John Andrew Simpson Collection
Scope and Contents
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Correspondence (1917-1934) with Simpson regarding Oklahoma Farmers' Union and National Farmers' Union policies, issues and activities, including financial papers and meeting minutes of both organizations, and Simpson's nomination for the office of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in Franklin Roosevelt's first cabinet. Correspondents include Franklin Roosevelt, Huey P. Long, Henry Morgenthau, James A. Farley and Elmer Thomas. Also in the collection are diaries (1924-1934), transcripts of radio and other speeches (1919-1933), clippings (n.d.) and newspapers (1917-1934) all relating to farm topics.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1934
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
2.66 Cubic Feet (2.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Mildred Simpson.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Simpson, Mildred. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1946.
Subject
- Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 (Person)
- Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 (Person)
- Ferris, Scott, 1877-1945 (Person)
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Person)
- Lasater, Edward Cunningham, 1860-1930 (Person)
- La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 (Person)
- Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935 (Person)
- Lundeen, Ernest, 1878-1940 (Person)
- McFadden, Louis T. (Louis Thomas), 1876-1936 (Person)
- Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967 (Person)
- Pierce, Walter Marcus, 1861-1954 (Person)
- Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 (Person)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (Person)
- Simpson, John A. (John Andrew), 1871-1934 (Person)
- Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 (Person)
- Swank, Fletcher B., 1875- (Person)
- Thomas, Elmer, 1876-1965 (Person)
- Erick Chamber of Commerce (Okla.) (Organization)
- Farmers Education and Cooperative Union of America (Organization)
- Farmers Union Central Exchange (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Organization)
- American Farm Bureau Federation (Organization)
- National Farmers' Union (U.S.) (Organization)
- National Popular Government League (Organization)
- Oklahoma Farmers' Union (Organization)
- National Grange (Organization)
- United States. Department of Agriculture (Organization)
- Weatherford Council of Defense (Okla.) (Organization)
- Democratic Party (Okla.) (Organization)
- Cheek, Tom W. (Person)
- Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912) (Organization)
- McCool, R. M. (Person)
- McGill, George (Person)
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
