Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)

C1041 Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 Page 8
strength in Missouri and attempts to become favorite son candidate.
Prohibition.
f. 2233-2258 1925
f. 2259-2283 1926
f. 2284-2301 1927
f. 2302-2337 1928. Personal, family, business, legal, and political correspondence.
Brief history of the past sixteen years of Mitchell’s life. His assets and
liabilities; correspondence regarding his investments and real estate
ventures. County warrants. Correspondence with Daniel C. Roper,
James A. Reed, and Harry B. Hawes. Memorial address on David R.
Francis. Discussion of the depression and business conditions in
Missouri.
f. 2338-2378 1929. Personal, business, and political correspondence. Tatlow-
Mitchell Ozark lands and timber on them; Mitchell’s attempt to have
government establish Ozark forest preserve. Warrants of Jackson and
Phelps Counties. Preferred stock of Chicago and Alton Railroad. John
Bland and Ross J. Beatty in Tinton, South Dakota. Letter to Harry B.
Hawes proposing that Democratic Party united with Progressives to
establish Democratic principles. Speeches by Hawes on prohibition
and by Joseph B. Shannon. A.B. Lovan’s request that Mitchell endorse
him for office of Supreme Court commissioner. Texas politics.
f. 2379-2412 1930. Family and personal correspondence. Mitchell’s personal assets
and liabilities. Real estate ventures; county warrants. Business
conditions in the state. Discussion of trip west taken by a friend.
Political material at all levels. Correspondence with Robert M.
LaFollette, Gerald P. Nye, Joseph B. Shannon, Cordell Hull, and
George W. Norris.
f. 2413-2438 1931. Family, personal, and legal correspondence dealing with Royal
T. Copeland and the Pure Food and Drug Act, John Bland and his
mining operations, Tatlow-Mitchell Ozark lands, and speculation in
county warrants. Depression in Missouri and the nation. Walter
Mitchell’s attempt to rekindle friendship between James A. Reed and
E.Y. Mitchell.
Frederick D. Gardner advises Mitchell to run for Congress in
1932; Mitchell urges John H. Overall to run. Sam C. Major discusses
congressional redistricting. Mitchell writes about Missouri’s political
control by a few men. Democratic fund-raising. Speculation on who
the Missouri delegation will support at national convention.
Speech by Richard P. Scripps to New York Board of Trade.
f. 2439-2608 1932. Family, personal, and business correspondence. John Bland’s
mining operations; real estate ventures, warrants of Jackson and Dallas
Counties, tomato and grape production in Ozarks under direction of
William Hirth and MFA. Depression in Missouri and nationally.
State and national politics; Francis M. Wilson’s candidacy, and
replacement upon his death. Pendergast influence on election, and
relationship to George G. Vest and James A. Reed. Mitchell works to