I. Correspondence
, 1914-2001 The correspondence series includes letters from political figures, friends, and supporters, most dating from either the early 1940s or late 1960s and early 1970s. Subjects mentioned include World War II, the Vietnamese Conflict, the Peace Movement, and presidential election reform. There are also a few family letters, including some from Rankin written while she was traveling in the Middle and Far East during 1946 and 1947. A. Chronological
, 1942-1994box folder Request box 1 1 1914-1940 1 2 1941 February-November 1 3 1941 December 1-6 1 4 1941 December 8 1 5 1941 December 9 1 6 1941 December 10 1 7 1941 December 11 1 8 1941 December 12-14 1 9 1941 December 15-17 1 10 1941 December 18-31 1 11 1941 December 1 12 1942 January 1 13 1942 February-April 1 14 1942 May-December 1 15 1943 box folder Request box 2 1 1944 2 2 1945-1954 2 3 1955-1965 2 4 1966 2 5 1967 January-April 2 6 1967 May 1-21 2 7 1967 May 22-31 2 8 1967 June 2 9 1967 July-September 2 10 1967 October-December box folder Request box 3 1 1968 January 3 2 1968 February-December 3 3 1969 3 4 1970 January-April 3 5 1970 May-1971 3 6 1972-1994 3 7 Fragments, etc., undated box folder Request box 3 8 Alinsky, Saul D., 1970 3 9 Baker, Howard H. Jr., 1969 3 10 Baldwin, Roger, 1970 3 11 Bayh, Birch, 1969 3 12 Bedell, Daniel S., 1970 3 13 Belfrage, Mary, 1969 3 14 Bellmon, Henry, 1969 3 15 Blumberg, Nathan, 1970 3 16 Brownlow, Donald G., 1969-1970 3 17 Burdick, Quentin N., 1969-1970 3 18 Burn, Marthena, 1969 3 19 Cellar, Emanuel, 1969 3 20 Chandler, Alfred D., 1970 3 21 Committee for Nonviolent Action, 1969 3 22 Cook, Marlow W., 1969 3 23 Cotton, Norris, 1969 3 24 Cronkite, Walter, 1970 3 25 Davis, John W., 1970 3 26 De Graaff, Mrs. Jan, circa 1969-1970 3 27 Degler, Carl N., 1970 3 28 Ellender, Allen J., 1969 3 29 Galbraith, John K., 1970 3 30 Goodell, Charles E., 1969 3 31 Gore, Albert, 1969 3 32 Grantham, Dewey, 1970 3 33 Gravel, Mike, 1969 3 34 Griffin, Mervyn E. Jr., 1970 3 35 Gruening, Ernest, 1969 3 36 Handlin, Oscar, 1970 3 37 Harris, Fred R., 1969 3 38 Hart, Philip A., 1969 3 39 Hartke, Vance, 1969 3 40 Hess, James A., 1969 3 41 Hoffman, Mary J., 1970 3 42 Holland, Spessard L., 1969 3 43 Hutchins, Robert M., 1970 3 44 Jackson, Henry M., 1969 3 45 Javits, Jacob K., 1969 3 46 Jones, Dorothy B., 1970 box folder Request box 4 1 Josephson, Hannah, 1970 4 2 Kennedy, Edward M., 1969 4 3 Lawson, Don, 1970 4 4 Liebert, Anna, 1969 4 5 Long, Russell B., 1969 4 6 Lugar, Richard G., 1970 4 7 McCarthy, Eugene J., 1970 4 8 McCloskey, Paul N. Jr., 1970 4 9 McDonald, Donald, 1970 4 10 McFarland, Lil, 1969 4 11 Mansfield, Mike, 1969 4 12 Meloney, Stephen, circa 1969-1970 4 13 Meredith, Betty, circa 1969-1970 4 14 Merritt, Janet S., 1969 4 15 Metcalf, Lee, 1969 4 16 Miha, Clara de, 1969 4 17 Moss, John E., 1969 4 18 Mundt, Karl E., 1969 4 19 Murphy, George, 1970 4 20 Muskie, Edmund, 1970 4 21 Nelson, Gaylord, 1968-1969 4 22 Nixon, Richard, 1969-1970 4 23 Olson, David M., 1969 4 24 Opal, Alma, 1970 4 25 Park, Myrtle H., 1970 4 26 Pastore, John O., 1969 4 27 Pellerzi, L.M., 1969 4 28 Pendergrast, Mrs. John B., 1969 4 29 Percy, Charles H., 1969 4 30 Proxmire, William, 1969 4 31 Pryor, Hubert C., 1970 4 32 Randolph, Jennings, 1969-1970 4 33 Robinson, Joel D., 1969 4 34 Rubin, Morris H., circa 1969-1970 4 35 Russell, Richard, 1969-1970 4 36 Sawyer, Betty, 1970 4 37 Saxbe, William, 1969 4 38 Scannell, Mrs. S.A., 1969-1970 4 39 Schweiker, Richard S., 1969 4 40 Sevareid, Eric, 1968 4 41 Smith, Margaret Chase, 1969 4 42 Sparkman, John, 1969 4 43 Strout, Richard L., circa 1969-1970 4 44 Talcott, Burt, 1969-1970 4 45 Talmadge, Herman, 1969 4 46 Tydings, Joseph, 1969 4 47 Wallace, Mike, circa 1969-1970 4 48 Wedel, Mrs. T.O., 1970 4 49 Williams, John J., 1969 4 50 Williams, T. Harry, 1969 4 51 Yarborough, Ralph W., 1970 box folder Request box 4 52 1939-1958 4 53 1961-1966 4 54 1967 4 55 1968-1969 4 56 1970-2001 4 57 undated box folder Request box 5 1 undated 5 2 Letters from JR, 1940-1973
III. Biographical
, 1910-2005 The Biographical Series contains copies of articles and papers written about Rankin's life and career campaigning for women's suffrage and world peace, and serving as the first woman in the U.S. Congress. The series also contains programs from events about Rankin, photographs, and a scrapbook. box folder Request box 5 7 Article about Rankin: Biography , 1997 May 5 8 Article about Rankin: Friendly Woman , 1985 Summer 5 9 Article about Rankin: Georgia Advocate , 1970 Fall 5 10 Article about Rankin: The Georgia Historical Quarterly , 1974 Spring 5 11 Article about Rankin: McCall's , 1917 April 5 12 Article about Rankin: McCall's , 1958 January 5 13 Article about Rankin: McCall's , 1976 April 5 14 Article about Rankin: Modern Maturity , 1983 December - 1984 January 5 15 Article about Rankin: Montana , 1980 Winter 5 16 Article about Rankin: Montanan , 1993 Winter 5 17 Article about Rankin: Ms. , 1986 March 5 18 Article about Rankin: Newsweek , 1966 February 14 5 19 Article about Rankin: Ramparts , 1968 February 5 20 Article about Rankin: The Union Signal , 1945 May 5 5 21 Article about Rankin: U.S. News & World Report , 1964 February 10 5 22 Article about Rankin: WIN , 1968 January 31 5 23 Article about Rankin: Unidentified magazines, etc., undated 5 24 Clippings re. Rankin, 1910-1939 5 25 Clippings re. Rankin, 1940-1949 5 26 Clippings re. Rankin, 1950-1959 5 27 Clippings re. Rankin, 1960-1969 5 28 Clippings re. Rankin, 1970-1979 5 29 Clippings re. Rankin, 1980-1999 5 30 Clippings re. Rankin, undated 5 31 Clippings re. Rankin (photocopies), 1916-1973 5 32 Clippings re: Wellington Rankin, 1958-1966 box folder Request box 6 1 Dendy, Gail "Jeanette Rankin", 1977 6 2 Fisher, Motier H. "But, Lord, It was a Brave Thing!", undated 6 3 Goldman, Eric F. from Rendezvous with Destiny , 1956 6 4 Mansfield, Mike "In a Montana Mood", 1967 6 5 Smith, Norma Stubborn Woman: The Life and Times of Jeanette Rankin (folder 1 of 6), undated 6 6 Smith, Norma Stubborn Woman: The Life and Times of Jeanette Rankin (folder 2 of 6), undated 6 7 Smith, Norma Stubborn Woman: The Life and Times of Jeanette Rankin (folder 3 of 6), undated 6 8 Smith, Norma Stubborn Woman: The Life and Times of Jeanette Rankin (folder 4 of 6), undated 6 9 Smith, Norma Stubborn Woman: The Life and Times of Jeanette Rankin (folder 5 of 6), undated 6 10 Smith, Norma Stubborn Woman: The Life and Times of Jeanette Rankin (folder 6 of 6), undated 6 11 Unidentified. "Jeanette Rankin on Woman's Liberation", circa 1969 6 12 Unidentified and no title, undated 6 13 Other printed material re. Rankin, 1949-2005 6 14 Biographical material 6 15 Financial Material, 1942-1966 6 16 Residence (Oconne Co.) Documents, 1969-1973 6 17 Travel Papers, 1946, 1956 6 18 Programs re. Rankin, 1958-2005 6 19 Photos, slides, etc., undated 6 20 Stationary - Rankin box Request box 8 Scrapbook (clippings; pictures; articles concerning peace, Miss Jeannette Rankin, World Peaceways, the National Council for the Prevention of War, and similar organizations), 1917-1966 8 Printer's Plates of Rankin Portraits, undated
IV. Subject Files
The Subject Files series is composed of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and papers about methods of nonviolent protest, pacifism, Gandhi, Pearl Harbor, protests against the Vietnam, and supporting the direct election of the President of the United States. box folder Request box 6 21 Other printed material - Pictures of Gandhi, undated 6 22 Other miscellaneous printed material (folder 1 of 3), 1949-1971 box folder Request box 7 1 Other miscellaneous printed materials (folder 2 of 3), 1949-1950 7 2 Other miscellaneous printed materials (folder 3 of 3), 1937-1995 7 3 Burt, Helen. "Why Women Weep" (poem), undated 7 4 Chudiwale, G.S. Speech, 1950 7 5 Crist, Charles F. "My Conception of Religion and a Religious Person", 1943 7 6 Davison, Roland G. "Tempus Vigilare", undated 7 7 Guaddgno, Carl "Peace Treatis", undated 7 8 Holmes, John Haynes. "Gandhiji", 1948 7 9 Lakey, George. "Exploring Nonviolent Action", 1969 7 10 Lakey, George. "Strategy for Nonviolent Revolution", undated 7 11 Lierde, Jean van. "Revolution: Ends and Means. Revolutionary Groups and Nonviolent Action", 1969 7 12 Meredith, Betty. "Mothers of America", circa 1967 7 13 Murray, Mary. "The Pattern of War as Described by Mark Twain", undated 7 14 Rankin, Wellington Speech re: Paradise Dam Proposal, undated 7 15 Smith, Donald F. "The Death of Nonviolence", undated 7 16 "Our Hope", 1945 7 17 Lists, undated 7 18 Notes, etc., undated 7 19 Political ephemera ("Votes for Women" playing card, "Wellington D. Rankin for U.S. Senator" cards, "Governments Make War" pins) 7 20 Postcards, undated 7 21 Other clippings, 1940-1979 7 22 Other clippings, undated 7 23 Other clippings (photocopies), 1965-1972 7 24 Other magazine and journal articles, 1942-1989
V. Additions
These files were donated to the Russell Library in 2019 by the family of the late Rankin biographer, Ted Harris. It consists of five boxes of personal and political correspondence, more of Rankin's writings, records of her post-career travels, and a large amount of clippings and articles documenting her political career. These folders retain the original arrangement and names given to them by the creator or the previous custodian of the papers. box folder Request box 8a 1 Reforms, undated 8a 2 Round House, undated 8a 3 Rankin Brigade, undated 8a 4 Personal Correspondence, 1969-1970 8a 5 Personal Pictures, undated 8a 6 Donations, undated 8a 7 Christmas Pictures, undated 8a 8 Center for Study of Democratic Institutions, undated 8a 9 Board, John, undated 8a 10 Autographs Wanted, undated 8a 11 A.B.M. Correspondence, undated 8a 12 Manuscripts, undated 8a 13 Miscellaneous, undated 8a 14 Personal Business, undated 8a 15 McKinnon, Edna, undated 8a 16 Hate Mail, undated 8a 17 Elliot, Jeff, undated 8a 18 Congressional Record, 1942 8a 19 Old Letters, undated 8a 20 National Women's Party, undated 8a 21 French Letters, undated 8a 22 Personal Correspondence, 1969-1970 8a 23 Opposition Views, undated 8a 24 Peace Group Correspondence, undated 8a 25 Woodruff, Owen, undated 8a 26 Travel #1, undated 8a 27 Women in Politics, undated 8a 28 War Registers International, undated 8a 29 University of Montana, undated 8a 30 Scrapbook, undated 8a 31 Thirteenth Triennial Conference, undated 8a 32 Vietnam, undated 8a 33 Peace Magazines, undated 8a 34 Travel #2, undated 8a 35 Africa, undated 8a 36 Czechoslovakia, undated 8a 37 India, undated 8a 38 Mexico, undated box folder Request box 9 01 [Letters to Edna R. McKinnon], 1950-1964 9 02 [Letters from Mary Bragg, Flora Surles, Edna McKinnon, Louise Rankin, Katharine Anthony, and Hattie McGregor], 1945-1964 9 03 [Letters from Mary Bragg, Louise Rankin, Edna McKinnon, Katharine Anthony, Hattie McGregor, and Tom Kinney], 1944-1965 9 04 [Letters from Louise Rankin], 1956-1965 9 05 [Letters from Edna McKinnon and Mary Bragg], 1954-1964 9 06 [Letters from Edna McKinnon], 1955-1964 9 07 [Letters from Katharine Anthony], 1955-1965 9 08 [Letters from Grace Stone Coates], 1962-1963 9 09 [Letters from Hattie McGregor], 1949-1963 9 10 [Letters from Flora B. Surles], 1956-1965 9 11 [Letters from Duncan Burnet], 1959-1963 9 12 [Letters from Walter], 1964-1965 9 13 [Letter from Flora B. Surles], 1949-1965 9 14 [Letters from Hattie McGregor], 1947-1964 9 15 [Letters from Dorothy and John], 1963-1964 9 16 [Letters from Pope R. Hill], 1962 9 17 [Letters from D.B. and J.A. Butler], 1963 9 18 [Letters to Jeannette Rankin], 1962-1963 9 19 [Letters from Burnet], 1962 9 20 [Letters from Thomas Kinney], 1954-1959 9 21 [Letters from Grace Stone Coates], 1962-1963 9 22 [Letters from Mrs. C.H. Rittenour], 1962-1963 9 23 [Letters to Jeannette Rankin], 1944-1965 9 24 [Letters to Jeannette Rankin], 1954-1963 9 25 [Letters to Jeannette Rankin], 1937-1963 9 26 [Letters to Jeannette Rankin], 1936-1965 box folder Request box 10 1 Pictures, undated 10 2 Speeches and Writings, 1940 10 3 Speeches and Writings, 1941 10 4 Speeches and Writings, 1941-1942 10 5 Speeches and Writings, 1942 10 6 Speeches and Writings, 1942 10 7 Speeches and Writings, 1942 10 8 Speeches and Writings, 1941-1950 10 9 Campaign Materials, 1918 10 10 Campaign Materials, 1940 10 11 Campaign Materials, 1940 10 12 Clippings, 1916-1917 10 13 Clippings, 1916-1917 10 14 Clippings, 1917 10 15 Clippings, 1918 10 16 Clippings, 1941-1942 10 17 Clippings, 1942 10 18 Clippings, 1941-1942 10 19 Clippings, 1941-1943 10 20 Miscellany, 1917 10 21 Clippings, World War II Vote, [1941] 10 22 Clippings, 1951 10 23 Miscellany Before 1917 10 24 Miscellany, 1916 10 25 Miscellany, First Term, 1917-1919 10 26 Miscellany, 1917 10 27 Miscellany, 1917 10 28 Miscellany, Second Term, 1941-1943 10 29 Miscellany, Second Term, War Prevention, [1941] 10 30 Miscellany, 1940 10 31 Miscellany, 1941 10 32 Miscellany, 1941 10 33 Miscellany, 1942-1943 box folder Request box 11 1 Miscellany, 1942 11 2 Miscellany, undated 11 3 Photographs, 1917 11 4 Photographs, undated 11 5 Speeches and Writings, 1939 11 6 Speeches and Writings, 1938 11 7 Speeches and Writings, 1935-1938 11 8 Coastal Georgia Historical Society, undated 11 9 Public Opinion - University of Virginia Speech, 1937 11 10 Coastal Defense, undated 11 11 The 1960s 11 12 Rankin Material, undated 11 13 Peace, undated 11 14 Great Falls Tribune, undated 11 15 World War II Vote, [1941] 11 16 Response to World War II Vote, 1941 11 17 Romance, undated 11 18 Interviews and Letters, undated box Request box 12 Scrapbook and family photo, undated
