Davis, James J.  1873-1947. <br/><br/>
James J. Davis papers, 1895-1946  (bulk 1921-1945). 

 - 13,000  items. 56  3  containers plus  oversize. 22.4  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 13 series.  Series 1: Diaries, 1922-1945; Series 2: Loyal Order of Moose Correspondence, 1930-1940; Series 3: Patronage Correspondence, 1931-1939; Series 4: Political Correspondence, 1929-1944; Series 5: Family Correspondence, 1943-1946; Series 6: Special File, 1930-1945; Series 7: Financial File, 1920-1945; Series 8: Book File, 1941; Series 9: Speeches and Articles, 1921-1946; Series 10: Scrapbooks and Personal Miscellany, 1921-1942; Series 11: Printed Matter: 1920-1945; Series 12: Photographs and Cartoons, 1895-1946; and Series 13: Oversize, 1895-1946. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, investigation files, financial records, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Davis's service as U.S. secretary of labor in the Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover presidential administrations; his tenure as U.S. senator from Pennsylvania; and as organizer and leader of the Loyal Order of Moose.  Subjects include labor relations, political campaigns including Davis's senatorial campaign in 1931, unemployment, and social security.  Also documents the 1931 investigation of Davis by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Senatorial Campaign Expenditures headed by Gerald P. Nye and the 1932 Loyal Order of Moose lottery trial, United States v. Davis.  Includes a draft of Davis's unpublished manuscript titled, The History of Strikes.  Correspondents include Rhys J. Davies, Homer L. Ferguson, Herbert Hoover, and Andrew W. Mellon. 
<br/><br/><br/>U.S. secretary of labor and senator from Pennsylvania. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011201 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78017913  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. <br/>Davies, Rhys J. 1877-1954 --Correspondence.<br/>Ferguson, Homer L. 1873-1953 --Correspondence.<br/>Harding, Warren G. 1865-1923. <br/>Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. <br/>Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 --Correspondence.<br/>Mellon, Andrew W. 1855-1937 --Correspondence.<br/>Nye, Gerald P. 1892-1971. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress --Ethics.<br/>United States. Congress.  Senate --Elections.<br/>United States. Congress.  Senate.  Select Committee on Senatorial Campaign Expenditures. <br/>United States. Department of Labor. <br/>Loyal Order of Moose.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Campaign funds--Pennsylvania.<br/>Fraternal organizations--United States.<br/>Governmental investigations--United States.<br/>Industrial relations--United States.<br/>Labor--United States.<br/>Lotteries--United States.<br/>Political campaigns--United States.<br/>Social security--United States.<br/>Strikes and lockouts--United States.<br/>Trials--United States.<br/>Unemployment--United States.<br/>Voluntarism--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1865-1950.<br/>United States--Economic policy--20th century.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Cabinet officers.<br/>Senators, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.