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Title: Ernest Lundeen papers
Date (inclusive): 1860-1944
Collection Number: 50003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
387 manuscript boxes, 7 card file boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 cubic foot box, 42 envelopes, 2 albums
(157.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, notes, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American
politics, American neutrality in World Wars I and II, military conscription in the United States, New Deal social and economic
legislation, the Supreme Court controversy of 1937, the Progressive movement in the United States, and the Minnesota Farmer-Labor
Party.
Creator:
Lundeen, Ernest, 1878-1940
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Access
Box FH6 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1950.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ernest Lundeen Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1878 August 4 |
Born near Beresford, South Dakota |
1898 |
Joined the Minnesota National Guard |
1901 |
BA degree, Carleton College |
1906 |
Admitted to the bar |
1910-1914 |
Member, Minnesota House of Representatives |
1917-1919, 1933-1937 |
Member, U.S. House of Representatives |
1919 |
Married Norma Matheson Ward |
1920-1922 |
Editor and publisher of
Uncle Sam
|
1937-1940 |
Member, U.S. Senate |
1939 |
Formed the Make Europe Pay War Debts Committee |
1940 August 31 |
Died near Lovettsville, Virginia |
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, notes, clippings, printed matter, and photographs,
relating to American politics, American neutrality in World Wars I and II, military conscription in the United States, New
Deal social and economic legislation, the Supreme Court controversy of 1937, the Progressive movement in the United States,
and the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party. Includes prints, post cards and two albums depicting Ernest Lundeen and others, including
family members, friends, political colleagues, and views of Hawaii and the Soviet Union.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Statesmen -- United States
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Neutrality -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945
Draft -- United States
Progressivism (United States politics)
Minnesota -- Politics and government
United States. Supreme Court
United States. Congress
Farmer-Labor Party (Minn.)