Ickes, Harold L. 1874-1952.

Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969 (bulk 1933-1951). - 150,000 items. 490 93 containers plus oversize. 21 microfilm reels. 221 linear feet. - Arranged in 12 series. Series 1: Diary, 1933-1954; Series 2: Family Papers, 1815-1969; Series 3: Letterbooks, 1905-1912; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1903-1952; Series 5: Secretary of the Interior File, 1928-1946; Series 6: Legal File, 1877-1952; Series 7: Subject File, 1905-1952; Series 8: Speeches and Writings File, 1910-1952; Series 9: Miscellany, 1844-1961; Series 10: Scrapbooks, 1883-1954; Series 11: Addition, 1914-1942; and Series 12: Oversize, 1878-1954.

Open to research.

Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, family papers, legal and financial records, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting all aspects of Ickes's career especially his service as U.S. secretary of the interior. Subjects include the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential administration; presidential elections (1916-1948); Progressive Party politics; Chicago, Ill., and Illinois state politics; municipal reform; Ickes's Chicago law practice; the Arabian-American Oil Company; conservation; Indian affairs; Japanese-Americans during World War II; oil policy; and Puerto Rico. Individuals represented include Oscar L. Chapman, James M. Cox, Paul H. Douglas, James A. Farley, James Rudolph Garfield, Will H. Hays, Charles Evans Hughes, Samuel Insull, Hiram Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Frank Knox, Henry Morgenthau, Gifford Pinchot, Donald R. Richberg, Raymond Robins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Karl D. Vittum, Henry A. Wallace, and William Allen White.




Some maps
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
transferred to
Some photographs, cartoons, and posters
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to


Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009071

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Chapman, Oscar L. 1896-1978.
Cox, James M. 1870-1957.
Douglas, Paul H. 1892-1976.
Farley, James A. 1888-1976.
Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950.
Hays, Will H. 1879-1954.
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948.
Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938.
Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945.
Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973.
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944.
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967.
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.
Richberg, Donald R. 1881-1960.
Robins, Raymond, 1873-1954.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Vittum, Karl D.
Wallace, Henry A. 1888-1965.
White, William Allen, 1868-1944.


United States. Department of the Interior.
Arabian American Oil Company.
Progressive Party (1912)


Conservation of natural resources.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Municipal government--United States.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Practice of law--Illinois--Chicago.
Presidents--Election.--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.


Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government.
Illinois--Politics and government.
Puerto Rico--History.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.


Cabinet officers.
Lawyers.