Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
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<strong>C1041</strong> <strong>Mitchell</strong>, <strong>Ewing</strong> <strong>Young</strong>, <strong>Jr</strong>. (<strong>1873</strong>-<strong>1954</strong>), <strong>Papers</strong>, <strong>1840</strong>-<strong>1949</strong> Page 6<br />
by <strong>Mitchell</strong> on Bland’s behalf; Woodrow Wilson states appointment<br />
would be unconstitutional. Bland regarding politics in Kansas City.<br />
James L. Carlisle re politics in St. Louis. <strong>Mitchell</strong> attempts to find<br />
opponent for Courtney W. Hamlin, urges Fold to run for governor.<br />
Other political material.<br />
f. 1310-1497 1916. Personal, family, legal, business, and political correspondence.<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong>’s real estate transactions and holdings. Missouri counties’<br />
bond indebtedness. <strong>Ewing</strong> C. Bland’s campaign for judgeship on<br />
Kansas City court of appeals. Kansas City politics. State convention<br />
and 1916 election. Folk’s decision not to run for governor. James a.<br />
Reed, Frank P. Walsh, Frederick D. Gardner. <strong>Mitchell</strong>’s attempts to be<br />
official messenger delivering Missouri vote to Washington.<br />
f. 1498-1655 1917. Personal, family, legal, business, and political correspondence.<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong>’s real estate transactions and holdings. Missouri counties’<br />
bond indebtedness. World War I: Liberty Legion, <strong>Mitchell</strong>’s<br />
participation in Four Minute Men, pro- and anti-German sentiment in<br />
Missouri, French child adopted by <strong>Mitchell</strong>. Government-sponsored<br />
speakers. William Jennings Bryan. <strong>Mitchell</strong> questions gardener’s<br />
appointments.<br />
f. 1656-1820 1918. Personal, family, legal, business, and political correspondence.<br />
Bond indebtedness of St. Clair and Dallas Counties. Ozark County real<br />
estate. Dissolution of Tatlow-<strong>Mitchell</strong> law partnership. Oil and natural<br />
gas speculation in Texas through Bob Wood Oil Company. World War<br />
I: Four Minute Men, <strong>Mitchell</strong>’s adopted French children,<br />
correspondence with Harry F. McFarland, <strong>Jr</strong>., in France with American<br />
Expeditionary Forces, Liberty Loan, pro-and anti-German sentiment.<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong> manages Folk’s senatorial campaign. County committees.<br />
State convention. Women’s suffrage. Labor, Negro, and Pendergast<br />
support. Estimate of Woodrow Wilson’s appeal in Missouri.<br />
Correspondence with Wilson, <strong>Ewing</strong> C. Bland, others.<br />
f. 1821-1914 1919. Personal, family, legal, business, and political correspondence.<br />
Missouri Counties’ bond indebtedness. Ozark County real estate. Oil<br />
speculation in Missouri and Texas; Texas boom; Bob Wood Oil<br />
Company. Four Minute Men, League to Enforce Peace, War Loan<br />
Organization, Liberty Loan, League of Nations, wartime business boom<br />
in Springfield. Missouri immigration and colonization. Prohibition.<br />
Joseph W. Folk, Frederick D. Gardner, Joseph P. Shannon, Frank A.<br />
Thompson, Seldon P. Spencer, James A. Reed, William Jennings<br />
Bryan, William G. McAdoo, <strong>Ewing</strong> C. Bland, and others re politics.<br />
f. 1915-2010 1920. Personal, family, legal, business, and political correspondence.<br />
Oil speculation in Texas and in Ozark and Taney Counties. Bond<br />
indebtedness settlements in Dallas and Barry Counties. 1920 election.<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong> chairman of Breckenridge Long’s senatorial campaign.<br />
Pendergast control of Kansas City. Patronage. <strong>Ewing</strong> C. Bland<br />
correspondence on Kansas City situation and Democratic politics in<br />
Missouri. William Hirth and Scandal involving MFA in Southwest
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