Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Hale, Frederick, 1874-1963.
Title:	Frederick Hale Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1917-1940
Quantity:	1.0 linear ft.
Abstract:	Papers of the Legislator. U.S. Senator from Maine, 1917-1941. Correspondence relating to Hale's term in the Senate, and published items.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Frederick Hale (1874-1963) was an American lawyer and United States Senator from Maine formore than thirty years.

Hale was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a political family. His mother was the daughter, wife and mother of United States senators and his father, Eugene Hale, served in the Senate from 1881 to 1911. His maternal grandfather, Zachariah Chandler, was also a member of the Senate. Hale attended preparatory schools in Lawerenceville, New Jersey and Groton, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College in 1896. In 1896 and 1897, he attended Columbia Law School. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Portland, Maine in 1899. A conservative Republican and U.S. Senator from Maine from 1917-1941, Hale served on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Naval Affairs Committee. He never married.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Frederick Hale Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts and published material. Correspondence includes incoming, correspondence and outgoing correspondence arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. Manuscripts contains two unidentified manuscripts. Published material includes a newspaper clipping about Mr. Hale and a speech by him.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has numerous collections relating to politics, government, and public administration. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Frederick Hale Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Finding Aid Information

Created by: --
Date: Mar 1967
Revision history: Feb 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC)

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Inventory

	Correspondence
Box 1		A-D 1921, 1923-1925, 1927-1930, 1933-1934, 1936-1938
Box 1		Austin, Warren, Senator 1934
Box 1		Baker, Newton D. 1933
Box 1		Ball, L. Heisler, Senator 1917
Box 1		Barbour, Warren 1935, 1936, 1938
Box 1		Barkley, Alben, Senator 1937
Box 1		Beedy, Carroll L. 1932
Box 1		Beveridge, Albert J. 1924-1926
Box 1		Bilbo, Theodore G., Senator
Box 1		Bingham, Hiram 1927
Box 1		Bowman, Frank L. 1930
Box 1		Bratton, Sam G., Senator 1933
Box 1		Burke, Edward R., Senator 1938
Box 1		Butler, Nicholas Murray 1920
Box 1		Capper, Arthtr, Senator 1923, 1928
Box 1		Chavez, Dennis, Senator 1937-1938
Box 1		Coolidge, Calvin 1923, 1925, 1927-1928
Box 1		Copeland, Royal S., Senator 1936
Box 1		Couzens, James, Senator 1926, 1935
Box 1		Cox, Channing, Governor of Massachusetts 1923
Box 1		Cummings, Homer, Attorney General 1934
Box 1		Cummins, Albert, Senator 1919, 1921
Box 1		Daniels, Josephus 1935
Box 1		Davies, Joseph E. 1922
Box 1		Davis, Dwight, Secretary of War 1925
Box 1		Davis, James, Senator 1938
Box 1		Dill, Clarence, Senator 1934
Box 1		Donahey, Vic, Senator 1937
Box 1		Dunning, James 1921, 1929
Box 1		Early, Stephen, Secretary to President F.D. Roosevelt 1934-1938
Box 1		Edge, Walter E., Senator 1921, 1923, 1926, 1930, 1935
Box 1		Elkins, Davis, Senator 1921
Box 1		Ellender, Allen J., Senator 1938-1939
Box 1		F-K 1916, 1921-1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936-1939
Box 1		Farley, James 1933, 1936
Box 1		Farrington, W.R. 1928
Box 1		Fernald, Bert M., Senator 1921, 1923
Box 1		Fess, Simeon D., Senator 1926
Box 1		France, Joseph I., Senator 1919, 1921
Box 1		Frazier, Lynn J., Senator 1928
Box 1		Freylinghuysen, Joseph S., Senator 1921-1922
Box 1		Gillett, Frederick H., Senator 1923-1924, 1929, undated
Box 1		Goff, Guy D. 1927, 1930
Box 1		Good, James W. 1929
Box 1		Harrison, Pat, Senator 1936
Box 1		Hatfield, H.D., Senator 1929
Box 1		Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Warren G., 1920, 1921, undated
Box 1		Hawes, Harry B., Senator 1932
Box 1		Herbert, Felix 1939
Box 1		Holt, Rush 1938
Box 1		Hoover, Herbert 1921, 1928-1930, 1932
Box 1		Hughes, Charles E. 1921, 1924
Box 1		Johnson, Hiram W. 1918, 1925, 1931, 1936
Box 1		Jones, Wesley L., Senator 1924
Box 1		Kellogg, Frank B., Senator 1919-1920, undated
Box 2		L-M
Box 2		Latimer, Rear Admiral J.L. 1925-1926
Box 2		Lejeune, Major General John A. 1925-1928
Box 2		Lodge, Henry Cabot 1918-1919
Box 2		Longworth, Nicholas 1926
Box 2		Maloney, Francis, Senator 1935
Box 2		Marshall, Thomas, Vice President undated
Box 2		McAdoo, William Gibbs, Senator 1937
Box 2		McCormick, Medill 1917-1919, undated
Box 2		McCumber, Porter J., Senator 1922-1923
Box 2		McKellar, Kenneth, Senator 1943
Box 2		McNary, Charles L., Senator 1937
Box 2		Metcalf, Jesse H., Senator 1925-1928, 1930, 1932, 1936, undated
Box 2		Moses, George H., Senator 1923
Box 2		N-R 1917, 1918, 1924-1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935-1937, 1940
Box 2		New, Harry S., Senator 1918
Box 2		Newberry, Truman H., Senator 1921-1922, 1936
Box 2		Nye, Gerald P., Senator 1937
Box 2		Payne, John Barton 1919, 1922, 1927
Box 2		Pepper, Claude, Senator 1939
Box 2		Pepper, George, Senator 1922
Box 2		Phelan, James D, 1918-1923
Box 2		Pittman, Key 1919
Box 2		Ransdell, Joseph E., Senator 1917, 1920
Box 2		Roberts, Kenneth 1933-1935
Box 2		Robinson, Joe E., Senator 1933
Box 2		Roosevelt, Kermit 1930-1931
Box 2		Roosevelt, Theodore 1919, 1923, 1924
Box 2		S-W 1917-1923, 1926-1929, 1931, 1933-1939
Box 2		Samson, Flem D. 1928-1931
Box 2		Saulsbury, Willard 1919-1920
Box 2		Sheppard, Morris, Senator 1934
Box 2		Smathers, William H. 1938
Box 2		Spencer, Selden P., Senator 1919
Box 2		Stimson, Henry L. 1929
Box 2		Taber, John, Senator 1935
Box 2		Taft, Robert A., Senator 1938-1939
Box 2		Townsend, John G. Jr., Senator 1934
Box 2		Tydings, Millard E. 1929
Box 2		Vandenberg, Arthur H., Senator 1931, 1935, 1937
Box 2		Walcott, Frederick C., Senator 1934
Box 2		Weller, O.E., Senator 1927
Box 2		Wolcott, Josiah O., Senator 1919
Box 2		Unidentified

	Manuscripts
Box 2		Unidentified

	Published material
Box 2		Newspaper Clipping about 1939
Box 2		Speech by, in Congressional Record 1927

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