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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 papers of Charles Linza McNary, justice of the Oregon supreme court and U.S. senator from Oregon, were given to the Library of Congress by his widow, Mrs. Charles L. McNary, and by his niece, Margaret Stolz Marshall, from 1952 to 1953.
The papers of Charles Linza McNary were arranged and described in 1953. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Charles Linza McNary in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Charles Linza McNary 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, Charles Linza McNary Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Charles L. McNary (1874-1944) span the years 1921-1944, with the focus on his career as senator from Oregon, including as Republican minority leader from 1933 to 1944. Included are correspondence, memoranda, legislative bills and resolutions, index cards, typed speeches with handwritten emendations, printed matter, and miscellaneous material. The papers are organized into six series: Family Letters , General Correspondence , Speeches and Statements , Legislative File , Biographical Material , and Printed Matter .
The General Correspondence provides a cross-section view of public opinion directed at McNary while he was the Republican leader in the Senate. Topics include United States neutrality in 1939-1941, Lend-Lease legislation, the United States Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (Burke-Wadsworth Bill), and McNary's answers to these issues. There is some correspondence regarding his nomination as the Republican candidate for the vice presidency in 1940. Other topics in the collection relate to agriculture, conservation, Indian affairs, tariffs, and the McNary-Haugen Bill.
Correspondents include Ralph H. Cake, James Couzens, Thomas E. Dewey, Herbert Hoover, Hiram Johnson, Richard L. Neuberger, Gerald P. Nye, Ben Peterson, Joseph P. Tumulty, Wallace H. White, and Wendell L. Willkie.
This collection is arranged in six series:
Carbon copies of letters from McNary to members of his family.
Arranged by name of family member and therein chronologically.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically.
Handwritten, typewritten, multicopy, and printed copies of speeches or drafts of speeches.
Arranged chronologically.
Letters sent and received, memoranda, and printed copies of bills and resolutions.
Arranged by subject. Little arrangement of folders under these headings, but each folder deals with a specific legislative proposal. Included are two groups of index cards relating to legislative proposals of the 76th, 77th, and 78th Congresses. The first group is arranged alphabetically, by name or subject. The second group is arranged by Congresses, and within each Congress, serially by bills. Loose-leaf notebooks and record books serve as indexes to bills and resolutions introduced by McNary in various Congresses.
Letters sent and received, newspaper clippings, poems by or about McNary, and multicopy and typed material. Also correspondence relating to McNary's voting record on legislation.
Arranged by type of material.
Published material regarding committee hearings on forestry and agriculture. Also newspaper clippings relating to McNary.
Unarranged.