HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG3643.AM: Dan Vorhees Stephens, 1868-1939
Papers: 1910-1936; 1939
Fremont, Dodge County, Neb.: U.S. Representative
Size: 26.0 cu.ft.; 51 boxes
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Dan Vorhees Stephens was born on November 4, 1868, the son of Richard Lewis and Martha Lamkins Stephens, pioneers of Indiana. As a youth he attended Indiana schools and Valparaiso College in Valparaiso, Indiana. Educated to become a teacher, he settled in Fremont, Nebraska, in 1887 to begin his career. On June 24, 1890, Stephens married fellow school teacher Hannah Boe of North Bend, Nebraska. From 1890-1894 he served as Superintendent of Schools in Dodge County, Nebraska. He followed a variety of pursuits in the ensuing years including the study of law, school teaching, politics, farming, manufacturing, publishing, and banking.
Stephens was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1904, 1908, 1920, 1924, and 1932. Elected to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman James P. Latta, he served in the United States House of Representatives from November 7, 1911, to March 3, 1919. After an unsuccessful campaign for re-election in 1918, he resumed his former business pursuits.
He was President of the Stephens National Bank; organizer of the Fremont Joint Stock Land Bank; President of Hammond-Stephens Company, educational publishers; Vice-President of the Nebraska State Building and Loan Association; Vice-President of the Crystal Refrigerator Company; Vice-President of the Nebraska Dairy Herd Development Association in 1932 and 1933; and president of the Brown Swiss Breeders Association of America in 1932 and 1934. Stephens was a member of the Board of Education of Fremont, Nebraska, and a member of the State Board of Education from 1923-1926. He was also a member of the executive council of the Nebraska Bankers’ Association from 1922-1924; a member of the agricultural committee of the Nebraska Bankers’ Association from 1924-1928 and Chairman in 1924 and 1925. President of the State Bank Division of the American Bankers’ Association in 1929 and 1930; and a member of the executive council of that same organization in 1935.
Stephens’ career as an author began in 1902 with the publication of Silas Cobb, and a year later he wrote Phelps and His Teacher. His last two works, Cottonwood Yarns (1935) and Passing of the Buffalo (1937) were supposed to have been inspired by the surroundings of his country home.
A Democrat, Stephens was a strong supporter of presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He had a reputation in the Fremont area as a community leader and respected citizen.
Dan Vorhees Stephens died in Fremont, Nebraska, on January 13, 1939.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consist of fifty-one boxes of manuscript material and three scrapbooks, arranged in twelve series: (1) Correspondence, General, 1911-1918; (2) Correspondence, Pensions, 1918-1919; (3) Correspondence, Military Appointments, 1913-1918; (4) Correspondence, Indian Affairs, 1918-1919; (5) Correspondence, Post Offices, 1912-1919; (6) Correspondence, Personal, 1915; (7) Newspaper Clippings, 1914-1918; (8) Mailing Lists, 1914-1919; (9) House Bills, 1910-1918; (10) Printed Matter, 1911-1919; (11) Miscellaneous, 1914-1918 and 1939; and (12) Scrapbooks, 1919-1936.
This collection relates to the service of Dan V. Stephens as U.S. Congressman from Nebraska’s 3rd District, 1911-1919. The bulk of the collection consists of both incoming and outgoing correspondence between Stephens and his constituents filed alphabetically according to the name of the correspondent and arranged in several series by subject. Together with routine requests for free garden seeds and government publications, in the General Correspondence file are letters which reveal Stephens’ position on several issues facing the Congress including the establishment of parcel post, prohibition, neutrality, arms embargo, and military spending. These are several exchanges between Stephens and some constituents of German descent over his support of Wilson’s foreign policy. Other series of correspondence concern pensions for veterans, mostly from the Civil War, and their widows; appointments to the military academies of Annapolis and West Point; and adjustments to land allotments or inheritances of Indians on reservations in Stephens’ district.
Still another series of correspondence concerns the appointment of postmasters. Although fourth class post offices had recently been placed under civil service, Congressmen retained the power to nominate postmasters for first, second, and third class post offices. Stephens devised a system of primary elections to select the person whom he would name to fill a vacancy. Correspondence, some newspaper clippings, and other material relating to these elections as well as correspondence concerning other post office vacancies are filed together.
The Newspaper Clippings, furnished by a clipping service, include articles reporting on Stephens’ activities as well as editorial comments. The House Bills, introduced by Stephens, generally concern pensions and are accompanied by related correspondence. Among the Printed Matter are pamphlets and reports that served as a reference file for legislative matters including agricultural appropriations; the nationalist impulse in many European countries; economic problems, both domestic and foreign, resulting from the European War; regulation of the meat-packing industry; and regulation of the railroads. The scrapbooks relate to several political campaigns of Stephens, including the Congressional races of 1912 and 1914, as well as his campaign for State Democratic National Committeeman in 1936.
Photographs from Stephens’ trip to survey the effects of war on France and Belgium in the late summer of 1917 have been transferred to the photo collections.
INVENTORY
Series 1 – Correspondence, general, 1911-1918
Box 1
Folder
- 1911, A-I
- 1911, J-Z
- 1912, A
- 1912, Jan.-Feb., B
- 1912, Mar.-Apr., B
- 1912, May-Dec., B
- 1912, Jan.-Mar., C
Box 2
Folder
- 1912, Apr.-Dec., C
- 1912, Jan.-Feb., D
- 1912, Mar.-Dec., D
- 1912, E
- 1912, F
- 1912, Jan.-Feb., G
- 1912, Mar.-Dec., G
Box 3
Folder
- 1912, Jan.-Feb., H
- 1912, Mar., H
- 1912, Apr.-May, H
- 1912, June-Dec., H
- 1912, I
- 1919, J
- 1912, Jan.-Mar., K
- 1912, Apr.-Dec., K
Box 4
Folder
- 1912, Jan.-Mar., L
- 1912, Apr.-Dec., L
- 1912, Jan.-Feb., M
- 1912, Mar., M
- 1912, Apr.-May, M
- 1912, June-Dec., M
- 1912, N
- 1912, O
Box 5
Folder
- 1912, Jan.-Mar., P
- 1912, Apr.-Dec., P
- 1912, Q
- 1912, Jan.-Mar., R
- 1912, Apr.-Dec., R
- 1912, Jan.-Feb., S
- 1912, Mar., S
- 1912, Apr.-May, S
- 1912, June-Dec., S
Box 6
Folder
- 1912, T
- 1912, U
- 1912, V
- 1912, Jan.-Mar., W
- 1912, Apr.-Dec., W
- 1912, X-Y-Z
- 1913, A, B & H
Box 7
Folder
- 1914, A
- 1914, Jan.-May, B
- 1914, June-Sept., B
- 1914, Oct.-Dec., B
- 1914, Jan.-May, C
- 1914, June-Aug., C
- 1914, Sept.-Dec., C
- 1914, Jan.-June, D
Box 8
Folder
- 1914, July-Dec., D
- 1914, E
- 1914, Jan.-May, F
- 1914, June-Dec., F
- 1914, Jan.-June, G
- 1914, July-Dec., G
- 1914, Jan.-Mar., H
- 1914, Apr.-July, H
Box 9
Folder
- 1914, Aug.-Oct., H
- 1914, Nov.-Dec., H
- 1914, I
- 1914, J
- 1914, Jan.-Apr., K
- 1914, May-Dec., K
- 1914, Jan.-Feb., M
- 1914, Mar.-May, M
Box 10
Folder
- 1914, June-Aug., M
- 1914, Sept.-Dec., M
- 1914, Jan.-July, N
- 1914, Aug.-Dec., N
- 1914, O
- 1914, Jan.-May, P
- 1914, June-Dec., P
Box 11
Folder
- 1914, Q
- 1914, Jan.-May, R
- 1914, June-Dec., R
- 1914, Jan.-Feb., S
- 1914, Mar.-May, S
- 1914, June-Aug., S
- 1914, Sept.-Oct., S
- 1914, Nov.-Dec., S
Box 12
Folder
- 1914, Jan.-July, T
- 1914, Aug.-Dec., T
- 1914, U
- 1914, V
- 1914, Jan.-Mar., W
- 1914, Apr.-June, W
- 1914, July-Sept., W
- 1914, Oct.-Dec., W
- 1914, X-Z
Box 13
Folder
- 1915, A
- 1915, Jan.-Feb., B
- 1915, Mar., B
- 1915, Apr.-June, B
- 1915, July-Dec., B
- 1915, Jan.-Apr., F
- 1915, May-Dec., F
- 1915, Jan.-Mar., G
- 1915, Apr.-Dec., G
Box 14
Folder
- 1915, Jan.-Feb., H
- 1915, Mar.-July, H
- 1915, Aug.-Dec., H
- 1915, I
- 1915, J
- 1915, K
- 1915, Jan.-Feb., L
- 1915, Apr.-Dec., L
- 1915, Mc
Box 15
Folder
- 1915, Jan.-Feb., M
- 1915, Mar.-June, M
- 1915, July-Dec., M
- 1915, Jan.-Apr., N
- 1915, May-Dec., N
- 1915, O
- 1915, Jan.-June, P
- 1915, July-Dec., P
- 1915, Q
- 1915, Jan.-Apr., R
- 1915, May-Dec., R
Box 16
Folder
- 1915, Jan.-Mar., S
- 1915, Apr.-Aug., S
- 1915, Sept.-Dec., S
- 1915, T
- 1915, U
- 1915, V
- 1915, W
- 1915, X-Z
Box 17
Folder
- 1916, Jan.-Mar., A
- 1916, Apr.-June, A
- 1916, July-Dec., A
- 1916, Jan.-Feb., B
- 1916, Mar., B
- 1916, Apr.-May, B
- 1916, June-Aug., B
- 1916, Sept.-Dec., B
Box 18
Folder
- 1916, Jan.-Mar., C
- 1916, Apr.-May, C
- 1916, July-Dec., C
- 1916, Jan.-Mar., D
- 1916, Apr.-May, D
- 1916, June-Dec., D
- 1916, E
Box 19
Folder
- 1916, F
- 1916, Jan.-Mar., G
- 1916, Apr.-May, G
- 1916, Aug.-Dec., G
- 1916, Jan.-Mar., H
- 1916, Apr.-May, H
Box 20
Folder
- 1916, June-Aug., H
- 1916, Sept.-Dec., H
- 1916, I
- 1916, J
- 1916, Jan.-Mar., K
- 1916, Apr.-May, K
- 1916, July-Dec., K
Box 21
Folder
- 1916, Jan.-Mar., L
- 1916, Apr.-May, L
- 1916, June-Dec., L
- 1916, Mc
- 1916, O
- 1916, Jan.-Apr., P
- 1916, May-Dec., P
Box 22
Folder
- 1916, Jan.-Feb., S
- 1916, Mar., S
- 1916, Apr.-June, S
- 1916, July-Sept., S
- 1916, Oct.-Dec., S
Box 23
Folder
- 1916, Jan.-Apr., T
- 1916, May-Dec., T
- 1916, Jan.-Feb., W
- 1916, Mar.-May, W
- 1916, June-Aug., W
- 1916, Sept.-Oct., W
- 1916, X-Z
Box 24
Folder
- 1917, Jan.-Apr., A
- 1917, May-Dec., A
- 1917, Jan.-Feb., B
- 1917, Mar.-May, B
- 1917, June-Aug., B
- 1917, Sept.-Dec., B
- 1917, Jan.-Apr., C
- 1917, May-July, C
Box 25
Folder
- 1917, Aug.-Dec, C
- 1917, Jan.-Mar., D
- 1917, Apr.-June, D
- 1917, July-Dec., D
- 1917, Jan.-May, E
- 1917, June-Dec., E
- 1917, Jan.-Apr., F
- 1917, May-Dec., F
- 1917, Jan.-May, G
Box 26
Folder
- 1917, June-Dec., G
- 1917, Jan., H
- 1917, Feb.-Mar., H
- 1917, Apr.-May, H
- 1917, June-Aug., H
- 1917, Sept.-Dec., H
- 1917, I
- 1917, J
- 1917, Jan.-Mar., K
Box 27
Folder
- 1917, Apr.-June, K
- 1917, July-Dec., K
- 1917, Jan.-Apr., L
- 1917, May-Aug., L
- 1917, Sept.-Dec., L
- 1917, Jan.-June, Mc
- 1917, July-Dec., Mc
- 1917, Jan.-Feb., M
- 1917, Mar.-Apr., M
Box 28
Folder
- 1917, May-July, M
- 1917, Aug.-Oct., M
- 1917, Nov.-Dec., M
- 1917, N
- 1917, Q
- 1917, Jan.-Apr., P
- 1917, May-Dec., P
- 1917, Jan.-May, R
- 1917, June-Dec., R
Box 29
Folder
- 1917, Jan.-Feb., S
- 1917, Mar.-Apr., S
- 1917, May, S
- 1917, June-Aug., S
- 1917, Sept.-Nov., S
- 1917, Dec., S
- 1917, Jan.-May, T
- 1917, June-Dec., T
- 1917, U
- 1917, V
- 1917, Jan.-Feb., W
Box 30
Folder
- 1917, Mar.-Apr., W
- 1917, May-June, W
- 1917, July-Sept., W
- 1917, Oct.-Dec., W
- 1917, X-Z
- 1918, May-Aug., W
Series 2 – Correspondence, pensions, 1918-1919
Box 31
Folder
- 1918-1919, A-C
- 1918-1919, D-F
- 1918-1919, K-L
- 1918-1919, M
- 1918-1919, N-V
- 1918-1919, W-Z
Series 3 – Correspondence, military appointments, 1913-1918
Box 31 (cont.)
Folder
- 1913, Annapolis Appointments
- 1914, Annapolis Appointments
- 1916, Annapolis Appointments
- 1917, Annapolis Appointments
Box 32
Folder
- 1918, Annapolis Appointments
- 1914-1915, West Point Appointments
- 1916-1917, West Point Appointments
- 1917-1918, West Point Appointments
Series 4 – Correspondence, Indian Affairs, 1918-1919
Box 32 (cont.)
Folder
- 1918-1919, A-C
- 1918-1919, D-G
- 1918-1919, H-J
- 1918-1919, L-N
- 1918-1919, O-V
- 1918-1919, W-Z
Series 5 – Correspondence, Post Offices, 1912-1919
Box 33
Folder
- Post Office Department, 1914-1915
- Albion, 1912-1917
- Allen, 1912-1918
- Altowa, 1917
- Ames, 1913
- Archer, 1914
- Bancroft, 1913-1916
- Battle Creek, 1915-1918
- Beemer, 1913-1916
- Belden, 1913
- Belgrade, 1913-1918
- Bloomfield, 1914-1918
- Boone, 1914-1915
- Brunswick, 1913
- Carroll, 1912-1919
- Cedar Rapids, 1913-1914
- Center, 1915
- Central City, 1912-1915
- Chapman, 1914-1917
- Clarks, 1912-1913
- Clarkson, 1912-1914
- Clearwater, 1913-1916
Box 34
Folder
- Coleridge, 1913-1917
- Columbus, 1913-1915
- Concord, 1913
- Cornlea, 1913-1916
- Craig, 1912-1917
- Creighton, 1912-1914
- Creston, 1914-1918
- Crofton, 1913-1914
- Crowell, 1916-1917
- Dakota, 1913-1915
- Decatur, 1913-1914
- Dixon, 1914-1917
- Dodge, 1912-1915
- Duncan, 1912
- Elgin, 1912-1916
- Emerson, 1912-1915
- Fremont, 1912-1915
- Fullerton, 1915-1916
- Genoa, 1913-1919
- Hadar, 1913
- Hartington, 1912-1914
- Homer, 1916-1917
- Hooper, 1912-1913
Box 35
Folder
- Hoskins, 1913-1914
- Howells, 1914-1915
- Hubbard, 1914-1918
- Humphrey, 1912-1918
- Jackson, 1912-1917
- Jelen, 1916
- Laurel, 1913-1916
- Leigh, 1916
- Lindsay, 1913-1917
- Loretto, 1914-1915
- Lyons, 1912-1914
- Macora, 1917
- Madison, 1912-1914
- Magnet, 1913
- Martinsburg, 1913
- Maskell, 1916
- Meadow Grove, 1913-1915
- Monroe, 1914-1915
- Neligh, 1912-1913
Box 36
Folder
- Newcastle, 1913-1918
- Newman Grove, 1912-1914
- Niobrara, 1912-1915
- Norfolk, 1912-1913
- Norfolk, 1914
- Norfolk, 1918
- North Bend, 1912-1916
- Oakdale, 1912-1916
- Oakland, 1914-1916
- Obert, 1915-1917
- Oconee, 1915-1916
- Orchard, 1913
- Osmond, 1913-1917
- Palmer, 1912-1917
- Pender, 1913-1914
Box 37
Folder
- Petersburg, 1912-1917
- Pierce, 1912-1914
- Pilger, 1912-1915
- Pischelville, 1917
- Plainview, 1913
- Platte Center, 1913-1919
- Ponca, 1912-1915
- Primrose, 1914
- Randolph, 1912-1916
- Rogers, 1914
- Royal, 1915
- St. Edward, 1915-1916
- Schuyler, 1912-1915
- Scribner, 1913-1914
- Silver Creek, 1913-1914
- South Sioux City, 1912-1915
Box 38
Folder
- Stanton, 1912-1914
- Tarnov, 1914-1916
- Tekamah, 1912-1914
- Thurston, 1913-1914
- Tilden, 1913-1914
- Verdel, 1914
- Verdigre, 1912-1916
- Wakefield, 1913-1914
- Walnut, 1913
- Walthill, 1913-1914
- Wausa, 1915-1916
- Wayne, 1912-1914
- West Point, 1912-1915
- Winnebago, 1912-1918
- Winnetoon, 1913-1914
- Winside, 1913-1914
- Wisner, 1912-1918
- Wynot, 1914-1917
Series 6 – Correspondence, personal, 1915
Box 38 (cont.)
Folder
- 1915, Feb.-Nov.
Series 7 – Newspaper clippings, 1914-1918
Box 39
Folder
- Adair News, 1916
- Albion Argus, 1915-1917
- Albion News, 1916-1918
- Alexandria Argus, 1917
- Alliance Herald, 1916
- Alliance News, 1916
- Alma Record, 1916
- Arapahoe Mirror, 1916
- Auburn Granger
- Aurora Advocate, 1918
- Aurora Republican, 1916-1918
- Aurora Register, 1915-1918
- Aurora Sun, 1916-1918
- Bancroft Blade, 1916
- Battle Creek, 1916-1917
- Beatrice Express, 1915-1918
- Beatrice Sun, 1915-1918
- Beaver Crossing Times, 1915
- Beemer Times, 1915-1917
- Belden Progress, 1916
- Bellwood Gazette, 1915-1918
- Bennet Sun, 1916-1917
- Benson Times, 1916-1917
- Bertrand Herald, 1916
- Blair Democrat, 1916-1917
- Blair Enterprise, 1915-1917
- Blair Pilot, 1915-1918
- Blair Tribune, 1916-1917
- Bloomfield Journal, 1916-1917
- Bloomfield Monitor, 1915-1917
- Bloomfield Advocate
- Blue Springs Sentinel, 1916
- Brady Vindicator, 1916
- Brainard Clipper, 1916-1917
- Bridgeport Blade, 1915
- Broken Bow Chief, 1917
- Brunswick Independent, 1916
- Broken Bow Republican, 1916
- Carroll Index, 1918
- Cedar Rapids Outlook, 1916-1918
- Central City Nonpareil, 1916-1918
- Central City Republican, 1916-1918
- Chadron Chronicle, 1916
- Clarks Enterprise, 1916-1918
- Clarkson Herald, 1916-1917
- Clay Center Patriot, 1916
- Clearwater Record, 1917-1918
- Cody Cowboy, 1917
- Coleridge Blade, 1916-1918
- Columbus Journal, 1915
- Columbus News, 1916-1918
- Columbus Telegram, 1915-1918
- Cozad Local, 1916
- Craig News, 1917-1918
- Crawford Tribune, 1916-1917
- Creighton Liberal, 1916-1917
- Creighton News, 1916-1918
- Creston Statesman, 1916
- Crete Herald, 1915-1918
- Crete Herald, 1917
- Crete News, 1917
- Crofton Journal, 1914-1917
- Curtis Enterprise, 1916
- Dakota City Herald, 1916
- Dakota City-North Nebraska Eagle, 1915-1918
- Dannebrog News, 1916
- Davenport Journal, 1916
- David City Banner, 1918
- David City Press, 1918
- Decatur Herald, 1915-1916
- Diller Record, 1916-1917
- Dodge Criteron, 1916-1917
- Edgar Sun, 1916-1917
- Edison Record, 1916
- Elgin Review, 1916-1918
- Elm Creek Beacon, 1917-1918
- Elmwood Bulletin, 1916
- Emerson Enterprise, 1915-1918
- Emerson Times
- Eustis News, 1915-1916
- Exeter News, 1916-1917
Box 40
Folder
- Fairbury Gazette, 1916-1917
- Fairbury Journal, 1915-1917
- Fairbury News, 1916-1918
- Falls City Journal, 1915-1917
- Falls City News, 1916-1918
- Franklin Progress, 1916
- Franklin Sentinel, 1915-1916
- Fremont Herald, 1915-1918
- Fremont Tribune, 1916-1919
- Friend Sentinel, 1916-1917
- Fullerton News Journal, 1915-1918
- Fullerton Post, 1916
- Gandy Pioneer, 1917
- Geneva Signal, 1915
- Genoa Leader, 1916
- Genoa Times, 1915-1917
- Gordon Democrat, 1916
- Gordon Journal, 1916
- Grand Island Independent, 1915-1918
- Guide Rock Signal, 1916
- Hartington-Cedar Co. News, 1915-1918
- Hartington Herald, 1916-1918
- Hartington Watcher, 1916
- Harvard Courier, 1916
- Hastings Democrat, 1915-1916
- Hastings Tribune, 1916-1918
- Havelock Times, 1916
- Hay Springs News, 1916-1917
- Hebron Champion, 1916
- Hildreth Telescope, 1917
- Holdrege Citizen, 1915-1916
- Homer Star, 1916-1917
- Hooper Sentinel, 1917-1918
- Hoskins Headlight, 1916-1918
- Howells Journal, 1917-1918
- Humphrey Democrat, 1915-1918
- Indianola Reporter, 1916
- Kearney Democrat, 1916
- Kearney Hub, 1915-1918
- Kearney Times, 1916-1918
- Laurel Advocate, 1915-1918
- Lawrence Locomotive, 1916-1917
- Leigh World, 1916-1918
- Lexington Citizen, 1916
- Lincoln Farmer, 1915
- Lincoln Herald, 1918
- Lincoln Journal, 1915-1918
- Lincoln News, 1916-1918
- Lincoln Star, 1915-1918
- Lindsay Post, 1916
- Loup City Northwestern, 1916
- Loup City Times, 1916-1917
- Lyons Mirror, 1915-1916
- Lyons Sun, 1916
- Madison Chronicle, 1916-1917
- Madison Star Mail, 1916-1918
- Marsland Tribune, 1916
- Maskell Graphic, 1916
- Maxwell Telepost, 1916
- Maywood Reporter, 1916
- McCook Republican, 1917
- McCook Junction Journal, 1917-1918
Box 41
Folder
- Meadow Grove News, 1916
- Minden Courier, 1916
- Mitchell Index, 1916-1918
- Monroe Looking Glass, 1916
- Monroe Republican, 1916-1918
- Nebraska City News, 1916-1918
- Nebraska City Press, 1915-1918
- Neligh News, 1915-1916
- Neligh Register, 1915-1918
- Newman Grove Reporter, 1915-1918
- Niobrara Tribune, 1916-1918
- Norfolk News, 1915-1917
- Norfolk Press, 1916-1918
- North Bend Eagle, 1915-1918
- Oakdale Sentinel, 1915-1916
- Oakland Independent, 1915-1916
- Obert Tribune, 1918
- Omaha Bee, 1915-1918
- Omaha Democrat, 1915-1918
- Omaha Examiner, 1916
- Omaha Mediator, 1916-1918
- Omaha Nebraskan, 1915-1918
- Omaha News, 1916-1918
- Omaha Tradesman, 1916
- Omaha World Herald, 1915-1918
- O’Neill Frontier, 1915-1916
- Orchard News, 1916-1918
- Ord Journal, 1916-1918
- Ord Quiz, 1916
- Shield’s Orleans Isser, 1916
- Osceola Democrat, 1916-1917
- Oshkosh News, 1917
- Osmond Republican, 1916
- Overton Herald, 1916
- Palmer Journal, 1916-1918
- Papillion Times, 1918
- Pender Republic, 1915-1917
- Pender Times, 1915-1917
- Peru Pointer, 1915
- Petersburg Index, 1916-1918
- Pierce Call, 1915-1918
- Pierce Leader, 1916-1918
- Pilger Herald, 1916-1918
- Plainview News, 1916-1917
- Plainview Republican, 1916-1918
- Platte Center Signal, 1916
- Plattsmouth Journal, 1915-1918
- Plymouth News, 1915-1916
- Ponca Leader, 1916-1918
- Primrose Press, 1917
- Randolph Enterprise, 1915-1918
- Republican City Ranger, 1916
- Rising City Independent, 1918
- Riverton Review, 1916
- Rosalie Rip-Saw, 1916-1918
- Rushville Recorder, 1916
- Rushville Standard, 1917
- St. Edward Advance, 1916-1918
- Schuyler Messenger, 1916-1917
- Schuyler Sun, 1916-1918
- Scottsbluff Republican, 1917-1918
- Scribner Rustler, 1916-1917
- Stapleton Enterprise, 1916
- Scottsbluff Star-Herald, 1917
- Seward Democrat, 1917
- Silver Creek Sand, 1916-1918
- South Sioux City Record, 1915-1918
Box 42
Folder
- Snyder Banner, 1916-1917
- Spalding Enterprise, 1916
- Stanton Pickett, 1916
- Stanton Register, 1916-1918
- Steinauer Star, 1916
- Stromsburg Headlight, 1916
- Stromsburg News, 1916-1917
- Sumner News, 1916
- Sutton News, 1916
- Syracuse Journal, 1916
- Table Rock Argus, 1916
- Tekamah Democrat, 1916-1917
- Tekamah Herald, 1915-1918
- Tekamah Journal, 1915-1916
- Thedford Herald, 1916
- Tilden Citizen, 1916
- Trenton Republican-Leader, 1915
- Upland Eagle, 1916
- Ulysses Dispatch, 1916-1918
- Ulysses Review, 1916-1917
- Valentine Searchlight, 1916-1917
- Valparaiso Visitor, 1915
- Verdigre Citizen, 1915-1918
- Wakefield Republican, 1916-1918
- Wausa Gazette, 1916
- Wahoo Democrat, 1917
- Wasp, 1917
- Walthill Citizen, 1916-1918
- Walthill Times, 1916-1918
- Wakefield Republican, 1915
- Wayne Democrat, 1915-1918
- Wayne Herald, 1915-1917
- West Point Democrat, 1916-1918
- West Point Republican, 1916-1918
- Winnebago Chieftain, 1916
- Winnetoon Pioneer, 1916
- Wisner Chronicle, 1916-1918
- Wymore Wymorian, 1916
- Wynot Tribune, 1915-1918
- York Democrat, 1918
- York Republican, 1918
- York Times, 1916-1918
- From Outside Nebraska, 1915-1918
- European Trip, 1917
- Miscellaneous, 1915-1918
Series 8 – Mailing lists, 1914-1919
Box 43
Folder
- Antelope County, 1917-1918
- Boone County, 1916-1918
- Burt County, 1917-1918
- Cedar County, 1918
- Colfax County, 1918
- Cuming County, 1918
- Dakota County, 1918
- Dixon County
- Dodge County, 1917-1918
- Knox County, 1916-1918
- Madison County, 1916-1918
- Merrick County, 1918
- Nance County, 1918
- Pierce County, 1918
- Platte County, 1916-1918
- Stanton County, 1918
- Thurston County, 1918
- Wayne County, 1917-1918
- Seed Distribution Lists, 1919
- Sent War message and protest against arms and ammunition
- Names on petition against Hobson Amendment, 1914
- Democratic Co. Committees, 1916-1917
- Bohemians, 1917-1918
Box 44
Folder
- German-reading constituents, 1917
- Newspapers, Nebraska
- Commercial bodies, Nebr., 1917
- Bankers, Nebraska, 1917
Bankers-3rd District, 1918 - Lawyers-3rd Dist., Nebr., 1918
- Lawyers-Except 3rd Dist., Nebr., 1917
- Physicians-3rd Dist, Nebr., 1918
- Physicians-Except 3rd Dist., Nebr., 1917
- Clergymen-3rd Dist., Nebr., 1918
- Clergymen-Except 3rd Dist., Nebr., 1917
Series 9 – House bills, 1910-1918
Box 45
Folder
- H.R. 20574, 61st Congress; 2nd Session
- H.R. 3637, 62nd Congress; 2nd Session
- H.R. 15909-13
- H.R. 15915
- H.R. 14921
- H.R. 16035
- H.R. 16037
- H.R. 16038
- H.R. 16039
- H.R. 16040
- H.R. 16041
- H.R. 16042
- H.R. 16043
- H.R. 16044
- H.R. 16045
- H.R. 16046
- H.R. 16047, 62nd Congress; 2nd Session
- H.R. 16048
- H.R. 16049
- H.R. 16050
- H.R. 16051
- H.R. 16052
- H.R. 16053
- H.R. 16054
- H.R. 16055
- H.R. 16056
- H.R. 16057
- H.R. 16058
- H.R. 16059
- H.R. 16060
- H.R. 16061
- H.R. 16062
- H.R. 16064
- H.R. 16065
- H.R. 16066
- H.R. 16067
- H.R. 16068
- H.R. 16069
- H.R. 16072
- H.R. 16073
- H.R. 16074
- H.R. 16193
- H.R. 17015
- H.R. 17451
- H.R. 17576
- H.R. 18849
- H.R. 19673
- H.R. 19634
Box 46
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- H.R. 21821, 62nd Congress; 2nd Session
- H.R. 21887
- H.R. 24066
- H.R. 24255
- H.R. 24997
- H.Res. 426
- H.Res. 552
- H.J.Res. 357
- H.R. 28839, 62nd Congress; 3rd Session
- H.R. 28225
- H.R. 4751, 63rd Congress; 1st Session
- H.R. 7104
- H.R. 7105
- H.R. 7106
- H.R. 7108
- H.R. 7109
- H.R. 7111
- H.R. 7822
- H.R. 8631
- H.R. 9899, 63rd Congress; 2nd Session
- H.R. 9901
- H.R. 10069
- H.R. 12042
- H.R. 12166
- H.R. 12186
- H.R. 12588
- H.R. 12851
- H.R. 12852
- H.R. 15432
- H.R. 16505
- H.R. 18393
- H.R. 19390
- H.R. 19895, 63rd Congress; 3rd Session
- H.R. 20245
- H.R. 611, 64th Congress; 1st Session
- H.R. 612
- H.R. 613
- H.R. 2648
- H.R. 2649
- H.R. 2650
- H.R. 2651
- H.R. 2652
- H.R. 2653
- H.R. 2654
- H.R. 2655
- H.R. 6365
- H.R. 6366
- H.R. 6367
- H.R. 6368
- H.R. 6828-9
- H.R. 7429
- H.R. 8626
- H.R. 9671
- H.R. 10240
- H.R. 10746
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- H.R. 11161
- H.R. 11411
- H.R. 12343
- H.R. 12831
- H.R. 13568
- H.R. 16555
- H.R. 16556-7
- H.R. 16579
- H.R. 19661
- H.R. 20285
- H.R. 20339
- H.R. 212, 65th Congress; 1st Session
- 1918-1924
- H.R. 2649
- H.R. 12343
- H.R. 9743
- H.R. 10054, 65th Congress; 2nd Session
- H.R. 11042
- H.R. 9554
- H.R. 20285
- H.R. 9084
- H.R. 9085
- H.R. 9081
- H.R. 11043
- H.R. 9555
- H.R. 10203
- H.R. 9082
- H.R. 9083
- H.R. 9080
- H.J.Res. 321
- H.R. 13393, 65th Congress; 3rd Session
Series 10 – Printed matter, 1911-1919
Box 49
Folder
- Summary Report of Meat-Packing Industry
Report of Federal Trade Commission
“The Cudahy Packing Company” in Summary Report on the Meat Packing Industry
Presidential Message on Food Investigation - Public Health Bulletin-Rural Sanitation
Sanitation of Rural Workmen’s Areas
Infectious Diseases of Children - Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 246
Nebraska Conservation and Soil Survey, Potash Report
The Potash Industry of Nebraska - Practical Agriculture
Soil Survey of Thurston County, Nebraska
The Sale of Nitrate of Soda to Farmers
Manufacturing Tests of the official Cotton Standards for Grade - Hearings on Agriculture Appropriation Bill
Summary of Estimates
Office of the Secretary
Miscellaneous Expenses
Rent in the District of Columbia
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Office of Farm Management
States Relations Service
Forest Service
Bureau of Chemistry
Enforcement of the Insecticide Act
Federal Horticultural Board
Eradication of Pink Bollworm of Cotton
Division of Accounts and Disbursements
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Library-Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of Soils
Division of Publications
Bureau of Markets
Bureau of Animal Industry-Salaries of Meat Inspectors - Selection of Books on Foreign Languages
A List of Books on World Trade
A List of Books on Ships, Commerce, and the Merchant Marine
A List of Books on Foreign Countries
Miners’ Safety and Health Almanac for 1919
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1918 - Bulletin on Ward Occupations in Hospitals
A Series of Letters on Vocational Education
Second Annual Report on the Federal Board for Vocational Education - Regulations Governing the Admission of Candidates into the U.S. Naval Academy as Midshipmen
Examination Papers for Admission to the United States Naval Academy - The Dyestuff Situation in the Textile Industries
Second Annual Report of the United States Tariff Commission
Monthly Labor Review, November 1918 - Hearings before a Special Committee of the House of Representatives, 65th Congress, 3rd Session, on H.Res. 469 and H.Res. 476; Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13
- Hearings before a Special Committee of the House of Representatives, 65th Congress, 3rd Session, on H.Res 469 and H.Res. 476; Parts 14, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29
- War Information Series: American Loyalty, American Interest in Popular Government Abroad, First Session of the War Congress
- Fuel Facts including:
Study to Show that the Policies and Practices of Mr. Hoover as Food Administrator are “Harmful to the Common Welfare”
Facts Affecting the United States Food Administration
The World’s Food Supply
The Merchant’s Association of New York-Report of the Food Problem Committee
A Protest Against the Cream Skimmers
Food-Production Act, 1919 - Reciprocal Representation in a World’s Assembly and International Bonding-Remedies against Recurrence of War
Economic Readjustment from a War to Peace Basis
The Evolution of Natural Systems of Vocational Re-education for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors
Reconstructing America, Sociologically and Economically
How to Promote Foreign Trade
Representation in Industry
Our Economic Problems
Public Works or Public Charity?
Financial Panics, Their Causes And Cure
The Abolition of Poverty
The Socialists - The Commemorative Medal in the Service of Germany
Alsace-Lorraine Protests
The French Socialist Party and War Aims
Russia and Kindred Facts, An Interview in the Boston Sunday Post
The New Russia
The Moral Basis of Italy’s War
In the Matter of the Status of William Hohenzollern, Kaiser of Germany
In the Matter of the Position of William Hohenzollern, Kaiser of Germany
Reports on British Prison-Camps in India and Burma
The Pan-German Programme
War Letters by Stephens
The Guaranty News, December 1918
Austro-Magyar Judicial Crimes
The Ottoman Domination
Defensively-Armed Merchant Ships and Submarine Warefare
Box 50
Folder
- A War of Liberation
Their Crimes
Those “Gentlemen” of Germany
The War Cabinet, Report for the Year 1917
Lithuanian Review
The British Navy at War
German War Practices
The Just Claims of Italy
The Germany Empire of Central Africa - Fifth Liberty Bond Bill Hearings before the Committee on Ways and Means
The Organization, Work, and method of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men
The Work in Europe of the American Red Cross
After the War, What? America’s Great Opportunity Educationally
After the War, What? Observations upon the necessity for building a new civilization
A League of Nations – The Supreme War Council
What About the Secret Treaties? An Unofficial Interpretation of the War Aims of the United States, part II
Steps to Victory
America Entangled
The Bases of Durable Peace, As Voiced by President Wilson
War Taxation
The Men Who Can Win the War
Strikes in American Industry in Wartime, April 6 to October 6, 1917 - The Western Union and the War Labor Board
Tariff Problems
Samson and Good Samaritan
American During and After the War
A Plea for Peace
The War and Business
Columbia War Papers, A Directory of Service
The Means of Victory, a Speech by Rt. Hon. Edwin Montagu, M.P. - Great Britain Palestine and the Jews; Proclamation, General Felix Diaz, Commander-in-Chief of the National Reorganization Army of Mexico
Korea Under Japan
Ireland
Ireland and Poland, a Comparison
The Case of Bohemia
Taking Stock of the Future, Outlines of the Plans of Various Foreign Countries for Commercial Reconstruction
A Plea for Lithuanians
Ireland Today – Its Political and Economic Status
Britain Transformed
A Declaration of Interdependence
“The Murderous Tyranny of the Turks”
The Slavs Among The Nations
Bohemia Under Hapsburg Misrule
Palestine Papers – The Jews and the Arabs
Palestine Papers – Agricultural Possibilities of Palestine
Greece And Tomorrow
Box 51
Folder
- Statement submitted by the Cudahy Pacing Company Respecting the Problems, Prices and Profits of the Packing Industry
Report of Market Committee of the American National Livestock Association
Resolutions adopted at the Twenty-First Annual Convention of the American Livestock Association
Suggestions for housing Women War Workers
The Public Service Corporation and the Working Man
Livestock and Its Relation to the packing Industry
Statement of Thomas E. Wilson, President of Wilson & Co., Chicago, Illinois, before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, January 29-30, 1919, in regard to H.R. 13324
H.R. 13324 – House of Representatives in the Matter of the Proposed Acquisition by the Government of the Stockyards of the United States
Swift & Co. Year Book, 1919
Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Convention of the American National Livestock Association - Transportation – The Great Problem
Car Utility
A Discussion of The Railroad Problem and A Plan For future Management and Operation of Transportation
American Railways and the War
Address of S. Davies Warfield at American Bankers Association Convention, Atlantic City, September 26, 1917
How the States Can Co-operate in the Efficient National Regulation of Railroads
The Real Owner of the Railroads – The Investor
President Wilson and the Railways
Appropriation for Federal Control of Transportation Systems Hearings before the Sub-Committee of House Committee of Appropriations
Report of The Committee on Valuation
A Proposed Solution of the Railroad Problem
Memorial to the Interstate Commerce Commission
To-Day’s Railroad Problem, A Memorandum
Governmental Railroad Policy
Future of Our Railways
Common Sense About Railways
Preliminary Statements Concerning the Railroad Control Bill before the Senate and House Committee
Government Control of Railroads – S. 3752, H.R. 9615 – Brief of National Livestock Shippers Protective League, Chicago, and Constituent Members
American Railroad Wrecking Denver and Rio Grande Western Pacific and the Missouri Pacific’s Part in the Affair
Exclusive Regulation of Railroad Rates by the Federal Government - Before the Committee on Commerce United States Senate 65th Congress on S. Res. 170
Merchant Seamen vs. Naval Reserve Men
Rivers and Harbors Appropriations
Tonnage Explained
When Coal Oil Johnny Goes to Sea
Report of the Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Board
The Canal System of New York State
Important Light Towers in the Great Water World - All American Cables
Annual Report of the Directors of American Telephone and Telegraph Company to the Stockholders, 1917
The Validity of Re-sale Price Contracts
Reconstruction of Political Parties
Statement of Position of the National Association of Credit Men of Revenue Legislation
The Honorable the Commission of the Congress of the United States Appointed to Investigate Pneumatic Tube Mail Service
The Rockefeller Foundation
Excerpts from the Testimony Before the Joint Commission to Investigate the Postal Service
Series 11 – Miscellany, 1914-1918
Box 51 (cont.)
- Campaign Speeches, 1914-1918
- Stephens’ voting record, 1915-1916
- Form Letters to Constituents
- The Congressional Record, random pages, 1915-1918
- Itinerary, Undated
Speech and draft of bill on vocational education Handbill, campaign of 1918
American Now, pamphlet of the Navy League Speech by W.H. Slayton – “A Reply to Rep. Dan V. Stephens, Who Supports the Tavenner-Hahengollen Bill”
Copy of Correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and Congressman Ernest Lundeen, 1917 - Memorial Program, 1939
- A Tribute to the Cottonwoods of the Plains by Stephens
Series 12 – Scrapbooks, 1910-1936 (see oversize)
Volume
- November 1911 – October 1912, including Campaign of 1912
- Campaign of 1914; Miscellaneous, 1910-1917; Including Election returns from counties
- Campaign of 1936 for State Democratic National Committeeman
Subject headings:
Democratic Party — Nebraska
Elections — Nebraska
Germans in Nebraska
Indians of North America — Economic conditions
Indians of North America — Government relations
Indians of North America — Nebraska
Legislators — United States
Nebraska — Politics and government
Pensions — Military
Political parties
Politics — Nebraska
Post office primary elections
Post offices — Nebraska
Postal service — Parcel post
Prohibition
United States. Congress. House of Representatives, 1911-1919
Veterans — Nebraska
World War, 1914-1918
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