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Robert Hoath LaFollette papers, 1928-1970, undated.
BANC MSS 70/198 p carton; BANC MSS 70/198 p oversize folder 1; BANC MSS 70/198 p oversize folder 2; BANC MSS 70/198 p
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Title:

Robert Hoath LaFollette papers, 1928-1970, undated

Creator/Contributor:

LaFollette, Robert Hoath, 1900-, creator

Abstract:

Contains correspondence, campaign materials, speeches, manuscripts, clippings, paintings, photographs and other printed ephemera. The collection focus on political campaigns and political reform in New Mexico and the United States including documents concerning Kefauver's and Hubert Humphrey's bid's for president, the Great Depression, workers compensation laws, WWII, the Vietnam War, corporate control over Atomic power, selection of judges, and utility rate regulation.

Date:

1928 (issued)

Subject:

LaFollette, Robert Hoath -- 1900- -- Archives
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) -- 1911-1978
LaFollette, Robert Hoath -- 1900-
Kefauver, Estes -- 1903-1963
LaFollette, Robert Hoath -- 1900- -- Pictorial works
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Public opinion
Elections -- California
Elections -- United States
Lawyers -- New Mexico
Politicians -- New Mexico
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Public opinion
Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Nuclear energy -- Public opinion -- History
Public utilities -- Law and legislation
New Mexico -- Politics and government

Note:

Includes black and white photographs of Robert Hoath LaFollette.
Robert Hoath LaFollette papers, BANC MSS 70/198 p, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift; of Robert H. LaFollette; 1970.
Related collection held at Texas Tech Univeristy.
Robert Hoath LaFollette born August 21, 1900 in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the nephew of Wisconsin politician Robert M. La Follette. LaFollette managed his uncle's presidential campaign on the Progressive Party ticket in 1924 and then served as Estes Kefauver's campaign manager in the 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns. LaFollette practiced law in New Mexico and had three unsuccessful runs for Congress. He died in 1977.
In English.

Type:

Clippings.
Photographs.

Physical Description:

print
1 carton and 2 oversize folders (1.10 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 70/198 p carton
BANC MSS 70/198 p oversize folder 1
BANC MSS 70/198 p oversize folder 2
BANC MSS 70/198 p

Origin:

California