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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm73049304
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The records of the People's Legislative Service were donated to the Library of Congress by the organization in 1932. A small addition, donated in 1989 by the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College, was formerly part of the Florence Hope Luscomb Collection at the Schlesinger Library.
The records of the People's Legislative Service were arranged and described in 1995. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the People's Legislative Service is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The records of the People's Legislative Service are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, People's Legislative Service Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The records of the People's Legislative Service span the years 1921-1931 and relate primarily to the 1924 presidential campaign of Progressive Party candidates Robert M. La Follette and Burton K. Wheeler. The files contain correspondence, press releases, speeches, writings, clippings, and other printed matter. Other material documenting the Progressive Party in general includes proceedings of the Conference for Progressive Political Action.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and type of material.