RICHARD P. (RICHARD PILLSBURY) GALE:
An Inventory of His Legislative Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Gale, Richard P. (Richard Pillsbury), 1900-1973, creator. | |
| Title: | Richard Pillsbury Gale legislative papers. | |
| Dates: | 1935-1945. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and subject files of a Republican state representative and United States congressman from Minneapolis. | |
| Quantity: | 3.25 cubic feet (8 boxes). | |
| Location: | P2: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Richard Pillsbury Gale was born October 30, 1900, the son of Edward Chenery and Susan Belle (Pillsbury) Gale. His mother was the daughter of John Sargent Pillsbury, governor of Minnesota from 1876 to 1882. Gale was educated in the Minneapolis public schools, Blake School (Hopkins) and the University of Minnesota Farm School. He graduated from Yale University in 1922. He operated Wickham Farm near Mound, Minnesota. From 1939 to 1940 he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 36th District, and from 1941 to 1945 was a member of Congress from Minnesota's Third Congressional District. In 1923 he married Isobel Reising. They had two sons: Richard P. (died 1946) and Alfred P. Gale. Richard Pillsbury Gale died December 4, 1973, in Minneapolis.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Files include correspondence, clippings, newsletters, campaign literature, speeches, bills, and other materials relating largely to Gale's public career. The papers include information about Mississippi, St. Croix, and Missouri River improvements; Annapolis and West Point appointments; patronage; unemployment and welfare legislation; political campaigns; and a trip to Great Britain (1941) with other members of congress. Correspondents include John G. Alexander, Edward Chenery Gale, Michael J. Hoffman, Lou Hosking, John P. Lewis, Arthur D. Strong, and Tom W. von Kuster.
ARRANGEMENT
These papers are organized into the following sections:
| Subject Files | ||
| Miscellaneous Correspondeence and Other Papers |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Richard Pillsbury Gale Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 9534
Processing Information:
Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, September 1965.
Catalog ID number: 990017303300104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
SUBJECT FILES
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| P2 | 1 | Annapolis and West Point files: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1940-1945. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Applications, 1940-1945. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by applicant's name. | |||||||||||||
| Includes applications, correspondence, and examination results. | |||||||||||||
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| P2 | 2 | Membership lists and related correspondence, 1936-1944. | |||||||||||
| Includes lists probably compiled for political campaign and for mailing purposes. The early files (1936-1937) are from the office of Ernest Lundeen, who was representative of the Third Congressional District from 1935 to 1939. Lists include Catholic priests and nuns, labor organizations, mailmen, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom members, registered voters, officers of ward, precinct, district and county political organizations, and high school graduates. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota legislature: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1938-1939. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes correspondence relating to legislation and patronage, especially unemployment and welfare legislation. | |||||||||||||
| Legislative bills and resolutions, 1938-1939. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| P2 | 3 | The Statehouse review: a quick summary of the 1939 session of the Minnesota Legislature, 1939. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Mississippi and St. Croix River files: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, speeches, hearing files, bills and clippings relating to federal legislation regarding the improvement of the upper harbor (Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls), the Nine-Foot Channel (upper Mississippi), construction of a new bridge at Hudson, Wisconsin, construction of a bridge at Keokuk, Iowa, construction of bridges over the Mississippi River near the Northern Pump Company (New Brighton), and some data on the improvement of the Missouri River. Includes data on groups supporting and opposing these construction projects, problems of interstate cooperation, effects of World War II on these projects, and flood control. Significant correspondents include George M. Shepard (St. Paul City Engineers Office), Lou Hosking (executive secretary of the Regulated Motor Transportation Association of Minnesota), Arthur D. Strong (secretary of the Upper Mississippi Waterway Association), and M.J. Hoffman (Minnesota Commissioner of Highways). | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1935-1943. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| P2 | 4 | Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1944. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Upper Mississippi River Bulletin, 1941-1944. | |||||||||||||
| Published by the Upper Mississippi and St. Croix River Improvement Commission. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings, 1941-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly relating to the Hudson bridge legislation. | |||||||||||||
| Capitol Comments, 1941-1944. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Complete set of this newsletter, both in mimeographed form and as published in newspapers. They give Gale's activities in Congress and his impressions of Washington and of various Administration programs and activities. | |||||||||||||
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| P2 | 5 | Political campaign files: | |||||||||||
| Includes Gale's statements of political expenditures and donations, campaign literature, data on John G. Alexander (Gale's opponent in the 1940 election), publicity releases, endorsements from labor groups, data on Hubert H. Humphrey, and materials on the primary campaign between Gale and Grace K. Davis and on the Stassen campaign of 1944. Correspondents include John G. Alexander, Wendell L. Willkie (telegram), Edward Chenery Gale, William Benton, Mary Pillsbury Lord, John S. Pillsbury, Charles L. Horn, and Alfred O. Lindley. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1938-1944. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings, 1938-1944. | |||||||||||||
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| P2 | 6 | Speeches: | |||||||||||
| Speech texts, undated and 1940-1944. | |||||||||||||
| Printed texts from Congressional Record, 1941-1944. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Voting record, 1941-1944. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER PAPERS
Includes correspondence, tax receipts, and other papers relating to Gale's political career and personal life.
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| P2 | 6 | Undated and 1939-September 1941. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes Gale's office guest book (January 27, 1941-August 29, 1944) kept while he was in Congress. | |||||||||||||
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| P2 | 7 | October 1941-December 1943. 9 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes documentation on Gale's trip with four other congressmen to Great Britain in November 1941. This trip was sponsored by the New York newspaper PM to allow neutral congressmen the opportunity to visit wartime Britain in order to gain support for the Administration's British aid programs. Correspondents include John P. Lewis, Lord Halifax, Carl W. Jones, Richard Wilson, Arthur Krock, and William Benton. Letters of September 1943 concern the death of Edward Chenery Gale. | |||||||||||||
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| P2 | 8 | January-September 1944. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes memorial resolution with biographical data on Edward Chenery Gale read before the Hennepin County District Court (February 19, 1944). | |||||||||||||
| [0.25 cubic feet empty, legal size] | |||||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Bridges -- Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.).
- Political conventions.
- Political parties.
- Roads -- Minnesota.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Persons:
- Alexander, John Grant.
- Ball, Joseph H. (Joseph Hurst), 1905-1993.
- Benton, William, 1900-1973.
- Bovey, Martin Koon, 1899-
- Cowles, John, 1898-1983.
- Davis, Grace Kaercher, 1887-1965.
- Fotić, Konstantin, 1891-1959.
- Gale, Edward Chenery, 1862-1943.
- Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959.
- Hapsburg, Otto, 1912-
- Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-
- Hoffman, Michael J., 1889-
- Horn, Charles L. (Charles Lilley), 1888-
- Hosking, Lou.
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
- Jones, Carl Waring, 1887-1957.
- Krock, Arthur, 1886-
- LaFollette, Charles Marion, 1898-
- Lewis, J. P. (John P.)
- Lindley, Alfred.
- Lord, Mary Pillsbury, 1904-
- Lundeen, Ernest, 1878-1940.
- Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968.
- Mintener, James Bradshaw, 1902-
- Pillsbury, John Sargent, 1912-
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Seymour, Gideon Deming, 1901-1954.
- Shepard, George M. (George Milson), 1888-1973.
- Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001.
- Strong, Arthur D., 1891-1969.
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.
- Wilson, Richard Lawson, 1905-
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives.
- Northern Pump Company.
- Republican Party (Minn.)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States Military Academy.
- United States Naval Academy.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Upper Mississippi and St. Croix River Improvement Commission of Minnesota.
- Upper Mississippi Waterway Association.
- Places:
- Great Britain.
- Hudson (Wis.)
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.
- Mississippi River -- Stream channelization.
- Missouri River -- Stream channelization.
- Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.)
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.
- Occupations:
- Legislators -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
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