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Daniel McCorkle (1880-1956) was a Presbyterian minister in Sunrise, WY, and Conrad, Montana. The collection contains general correspondence (1911-1956), subject files (1910-1956), writings (1912-1953); and other materials documenting his works as a minister, social worker, educator, and socialist. There is a small subgroup about Dorothy Floerchinger's biography of McCorkle, To Speak of Love Was Not Enough.

Abstract Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973, was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She served two nonconsecutive terms in the House of Representatives: 1917-1919 and 1941-1943. Rankin was a suffragist, pacifist, and progressive social reformer. As congresswoman she voted against declaration of both world wars. The collection (1912-1972, bulk 1916-1942) consists primarily of correspondence and subject files from Rankin's congressional office. The bulk of materials are from her first term. Some...

Abstract Wellington Rankin was a Helena, Montana, attorney, rancher, state attorney general, associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court, U.S. district attorney, and Republican national committeeman. He also ran unsuccessfully for Governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. This collection includes personal papers of Wellington Rankin and of several family members including Jeannette Rankin; political files; records of several businesses he owned; records of his ranch operations; and...