b0129 Elbert D. Thomas Papers, 1933-1950 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 129 Thomas, Elbert D. 1883-1953. Elbert D. Thomas Papers, 1933-1950 Originals, 121.5 lin. ft. (243 boxes) Educator, Mormon missionary to Japan, U.S. Senator from Utah, 1933-1951. Includes correspondence, speeches, clippings. Papers are divided into 10 general files that are integrated together and only identified at the box level on the register. Topics: Depressions -- 1929-1938 -- United States. Federal government in Utah. New Deal, 1933-1939. World War, 1939-1945. Organizations: United States -- Congress -- Senate. Places: United States -- Politics and government, 1933-1945. United States -- Military History. United States -- History, 1933-1945. United States -- History, 1945-1953. Background Biographical Note

Educator, Mormon missionary to Japan, U.S. Senator from Utah, 1933-1951.

 Scope and Content

Includes correspondence, speeches, clippings. Papers are divided into 10 general files that are integrated together and only identified at the box level on the register. Main files are organized as follows:

Letterbooks (1907-1912) of Thomas's service in the LDS Japanese Mission. the letters describe his life in the mission, social customs and economic life of the Japanese, and general observations of weather, geography, etc., in other Asian countries.

"Speeches and Articles" (1922-1950) is a file of chronologically arranged drafts and other copies of speeches and address items. Also included is correspondence concerning speech invitations and speech and article publication. An appendix with a chronological listing of speeches is included.

A series of small files with headings of subjects, names and agencies. Topics include the Democratic campaigns of 1932, 1936 and 1938; lists of contributors and campaign fund disbursement information; and Committee papers such as Committee on Military Affairs, Strategic War Materials, Civil Liberties, Education and Labor, and Mines and Mining. Other subjects not strictly political are also represented. After 1938 similar records are incorporated into the main files.

The "General File" holds the material from daily Senatorial business. Subjects addressed include agriculture, atomic energy, commerce, conservation, church organizations, educational institutions, labor unions and other legislative concerns. Particular mention should be given to the war mobilization, prosecution of the war, and peace demobilization, post war leadership, and the United Nations. Chronological by year and thereafter by subject.

"Legislative Files" contain correspondence from all levels with regard to the drafting and passage of legislation. It also includes published and printed legislative records, bills, and resolutions. Chronologic and by broad subject therein.

"Executive Files" These include materials dealing with the interrelation of executive and legislative functioning, mostly correspondence with agencies, the conduct of foreign affairs, subsidy controls, veterans cases, tariffs, immigration, and the administration of justice. Arranged chronologically and then alphabeticaly by entity title.

"Personnel Files" deal with the recruitment and employment of civilian and military personal, including appointments to U.S. military academies. Ordered chronologically and then alphabetically by name.

"Cross Reference File" contain carbons of replies to incoming letters in the mail files. Arranged alphabetically by name or agency.

Miscellaneous materials such as mounted newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, relating to Senator Thomas's public and personal activities.

 Series Descriptions

Biographical material

Japanese Mission letterbooks and journals

Edna Harker Thomas diaries

Scrapbooks

Personal files and cross references

General files

Speeches and articles

Legislative files

Executive Files

Miscellaneous

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Elbert D. Thomas Papers, 1933-1950, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Transferred from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.

 Restrictions on Use

The Elbert D. Thomas Papers are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Stephen D. Youngkin, 1989 Finding aid compiled by Stephen D. Youngkin, 1989 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A104). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Separations

Photographs have been removed and filed as Mss C 129.

 Container list Box Folder Contents Register 1 1 Original register from Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York Biographical material 1 2 Spiritual autobiography and correspondence, 1949-1950 1 3 Legislative record, 1907-1912; 1932-1950 226 Clipping service packets, 1932-1950 Japanese Mission letterbooks and journals 1 4 Correspondence, 31 December 1907 - 3 June 1910 1 5 Correspondence, 6 June 1909 - 15 September 1910 2 1 Journal, 10 January 1910 - 10 September 1911; Letters, 19 September 1911 - 14 October 1911 2 2 Correspondence, 18 September 1911 - 22 October 1912 2 3 Correspondence, 20 October 1912 - 22 January 1913 Edna Harker Thomas diaries 3 1 12 October 1907 - 12 November 1909 3 2 2 November 1909 - 24 October 1912 3 3 "Things and That," 31 October 1909 - 21 October 1912 3 4 Special diary about Chiyo, May 1910 - May 1912 3 5 Around the world diary, 24 October 1912 - 12 June 1928 3 6 18 July 1928 - 12 July 1941 3 7 21 February 1933 - 11 August 1933 3 8 7 November 1933 - 15 January 1934 3 9 Daily diary, 1934 3 10 Daily diary, 1935 (in book printed for 1934) 3 11 Daily diary, 1936 3 12 Daily diary, 1937 3 13 Daily diary, 1938 4 1 Daily diary, 1939 4 2 Daily diary, 1940 4 3 Daily diary, 1941 4 4 Daily diary, 1942 Scrapbooks 228 Scrapbooks, 1907; Chinese and political thought, 1918-1926 229 Scrapbooks; 1-4, 1932-1938 230 Scrapbooks; 5 (1937-1938), 6 (1937-1938) Labor and Civil Liberties Committee, 7 (1937-1938) Chicago Riot, Campaign, 8 (1938) Election 231 Scrapbooks; 9 (1939), 10 (1940), 11 (1941 232 Scrapbooks; 12 (January-September, 1942), 13 (November-December, 1942, January, 1943) 233 Scrapbooks; 14 (January, 1944-February, 1945) 234 Scrapbooks; 15 (March-September, 1945) 235 Scrapbooks; 16 (September, 1945-September, 1946) 236 Scrapbooks; 17 (October, 1946-January, 1947), 18 (February, 1947-January 16, 1948, 19 (January to December, 1948) 237 Scrapbooks; 20 (January-May, 1949) [Located in oversized Mss B collection] 238 Scrapbooks; 21 (June-December, 1949), 22 (January-November, 1950) [Located in oversized Mss B collection] Personal files and cross references 1933-1939 14 4 Correspondence: A-B 15 Correspondence: C-E 16 Correspondence: F-K 17 Correspondence: L-N 18 Correspondence: P-T 19 Correspondence: T 20 Correspondence: U-Y 1939-1940 28 Personal File, 1940 Correspondence A-W 28 1 Personal File, 1939-1940 28 2 Senate Bills, 1939-1940 28 3 Election returns, 1940 1941 29 Personal file: Correspondence A-F 30 Personal File, Correspondence G-M 31 Personal file: Correspondence M-T 32 Personal File: Correspondence U-W 1942 33 Personal File: Correspondence THOMAS 33 1 Army personnel: Correspondence A-E 34 1 Army personnel: Correspondence F-Z 35 1 Correspondence: West Point Appointments 35 2 Correspondence: Chief of Chaplains 35 3 Navy personnel: Correspondence A-Z 35 4 Civilian personnel: A-D 36 1 Civilian personnel: Correspondence E-R 37 1 Civilian personnel, Correspondence S-Y 37 2 Bomb Japan literature (B-1) 37 3 Civilian Conservation Corps (C-1) 1943 41 2 Personal file: Correspondence 42 1 Condolence Correspondence: Death of Edna Harker Thomas 42 2 Correspondence: Chiyo Thomas 42 3 Cross References: Correspondence A-Ba 43 Cross References: Correspondence Be-Gi 44 Cross References: Correspondence Gl-Mc 45 Cross References: Correspondence Me-Sy 46 Cross References: Correspondence T-Z 1944 62 1 "20 Million Forgotten Americans" and Correspondence 62 2 Personal file: Correspondence January- February 63 Personal file: Correspondence March-Dec 63 1 Chiyo Thomas 64 Cross references: Correspondence A-G 65 Cross references: Correspondence H-Ph 66 Cross references: Correspondence Pl-Z 66 1 Correspondence 1945 80 2 Personal file: Correspondence A-R 81 Personal file: Correspondence S-Z 81 1 Cross references: Correspondence A-Cy 82 Cross references: Correspondence D-Ki 83 Cross references: Correspondence K-R 84 Cross references: Correspondence S-Z 1946 95 2 Personal file: Correspondence A-K 96 Personal file: Correspondence L-Z 96 1 Cross references: Correspondence 97 Cross references: Correspondence 98 Cross references: Correspondence 1947 108 10 Personal file: Correspondence A-E 109 Personal file: Correspondence F-Z 109 1 Cross references: Correspondence A-Bo 110 Cross references: Correspondence Br-G 111 Cross references: Correspondence H-Ma 112 Cross references: Correspondence Me-Sq 113 Cross references: Correspondence St-Z 1948 135 Personal file: Correspondence A-W 136 Cross references: Correspondence A-F 137 Cross references: Correspondence G-M 138 Cross references: Correspondence N-Z 1949 155 Personal file: Correspondence A-Q 156 Personal file: Correspondence R-Y 156 1 Cross references: Correspondence A-Ce 157 Cross references: Correspondence Ch-Ha 158 Cross references: Correspondence He-Mi 159 Cross references: Correspondence Mo-Sh 160 Cross references: Correspondence Si-Z 1950 190 Personal file: Correspondence A-R 191 Personal file: Correspondence S-W 191 1 Cross references: Correspondence A-Ce 192 Cross references: Correspondence Ch-F 193 Cross references: Correspondence G-K 194 Cross references: Correspondence L-Ph 195 Cross references: Correspondence Pi-T 196 Cross references: Correspondence U-Z 1951-1953 224 1 Correspondence: The President, 1951-1952 224 2 Correspondence A-W, 1952 224 3 Correspondence C-S, 1953 224 4 Miscellaneous, Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, 1951-1952 225 1 Miscellaneous, Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, 1951-1952 225 2 Obituaries 225 3 Miscellaneous condolence-memorial, 1953 General files 1933-1938 21 1 Democratic organization: Correspondence A- Z 21 2 Campaign expense ledger, 1936 (C-1) 21 3 Certificate of election, 1938 (C-2) 21 4 Campaign correspondence, 1938 (C-3) 22 1 Campaign speeches, 1938 22 2 Campaign speeches and articles, labor, 1938 (C-5) 22 3 Campaign literature, 1938 (C-6) 22 4 Campaign contributions and contributors, expenditures, publicity statements, 1938 (C-7) 22 5 Campaign: Congratulations, 1938 (C-8) 22 6 Campaign: Thank you letters, 1938 (C-9) 23 1 Campaign expenditures investigation Committee (C-10) 23 2 The Constitution in Relation to Legislation, Correspondence (C-11) 23 3 Mexican Claims Committee (Com-1) 23 4 Military Affairs Committee (Com-2) 23 5 Senate Judiciary Committee, Investigation of National Labor Relations Board (SC-1) 23 6 Federal Trade Commission Report, Public Utilities (SC-2) 24 1 Strategic War Materials Committee (SC-3) 24 2 Military Affairs Committee A-Z (SC-4) 24 3 Mines and Mining Committee (SC-5) 25 1 Mines and Mining Committee (SC-5) 25 2 La Follette Civil Liberties Sub-Committee, "Silver Shirt" Charges (SC-6) 25 3 Committee on Education and Labor (SC-7) 25 4 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission, 1933-1939 (SC-8) 26 1 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission, 1939-1950 (SC-8) 26 1934-1938 27 1 Senate Bills, 1934-1938 27 2 Yea and Nay Votes, 1933-1938 27 3 Public Works Administration--Utah, 1937- 1938 27 4 Correspondence: American Society of International Law and American Academy of Political Science 27 5 Correspondence: Carnegie 27 6 Correspondence: Interparliamentary Union 27 7 Correspondence: Jewish Activities 27 8 Correspondence: League of Nations Association 27 9 Correspondence: Oberlaender Trust 27 1942 38 1 Military Affairs Committee (Com-1) 38 2 Democratic National Committee (D-1) 38 3 General (Lat-1) 38 4 Senate bills (Leg-1) 38 5 Newspaper releases (N-1) 38 6 Selective Service (S-1) 39 1 Thomas Jefferson, World Citizen, Correspondence (T-1) 39 2 Utah: Democratic Committee (Ut-1) 39 3 Utah: Governor Maw (Ut-2) 39 4 Utah: J. Will Robinson (Ut-3) 1943 46 1 General file, 1943 46 2 General (A-l) 46 3 American Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs (A-2) 46 4 American Political Science Association (A- 3) 46 5 American Society of International Law (A- 4) 46 6 Aviation (A-5) 46 7 Agriculture (Ag-1) 47 1 Agriculture (Ag-1) 47 2 Agricultural Adjustment Act (Ag-2) 47 3 Farm Credit Administration (Ag-3) 47 4 Farm Labor (Ag-4) 47 5 Farm Security Administration (Ag-5) 47 6 Forests (Ag-6) 47 7 General (B-1) 47 8 General (C-1) 47 9 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (C- 2) 47 10 Civil Aeronautical Authority (C-3) 48 1 Commission to Study Organization of Peace (C- 4) 48 2 Congratulations and condolences (C-5) 48 3 Citizens Conference on International Economic Union (C-6) 48 4 Education and Labor Committee (Com-1) 48 5 Finance Committee (Com-2) 48 6 Foreign Relations (Com-3) 49 1 Military Affairs Committee (Com-4) 49 2 Sub-Committee to Study Japanese Prisoner Problem (Com-5) 49 3 General (D-1) 49 4 Joseph E. Davies, Mission to Moscow (D-2) 49 5 General (E-1) 49 6 General (F-1) 49 7 Federal Housing Administration (Fed-1) 49 8 Federal Security Agency (Fed-2) 49 9 Federal Works Agency (Fed-3) 50 1 Far Eastern Affairs (For-1) 50 2 India (For-2) 50 3 General (G-1) 50 4 General (H-1) 50 5 Housing (H-2) 50 6 General (I-1) 50 7 Inventions (I-2) 50 8 Invitations (I-3) 51 1 Invitations (I-3) 51 2 General (Int-1) 51 3 General Land Office (Int-2) 51 4 General (J-1) 51 5 Jewish Literature (J-2) 52 1 Justice Department, Alien Control Unit (Jus-1) 52 2 General (K-1 and L-1) 52 3 Lend Lease (L-2) 52 4 Labor Department (Lab-1) 52 5 General (Lat-1) 52 6 Senate Bills S400-S1581 (Leg-1) 52 7 General (M-1) 52 8 Mexican Claims (M-2) 53 1 Mining and Minerals, Strategic (M-3) 53 2 General (N-1) 53 3 Natural Resources Planning Board (N-2) 53 4 National Youth Administration (N-3) 53 5 Newspaper Releases and Correspondence (N- 4) 53 6 National Labor Relations Board (N-5) 53 7 General (O-1 and P-1) 54 1 Post War Planning (P-2) 54 3 The President 54 4 General (P.O.-1) 55 1 General (R-1) 55 2 Roads and Highways (R-2) 55 3 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (R-3) 55 4 General (S-1) 55 5 Selective Service (S-2) 55 6 Silver (S-3) 55 7 Social Security (S-4) 55 8 Soviet Russia (S-5) 56 1 General (St-1) 56 2 General (T-1) 56 3 Poll Tax Bill (T-2) 56 4 General (Tr-1) 56 5 General (Ut-1) 56 6 Utah Democratic Committee (Ut-2) 56 7 Utah Campaign (Ut-3) 56 8 Utah: Coal (Ut-4) 56 9 Utah: Construction Projects (Ut-5) 56 10 Utah State Agricultural College (Ut-6) 57 1 University of Utah (Ut-7) 57 2 Veterans Administration (V-1) 57 3 General (W-1) 57 4 General (War-1) 57 5 Economic Stabilization (War-2) 57 6 Inter-American Affairs (War-3) 57 7 National War Labor Board (War-4) 58 1 Petroleum Administrator (War-5) 58 2 Office of Price Administration A-Z (War- 6) 59 1 Office of Price Administration O-Z (War- 6) 59 2 Office of Price Administration, Rent Control (War- 7) 59 3 War Information (War-8) 59 4 War Manpower Commission (War-9) 60 1 War Production Board (War-10) 60 2 War Production Board, Dee Memorial Hospital (War-11) 60 3 War Relocation Authority (War-12) 60 4 Board of Economic Welfare (War-13) 60 5 Office of Defense Transportation (War-14) 60 6 Food Distribution Administration (War-15) 60 7 Office of War Information (War-16) 60 8 Dependency Benefits (War-17) 60 9 Medical Corps (War-18) 60 10 Wacs and Waves (War-19) 60 11 General (Y-1) 1944 67 1 General (A-1) 67 2 Aviation (A-2) 67 3 General (Ag-1) 67 4 Farm Credit and Farm Security Administration (Ag- 2) 67 5 War Food Administration (Ag-3) 67 6 General (B-1) 67 7 General (C-1) 67 8 Commission to Study the Organization of Peace (C-2) 68 1 Congress (C-3) 68 2 1944 Campaign: Correspondence (C-4) 68 3 1944 Campaign: Correspondence, News Releases (C-5) 68 4 1944 Campaign: Miscellaneous articles and pamphlets (C-6) 68 5 Education and Labor (Com-1) 69 1 Foreign Relations (Com-2) 69 2 Sub-Committee: Prisoner of War Problem (Com- 3) 69 3 Military Affairs (Com-3) 69 4 General (D-1) 69 5 Democratic National Committee (D-2) 69 6 General (E-1) 69 7 East and West Association (E-2) 69 8 General (F-1) 69 9 Fan mail (F-2) 69 10 Federal Farm Credit (Fed-1) 70 1 Federal Works Agency (Fed-2) 70 2 Federal Communications Commission (Fed-3) 70 3 Far Eastern Affairs (For-1) 70 4 India (For-2) 70 5 General (G-1) 70 6 Report on a Conference on Germany after the War (G-2) 70 7 General (H-1) 70 8 General (I-1) 70 9 General (Int-1) 70 10 General Land Office (Int-2) 71 1 General (J-1) 71 2 Jewish literature (J-2) 71 3 General (Jus-1) 71 4 General (K-1 and L-1) 71 5 General (Lab-) 71 6 International Labor Organization Conference (Lab-2) 72 1 International Labor Organization Conference: Record of Proceedings (Lab-2) 72 2 General (Lat-1) 72 3 Senate bills S1618-S2105 and correspondence (Leg-1) 72 4 General (M-1) 72 5 Mining and Strategic Minerals (M-2) 72 6 General (N-1) 72 7 National Labor Relations Board (N-2) 73 1 Our Four Fears, Manuscript (O-1) 73 2 Our Four Fears, Correspondence (O-1) 73 3 Our Four Fears, Correspondence and Press Materials (O-1) 73 4 General (P-1) 74 1 Post war planning (P-2) 74 2 Projects approved (P-3) 74 3 General (P.O.-1) 74 4 The President 74 5 General (R-1) 74 6 General (S-1) 74 7 Special Services Committee (S-2) 74 8 Staff correspondence (S-3) 74 9 General (St-1) 74 10 Prisoners of War (St-2) 75 1 Ten Peace Fundamentals (T-1) 75 2 General (Tr-1) 75 3 General (Ut-1) 75 4 Army Specialized Training Reserve Program and Army Air Training Camp at Logan (Ut-2) 75 5 Chamber of Commerce, Salt Lake City (Ut-3) 75 6 Utah Democratic Committee (Ut-4) 75 7 Utah State Agricultural College (Ut-5) 75 8 University of Utah (Ut-6) 75 9 Utah State Society (Ut-7) 76 1 General (V-1) 76 2 General (W-1) 76 3 Wool (W-2) 76 4 General (War-1) 76 5 National War Labor Board (War-2) 76 6 Office of Price Administration (War-3) 77 1 Office of Price Administration (War-3) 77 2 Office of War Information (War-4) 77 3 War Manpower Commission (War-5) 77 4 War Production Board (War-6) 77 5 Office of War Mobilization (War-7) 77 6 Dependency benefits (War-8) 77 7 General (X-1 and Z-1) 1945 84 1 General (A-1, B-1 and C-1) 85 1 Ewing Cockrell (C-2) 85 2 General (D-1, E-1 and F-1) 85 3 Fan mail (F-2) 85 4 Far East (For-1) 85 5 India (For-2), Jews (For-3), Russia (For-4), Miscellaneous (For-5), Germany (For-6) 86 1 General (G-1, H-1, I-1, J-1 and K-1) 86 2 General (Lat-1) 86 3 General (L-1, M-1, N-1, O-1 and P-1) 86 4 General Post War Planning (P-2) 86 5 Committee to Study Organization of Peace (P- 3) 86 6 General (R-1, S-1 and T-1) 86 7 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (Un-1) 87 1 Educational and Cultural Organization of the United Nations, Draft Proposals at London Conference (1 August 1945) (Un-2) 87 2 General (Ut-1) 87 3 Geneva Steel (Ut-2) 87 4 Utah politics (Ut-3) 88 1 University of Utah (Ut-4) 88 2 Ogden Utah Water Supply (Ut-5) 88 3 Utah Medical Center (Ut-6) 88 4 General (W-1 and XYZ-1) 88 5 Legislative file, 1945 88 6 Demobilization, October-November 88 1946 98 1 General file, 1946 98 2 Ewing Cockrell (C-1) 99 1 Fan mail (F-1) 99 2 Jews (For-1) 99 3 Miscellaneous (For-2) 99 4 General (H-1, J-1 and K-1) 99 5 Miscellaneous (Lat-1) 99 6 International Labor Organization (Lab-1) 99 7 General (Ut-1) 1947 113 1 General File, 1947 113 2 General (A-1, B-1 and C-1) 113 3 Ewing Cockrell (C-2) 114 1 General (D-) 114 2 National Democratic Committee (D-2) 114 3 General (F-1) 114 4 Fan mail (F-2) 114 5 Far East (For-1) 114 6 India (For-2) 114 7 Jews (For-3) 114 8 Russia (For-4) 115 1 Germany (For-6) 115 2 Miscellaneous (For-7) 115 3 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings 115 4 General (G-1, H-1, J-1 and L-1) 115 5 General (Lat-1) 115 6 General (M-1 and L-1) 115 7 Library of Congress (Lit-1) 115 8 Education (Lit-2) 116 1 Reciprocal trade (Lit-3) 116 2 Labor (Lit-4) 116 3 Universal Military Training (Lit-5) 116 4 Atomic Energy (Lit-6) 116 5 Cooperatives (Lit-7) 117 1 General (M-1 to R-1) 117 2 Receipt of literature, January-March 1947 118 1 Receipt of literature, April-December 1947 119 1 General (S-1 to U-1) 119 2 General (Ut-1) 119 3 Ft. Douglas (Utah) (Ut-2) 119 4 Geneva Steel Plant (Ut-3) 119 5 Utah politics (Ut-4) 119 6 Utah State Agricultural College (Ut-5) 119 1 University of Utah (Ut-6) 119 2 University of Utah Library (Ut-7) 119 3 Utah Medical Center (Ut-8) 119 4 Utah Centennial (Ut-9) 119 5 General (W-1) 1948 139 1 Ewing Cockrell (C-1) 139 2 Democratic National Committee, Publicity Division (D-1) 139 3 Fan mail (F-1) 139 4 Labor (Lit-1) 139 5 Receipt of literature, January-March 1948 140 1 Receipt of literature, April-December 1948 140 2 General (Ut-1) 140 3 Ft. Douglas (Utah) (Ut-2) 141 1 Ft. Douglas (Utah) (Ut-2) 1949 161 1 General (A-1, C-1) 161 2 Ewing Cockrell (C-2) 161 3 Colorado Upper Basin and Riparian Heights (C-3) 161 4 Feramorz L. Clawson, funeral remarks 161 5 Democratic National Committee (D-1) 161 6 General (E-1) 161 7 European Recovery Program (E-2) 162 1 European Recovery Program (E-2) 162 2 EIMCO Corporation: Correspondence (E-3) 162 3 Economics of Truman Doctrine (E-4) 162 4 Fan Mail (F-1) 162 5 Fullbright Act (F-2) 162 6 Far East (For-1) 163 1 Far East (For-1) 163 2 Israel (For-2) 163 3 Russia (For-3) 163 4 Germany (For-4) 163 5 Europe (For-5) 163 6 General (G-1, H-1 and I-1); Kerrick (K-2) 163 7 General (Lat-1) 163 8 Labor (Lit-1) 164 1 Cooperatives (Lit-2); Business Action (Lit- 3) 164 2 General (M-1, N-1, S-1 and T-1); National Theater (T-2) 164 3 General (Tr-1) 164 4 Utah general (Ut-1) 165 1 Utah politics (Ut-2) 165 2 Utah State Agricultural College (Ut-3) 165 3 University of Utah (Ut-4) 165 4 World calendar (W-1) 165 5 General (XYZ-1) 165 6 Receipt of literature and correspondence, January-June 1949 166 1 Receipt of literature and correspondence, July-December 1949 166 2 Legislative general, Correspondence January, 1949 166 1 General file, 1950 166 2 Alaska Statehood (A-1) 166 3 General (B-1) 166 4 General (C-1) 166 5 Miscellaneous campaign correspondence (C-2) 1950 197 1 Miscellaneous campaign correspondence (C- 2) 198 1 Miscellaneous campaign correspondence (C-2) 198 2 Republican campaign, correspondence and newspaper clippings (C-3) 198 3 Miscellaneous campaign materials (C-4) 198 4 Labor Campaign, newspapers (C-5) 199 1 Utah Precinct Voting Records (C-6) 199 2 Campaign newspaper clippings (C-7) 199 3 Campaign speeches and press releases (C-8) 199 4 Campaign condolence correspondence (C-9) 200 1 Ewing Cockrell (C-10) 200 2 Colorado River Upper Basin and Riparian Rights (C-11) 200 3 Congressional Record List (C-12) 200 4 Democratic National Committee (D-1) 200 5 General (E-1) 200 6 European Recovery Program (E-2) 200 7 EIMCO (E-3) 200 8 Fan Mail (F-1) 201 1 Far East (For-1) 201 2 Israel (For-2) 201 3 Russia (For-3) 201 4 Germany (For-4) 201 5 Europe (For-5) 201 6 General (G-1) 201 7 Hawaiian Statehood (H-1) 201 8 General (K-1) 202 1 General (Lat-1) 202 2 General (M-1) 202 3 This Nation Under God, Correspondence (N-1) 202 4 General (P-1, S-1) 202 5 General (Ut-1) 202 6 Politics (Ut-2) 202 7 University of Utah (Ut-3) 203 1 Utah Mining Association (Ut-4) 203 2 Brigham Young Monument: Correspondence (Ut-5) 203 3 General (V-1) 203 4 Wool Industry (W-1) 203 5 Literature Received and Correspondence January- December 1950 Speeches and articles 1930-1939 5 1 Pre 1932 - November 1935 5 2 Undated 6 1 January 1936 - February 1937 7 1 February-November 1937 7 2 Speech: Correspondence, 1934-1937 7 3 January-April 1938 8 1 April-December 1938 8 2 Radio releases, 1938 8 3 News releases, 1938 8 4 January-April 1939 9 1 May-December 1939 10 1 Labor 10 2 Utah 10 3 Radio addresses, 1939 (KSUB, KLO, KUTA, KEUB) 1940 10 4 January-June 1940 10 5 Congressional Record Index, 1940 11 1 July-December 1940 11 2 Radio speeches, 1940; KSUB, KLO, KUTA, KEUB 12 1 Radio speeches, 1940; KOVO 1941 12 2 Index to speeches and articles, 1941 12 3 Congressional Record Index 12 4 Speeches and articles, January-December 1941 12 5 Speeches, undated 12 6 Radio speeches, 1941 13 1 Radio speeches, 1941 1942 13 2 Congressional Record Index, 1942 13 3 Speeches and articles, January-October 1942 14 1 Speeches and articles, October-December 1942 14 2 Miscellaneous and undated speeches, 1942 14 3 Radio releases and correspondence (Japanese Broadcasts) 1943 40 1 Speeches and articles, January-December 1943 41 Miscellaneous undated speeches 41 1 Radio releases and correspondence 1944 61 1 Speeches and articles, January-December 61 2 Congressional Record Indexes 61 3 Index to speeches and articles 61 1945 78 1 January-September 1945 78 2 Congressional Record Indexes 78 3 Indexes to speeches and articles 79 1 October-December 1945 79 2 Commentaries prepared for press and radio on Brussels, Belgium, Office of War Information, June-September 1945 79 3 News releases; statements and correspondence, broadcasts to Japan, Office of War Information 79 4 Articles, statements and correspondence 80 1 "German Business--Still a Menace," 1946 93 1 January-August 1946 93 2 Congressional Record Indexes 93 3 Index to speeches and articles 94 1 September-December 1946 94 2 News releases and correspondence 95 1 "Sitting Ducks in Our Air Force" 95 1947 106 1 January-April 1947 106 2 Congressional Record Indexes 107 1 April-December 1947 108 1 Labor relations 108 2 Stockpiling of strategic materials 108 3 Psychological warfare 108 4 Palestine problem 108 5 Compulsory military training 108 6 Thomas Brady lecture tours 108 7 Speeches, undated 108 8 News releases and correspondence 108 9 Articles, statements and correspondence 1948 133 1 January-May 1948 133 2 Congressional Record Indexes 134 1 May-December 1948 134 2 Radio releases and correspondence 134 3 News releases and correspondence 134 4 Articles, statements and correspondence 1949 149 1 January-March 1949 149 2 Congressional Record Indexes 150 1 April-May 1949 151 June 1949 152 June-July 1949 153 July-September 1949 154 1 October-December 1949 154 2-3 Radio releases and correspondence 154 4 News releases to American Fork Citizen 154 5 News Releases to Utah Labor News 154 6 Articles, statements and correspondence 1950 186 1 January-April 1950 186 2 Congressional Record Indexes 187 April-May 1950 188 May-July 1950 189 1 August-November 1950 189 2 Radio releases and correspondence 189 3 News releases, statements and correspondence 189 4 Articles, statements and correspondence Legislative files 1945 89 1 Demobilization, December 1945 89 2 Private bills (Leg-1) 89 3 Military Affairs: General (SC-1) 89 4 Military Affairs Commission: Atomic Bomb (SC-2) 89 5 Organization of Congress (SC-3) 90 1 Organization of Congress (SC-3) 90 2 Executive file, 1945 90 3 General (Ag-1) 90 4 War Food Administration (Ag-2) 90 5 General (Com-1) 90 6 Civil Aeronautical Authority (Com-2) 90 7 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Com-3) 90 8 General (Int-1) 1946 100 Legislative general file, correspondence, 1946 101 1 Congressional correspondence (Cong-1) 101 2 Claims Committee (SC-1) 101 3 Education and Labor (SC-2) 101 3 Foreign Relations (SC-3) 101 4 Military Affairs: Atomic Bomb (SC-4) 102 1 Military Affairs: Atomic Bomb (SC-4) 102 2 Organization of Congress (SC-5) 102 3 Executive File, 1946 102 4 General (Ag-1) 1947 120 6 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence, January-February 1947 121 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence, February-March 1947 122 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence, March 1947 123 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence, April 1947 124 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence, April-May 1947 125 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence, May-June 1947 126 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence, June-July 1947 127 Legislative general file, 1947; Correspondence August-December 1947 127 1 Legislative File, 1947 127 2 Congressional correspondence (Cong-1) 127 3 House Committee: General (HC-1) 127 4 Joint Committee: General (JC-1) 127 5 Senate Committee: General (SC-1) 127 6 Foreign Relations Committee (SC-2) 128 1 Foreign Relations Committee (SC-2) 128 2 Senate Bills S128-S2079 128 3 Executive File, 1947 128 4 General (Ag-1) 128 5 General (Com-1) 128 6 Bureau of the Census (Com-2) 128 7 Civil Aeronautics Authority (Com-3) 128 8 Civilian Product and Office of Price Administration (Em-1) 128 9 Office of Scientific Research and Development (Em-2) 1948 141 2 Legislative General File, 1948; Correspondence, January 1948 142 Legislative General File, 1948; Correspondence, February-March 143 Legislative General File, 1948; Correspondence, March-April 144 Legislative General File, 1948; Correspondence, May-June 145 Legislative General File, 1948; Correspondence, July-December 145 1 Legislative File, 1948 145 2 Mundt-Nixon Bill 145 3 Post Office correspondence 146 1 Railroad Retirement Amendment, Pensions (S2423) 146 2 Executive file, 1948 146 3 General (Ag-1) 146 4 General (Air-1) 146 5 General (Army-1) 146 6 National Science Foundation (Em-1) 146 7 War Assets Administration (Em-2) 1949 167 Legislative general file, 1949; Correspondence, February-March 168 Legislative general file, 1949; Correspondence, March 169 Legislative general file, 1949; Correspondence, March-April 170 Legislative general file, 1949; Correspondence, April-June 171 Legislative general file, 1949; Correspondence, June-July 172 Legislative general file, 1949; Correspondence, July- September 173 Legislative general file, 1949; Correspondence, September-December 173 1 Legislative file, 1949 173 2 Congressional correspondence (Cong-1) 174 1 Congressional correspondence (Cong-1) 174 2 House Committee: general (HC-1) 174 3 Foreign Relations Committee (HC-2) 174 4 Education and Labor Committee (HC-3) 174 5 Committee on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government (HC-4) 174 6 Senate Committee (SC-1) 175 1 Committee on Foreign Relations (SC-2) 175 2 Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (SC-3) 176 1 Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (SC-3) 177 1 Senate Bills S110-S2008 178 1 Senate Bills S2022-S2584 178 2 Executive File, 1949 178 3 General (Ag-1) 178 4 General (Air-1) 178 5 Air Engineering Development Center (Air-2) 1950 204 Legislative general file, 1950; Correspondence, January-February 205 Legislative general file, 1950; Correspondence February-March 206 Legislative general file, 1950; Correspondence, April-June 207 Legislative general file, 1950; Correspondence, June-August 208 Legislative general file, 1950; Correspondence, September-December 208 1 Legislative file, 1950 208 2 House Committee, General (HC-1) 208 3 Congressional correspondence (Cong-1) 209 1 Senate Committee, General (SC-1) 209 2 Foreign Relations Committee (SC-2) 210 1 Foreign Relations Committee (SC-2) 210 2 Labor and Public Welfare Committee (SC-3) 211 1 Labor and Public Welfare Committee (SC-3) 211 2 Federal Annual Sick Leave Bills; Fair Employment Practices Commission 211 3 The Fur Industry 211 4 Mundt Ferguson Bill 211 5 National Science Foundation 212 1 Oleomargarine 212 2 Price controls 212 3 Curtailment of Postal Service 212 4 Post Office 212 5 Rent control 213 1 Reorganization of Executive Branch 213 2 Hoover Report on Reorganization of Executive Branch 214 1 Social Security HR6000 214 2 Universal Military Training 214 3 Vocational Rehabilitation 214 4 World Government 215 1 Senate Bills S2867-S4132 215 2 Veterans Home Loan Act (S616) Correspondence 215 3 Price Basing Point (S1008) Correspondence 215 4 Railway and Labor Bill (S3295) Correspondence 215 5 Senate Resolutions Executive Files 1945 91 1 General Land Office (Int-2) 91 2 Civil Service Commission (Ind-1) 91 3 Federal Communications Commission (Ind-2) 91 4 Federal Security Agency (Ind-3) 91 5 Cadet Nurse Corps (Ind-4) 91 6 Federal Works Agency (Ind-5) 91 7 National Housing Agency (Ind-6) 91 8 Proposed Military Hospital site, Cache County (Ind-7) 91 9 Veterans Administration (Ind-8) 92 1 General (Jus-1, Lab-1 and P.O.-1) 92 2 The President 92 3 General (St-1) 92 4 Prisoners of War (St-2) 92 5 General (Tr-1) 92 6 General (War-1) 92 7 National War Labor Board (War-2) 92 8 Office of Defense Transportation (War-3) 92 9 Office of Price Administration (War-4) 92 10 Office of War Mobilization (War-5) 1946 103 1 Civil Aeronautical Authority (Com-1) 103 2 General (Int-1) 103 3 General Land Office (Int-2) 103 4 Federal Communications Commission (Ind-1) 103 5 Federal Security Administration, Public Health Service (Ind-2) 103 6 Federal Works Agency (Ind-3) 103 7 National Housing Administration (Ind-4) 103 8 Veterans Administration (Ind-5) 104 1 General (Jus-1) 104 2 General (Lab-1) 104 3 General (P.O.-1) 104 4 The President 104 5 General (St-1) 104 6 General (War-1) 104 7 Office of Price Administration (War-2) 105 1 Office of Price Administration (War-2) 105 2 Office of War Manpower, War Assets Administration (War-3) 105 3 Civilian Production Administration (War- 4) 1947 129 1 National Science Foundation (Em-3) 129 2 War Assets Administration (Em-4) 129 3 General (Int-1) 129 4 Bureau of Mines (Int-2) 129 5 Bureau of Land Management (Int-3) 129 6 Bureau of Reclamation (Int-4) 129 7 Federal Security Administration (Ind-1) 129 8 National Housing Agency and Housing Expediter (Ind-2) 130 1 Veterans Administration (Ind-3) 130 2 Federal Power Commission (Ind-4) 130 3 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Ind- 5) 130 4 General (Jus-1) 130 5 General (Lab-1) 130 6 The President 130 7 Labor and Public Welfare Committee (SC-3) 131 1 Labor and Public Welfare Committee (SC-3) 131 2 Subcommittee on Education (SC-4) 131 3 General (St-1) 131 4 General (Tr-1) 131 5 International Labor Organization (Un-1) 131 6 United Nations (Un-2) 132 1 United Nations (Un-2) 132 2 Private Organizations to Promote Peace (Un-3) 132 3 General (War) 1948 147 1 General (Int-1) 147 2 General (Ind-1) 147 3 General (Lab) 147 4 Secretary of Defense (Mil-1) 147 5 General (Navy-1) 148 1 General (P.O.-1) 148 2 Daisy Wilkins (P.O.-2) 148 3 The President 148 4 General (St-1) 148 5 General (Tr-1) 148 6 Private Organizations to Promote Peace (Un- 1) 148 7 International Labor Organization (Un-2) 148 8 Dependency benefits (War-1) 1949 179 1 Hill Field (Air-3) 179 2 General (Army-1) 179 3 General (Com-1) 179 4 General (Int-1) 180 1 Bushnell Contract (Int-2) 180 2 Bureau of Mines (Int-3) 180 3 Bureau of Land Management (Int-4) 180 4 Bureau of Reclamation (Int-5) 180 5 Water Basin Project (Int-6) 180 6 Civil Service Commission (Ind-1) 180 7 Federal Security Agency (Ind-2) 181 1 Federal Housing Administration (Ind-3) 181 2 National Labor Relations Board (Ind-4) 181 3 Veterans Administration (Ind-5) 182 1 Interstate Commerce (Ind-6) 182 2 Federal Power Commission and Rural Electrification Administration (Ind-7) 182 3 Atomic Energy Commission (Ind-8) 182 4 Civil Aeronautic Commission and Board (Ind-9) 182 5 Federal Trade Commission (Ind-10) 182 6 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Ind-11) 182 7 Miscellaneous (Ind-12) 182 8 General (Jus-1) 182 9 General (Lab-1) 182 10 General (Mil-1) 183 1 General (Navy-1) 183 2 General (P.O.-1) 183 3 The President 183 4 General (St-1) 183 5 Cuban claims (St-2) 184 1 International Labor Organization (Un-1) 184 2 United Nations General (Un-2) 184 3 International Refugee Organization (Un-3) 184 4 Private Organizations to Promote Peace (Un-4) 185 1 Private Organizations to Promote Peace (Un-4) 185 2 Personnel: Miscellaneous, 1949 185 3 Utah judgeship 185 4 Judge Ritter 185 5 Parnell Black, Circuit Court Judgeship 185 6 U.S. District Attorney, Applicants 1950 216 1 General (Ag-1) 216 2 Forest Service (Ag-2) 216 3 General (Air-1) 216 4 Hill Field (Air-2) 216 5 Air Force Academy (Air-3) 216 6 General (Army-1) 217 1 General (Army-1) 217 2 Dugway Project (Army-2) 217 3 General (Com-1) 217 4 Commerce Cases (Com-2) 217 5 Bureau of the Census (Com-3) 217 6 General (Int-1) 218 1 Bureau of Mines (Int-2) 218 2 Bureau of Reclamation (Int-3) 218 3 Echo Park Dam (Int-4) 218 4 Deer Creek Project (Int-5) 218 5 Dixie Reclamation Project (Int-6) 219 1 Federal Communications Commission (Ind-1) 219 2 Federal Security Agency (Ind-2) 219 3 Federal Works Administration (Ind-3) 219 4 Federal Housing Administration (Ind-4) 219 5 National Labor Relief Board (Ind-5) 219 6 Veterans Administration (Ind-6) 219 7 Interstate Commerce Commission (Ind-7) 219 8 Federal Power Commission and Rural Electrification Administration (Ind-8) 219 9 Atomic Energy Commission (Ind-9) 219 10 Civil Aeronautical Authority and Civil Aeronautical Board (Ind-10) 220 1 Tariff Commission (Ind-11) 220 2 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Ind-12) 220 3 Miscellaneous (Ind-13) 220 4 General (Jus-1) 220 5 Fisher Brewing Company Claim (Jus-2) 220 6 Justice Cases (Jus-3) 220 7 General (Lab-1) 221 1 Labor Cases (Lab-2) 221 2 Secretary of Defense (Mil-1) 221 3 General (Mil-2) 221 4 General (Navy-1) 221 5 General (P.O.-1) 221 6 Post Master: Salt Lake City (P.O.-2) 221 7 The President 222 1 General (St-1) 222 2 Secretary of State (St-2) 222 3 General (Tr-1) 222 4 International Labor Organization (Un-1) 222 5 United Nations (Un-2) 223 1 Private Organization to Promote Peace (Un- 3) 223 2 Personnel, 1950 223 3 Ritter Nomination 223 4 Federal Judgeship of Utah 223 5 Federal Judgeships of Utah (Applicants) Miscellaneous 227 Newspaper Clippings 239 Miscellaneous 1 Certificate appointing E.D. Thomas "Minute Man in Behalf of the Defense Savings Program" 2 Certificate Designating E.D. Thomas Special Representative on the United States Delegation to the Tenth Session of the United Nations Trusteeship Council, 1952 3 The E.D. Thomas Chart U.S.A. "At-A- Glance" 4 (Manuscript) Rose Thomas Graham, Four Forty Three 5 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, conferred upon E.D. Thomas by the University of Hawaii, 13 June 1951 6 Invitation to the Inauguration of the President of the United States (F.D. Roosevelt) 4 March 1933 7 J.E. Kirkstein, "Jewish Influences on Western Law" [manuscript] 8 Office register Presentation Copy of "The Constitution of the United States," by John A. Ross 9 Presentation Copy of Senate Resolution sponsored by E.D. Thomas re: International Court of Justice Inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States, March 4, 1933 10 Programme of the Final Public Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of E.D. Thomas, University of California, 1906 11 Signed Tribute to E.D. Thomas by the United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 2nd Session, 81st Congress 12 Bulletin, University of California, Vol. XXVIII, No. 13, 1 March 1935 Congressional Record, Personal Record of Senator Elbert D. Thomas 240 73rd-74th-75th Congress 241 76th-77th Congress 242 78th-79th Congress 243 80th Congress