05484cpcaa2200877 4500 mm 78042226 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 780817|||||||||||| eng mm 78042226 ms 70000978 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. Robert A. Taft papers, 1885-1980 (bulk 1938-1953). 522,000 items. 1,451 containers plus 1 classified and 3 oversize. 581 linear feet. Arranged in 14 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1885-1959; Series 2: Personal File, 1917-1927; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1903-1945; Series 4: Letters Sent, 1937-1953; Series 5: Political File, 1924-1953; Series 6: Legislative Papers, 1920-1953; Series 7: Subject File, 1946-1953; Series 8: Special Files, 1920-1953; Series 9: Speeches and Writings File, 1933-1953; Series 10: Business Papers, 1914-1953; Series 11: Miscellany, 1907-1953; Series 12: Addition, 1910-1980; Series 13: Oversize, 1919-1953; and Series 14: Top Secret, 1948-1949. Open to research. Classified, in part. Correspondence, speeches, writings, political and legislative files, subject files, business and financial records, family papers, and other papers relating primarily to Taft's career as a U.S. senator and to his role as a national leader in the Republican Party. Subjects include public policy and legislative issues especially in the areas of defense, economic policy, education, finance, foreign policy, labor, public housing, taxation, and veterans' affairs. Topics include his Cincinnati law practice, World War I service, national and Ohio state politics, political campaigns between 1938 and 1952, and Yale University. Family members represented include Taft's parents, Helen Herron Taft and William H. Taft; his sister, Helen Taft Manning; his wife, Martha Wheaton Bowers Taft; and his son, Robert Taft. Individuals represented by correspondence or subject matter are John W. Bricker, Forrest Davis, Thomas E. Dewey, Everett McKinley Dirksen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John B. Hollister, Herbert Hoover, David S. Ingalls, Julius Klein, David Eli Lilienthal, Douglas MacArthur, Henry F. Pringle, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harold E. Stassen, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S. Truman, and Wendell L. Willkie. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Sound recordings and newsreel film transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. U.S. senator from Ohio, Republican Party leader, and lawyer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011071 Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986. Davis, Forrest, 1893-1962. Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971. Dirksen, Everett McKinley. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Hollister, John B. (John Baker), 1890-1978. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Ingalls, David S. (David Sinton), 1899- Klein, Julius, 1901-1984. Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981. MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964. Manning, Helen Taft, 1891-1987. Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907-2001. Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965. Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943. Taft, Martha Wheaton Bowers, -1958. Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944. Taft family. United States. Congress. Senate. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Yale University. Education United States. Elections United States. Labor United States. Practice of law Ohio Cincinnati. Public housing United States. Taxation United States. Veterans United States. World War, 1914-1918. Ohio Politics and government. United States Defenses. United States Economic policy 20th century. United States Foreign relations 20th century. United States Politics and government 1901-1953. Lawyers. itoamc Politicians. itoamc Senators, U.S. Congress Ohio. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011071 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011071.3 40028 40028