Wilson, Francis M. (1867-1932), Papers, 1853-1946, (C1039)

27.4 linear feet, 14 volumes

INTRODUCTION

Papers of a U.S. district attorney, receiver for the Kansas City Railways Company, and Democratic nominee for governor of Missouri in 1928 and 1932, who died a month before the election of 1932. Also papers concerning his father, R.P.C. Wilson, I.

DONOR INFORMATION

The papers were deposited with the University of Missouri by Francis M. Wilson II on 19 October 1957 (Accession No.3329). An addition was made on 21 December 1958 by Francis M. Wilson II (Accession No.3374).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Francis Murray Wilson was born in Platte County, Missouri, on June 13, 1867. His family was prominent in the history of the state. His father, Robert P.C. Wilson, lawyer, served as U.S. Congressman from Missouri from 1889-1893. His mother was Caroline F. Murray. Francis Wilson’s grandfather, John Wilson, served Missouri as a pioneer lawyer.

After growing to boyhood in Platte County, Francis graduated from Vanderbilt University and Centre College. Returning to Platte County, he read law in his father’s office and worked in Kansas City as a stenographer for Pratt, McCreary and Perry. He started practicing law in 1889 at the age of 29. He served as city attorney of Platte County from 1894-1898, and in 1899, he was appointed Missouri State Senator to fill an unexpired term.

He married Ida Elizabeth Cockrell on September 22, 1903. In 1904, he ran for U.S. Representative from the Fourth Missouri District. He was defeated by his Republican opponent. In 1908, Wilson ran for State Senator and won, being re-elected twice. In 1913, he resigned the office in order to accept the position as U.S. District Attorney, Western District of Missouri. He was reappointed by President Wilson in 1917, and remained District Attorney until 1920. That same year, Wilson resigned to accept the position as one of the two receivers of the bankrupt Kansas City Railway Company. After returning the company to solvency, he terminated his position in 1926 when a new company, the Kansas City Public Service Company was formed.

In 1928, Wilson ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor. He defeated his principal opponent, Alfred L. McCauley, but was defeated in November by Henry S. Caulfield. In 1932, he again ran for Governor in the Democratic primary, defeating Russell Dearmont. On October 12, 1932, less than a month before the election, Wilson suddenly died of a stomach and intestinal disorder which had weakened him over the course of several years.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Francis M. Wilson Papers have been arranged into the following series: 1928 Gubernatorial Campaign Correspondence; Correspondence, 1927-1932; 1932 Gubernatorial Campaign Correspondence; Out-of-State Correspondence, 1929-1932; Correspondence and Papers, 1932; 1928 Gubernatorial Campaign; 1932 Gubernatorial Campaign; Biographical Material; Family Material; Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Papers; Missouri State Senate Papers, 1899-1915; State and National Political Pamphlets, 1904-1924; World War I Material; James A. Reed Material; Non-Political Articles and Speeches; General Correspondence, 1918-1930; Funeral and Tributes; Ida E. Wilson Correspondence, 1916-1934; Photographs; Miscellaneous Material; Newspaper Clippings, 1898-1943; and Scrapbooks.

The collection largely consists of material pertaining to the 1928 and 1932 campaigns of Wilson for Governor of Missouri on the Democratic ticket. Other material covers his early life as an attorney in Platte County, Missouri, his position as Missouri State Senator in 1899 and from 1908-1913, his job as U.S. District Attorney from 1913-1920, and his position as a receiver of the Kansas City Railway Company from 1920-1926. Family history is also included, both of his father, U.S. Congressman Robert P.C. Wilson, and his brother, Dr. Robert P.C. Wilson, II, who served twice as superintendent for the Missouri State School for the Feeble-Minded at Marshall, Missouri.

The records have been arranged into the following 22 series:

1928 Gubernatorial Campaign Correspondence
Correspondence, 1927-1932
1932 Gubernatorial Campaign Correspondence
Out-of-State Correspondence, 1929-1932
Correspondence and Papers, 1932
1928 Gubernatorial Campaign
1932 Gubernatorial Campaign
Biographical Material
Family Material
Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Papers
Missouri State Senate Papers, 1899-1915
State and National Political Pamphlets, 1904-1924
World War I Material
James A. Reed Material
Non-Political Articles and Speeches
General Correspondence, 1918-1930
Funeral and Tributes
Ida E. Wilson Correspondence, 1916-1934
Photographs
Miscellaneous Material
Newspaper Clippings, 1898-1943
Scrapbooks

FOLDER LIST

1928 Gubernatorial Campaign Correspondence Series

This series contains correspondence between Francis M. Wilson and his campaign staff, and Missouri Democratic supporters, pertaining to the 1928 state primary and November election campaigns in the following counties.

f. 1	Adair
f. 2	Andrew
f. 3	Atchison
f. 4	Audrain
f. 5	Barry
f. 6	Barton
f. 7-9	Bates
f. 10	Benton
f. 11	Bollinger
f. 12	Boone
f. 13-23	Buchanan
f. 24	Butler
f. 25	Caldwell
f. 26-29	Callaway
f. 30	Camden
f. 31-32	Cape Girardeau
f. 33-34	Carroll
f. 35	Carter
f. 36	Cass
f. 37	Cedar
f. 38	Chariton
f. 39	Christian
f. 40-41	Clark
f. 42-43	Clay
f. 44	Clinton
f. 45-51	Cole
f. 52-53	Cooper
f. 54	Crawford
f. 55	Dade
f. 56	Dallas
f. 57	Daviess
f. 58	DeKalb
f. 59	Dent
f. 60	Douglas
f. 61-62	Dunklin
f. 63	Franklin
f. 64	Gasconade
f. 65-66	Gentry
f. 67-73	Greene
f. 74	Grundy
f. 75	Harrison
f. 76-77	Henry
f. 78	Hickory
f. 79-81	Holt
f. 82	Howard
f. 83-84	Howell
f. 85	Iron
f. 86	Jackson
f. 87	Jasper
f. 88-90	Jefferson
f. 91-94	Johnson
f. 95	Knox
f. 96-106	Kansas City Star Interviewer
f. 107	LaClede
f. 108	Lafayette
f. 109	Lawrence
f. 110	Lewis
f. 111	Lincoln
f. 112	Linn
f. 113	Livingston
f. 114-116	Macon
f. 117	Madison
f. 118	Maries
f. 119-120	Marion
f. 121	McDonald
f. 122	Mercer
f. 123	Miller
f. 124	Mississippi
f.125	Moniteau
f. 126-127	Monroe
f. 128	Montgomery
f. 129	Morgan
f. 130	New Madrid
f. 131	Newton
f. 132	Nodaway
f. 133	Ozark
f. 134	Oregon
f. 135	Osage
f. 136	Pemiscot
f. 137	Perry
f. 138-140	Pettis
f. 141	Phelps
f. 142-143	Pike
f. 144	Platte
f. 145	Polk
f. 146	Putnam
f. 147	Pulaski
f. 148-149	Randolph
f. 150-151	Ray
f. 152	Reynolds
f. 153	Ripley
f. 154	Ralls
f. 155	Scotland
f. 156	St. Clair
f. 157-158	St. Francois
f. 159	Ste. Genevieve
f. 160-165	City of St. Louis
f. 166-167	St. Louis County
f. 168	Saline
f. 169	Scott
f. 170	Schuyler
f. 171	Shannon
f. 172	Shelby
f. 173-174	Stoddard
f. 175	Stone
f. 176	Sullivan
f. 177-178	Taney
f. 179-180	Vernon
f. 181	Washington
f. 182	Wayne
f. 183	Webster
f. 184	Worth
f. 185	Wright

f. 298-300	Adair
f. 301-302	Andrew
f. 303-304	Atchison
f. 305-313	Audrain
f. 314-317	Barry
f. 318-320	Barton
f. 321-325	Bates
f. 326	Benton
f. 327	Bollinger
f. 328-340	Boone
f. 341-359	Buchanan
f. 360-361	Butler
f. 362	Caldwell
f. 363-371	Callaway
f. 372-374	Camden
f. 375-377	Cape Girardeau
f. 378-379	Carter
f. 380-385	Carroll
f. 386-389	Cass
f. 390-393	Cedar
f. 394-398	Chariton
f. 399-400	Christian
f. 401-406	Clark
f. 407-411	Clay
f. 412-416	Clinton
f. 417-442	Cole
f. 443-454	Cooper
f. 455	Crawford
f. 456	Dade
f. 457-458	Dallas
f. 459-462	Daviess
f. 463-464	DeKalb
f. 465-467	Dent
f. 468	Douglass
f. 469-476	Dunklin
f. 477-479	Franklin
f. 480	Gasconade
f. 481-486	Gentry
f. 487-520	Greene
f. 521-524	Grundy
f. 525-527	Harrison
f. 528-531	Henry
f. 532	Hickory
f. 533-538	Holt
f. 539-544	Howard
f. 545-548	Howell
f. 549-550	Iron
f. 551-553	Jackson
f. 554-599	Kansas City
f. 600-611	Jasper
f. 612-614	Jefferson
f. 615-619	Johnson
f. 620-621	Knox
f. 622-623	Laclede
f. 624-630	Lafayette
f. 631-635	Lawrence
f. 636-639	Lewis
f. 640-646	Lincoln
f. 647-652	Linn
f. 653-654	Livingston
f. 655-656	McDonald
f. 657-664	Macon
f. 665	Madison
f. 666	Maries
f. 667-676	Marion
f. 677-678	Mercer
f. 679-681	Miller
f. 682-683	Mississippi
f. 684-686	Moniteau
f. 687-694	Monroe
f. 695-700	Montgomery
f. 701-703	Morgan
f. 704-706	New Madrid
f. 707-709	Newton
f. 710-719	Nodaway
f. 720-721	Oregon
f. 722-727	Osage
f. 728	Ozark
f. 729-732	Pemiscot
f. 733	Perry
f. 734-741	Pettis
f. 742-747	Phelps
f. 748-756	Pike
f. 757-763	Platte
f. 764-765	Polk
f. 766-768	Pulaski
f. 769-772	Putnam
f. 773-777	Ralls
f. 778-788	Randolph
f. 789-794	Ray
f. 795-796	Reynolds
f. 797-798	Ripley
f. 799-810	Saline
f. 811-812	Schuyler
f. 813-814	Scotland
f. 815-817	Scott
f. 818-821	Shannon
f. 822-827	Shelby
f. 828-830	St. Charles
f. 831-833	St. Clair
f. 834-838	St. Francois
f. 839-840	St. Genevieve
f. 841-845	St. Louis County
f. 846-879	City of St. Louis
f. 880-887	Stoddard
f. 888	Stone
f. 889-891	Sullivan
f. 892-893	Taney
f. 894-897	Texas
f. 898-906	Vernon
f. 907	Warren
f. 908	Washington
f. 909	Wayne
f. 910	Webster
f. 911	Worth
f. 912-915	Wright

f. 916	Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado
f. 917	Illinois
f. 918	Kansas
f. 919	Kentucky
f. 920	Michigan, Minnesota, Montana
f. 921	New Jersey, New Mexico, New York
f. 922	Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
f. 923	Texas
f. 924	Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C.

f. 925-1001	Material pertaining to the Wilson gubernatorial campaign of 1932. Included is correspondence from all parts of Missouri, membership lists of “Wilson-for-Governor” clubs, lists of Democrats supporting Wilson, Wilson biographical, material and political pamphlets printed during the campaign.
f. 1002-1004	Miscellaneous Papers. Listing of bills introduced and supported by Wilson during his terms in the Missouri Senate. Missouri Senate bills.
f. 1005	Eulogy of Missouri Supreme Court Judge Elijah Hise Norton by Robert P.C. Wilson I. Includes early Platte County, Missouri, history and state political history, including Jackson Resolutions.
f. 1006-1020	Court testimony and sworn affidavits concerning vote fraud during the Metropolitan Street Railway Company franchise election, July 7, 1914, in Kansas City. Democratic and Republican politicians of that city.
f. 1021-1030	Proof copy of Selected Writings, Speeches and Addresses of Francis M. Wilson, book of Wilson’s non-political writings compiled by his wife, Ida Cockrill Wilson, in 1933.
f. 1031-1090	Letters and Documents, 1867-1933
f. 1031	Deeds of sale of Platte County, Missouri, land to R.P.C. Wilson I., 1865-1896.
f. 1032	Documents renting and buying land by R.P.C. Wilson I. Abstract on one piece of Platte County, Missouri, land, 1900-1915.
f. 1033	Material pertaining to Alexander New and Henry G. Ferris vs. Francis M. Wilson, U.S. Attorney, pertaining to legality of eight-hour day and regulation of wages of railway employees engaged in interstate railway work. R.P.C. Wilson I, business papers, including affairs of his estate. Correspondence relating to Francis M. Wilson as a possible candidate for Governor in 1916.
f. 1034-1057	General business material. Correspondence relating to Wilson’s possible candidacy for Missouri Governor in 1924.
f. 1058-1089	Correspondence, 1925-1928, concerning Wilson’s possible candidacy for Missouri Governor on the Democratic ticket in 1928. Scattered personal business.
f. 1090	Correspondence, 1929-1933. Includes material relating to Wilson’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for Missouri Governor, 1932. Memorial address for Wilson, given in Missouri Senate by Senator Michael E. Casey, 1933.
f. 1091-1125	U.S. District Attorney Papers, 1913-1920
f. 1091	Correspondence regarding the selection of special assistants, U.S. Attorney, Western District, Missouri. Includes Senator James A. Reed correspondence. Also letters from lawyers applying for position. Letter from U.S. District Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh to Wilson, March 30, 1916, advising rest while in Texas. Also a letter to U.S. Attorney General relating health and condition of Wilson. Mention that Wilson had withdrawn from the 1916 Missouri gubernatorial contest.
f. 1092	Correspondence from home and office as Wilson rested in Texas. Letter from an uncle regarding part of the history of the Wilson family in Oklahoma. Correspondence regarding the reappointment of Wilson as a U.S. District Attorney. Letter of praise to Wilson mentioning he would be an excellent candidate for U.S. Senator. Letter from U.S. Senator William J. Stone relating praise to Wilson. Telegram to Wilson from Kimbrough Stone, notifying him that his father, William J. Stone, had died. Other telegrams concerning death. Correspondence regarding correct interpretation of Gerry Act.
f. 1093-1095	Material relating to Jacob Frohwerk case under the U.S. Espionage Act (1919). Wilson-Reed correspondence regarding appointing assistants to the District Attorney’s office.
f. 1094	More Wilson-Reed correspondence regarding above-mentioned appointments (1919-1920). Copy of letter from Solicitor, Post Office Department, concerning the denial of fraud orders against Kansas City land company.
f. 1095	Correspondence regarding the appointment of Benjamin L. White as U.S. District Attorney or to other post. Letter from Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, complimenting Wilson’s work as U.S. District Attorney. Upon Wilson’s resignation as District Attorney, U.S. District Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh letter praising his work (1920).
f. 1096-1098	District Court of the U.S. for the Western Division of the Western District of Missouri, extracts from record and argument, case No. 4146, U.S.A. vs. Sixty Barrels of Wine. Case involves violation of Pure Food and Drug Act.
f. 1097-1098	Case under Espionage Act, U.S.A. vs. Rose Pastor Stokes, which Wilson prosecuted. Government witness testimony. Part of closing argument of counsel for defendant. The indictment against Stokes. Wilson’s final plea to the jury.
f. 1099-1106	Court testimony and official report to the U.S. Attorney General relating to charges made against Wilson that he was not wholly objective in his treatment of Mountain View Case, May 8, 1914; also question on whether or not Wilson should be permitted to prosecute the connected case, the Daniels Commission Company. Both cases concern use of mails to promote frauds.
f. 1101	Material relating to Florida Everglades case, using the mails for fraud. Case originally tried by Wilson in 1914-1915. Report from office of the Attorney General to President Wilson reporting on the application for pardon from the defendants in the case.
f. 1102-1106	Lists of U.S. District Court cases, Missouri, Western District, Western Division. Majority of cases from 1916-1919.
f. 1107-1111	Material relating to court decisions upholding the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, between Great Britain and the U.S. Both the right of treaty and the right to protect birds come into consideration. Comments on the subject in Bulletin of the American Game Protective Association Field and Stream, July 1919, includes other American Game Protective Association comments on the decisions concerning the Migratory Act.
f. 1111	Court instructions to jury judging the result of a trial under the World War I Draft Act. The group being tried called Federation for Democratic Control.
f. 1112-1113	Four pamphlets pertaining to anarchistic activity in the U.S. during and immediately after World War I. “We Hate Religion, ” a reprint from the Christian Herald, illustrating what Bolshevism was doing to overthrow the Christian church in America. Two other pamphlets are copies of speeches by U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer exposing and denouncing anarchists. The fourth pamphlet relates the life and achievements of Palmer.
f. 1113	Excerpt of formal conference between Wilson and U.S. District Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh. Concerns powers of a court of equity. Powers of the President in time of war under the constitution are also considered. Notes on former Missouri state officials who had been indicted for criminal offenses. Recapitulation of business transactions in Wilson’s office, June 30, 1913-October 1, 1920.
f. 1114-1116	Wilson’s closing argument to jury in U.S.A. vs. Hamilton, a rape case. Exact date of case not known.
f. 1115	U.S. Senator William J. Stone’s Senate speeches concerning America’s preparedness for war, the espionage bill, military conscription, resolution declaring war, bond-issue bill. Songs sung at Kansas City Bar Association dinner, 1920. Includes World War I songs.
f. 1116	Brief of defendant in error, Leslie E. Clark vs. U.S.A. case concerns bribing of draft board official in order to avoid the draft. Brief on behalf of defendants, Griessedieck Bros. Brewery Co. vs. George H. Moore. Pertains to constitutionality of National Prohibition Act.
f. 1117-1120	Brief of complainant, State of Missouri vs. Ray P. Holland. Case questions the constitutionality of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
f. 1118	Brief of defendant in error, transcript of record, O.E. Jennings vs. U.S.A. Violation of injunction. Case involves Springfield, Missouri, Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees and the Springfield Traction Company.
f. 1119	Brief of defendant in error and court’s charge to jury in Rose Pastor Stokes vs. U.S.A. World War I Espionage Act indictment.
f. 1120	Booklet, “Memorandum on the Validity of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of Congress, ” by Samuel W. Moore, 1919.
f. 1121-1125	Booklets, “Civil Docket of the United States district Court for the Western District of Missouri, ” from April 1915 to April 1920. Listing of cases before that court: civil, trial, jury waived, chancery. Index. Appendix listing counties in the district, times and places of holding courts.
f. 1126-1128	Kansas City Railways Company Receiver Papers, 1920-1927
	Progress report of the Railway. Comparison of Kansas City and Cleveland transportation systems. Wilson statement on courtesy of trainmen.
f. 1126-1127	Letters of congratulations on work done as a receiver of the Railways Company. Business correspondence; expense statements, negotiations to buy buses. Letters to and from Kansas City Public Service Co.
f. 1128	Segment of Electric Railway Journal Convention Daily, October 5, 1926. Statement to people of Kansas City concerning all phases of the Railways Company business since the receivers took over the management, Kansas City Journal Post, June 13, 1926. Dinner program, complimentary dinner held for the retiring receivers, October 9, 1926.
f. 1129-1131	Kansas City Refining Co. vs. the Kansas City Railways Co. Supplemental report and application of Fred W. Fleming and Francis M. Wilson as receivers of the Kansas City Railways Company for instructions concerning installation of buses by them as receivers, and acceptance and approval of Kansas City bus franchise ordinance. Memorandum on legal precedent as to public transportation liability in regard to duty owed to children, those in peril or disabled, and elements of clear last chance or humanitarian doctrine. Fageol Motors Company of Ohio specifications on busses being proposed for Kansas City Motor Coach Survey of needs of Kansas City, 1924.
f. 1132-1134	Report covering the operation of motor buses and of non-stop deluxe motor coaches by the Kansas City Railways Company, developed for the International Harvester Company, 1924.
f. 1133	Study of the proposed operation of motor coaches in Kansas City by William G. Woolfolk and Co., Inc., 1924. Includes sketch of the growth of motor coach transportation, purpose and routes, construction, grade profiles, and population studies of Kansas City.
f. 1134	Report from receivers to Kimbrough Stone, Circuit Judge, regarding the feasibility of developing a bus transportation fleet to supplement street railway service.
f. 1135-1138	Report to receivers regarding the mechanical statistics of the buses being considered for purchase, 1925.
f. 1136	Highly detailed report on Kansas City’s transportation conditions and suggestions on where buses could be used to improve the system; report by Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company. Includes graphs on city, bank clearings and streetcar passengers, proposed costs, and routes, including elaborate maps.
f. 1137	Price quotations on buses being proposed for purchase.
f. 1138	Mack-International Motor Truck Corporation study of proposed bus service for Kansas City in 1924.
f. 1139-1141	Miscellaneous data on buses tested for possible purchase by Kansas City. Performance studies.
f. 1141	Memorandum of law, 1921. Federal cases involving present reproduction cost as basis of valuation for rate-making purposes; public utility’s right to injunction against confiscatory rates pending action by rate-making authority on application for relief.
f.1142-1146	Brochure advertising the quality of buses manufactured by the Garford Motor Truck Company.
f. 1143-1144	The Railwayan, October and November, 1926, by and for the employees of the Kansas City Railways Company.
f. 1145	The representation of law providing for employee’s cooperation in the operation of the Kansas City Railways, 1920.
f. 1146	Voting trust agreement of Kansas City Public Service Company as it superseded the Railways Company and the receivership, 1926.

f. 1147-1174	Correspondence from September 16, 1926, to November 7, 1928. Includes correspondence pertaining to Wilson’s gastric ulcer. Support for 1928 Democratic primary election. Congratulations on winning the primary. Development of campaign strategy. Premature congratulations on victory.
f. 1147	Undated – December 22, 1927
f. 1148	December 22, 1927 – January 31, 1928
f. 1149	February 1 – May 27, 1928
f. 1150	May 28 – July 10, 1928
f. 1151	July 11 – August 9, 1928
f. 1152	August 5 – August 9, 1928
f. 1153	August 9 – August 14, 1928
f. 1154	August 15 – November 7, 1928
f. 1155-1174	List of individuals to contact in the campaign, by counties.
f. 1175-1208	Methodist ministers to contact in the campaign.
f. 1176-1186	Select list of Democrats. Missouri counties, 1928.
f. 1187-1195	List of Democratic election judges, 1926 election.
f. 1196-1204	Lists of Democratic women, 1926.
f. 1205	List of road overseers for Johnson County, 1928. Grundy County list of delegates to county convention. Executive Committee, St. Joseph-for-Wilson Club, 1928.
f. 1206	List of road overseers for Johnson County, 1928. Grundy County list of delegates to county convention. Executive Committee, St. Joseph-for-Wilson Club, 1928.
f. 1207-1208	Unidentified land listing of people from Missouri counties. Land listing of Missouri political clubs.
f. 1209-1215	Material relating to the campaign in Missouri newspapers: includes lists of newspapers Wilson subscribed to, subscription prices and names of editors, newspaper’s political party affiliation. Newspapers to which 1926 campaign advertising was sent, indications of which newspapers received campaign material. Some note of press service affiliation of Missouri newspapers.
f. 1216-1249	Speeches and statements of Wilson during the campaign. There are four or five basic speeches with many parts and segments in addition. Subjects within the speeches include the national campaign, Negro labor and welfare, public utilities, cost of state government, consolidation of state departments and budget, appointees, roads and highways, public health, waterways, insurance, crime and law, labor, education, taxes, eleemosynary institutions, property valuations, state park system, public schools, flood control, prohibition, party responsibility. Republicans denounced in the speeches are Herbert Hoover, Henry S. Caulfield, and Arthur M. Hyde.
f. 1250-1254	Printed material used in the campaign. Includes posters, letters, stickers, ribbons, pamphlets, handouts, sample ballots, cards, campaign songs, a copy of “The ‘Win-With-Wilson’ News, ” magazine articles, and newspaper reprints. Also handbills printed by union organizations for and against Wilson. One pamphlet concerns Charles M. Hay’s candidacy for U.S. Senator. A handbill reproduces a Joseph B. Shannon speech against Herbert Hoover.
f. 1255-1257	Periodicals and pamphlets: Missouri State Democratic Committee, Democratic State Campaign Handbook, 1928; Political Atlas for 1928; “Presidential Campaigns, the Men and the Issues, ” International News Service. Booklet published by Kansas City Public Service Institute, 1927, “American City Government” on the efforts of governmental research. Vol. XII, No. 3, of The Consensus, periodical published by the National Economic League. World’s Work, July, 1928. Kansas City Bar Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 2; The Missouri League News, Vol. VI, No. 10, July, 1928.
f. 1258-1270	Material relating to financial aspects of the campaign. Includes outline of campaign; inventory of objects in Wilson office, monthly expense accounts, affidavit of cost of campaign, number and distribution of posters, booklets and cards, printing and publicity bills, and bank checks written during the campaign. f. 126-1270 Election results, primary and state. Copies of telegrams offering congratulations and furnishing election results.
f. 1271-1272	Miscellaneous material connected with the campaign: business and political calling cards; copy of revenue bill speech made by C.C. Dickinson in U.S. House of Representatives, 1927; map of Missouri; typed copy of tribute given Wilson by Frederick D. Gardner in 1913. Signed membership sheet of Platte City Wilson-for-Governor club (hometown club). Poem praising Wilson’s attributes, article in Literary Digest for August 25, 1928, “The Missouri Democracy Goes Dry.” Jackson Day speech by Senator James A. Reed, January 12, 1928.

f. 1273-1274	Correspondence relating to the campaign. Grass-roots opinion, campaign strategy, request for support, organized labor support and denunciation. Includes copy of circular purporting Wilson was anti-labor during his tenure as receiver of the Kansas City Railways Company.
f. 1275-1278	Campaign literature. Includes several editions of “The ‘Win-With-Wilson’ News, ” printed endorsements, reprints of editorial supporting Wilson. Copy of speech of Judge Guy B. Park accepting the Democratic nomination for governor; complete unofficial primary election returns. Two copies of “So the People May Know, ” Fair Merchandising Association of Kansas City, one of which endorses Wilson for governor. Pamphlets, stickers, cards, posters, cartoon. Pamphlets include “Why Tax-eaters Break Tax-payers, ” Missouri Democratic State Committee; “For the Advancement of Missouri;” Official Returns of the State Primary Election, August 2, 1932; “For State and Nation, ” “The Democratic Digest, ” The Federation of Women’s Democratic Clubs of Missouri.
f. 1279-1285	Speeches given by Wilson. Also a few statements supporting him. Partial speech schedule.
f. 1283-1285	Miscellaneous material concerning the campaign. Wilson-for-Governor Club stationery listing officers. Endorsement by Central Labor Union of Kansas City. “Wilson Rally Song.” List of callers at Wilson Headquarters, Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, December, 1931. The Missouri Farmer, May 15, 1932 and July 1, 1932. Tickets to the Missouri State Democratic Convention, 1932. Wilson’s Masonic Lodge membership card and his Kansas City Chamber of Commerce membership card. Copy of Republican propaganda organ, Missouri G.O.P. Banner, September 5, 1925. Pamphlet, Inaugural Ceremonies State of Missouri, 1933.
f. 1286	Francis M. Wilson’s cancelled checks, 1931-1932.

f. 1289-1292	Material concerning Francis M. Wilson’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. R.P.C. Wilson I. Includes R.P.C.’s commencement oration at Center College, 1853, on Manifest Destiny; letters from R.P.C. to Francis and to nephew Francis, son of R.P.C. Wilson II. Newspaper death notices of the elder Wilson and his wife, the former Carrie F. Murray. Letter of sympathy from William J. Stone to R.P.C. Wilson I, when Mrs. Wilson died. Tribute written about Carrie F. Murray Wilson by her husband. Tribute from Missouri General Assembly on the occasion of R.P.C. Wilson I’s death.
f. 1293-1297	Death notice of R.P. Clark, great-grandfather of Francis. Estate papers of B.F. Hollingsworth, Platte County, Missouri. H.B. Callahan and R.P. Clark were the administrators of the estate. Papers cover period 1854-1866, include debts probated against the estate, receipts of payment, appraisements, inventory, and land sale transaction papers.
f. 1297	Memoirs of Dr. John Wilson, brother of Francis M. Wilson’s father, R.P.C. Wilson I. Includes listing (history) of Platte County before the Civil War; also history of Civil War in Missouri as seen by Wilson serving as an army doctor. Battle of Lexington. Also included is description of Battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, and conditions in Memphis during the war.
f. 1298-1302	Undated letter from Francis to nephew R.P.C. Wilson III. Letter from Wilson Murray, nephew of Mrs. R.P.C. Wilson I, to Francis, 1904.
f. 1299-1300	First opinions and briefs handed down by R.P.C. Wilson III after becoming Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, September 1939. First opinion involves the proper procedure for collecting delinquent personal taxes in a county. First brief is State of Missouri vs. Albert Curley. Second brief is State of Missouri vs. Mark Robinson.
f. 1301-1302	Preliminary Hearing of murder case, State of Missouri vs. Robert Love, May 1942, held in Justice of the Peace Court of Francis E. Murray, relative of the Wilsons.

f. 1308-1311	Joseph W. Folk endorsement of Wilson’s candidacy for representative, 1904. The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, 1904. 300 pages of platform, biographical sketches of both Democratic and Republican Party members.
f. 1309	U.S. Democratic Campaign Book for 1910.
f. 1310	Missouri Democratic Campaign Handbook, 1916; Democratic State Campaign Book, 1922.
f. 1311	The Democratic Textbook, 1920.
f. 1312-1314	Material on the League of Nations; booklet on past European attempts at liberty, A War of Liberation; “Suggestions for League Speakers, ” published by League to Enforce Peace; pamphlet, “A.B.C. of the League of Nations, ” issued by Democratic National Committee; Debate between U.S. Senator James A. Reed and U.S. Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock on the League of Nations and the supremacy of the British to the American form of government.
f. 1314	Democratic National Committee campaign pamphlets, 1920. Includes keynote speech of Homer Cummings at 1920 convention and James M. Cox speech accepting the Democratic nomination. Also a speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
f. 1315-1316	The 1920 Missouri Democratic Campaign handbook; Missouri and Democracy Roster of State and District Officers of the State of Missouri, 1923.
f. 1316	U.S. Democratic Campaign Book, 1924.

f. 1317-1319	Text of President Wilson’s declaration of war against Germany. Public resolutions declaring war.
f. 1318	War maps. Copy of William J. Stone’s article for liberty bond trial. Fuel administration circulars on conserving fuel. Committee on Public Information pamphlet on “A War of Self-Defense.”
f. 1319	U.S. Senate Document 49, 66th Congress, Treaty of Peace With Germany

f. 1320-1321	Telegram, June 26, 1920, from James T. Bradshaw to Francis M. Wilson regarding James A. Reed’s right to be a delegate to the 1920 Democratic National Convention. Address by Reed at the funeral of Champ Clark. Tribute to the career of Reed. Excerpts from the Congressional Record of Reed’s speeches on a variety of subjects.
f. 1321	Speech given October 21, 1920, by Reed at Convention Hall, Kansas City. In it he defends his independent stand against both Republican and Democratic programs. An example is his effort to defeat the U.S. entry into the League of Nations.

f. 1341-1344	Personal family business correspondence. Also correspondence pertaining to the pledging of the Missouri delegation to the 1920 Democratic National Convention. Material pertaining to the enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
f. 1342-1344	Private business papers, including some of C.A. Leedy, Jr., an assistant to Francis M. Wilson. Last will and testament of Francis M. Wilson.

f. 1378	1898-1914
f. 1379-1385	1915
f. 1386-1387	1916
f. 1388-1389	1917
f. 1390-1422	1918
f. 1423-1434	1919
f. 1435-1452	1920
f. 1453-1456	1921
f. 1457	1922
f. 1458-1461	1923
f. 1462-1463	1924
f. 1464-1466	1925
f. 1467-1473	1926
f. 1474-1492	1927
f. 1493-1741	1928
f. 1742	1929
f. 1743	1930
f. 1744-1745	1931
f. 1746-1790	1932
f. 1791-1796	1933
f. 1797-1809	1934
f. 1810-1813	1935
f. 1814	1936-1940
f. 1815-1817	1941
f. 1818	1942
f. 1819-1820	1943
f. 1821-1855	Undated

Subject	Folders	Other	Image
Adams, Robert H.	343
Adamson, Luther W.	555
Agriculture, Cooperative	282
Agriculture--Government policy	229
Alexander, Henry	32
Allen, Ethan	1293
Allen, Perry T. (1865-1939)	1277
Allison, Emery W. (1894- )	742-747
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America	1117, 1118
American Christian Army	352
American Federation of Labor	648
American Legion, Herbert Williams Post No. 202, Columbia, Missouri	337
American Legion. Donald Holden Post No. 106, Albany, Missouri	481, 484, 486
American Security Credit Company	1060
Anarchism and anarchists	1112
Anderson, Benjamin McLean (1854-1940)	15
Anderson, Edward L.	1031
Anderson, James H.	580
Andrew Johnson Tailor Shop Memorial, Greeneville, Tennessee	1374
Anti-Horse Thief Association	87
Anti-Saloon League of Missouri	157, 671, 769, 876
Arnold, George W.	734
Ashley, John	1293
Associated Industries of Missouri	231
Aull, Arthur (1872-1948)	318-320
Aylward, Charles Livingstone (1896- )	209, 210, 555
Aylward, James P. (1885-1982)	555, 578, 594, 598, 1073
Bagby, L. R. (1886-1948)	533-535, 537
Baker, Jacob	1293
Baker, Sam Aaron (1874-1933)	186, 187, 1154
Bane, James	1293
Banning, W. J.	1
Barker, John Tull (1877-1958)	213, 216, 241, 252, 294, 320, 332, 398, 572, 575, 576, 579
Barnes, James D.	481
Barrett, W. L.	417, 445, 446, 447, 449, 450, 453
Barrow, Martin	4, 305, 307, 309, 311, 312
Bartholdt, Richard (1855-1932)	1370
Bates, Robert Lee	410, 411
Beach, Albert I. (1883-1939)	1129

v. 1	Newspaper clippings, 1925-1926, concerning the Kansas City Railways Company, Francis M. Wilson as receiver, and the succeeding company, the Kansas City Public Service Company.
v. 2	Newspaper clippings, 1923-1926. The bulk of the clippings pertain to the 1924 Missouri gubernatorial campaign. For a time, Wilson was considered a candidate.
v. 3	Newspaper clippings, 1927, regarding the approaching 1928 Missouri gubernatorial campaign.
v 4-5	Newspaper clippings regarding the 1928 Missouri gubernatorial campaign. Volume 5 also has a few newspaper clippings, mostly of a political nature, from the years 1926, 1929, and 1930.
v. 6	Newspaper clippings, 1931, regarding Missouri state politics, emphasizing the approaching 1932 gubernatorial campaign.
v. 7-8	Newspaper clippings pertaining to the 1932 Missouri gubernatorial campaign; Wilson was the Democratic candidate.
v. 9-10	Newspaper clippings pertaining to the 1932 Missouri gubernatorial campaign; Wilson was the Democratic candidate.
v. 11	Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1928-1941. Subjects covered are Francis M. Wilson’s campaigns for Missouri Governor, 1928 and 1932, and his death in 1932. Also covered is his brother, R.P.C. Wilson, II, M.D. After the death of Francis, R.P.C. Wilson II became superintendent of the Missouri State School for the Feeble-Minded, Marshall, Missouri. Many of the clippings cover his work from 1932-1941. Clippings also concern R.P.C. Wilson II’s children in their activities and accomplishments.
v. 12	Miscellaneous. Articles and newspaper clippings pertaining to various subjects of sentimental value. Wilson wrote pieces similar in nature to those in the volume. The subjects are: Age and Youth, Armistice Day, Autumn, Bridges, Christmas, Death, Easter, History, May and Mother’s Day, Nature, New Years, Religion, Sentiments, and Thanksgiving.
v. 13-14	Miscellaneous. Articles and newspaper clippings pertaining to various subjects of sentimental value. Wilson wrote pieces similar in nature to those in the volume. The subjects are: Age and Youth, Armistice Day, Autumn, Bridges, Christmas, Death, Easter, History, May and Mother’s Day, Nature, New Years, Religion, Sentiments, and Thanksgiving.

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