Tasker L. Oddie papers, 1864-1891, 1906-1914, bulk 1873, 1910-1914

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Summary

Creators:
Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950
Abstract:
This collection consists mainly of correspondence of Nevada governor and United States Senator Tasker L. Oddie (1870-1950) from the period 1910-1914 during his governorship. There are also Nevada State papers consisting almost entirely copies of legislative bills for the year 1873, and a small number of documents from other years. Subjects include: mining, politics, and government in Nevada (including divorce laws), women's rights, the financial panic of 1907, the Progressive party, and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915.
Extent:
12.84 Linear Feet (25 boxes, 4 rolls, 1 scrapbook)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Tasker L. Oddie papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists mainly of correspondence from the period 1910-1914, beginning when Oddie initiated his campaign for governor, and ending when he was about to terminate his administration. This correspondence is arranged in 19 boxes, in alphabetical order by author, of which boxes 1-11 contain correspondence directed to Oddie, and boxes 12-19 contain copies of Oddie's own correspondence to others. There are, in addition, 6 boxes and 4 rolls of Nevada State papers, almost entirely copies of legislative bills for the year 1873, and a small number of documents from other years.

Subjects include: mining, politics, and government in Nevada (including divorce laws), women's rights, the financial panic of 1907, the Progressive party, and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. Materials created by US presidents include Theodore Roosevelt telegram to Tasker L. Oddie, 1911 March 15, and typescript copy of Theodore Roosevelt letter to Mr. Smith, 1911 January 31 (box 9); and William H. Taft typescript letter to Tasker L. Oddie, written and signed by his secretary Charles D. Hilles, 1911 June 7 (box 10).

Persons represented by ten or more pieces:

  1. Adamson, L 18 pieces
  2. Amigo, Henry J 17 pieces
  3. Bray, W 14 pieces
  4. Brown, Hugh H 15 pieces
  5. Buchanan, J A 20 pieces
  6. Campbell, J 14 pieces
  7. Cookson, H H 55 pieces
  8. Howell, Eugene 43 pieces
  9. Jackson, Austin 113 pieces
  10. Johnson, Stephen 98 pieces
  11. Kinghorn, Frank J 19 pieces
  12. Landquist, J W 20 pieces
  13. Lindsay, James G 33 pieces
  14. McElroy, S T 16 pieces
  15. Miller, Thomas Woodnutt 18 pieces
  16. Moore, Sidney R 12 pieces
  17. Norcross, Charles A 11 pieces
  18. North, Miles E 16 pieces
  19. Oddie, Clarence 38 pieces
  20. Oddie, Tasker Lowndes 8 boxes pieces
  21. Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company. 21 pieces
  22. Pulver, C S 17 pieces
  23. Siebert, Fred J 35 pieces
  24. Skuse, John C 29 pieces
  25. Smith, Dix W 20 pieces
  26. Spencer, L B 24 pieces
  27. Stubbs, Joseph Edward 14 pieces
  28. Turrell, William H 15 pieces
  29. Wingfield, George 18 pieces
Biographical / historical:

Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 24, 1870. Educated in law, he was admitted to the New York Bar in 1895. In 1898 he immigrated to Nevada, where he engaged in mining, agricultural and livestock interests, and was instrumental in the development of the Tonopah and Goldfield silver and gold mining districts. Oddie entered political life early, serving as District Attorney of Nye County, Nevada, in 1901-1902, as State Senator from 1904-1908, Governor of Nevada 1910-1914, and U.S. Senator 1921-1933. During the First World War he was active in the Nevada District Bureau of the National War Resources Board. He married Daisy Rendall in 1916. Oddie died in San Francisco, California, on February 17, 1950.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Grahame Hardy in 1953.
Processing information:

This finding aid was updated in 2022 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project with enhanced description of the presidential material present.

Arrangement:

Arranged in 19 boxes in alphabetical order by author.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Tasker L. Oddie papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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