Philip Fox La Follette Papers, 1876-1973
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Title: Philip Fox La Follette Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1876-1973

Creator:
  • La Follette, Philip Fox, 1897-1965
Call Number: Wis Mss QS; PH 87; PH 100; PH 132; PH 448-PH 449; PH 1685; PH 2282; PH 2576; PH 3043; PH 4063 (3); PH 4064; WHi(L51); WHi(L61); Disc 106A; Audio 491A; Audio 1042A

Quantity: 75.2 cubic feet (168 archives boxes, 24 oversize volumes, 1 package, and 5 card files), 1436 photographs, 259 negatives, and 32 disc recordings

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:
Public, personal, and family papers of Philip Fox La Follette, a three-term governor of Wisconsin and leader of the Progressive Party. The Papers constitute an excellent source for study of the 1930s in Wisconsin, a period when under La Follette's leadership the state served as a model for innovative, aggressive governmental action. They include correspondence, financial records, reports, speeches and writings, press releases, scrapbooks, photographs, and recordings. The Public Papers comprise the official papers and correspondence from La Follette's governorship and political career. They contain information on organizing his administration, legislation, the formation of the Progressive Party in 1934, the dismissal of University President Glenn Frank in 1936, and the founding of the National Progressives of America in 1938. The Personal Papers contain La Follette's correspondence with members of his family and friends throughout his lifetime and general correspondence written during the years when he was out of office. Documented is his activity in the America First Committee and his daily activities and thoughts while serving during World War II in the southwest Pacific theatre. The Family Papers include campaign papers for the 1922 Senatorial campaign and the 1924 Presidential campaign of Robert M. La Follette Sr.; nomination forms for Robert M. La Follette Jr., 1926; a few items from Belle Case La Follette; and letters, 1944-1947, from Robert M. La Follette III containing his observations on the war in the Philippines and the occupation of Japan. Also in this section are papers of Isabel Bacon La Follette, Philip's wife, documenting her activities as advisor to her husband and as an advocate of women's rights.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000qs
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