Guide to the Fred Roy Yoder Papers circa 1890-circa 1980
Cage 620

Summary Information
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Names and Subjects
Detailed Description of Collection: Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history; Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette; Series 3: Marion Butler; Series 4: Teaching; Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects

Summary Information

Repository: Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator: Yoder, Fred R. (Fred Roy), 1888-1987
Title: Fred Roy Yoder Papers
ID: Cage 620
Date [inclusive]: circa 1890-circa 1980
Extent: 20 Linear feet of shelf space, 18 Boxes
Language: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Collection includes research notes, correspondence, records related to Fred Roy Yoder's teaching in sociology, and other personal papers.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Fred Roy Yoder Papers, circa 1890-circa 1980 (Cage 620)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Fred Roy Yoder was born in 1888 in North Carolina. He was educated in various places, including Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina, the University of North Carolina, the University of Missouri, the University of London, and the University of Wisconsin. He was hired by the State College of Washington in 1920 where he taught until his retirement in 1954. After his retirement from Washington State University, he spent a number of years in Campbellsport, Kentucky. As a professor of sociology, he headed the Department of Sociology from 1928 to 1947, overseeing a great deal of growth. Additionally he did considerable writing including many articles, and two textbooks, Introduction to Agricultural Economics, and Introduction to Sociology. Yoder was very interested in political biography, and undertook several projects including biography of John R. Rogers, Robert M. LaFollette, and Marion Butler. He gathered much information on these subjects, but never completed any of the three projects. Yoder was active in many community organizations, including Kiwanis, American Legion, Moose Lodge, Chamber of Commerce, and the local Democratic Party. He ran for Congress in 1944 and 1954, losing both times.

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Scope and Content

The papers of Fred R. Yoder are chiefly comprised of research notes, copied documents and related correspondence, all concerning uncompleted research projects, principally three political biographies: Washington governor John R. Rogers, North Carolina Senator Marion Butler, and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette. The papers also include records associated with Yoder's work as a teacher of sociology, and some personal papers.

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Arrangement

The papers are arranged in five series. Within the series, the materials follow the original, informal, order established by Yoder.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Acquisition Information

Papers of Fred Roy Yoder were acquired by the Washington State University Libraries in December 1992 by donation of Mr. Yoder's daughter, Elaine Zakarison of Washington, DC (MS 92-77).

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Related Materials

Related Material

Preliminary Guide to the Fred Yoder Papers, 1920-1980 (MS.2004.14)

John Rankin Rogers Speech Typescripts, 1889-1901 (Cage 4193)

Separated Material

Papers of John Rankin Rogers were recieved with this collection. In 1994 they were seperated into the John Rankin Rogers Papers, 1814-1926 (Cage 615)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Washington State University ǂx Faculty ǂv Archives
Democratic Party (Wash.) ǂx History ǂv Archives

Geographic Name(s)

Washington (State) ǂx History

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Yoder, Fred R. (Fred Roy), 1888-1987 -- Archives
Rogers, John Rankin, ǂd 1838-1901
Butler, Marion, ǂd 1863-1938
La Follette, Robert M. ǂq (Robert Marion), ǂd 1855-1925

Subject(s)

Sociology ǂx Research
Political campaigns ǂz Washington (State) ǂx History
Populism ǂx History ǂx Research ǂz United States
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Politics and Politicians

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history
John R. Rogers
	box	folder
Estimate of his career - typed manuscript	1	1
Life chronology	1	2
Miscellaneous re: Rogers	1	3
Correspondence about Rogers	1	4
Ancestry - correspondence about 1770-1856	1	5
Ancestry and background 1775-1850s	1	6
Boyhood and ancestry - notes and correspondence 1775-1856	1	7
Illinois census - photocopies 1880s	1	8
Ancestry - notes and correspondence	1	9
Early boyhood in Maine 1840-1856	1	10
Ancestry and boyhood - typed narrative and notes 1840-1856	1	11
Boyhood in Maine 1840-1856	1	12
Young man in Mississippi - typed narratives, and notes	1	13
Mississippi 1856-1860	1	14
Mississippi - views slavery firsthand - typed narratives	1	15
Farmer in Illinois 1860s	1	16
Neoga, Illinois 1860-1875	1	17
Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, Maine 1860-1875	1	18
Yoder correspondence with Albert G. Rogers 1870s-1880s	1	19
Yoder correspondence with Albert G. Rogers 1875-1900	1	20
Kansas elections 1888 and 1890	1	21
Election results - nat'l, KA, MA, IL mid to late 1800s	1	22
Notes from Washington county histories	1	23
Notes from legislative manuals	1	24
Notes from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1894-1901	1	25-27
Kansas 1876-1890	1	28
Kansas - Elihu Bowles on Rogers & Kansas politics	1	29
Kansas politics 1880s	1	30-31
Agrarian philosopher - typed narrative 1890-1895	1	32
William Jennings Bryan campaign 1896	1	33
Notes 1896	1	34
Notes and correspondence 1894-1895	1	35
Notes 1892	1	36
Washington, from diff. perspectives 1890s	1	37
Washington election returns - photocopies 1893-1901	1	38
Washington election returns - notes 1896-1900	1	39
Washington legislators - typed lists 1895-1901	1	40
Notes 1901	1	41
Governor 1897-1901	1	42
Estimates of his career - typed narrative	1	43
In general - notes, some typed	1	44
Governor - typed narrative, notes 1901	1	45
Governor 1901	1	46
Correspondence about Judge Burke's correspondence	1	47
Bryan campaign 1896	1	48
W.S.U. memorial	1	49
Picture of memorial in Olympia	1	50
The political thought of John R. Rogers by R. Blankenship	1	51
The Farmer's Alliances in Washington by Yoder	1	52
Notes on publications	2	53
Newspaper articles	2	54
The Irrepressible Conflict by Rogers – photocopy 1892	2	55
The Writings of John Rankin Rogers by M. Thompson MA thesis	2	56
Life by Rogers - photocopy 1899	2	57
Reformers I have known - photocopy 1894	2	58
Correspondence	2	59
Correspondence and bibliographies	2	60
Kansas in the American novel . . . by Callahan 1919	2	61
Landmarks and pioneers in early Kansas by Hall 1960	2	62
Correspondence	2	63
Correspondence and bibliographies	2	64
Kansas Authors of Best-sellers bib. by G. DeGruson 1970	2	65
Correspondence about Kansas authors; bibliographies	2	66-67
Kansas and Mississippi bibliographies	2	68
Bibliography notes	2	69
Life chronology	2	70
Notes from various biographies	2	71
campaign and other matters 1898	2	72
Inalienable Rights of Man by Rogers - photocopy 1900	2	73
Financial background 1870s-1890s	2	74
Republican County Commissioner 1877-1884	2	75
Kansas - Yoder chapters for biography - typed	2	76
Burrton, Kansas 1876	2	77
Notes 1889-1890	2	78
Kansas Commoner (newspaper)	2	79
Notes 1884-1890	2	80
Interval between election and inauguration 1896	2	81
Tri-fusion convention at Ellensburg 1896	2	82
Problems with politicians, party, and special friends 1897	2	83
Rogers and legislature 1897	2	84
Late 1897, and 1898 election 1897-1898	2	85
Decline and defeat of Populists 1898	2	86
Spanish American war and expansion 1898	2	87
Reformer in Washington 1890	2	88
Populism in Washington by C. Wooddy	2	89
Notes 1899-1900	2	90
Campaign for reelection 1900	2	91
Campaign for reelection 1900	3	92
Rogers and legislature 1901	3	93
Death and funeral 1901-1902	3	94
Notes	3	95-96
Rise of the people's party in Washington by Yoder	3	97
The Farmer's Alliance in Washington by Yoder	3	98
Articles in Pacific Northwest Quarterly v.65, no.3 July 1974	3	99
History of the Presidency 1788-1897 by Stanwood - photocopy	3	100
Populist movement in Oregon by Harrington	3	101
Wheat, corn, and oats prices in Kansas 1860s-1890s	3	102
Populist uprising in Kansas - typed 1885	3	103
Populist party in Kansas by Harrington	3	104
Populist party in Kansas by Miller - dissertation 1928	3	105-106
National Party platforms - typed	3	107
Cultural background	3	108-109
Early history and background	3	110
Kansas economy 1875-1890	3	111
Senators Ingalls and Plumb	3	112
Populism in Washington 1870-1890	3	113
Maine background	3	114
Alliance movement in Kansas	3	115
Notes	3	116-118
Misc. articles - photocopies	4	119-121
Looking Forward by Rogers - photocopy 1889, rev. 1898	4	122
Notes	5	123
Misc. notes on Northwest history
	box	folder
From NW newspapers - Seattle late 1800s	5	124
Senator Clarence C. Dill	5	125
Interviews in eastern Washington	6	126-127
Interviews and newspaper notes	6	128
Notes from NW newspapers	6	129
Misc. notes on and from various biographies	6	130-132
Notes on NW newspapers - Seattle late 1800s	6	133
Spokane, Seattle, Olympia	6	134-136
Notes on NW history - interviews and misc., including Rogers	6	137
Notes on NW history	6	138-139
Misc. - newspaper clip. of hist. sketches from eastern WA	6	140
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Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette
	box	folder
Chapters 1-7 of Yoder's biography - typed	7	141
Misc. notes	7	142-146
Interviews about Robert LaFollette	7	147
Misc. notes	7	148
Insurgent 1909-1911	7	149
Misc. newspaper clippings 1930s	7	150-151
Notes	7	152
Challenging the big boss - rough draft	7	153
Notes	7	154
Transcripts of editorials on Lafollette - typed 1920s	7	155
Notes on Nazism, democracy, misc.	7	156
Notes	7	157-158
campaign 1912	7	159-160
War years 1914-1918	7	161-162
Platforms	7	163
Eulogies 1925	7	164
Eulogies - newspaper clippings	7	165
Congressional Record 1885-1891	7	166-167
campaign - newspaper 1924	7	168
campaign - LaFollette's Weekly Magazine 1924	7	169
Correspondence about Robert LaFollette	7	170
Interviews about Robert LaFollette	7	171
Historical background	7	172
Correspondence about	7	173
Bibliographies	7	174
campaign 1900	7	175
campaign 1896	7	176
national election - newspaper clippings 1938	7	177
LaFollette's Magazine - on Belle Case LaFollette	7	178
Outline by chapters	7	179
First term as governor 1901	8	180
campaign 1902	8	181
campaign and election 1904-1905	8	182
Alone in the senate	8	183
Notes 1906	8	184
Correspondence about, copy of the Philadelphia Record 1912	8	185
gubernatorial campaign 1898	8	186
Correspondence about	8	187
census reports for Wisconsin - gov't publication 1910	8	188
census reports for Wisconsin 1920	8	189
census reports for Wisconsin 1930	8	190
Correspondence about	8	191
Bibliography, platform 1902	8	192
Notes from Congressional Record - typed	8	193
Personalities, contemporaries, colleagues	8	194
Interview with Roy LaFollette - typed	8	195
Correspondence about	8	196
Maps	8	197
Childhood and youth	8	198
Early background 1850-1860	8	199-200
Boyhood, background 1855-1873	8	201
Childhood, background 1800-1855	8	202
Political beginnings 1880-1884	8	203
Congress - some typed 1884-1890	8	204
51st congressional record - typed 1889-1891	8	205
50th congress - typed notes from record	8	206
Congress - typed speech 1884-1890	8	207
campaign 1884	8	208
Congress - typed 1888-1890	8	209
Senate 1906-1909	8	210
campaign - interviews 1912	8	211
Evaluation	8	212
Questionnaire about, misc.	8	213
Bibliographies	8	214
Misc. publications, gov messages, senate speeches-publications	8	215
Notes	8	216-220
Notes	9	221-224
Photos of gravestone, etc.	9	225
Misc. publications and mailings – actual	9	226
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Series 3: Marion Butler
Butler Papers, notes
	box	folder
1892-1898	10	227
1898-1900	10	228
politics, 1900-1911	10	229
1912-1932	10	230
1901-1937	10	231
misc. 1901-1909	10	232
	box	folder
Notes	10	233-234
History of North Carolina by Roulhoc Hamilton 1919	10	235
Negro Disenfranchisement in North Carolina by Cotten 1973	10	236
Bibliographies, misc, lists of Populist senators 1890-1905	10	237
Correspondence about	10	238
Correspondence, bibliographies	10	239
Notes on census 1860 and 1870	10	240
Correspondence about	10	241
Correspondence, bibliographies	10	242-243
Senate speeches - photocopies	10	244
Misc. articles on the farmer's alliance	10	245
Newspaper notes:
	box	folder
Charlotte Daily Observer 1892-1896	10	246
Charlotte Daily Observer 1896-1898	11	247
Charlotte Daily Observer 1898-1901	11	248
Charlotte Daily Observer 1901-1938	11	249
The News and Observer 1898-1900	box 11	folder 250
	box	folder
The News and Observer 1910-1934	11	251
Greensboro Daily News 1916-1928	11	252
The Caucasian 1889-1895	box 11	folder 253
	box	folder
The Caucasian 1895-1898	11	254
The Caucasian 1898-1913	11	255
Misc. notes	11	256
Photocopies of Butler's papers	11	257-258
Photocopies of Butler's papers	12	259-263
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Series 4: Teaching
	box	folder
Sociology 107 - social psychology	13	264
Soc. 110 - group behavior - special interest groups	13	265-269
Soc. 110 - exams	13	270-271
Soc. 110 - notes from Collective Behavior by LaPiere	13	272
Soc. 300 - social change - lectures	13	273
Soc. 100 - social change	13	274
Soc. 100 - notes from Social Evolution by Keller	13	275
Soc. 100	13	275-276
Study questions to accompany An Intro. to Western Civ.	13	277
Soc. 100 - social change - extension class	13	278
Soc. 100	13	279
Soc. 300	13	280
Soc. 100	13	281
Soc. 205 - principles of sociology	13	282-283
Soc. 205 - student papers on advanced soc. course	13	284
Soc. 205	13	285
Soc. 185 - seminar - fields of study	13	286
Soc. 178 - history of social thought	13	287
Soc. 61b - principles of sociology (for nurses)	13	288
Soc. 178	13	289
Soc. 177	13	290
Soc. 111 - public opinion and propaganda	13	291
Soc. 311	13	292
Soc. 111	13	293
Soc. 111 - public opinion survey 1952	13	294
Soc. 111	13	295-296
Soc. 154 - juvenile delinquency	13	297
Soc. 154 - juvenile delinquency	14	298
Soc. 1 - motivation	14	299
Soc. 1 - emotion	14	300
Culture and institutions	14	301
Soc. 1 - individual and society	14	302-303
Soc. 1 - what is society?	14	304
Soc. 1 - Yoder's outline	14	305
Man's nature and society	14	306
Secondary groups	14	307
Soc. 1 - human nature (acquired)	14	308
Soc. 1 - emotion	14	309
Soc. 1 - human nature (original)	14	310
Soc. 1	14	311
Maps	14	312
Bibliographies on teaching sociology	14	313
Introduction to Sociology (book) - outline	14	314
Quality of college teaching	14	315
Farm and wheat prices	14	316-317
Request for research grant	14	318
Bibliographies - religion and rural	14	319
Bibliographies for Soc. 404 - rural soc.	14	320
Bibs. on political parties and government	14	321
Northwest Conversation League	14	322
Frontier soc.	14	323-324
Evaluations of instructors and courses by senior class 1939	14	325
Studies in teaching and curriculum	14	326
Frontier soc.	14	327
Japanese agriculture	14	328
Rural soc.	14	329
Soc. 145 - rural organization	14	330-331
Soc. 145 - community organization	14	332
Soc. 145 - 20th century agriculture	14	333
Soc. 40 - rural soc.	14	334
Misc. notes	14	335-336
Soc. 105 - social morality	14	337
Soc. 105 - social ethics	14	338
Soc. 105 - exam	14	339
Soc. 40 - rural soc.	15	340
Soc. 10515	15	341
Soc. 1 - human nature	15	342
Soc. 1 - learned behavior	15	343
Permissions from book companies	15	344
Soc. 1 - intro. to soc.	15	345
Soc. 1 - geography and society	15	346
Soc. 1 - population and society	15	347
Soc. 1 - Social Security Board pictures	15	348
Correspondence about photographs	15	349
Soc. 1 - outline by chapters	15	350
Soc. 1 - social institutions	15	351
Soc. lecture notes	15	352
Articles on social science	15	353
Institutions	15	354
Human Nature and Social Order by Cooley - notes	15	355
Soc. 1 - groups	15	356
Misc. notes	15	357-358
Soc. 1 text - suggestions/criticisms	15	359
Soc. 1 - introduction	15	360
Rural soc. - typed lectures	15	361
Rural soc. - notes, pamphlets	15	362
Rural soc.	15	363
Rural soc. 1941-1942	15	364
Rural soc. - pamphlets, census maps	15	365
Rural soc.	15	366
Soc. 113 - social movements - typed lectures	15	367
Soc. 113 - democracy	15	368
Misc. notes	15	369
Soc. 113 - capitalism	15	370
Soc. 113 - general character	15	371
notes on Locke's Reflections on Revolutions of Our Times	15	372
Soc. 113 - Russian communism - inc. paper clip. from WWII	16	373
Misc. notes	16	374-375
Soc. 136 - social movements - the socialist state	16	376
Russian-American relations	16	377
Soc. 136 - socialist state	16	378-379
Soc. 136 - facism	16	380
Soc. 136 - nazism	16	381
Soc. 113 - general characteristics	16	382
Soc. 113 - pre-capitalist society	16	383
Soc. 113 - capitalism	16	384
Soc. 113 - democracy	16	385
Soc. 113 - communism	16	386
Soc. 113- communism	16	387
World communism	16	388
Fascism	16	389
Soc. 113 - communism	16	390
Soc. 136 - democracy	16	391
Soc. 136 - socialism	16	392
Student papers - Karl Marx and violence	16	393
Soc. 113 - facism, student exams	16	394
Soc. 113 - democracy	16	395
Exam key - Soc. 100, 110	16	396
Socialism in U.S.	16	397
Soc. 113 - Americanism	16	398
Soc. 113 - student evaluations	16	399
Soc. 113 - communism in U.S.	16	400
Introductory Sociology by Yoder 1946	16	401
Introduction to Sociology (mimeograph) Vol. I, by Yoder	16	402
Introduction to Sociology (mimeograph) Vol. II, III	16	403
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Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects
	box	folder
Misc. notes	17	404
Congressional record - Hal Holmes, 83rd Congress - 4th Wash.	17	405
Populism in North Carolina - questions	17	406
John C. Calhoun - bibliography	17	407
James A. Madison - correspondence about	17	408
Senator George W. Norris (Nebraska) - correspondence about	17	409
Dr. Franz Oppenheimer - correspondence with	17	410
Thorstein Veblen - notes	17	411
Woodrow Wilson centennial - misc. items 1956	17	412-413
Correspondence about Yoder's Intro. to Agricultural Econ.	17	414
Corresp. about publications	17	415
Misc. corresp. and other	17	416
Personal corresp. - salary requests, property questions	17	417
Garden	17	418
Misc. corresp.	17	419
Land corresp.	17	420
Misc. notes	17	421
Washington State Democratic Party - misc.	17	422
Washington State Democratic Party 1950s	17	423
Washington 4th district Democratic Council correspondence
	box	folder
1950s	17	424
mailing list	17	425
corr. about Hatch Act, platforms 1950 and 1952	17	426
platform and notes 1954	17	427
	box	folder
Misc. - inc. information on Christian colleges	17	428
Wheat prices and problems, Fullbright information	17	429
Farmer's union and progressive movement - corr.	17	430
Northwest conservation league	17	431
Washington 4th district 1955	17	432
Taxation in Washington	17	433
Whitman Co. democratic party	17	434
Misc. - Marion Butler and Robert LaFollette	17	434.5
Graham Wallace	17	435
The Field of Political Sociology by L.L. Bernard	17	436
Pacific Northwest history - E.A. Bryan lecture notes	17	437
Publications of law book companies 1949	17	438
Fulbright information	17	439
Whitman Co. history - inc. typed narratives	17	440
Speeches by Yoder	17	441
Misc. - Asian politics 1950s	17	442
Speech by Yoder - Education for a new world order	17	443
Commencement addresses	17	444
Speeches by Yoder	17	445-449
Public speaking - notes	17	450
Yoder campaign photos - 4th congressional dist. WA 1944	17	451
Yoder for Congress 1954	17	452
Misc. Yoder campaign material 1954	17	453
Yoder campaign media receipts	17	454
Personal recommendations	17	455
Army discharge papers 1943	17	456
Recommendations, resume information 1920	17	457
Military records	17	458
Sympathy cards on the death of Wilma Yoder's mother	17	459
Brochure asking for building to be named after ancestor	17	460
Misc. notebooks	17	461
Misc. including corr.	17	462
Law School
	box	folder
information	18	463
catalogs	18	464
notes - contracts	18	465
notes - misc.	18	466
notes - insurance	18	467
notes - insurance - typed	18	468
notes - insurance	18	469
notes - damages	18	470
notes - state vs cities	18	471
notes - insurance	18	472
notes - misc.	18	473-476
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Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Guide to the Fred Roy Yoder Papers circa 1890-circa 1980
Cage 620

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Preferred Citation

Biography/History

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Acquisition Information

Related Materials

Related Material

Separated Material

Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Geographic Name(s)

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Subject(s)

Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history

John R. Rogers

Misc. notes on Northwest history

Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette

Series 3: Marion Butler

Butler Papers, notes

Newspaper notes:

The News and Observer 1898-1900

The Caucasian 1889-1895

Series 4: Teaching

Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects

Washington 4th district Democratic Council correspondence

Law School

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Guide to the Fred Roy Yoder Papers circa 1890-circa 1980Cage 620

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Preferred Citation

Biography/History

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Acquisition Information

Related Materials

Related Material

Separated Material

Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Geographic Name(s)

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :

Subject(s)

Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history

John R. Rogers

Misc. notes on Northwest history

Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette

Series 3: Marion Butler

Butler Papers, notes

Newspaper notes:

The News and Observer 1898-1900

The Caucasian 1889-1895

Series 4: Teaching

Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects

Washington 4th district Democratic Council correspondence

Law School

Guide to the Fred Roy Yoder Papers circa 1890-circa 1980
Cage 620