News photographs of Burton K. Wheeler's activities as a senator: Interstate Commerce Committee, 1938; Wheeler's 58th birthday luncheon with Vice President John N. Garner Senators George W. Norris, James E. Murray, Henry F. Ashurst and Harry F. Byrd, 1940; talking with reporter Bill Hutchenson at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; leaving Resolutions Committee meeting with Senator Patrick McCarran, 1940; and at a luncheon at the American Newspaper Publishers' Association convention, 1940, 1938, 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: 1938, 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
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
406-444-2681
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