Burton K. Wheeler campaigning for: Governor of Montana, 1920 (includes campaign speech from flag-decorated wagon); for Vice President with Robert LaFollette, 1924 (includes views of campaign emblem, and of A. B. Melzner, newspaper men Rodney Bean and Lowell Mellett, B. K. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Coffin, the Reverend Martin, F. Wallace Doying and the black Pullman crew in front of a railroad car); for President, 1940 (includes views with his daughter Marion and at meeting of the National Press Club with a group of potential presidential candidates including Paul V. McNutt, Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg, Jesse Jones, Thomas E. Dewey, Robert Jackson, Bruce Barton, Norman Thomas and Senator Bennett Champ Clark), 1920, 1924, 1940
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs of Burton K. Wheeler (1882-1975), as well as his wife and children, and photographs taken during Wheeler's political career, mainly when he served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1923 until 1946. Of particular interest are photographs taken in 1928 when Wheeler was a member of a senate committee investigating a coal miners' strike in Pennsylvania. The collection also includes photographs of Wheeler's involvement in numerous other political and senatorial activities and views of Wheeler with his senate colleagues, miners' union leaders, and other people with whom he was involved during his career as a United States Senator.
Dates
- Creation: 1920, 1924, 1940
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 116 Photographic Prints
From the Collection: 2 Film Negatives - Safety
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
225 North Roberts
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Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
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