undated
Box   3 Folder   43	Southern Power Companies - Letters, 1945-1949, undated
Box   3 Folder   44	Stamps, 1933, 1936, 1938, undated
Box   4 Folder   1-3	Tennessee Valley Authority, 1942-1949, undated
Box   4 Folder   4	[Tennessee Valley Authority - Travel Correspondence, 1949]
Box   4 Folder   5	Tennessee Valley Authority - “TVA: A Study in Black and White,” undated
Box   4 Folder   6	[Texas Flying Cadets, 1924-1925, undated]
	Wisconsin Power and Light
Box   4 Folder   7	Communication Survey, 1930
	Employee News
Box   4 Folder   8	Gripes, 1939-1941, undated
Box   4 Folder   9	National, 1937-1939, 1944, undated
Box   4 Folder   10	Mayville, Georgia, 1936, undated
Box   4 Folder   11	Myers Award - Charles A. Coffin Foundation Competition, 1930
Box   4 Folder   12	News Releases, 1937, undated
Box   4 Folder   13	Publicity Plans, 1940-1941, 1944, undated
Box   4 Folder   14	Youth Committee Against War, 1937-1940
	Correspondence - Individuals
Box   4 Folder   15	Barr, Inez - American League for Peace and Democracy, 1939
Box   4 Folder   16	Battley, Charles W. - Public Service Magazine, 1944-1950, undated
Box   4 Folder   17	Bridges, Ronald - Laymen's Fellowship of Congregational Christian Churches, 1940, undated
Box   4 Folder   18	Crawford, John R., 1927-1928, undated
Box   4 Folder   19	Davies, I.B., 1942, 1944
Box   4 Folder   20	Dies, Martin, 1944
Box   4 Folder   21	Duffus, R.L. - A Fair Prospect, 1946-1947
Box   4 Folder   22	Elderkin, Dr. Noble Strong - First Congregational Church, Akron, Ohio, 1940, undated
	Evjue, William T.
Box   4 Folder   23	General Correspondence, 1939-1945, undated
Box   4 Folder   24	[Clipping Scrapbook, 1940]
Box   4 Folder   25	[Third Term $500 Challenge]
Box   4 Folder   26	Faulkner, L.E., 1946-1947, 1949
Box   4 Folder   27	Fitch, George, 1938-1939, 1947-1948, undated
Box   4 Folder   28	Forrest, Father John - St. Anthony's Guild Franciscan Monastery, 1941-1946
Box   4 Folder   29	George, Graden P. - Twin City Rationalist Association, 1946-1947
Box   4 Folder   30	Gilliam, Stanley S. - Minnesota Laymen's Fellowship, 1942-1946, undated
Box   4 Folder   31	Gilroy, Dr. William - Advance, 1938, 1942
Box   4 Folder   32	Gordon, Rev. Robert - First Baptist Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1939-1940
Box   4 Folder   33	Green, Rev. John F.C. - Committee for Social Action, 1936-1940
Box   4 Folder   34	Haake, Dr. Alfred P., 1943
Box   4 Folder   35	Hoard, W.D., 1917
Box   4 Folder   36	Hoiles, R.C., 1946, undated
Box   4 Folder   37	Holste, Merrill R. - Twin City Rationalist Association, 1945-1947, undated
Box   4 Folder   38	Host, David - Marquette University College of Journalism, 1943-1946, undated
Box   4 Folder   39	Hughes, Frank C., 1946-1947, undated
Box   4 Folder   40	Jansky, Prof. C.M., 1940, 1948, undated
Box   4 Folder   41	Jung, Henry - American Vigilant Intelligence Federation, 1938-1945
Box   4 Folder   42	Keller, Helen, 1947-1948
Box   4 Folder   43	Lane, Prof. Alfred, 1939-1940
Box   4 Folder   44	Lane, Rose Wilder - Economic Council Review of Books, 1945-1946, 1949-1950, undated
Box   4 Folder   45	Mather, Dr. Howard E., 1934, 1946, 1949
Box   4 Folder   46	Morton, George E., Wisconsin Congregational Congress, 1939-1940, undated
Box   4 Folder   47	Ripley, Charles M., 1934, 1938-1947, undated
Box   4 Folder   48	Robnett, George W. - Church League of America, 1939-1948, undated
Box   4 Folder   49	Ruegg, Rev. Samuel Gustav, 1935, undated
Box   4 Folder   50	Schulz, Rev. Louis - Kensington Congregational Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939, undated
Box   4 Folder   51	Sheldon, Dr. Frank M., Grand Ave. Congregational Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Box   4 Folder   52	Skiles, Charles - Cartoonist, 1944-1945, undated
Box   4 Folder   53	Smith, Dr. Rembert G., 1937, 1939
Box   4 Folder   54	Stark, Louis - The New York Times, 1937-1939
Box   4 Folder   55	Stockham, H.C., 1947
Box   4 Folder   56	Swan, Dr. Alfred - First Congregational Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1935, 1941-1948, undated
Box   4 Folder   57	Waters, John E. - Independent Citizens of America, Inc.,
Box   4 Folder   58	Wilbur, Harry C., 1939, 1945-1946, undated
Box   4 Folder   59	Williams, Nathan Boone - We the People, 1946, undated
Box   4 Folder   60	Willkie, Wendell, 1939-1940
Box   4 Folder   61	Zoll, Allen, 1946-1949, undated
	Writings
	Collectivism Challenges Christianity
Box   5 Folder   1	Published Book, 1946
Box   5 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1946-1949
Box   5 Folder   3	Manuscript Draft, undated
Box   5 Folder   4	Notes, etc., undated
Box   5 Folder   5	Promotional Material, 1946-1949, undated
Box   5 Folder   6-7	Reviews, 1945-1947, undated
Box   5 Folder   8	“Dr. Cobb Chiropodist” - A Comedy/Drama in 64 Scenes, undated
	Journalism Book
Box   5 Folder   9	Letters to Utility Men, 1938, 1940
Box   5 Folder   10-11	Manuscript Draft, undated
Box   5 Folder   12	Promotion, 1939-1940, undated
Box   5 Folder   13	Promotional Materials and Legal Chapter Research, 1935, 1938-1941, undated
Box   5 Folder   14	“Not the Whole Truth” Manuscript, 1931
Box   5 Folder   15	Wisconsin Power and Light - “Public Relations of Utilities: The Broader Aspect” Manuscript, 1938
	Lectures and Debates
	Debates
Box   5 Folder   16	Landon Chapman, Chicago, 1946, undated
Box   5 Folder   17	Prof. Howard MacMurray, Milwaukee, undated
Box   5 Folder   18	“How Can We Speed Up Production to Win the War?”, 1942
	Lectures
Box   5 Folder   19	“Listening Post - A Community Building Lecture”, undated
Box   5 Folder   20	Newspapers, undated
Box   5 Folder   21	Miscellaneous Debate/Lecture Materials, 1944, undated
Oversize Folder   1	Promotional Posters and Broadsides
	Book Publishers and Editors
Box   5 Folder   22	Curtis Publishing Company, 1923
Box   5 Folder   23	Funk, Wilfred, Inc. and Late Book, 1940-1945, undated
Box   5 Folder   24	Gaddis, B.H. - Free Methodist Publishing House, 1944-1948, undated
Box   5 Folder   25	Hofer, E. and Sons, 1941-1948, undated
Box   5 Folder   26	House of Field, Inc., 1941
Box   5 Folder   27	Humphries, Bruce, Inc., 1937-1942, 1944, 1949, undated
Box   5 Folder   28	Miscellaneous Publishers, 1937-1941, undated
Box   5 Folder   29	Savage, W.L. - Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944, undated
Box   5 Folder   30	Stump Printing Company, 1941, 1943, 1946, undated
PH Box   9	Photographs Scope and Content Note: Several images of dams in Wisconsin and the southern United States, as well as images of the S.A.I. organization and the Socialist Group in Pennsylvania Kaub had been a member of; most of the visual images relate to topics of interest for Kaub that is explored throughout the entirety of this collection.