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Fred Roy Yoder
Papers, ca. 1890 - ca. 1980
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Fred Roy Yoder
Papers, ca. 1890 - ca. 1980
Papers of Fred Roy Yoder were acquired by the Washington State University Libraries in December 1982 by donation of Mr. Yoder's daughter, Elaine Zakiarison of Washington, DC. (Accession MS92-77). The papers were processed by Steve Rasmussen between March and August, 1994.
BIOGRAPHY
Fred Roy Yoder was born in 1888 in North Carolina. He was educated in various places, including Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina, the University of North Carolina, the University of Missouri, the University of London, and the University of Wisconsin. He was hired by the State College of Washington in 1920 where he taught until his retirement in 1954. After his retirement from Washington State University, he spent a number of years at Western Kentucky State College and Campbellsville College. As a professor of sociology, he headed the Department of Sociology from 1928 to 1947, overseeing a great deal of growth. Additionally he did considerable writing including many articles, and two textbooks, Introduction to Agricultural Economics, and Introduction to Sociology. Yoder was very interested in political biography, and undertook several projects including biography of John R. Rogers, Robert M. LaFollette, and Marion Butler. He gathered much information on these subjects, but never completed any of the three projects. Yoder was active in many community organizations, including Kiwanis, American Legion, Moose Lodge, Chamber of Commerce, and the local Democratic Party. He ran for Congress in 1944 and 1954, losing both times.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The papers of Fred R. Yoder are chiefly comprised of research notes, copied documents and related correspondence, all concerning uncompleted research projects, principally three political biographies: Washington governor John R. Rogers, North Carolina Senator Marion Butler, and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette. The papers also include records associated with Yoder's work as a teacher of sociology, and some personal papers. The papers are arranged in five series: Governor John Rankin Rogers, Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Senator Marion Butler, teaching, and miscellaneous subject files. The arrangement follows original order established by Yoder. This informal filing occasionally leaves the order of the material within each series confusing.
CONTAINER LIST BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Series 1: John Rankin Rogers, and misc. Northwest history John R. Rogers 1 1 Estimate of his career - typed manuscript 2 Life chronology 3 Miscellaneous re: Rogers 4 Correspondence about Rogers 5 Ancestry 1770-1856 - correspondence about 6 Ancestry and background 1775-1850s 7 Boyhood and ancestry 1775-1856 - notes and correspondence 8 Illinois census - 1880s - photocopies 9 Ancestry - notes and correspondence 10 Early boyhood in Maine - 1840-1856 11 Ancestry and boyhood - 1840-1856 - typed narrative and notes 12 Boyhood in Maine - 1840-1856 13 Young man in Mississippi - typed narratives, and notes 14 Mississippi - 1856-1860 15 Mississippi - views slavery firsthand - typed narratives 16 Farmer in Illinois - 1860s 17 Neoga, Illinois - 1860-1875 18 Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, Maine - 1860-1875 19 Yoder correspondence with Albert G. Rogers - re: 1870s-1880s 20 Yoder correspondence with Albert G. Rogers - re: 1875-1900 21 Kansas elections 1888, 1890 22 Election results - nat'l, KA, MA, Il - mid to late 1800s 23 Notes from Washington county histories 24 Notes from legislative manuals 25-27 Notes from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer - 1894-1901 28 Kansas - 1876-1890 29 Kansas - Elihu Bowles on Rogers & Kansas politics 30-31 Kansas politics - 1880s 32 Agrarian philosopher - 1890-95 - typed narrative 33 William Jennings Bryan campaign - 1896 34 Notes - 1896 35 Notes and correspondence - re: 1894-95 36 Notes - 1892 37 Washington, from diff. perspectives - 1890s 38 Washington election returns - 1893-1901 - photocopies 39 Washington election returns - 1896-1900 - notes 40 Washington legislators - 1895-1901 - typed lists 41 Notes - 1901 42 Governor - 1897-1901 43 Estimates of his career - typed narrative 44 In general - notes, some typed BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 1 45 Governor - 1901 - typed narrative, notes 46 Governor - 1901 47 Correspondence about Judge Burke's correspondence 48 Bryan campaign - 1896 49 W.S.U. memorial 50 Picture of memorial in Olympia 51 "The political thought of John R. Rogers" by R. Blankenship 52 "The Farmer's Alliances in Washington" by Yoder 2 53 Notes on publications 54 Newspaper articles 55 The Irrepressible Conflict (1892) by Rogers - photocopy 56 "The Writings of John Rankin Rogers" by M. Thompson MA thesis 57 Life (1899) by Rogers - photocopy 58 "Reformers I have known" (1894) - photocopy 59 Correspondence 60 Correspondence and bibliographies 61 "Kansas in the American novel . . ." (1919) by Callahan 62 "Landmarks and pioneers in early Kansas . ." (1960) by Hall 63 Correspondence 64 Correspondence and bibliographies 65 "Kansas Authors of Best-sellers" (1970) bib. by G. DeGruson 66-67 Correspondence about Kansas authors; bibliographies 68 Kansas and Mississippi bibliographies 69 Bibliography notes 70 Life chronology 71 Notes from various biographies 72 1898 campaign and other matters 73 Inalienable Rights of Man (1900) by Rogers - photocopy 74 Financial background - 1870s-90s 75 Republican County Commissioner - 1877-1884 76 Kansas - Yoder chapters for biography - typed 77 Burrton, Kansas - 1876 78 Notes - 1889-90 79 Kansas Commoner (newspaper) 80 Notes - 1884-90 81 Interval between election and inauguration - 1896 82 Tri-fusion convention at Ellensburg - 1896 83 Problems with politicians, party, and special friends - 1897 84 Rogers and legislature - 1897 85 Late 1897, and 1898 election 86 Decline and defeat of Populists - 1898 87 Spanish American war and expansion - 1898 88 Reformer in Washington - 1890 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 2 89 "Populism in Washington" by C. Wooddy 90 Notes 1899-1900 91 Campaign for reelection - 1900 3 92 Campaign for reelection - 1900 93 Rogers and legislature - 1901 94 Death and funeral - 1901-02 95-96 Notes 97 "Rise of the people's party in . . Washington" by Yoder 98 "The Farmer's Alliance in Washington" by Yoder 99 Articles in Pacific Northwest Quarterly v.65, no.3, July 1974 100 History of the Presidency 1788-1897 by Stanwood - photocopy 101 Populist movement in Oregon by Harrington 102 Wheat, corn, and oats prices in Kansas 1860s-90s 103 Populist uprising in Kansas - 1885 - typed 104 "Populist party in Kansas" by Harrington 105-106 "Populist party in Kansas" (1928) by Miller - dissertation 107 National Party platforms - typed 108-109 Cultural background 110 Early history and background 111 Kansas economy - 1875-90 112 Senators Ingalls and Plumb 113 Populism in Washington - 1870-90 114 Maine background 115 Alliance movement in Kansas 116-118 Notes BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 4 119-121 Misc. articles - photocopies 122 Looking Forward (1889, rev. 1898) by Rogers - photocopy 5 123 Notes Misc. notes on Northwest history 124 From NW newspapers - Seattle - late 1800s 125 Senator Clarence C. Dill 6 126-127 Interviews in eastern Washington 128 Interviews and newspaper notes 129 Notes from NW newspapers 130-132 Misc. notes on and from various biographies 133 Notes on NW newspapers - Seattle - late 1800s 134-136 Spokane, Seattle, Olympia 137 Notes on NW history - interviews and misc., including Rogers 138-139 Notes on NW history 140 Misc. - newspaper clip. of hist. sketches from eastern WA BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Series 2: Robert M. LaFollette 7 141 Chapters 1-7 of Yoder's biography - typed 142-146 Misc. notes 147 Interviews about Robert LaFollette 148 Misc. notes 149 Insurgent - 1909-11 150-151 Misc. newspaper clippings from the 1930s 152 Notes 153 "Challenging the big boss" - rough draft 154 Notes 155 Transcripts of editorials on Lafollette - 1920s - typed 156 Notes on Nazism, democracy, misc. 157-158 Notes 159-160 1912 campaign 161-162 War years - 1914-18 163 Platforms 164 Eulogies - 1925 165 Eulogies - newspaper clippings 166-167 Congressional Record - 1885-91 168 1924 campaign - newspaper 169 1924 campaign - LaFollette's Weekly Magazine 170 Correspondence about Robert LaFollette 171 Interviews about Robert LaFollette 172 Historical background 173 Correspondence about 174 Bibliographies 175 1900 campaign 176 1896 campaign 177 1938 national election - newspaper clippings 178 LaFollette's Magazine - on Belle Case LaFollette 179 Outline by chapters 8 180 First term as governor - 1901 181 1902 campaign 182 1904, 05 campaign and election 183 Alone in the senate 184 Notes - 1906 185 Correspondence about, copy of the Philadelphia Record 1912 186 1898 gubernatorial campaign 187 Correspondence about 188 1910 census reports for Wisconsin - gov't publication 189 1920 census reports for Wisconsin 190 1930 census reports for Wisconsin 191 Correspondence about BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 8 192 Bibliography, 1902 platform 193 Notes from Congressional Record - typed 194 Personalities, contemporaries, colleagues 195 Interview with Roy LaFollette - typed 196 Correspondence about 197 Maps 198 Childhood and youth 199-200 Early background - 1850-1860 201 Boyhood, background - 1855-1873 202 Childhood, background - 1800-1855 203 Political beginnings - 1880-84 204 Congress - 1884-90 - some typed 205 51st congressional record - 1889-91 - typed 206 50th congress - typed notes from record 207 Congress - 1884-90 - typed speech 208 1884 campaign 209 Congress - 1888-90 - typed 210 Senate - 1906-09 211 1912 campaign - interviews 212 Evaluation 213 Questionnaire about, misc. 214 Bibliographies 215 Misc. publications, gov messages, senate speeches-publications 216-220 Notes BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 9 221-224 Notes 225 Photos of gravestone, etc. 226 Misc. publications and mailings - actual Series 3: Marion Butler Butler Papers, notes 10 227 1892-98 228 1898-1900 229 politics - 1900-11 230 1912-32 231 1901-37 232 misc. 1901-09 233-234 Notes 235 History of North Carolina (1919) by Roulhoc Hamilton 236 "Negro Disenfranchisement in North Carolina" (1973) by Cotten 237 Bibliographies, misc, lists of Populist senators 1890-1905 238 Correspondence about BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 10 239 Correspondence, bibliographies 240 Notes on census 1860, 1870 241 Correspondence about 242-243 Correspondence, bibliographies 244 Senate speeches - photocopies 245 Misc. articles on the farmer's alliance Newspaper notes: 246 Charlotte Daily Observer - 1892-96 11 247 1896-98 248 1898-1901 249 1901-1938 250 The News and Observer - 1898-1900 251 1910-34 252 Greensboro Daily News - 1916-1928 253 The Caucasian - 1889-95 254 1895-98 255 1898-1913 256 Misc. notes 257-258 Photocopies of Butler's papers 12 259-263 Photocopies of Butler's papers Series 4: Teaching 13 264 Sociology 107 - social psychology 265-269 Soc. 110 - group behavior - special interest groups 270-271 Soc. 110 - exams 272 Soc. 110 - notes from Collective Behavior by LaPiere 273 Soc. 300 - social change - lectures 274 Soc. 100 - social change 275 Soc. 100 - notes from Social Evolution by Keller 275-276 Soc. 100 277 Study questions to accompany An Intro. to Western Civ. 278 Soc. 100 - social change - extension class 279 Soc. 100 280 Soc. 300 281 Soc. 100 282-283 Soc. 205 - principles of sociology 284 Soc. 205 - student papers on advanced soc. course 285 Soc. 205 286 Soc. 185 - seminar - fields of study 287 Soc. 178 - history of social thought 288 Soc. 61b - principles of sociology (for nurses) 289 Soc. 178 290 Soc. 177 291 Soc. 111 - public opinion and propaganda 292 Soc. 311 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 13 293 Soc. 111 294 Soc. 111 - public opinion survey - 1952 295-296 Soc. 111 297 Soc. 154 - juvenile delinquency 14 298 Soc. 154 - juvenile delinquency 299 Soc. 1 - motivation 300 Soc. 1 - emotion 301 Culture and institutions 302-303 Soc. 1 - individual and society 304 Soc. 1 - what is society? 305 Soc. 1 - Yoder's outline 306 Man's nature and society 307 Secondary groups 308 Soc. 1 - human nature (acquired) 309 Soc. 1 - emotion 310 Soc. 1 - human nature (original) 311 Soc. 1 312 Maps 313 Bibliographies on teaching sociology 314 Introduction to Sociology (book) - outline 315 Quality of college teaching 316-317 Farm and wheat prices 318 Request for research grant 319 Bibliographies - religion and rural 320 Bibliographies for Soc. 404 - rural soc. 321 Bibs. on political parties and government 322 Northwest Conversation League 323-324 Frontier soc. 325 Evaluations of instructors and courses by senior class of 1939 326 Studies in teaching and curriculum 327 Frontier soc. 328 Japanese agriculture 329 Rural soc. 330-331 Soc. 145 - rural organization 332 Soc. 145 - community organization 333 Soc. 145 - 20th century agriculture 334 Soc. 40 - rural soc. 335-336 Misc. notes 337 Soc. 105 - social morality 338 Soc. 105 - social ethics 339 Soc. 105 - exam 15 340 Soc. 40 - rural soc. 341 Soc. 105 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 15 342 Soc. 1 - human nature 343 Soc. 1 - learned behavior 344 Permissions from book companies 345 Soc. 1 - intro. to soc. 346 Soc. 1 - geography and society 347 Soc. 1 - population and society 348 Soc. 1 - Social Security Board pictures 349 Correspondence about photographs 350 Soc. 1 - outline by chapters 351 Soc. 1 - social institutions 352 Soc. lecture notes 353 Articles on social science 354 Institutions 355 Human Nature and Social Order by Cooley - notes 356 Soc. 1 - groups 357-358 Misc. notes 359 Soc. 1 text - suggestions/criticisms 360 Soc. 1 - introduction 361 Rural soc. - typed lectures 362 Rural soc. - notes, pamphlets 363 Rural soc. 364 Rural soc. - 1941-42 365 Rural soc. - pamphlets, census maps 366 Rural soc. 367 Soc. 113 - social movements - typed lectures 368 Soc. 113 - democracy 369 Misc. notes 370 Soc. 113 - capitalism 371 Soc. 113 - general character 372 notes on Locke's Reflections on Revolutions of Our Times 16 373 Soc. 113 - Russian communism - inc. paper clip. from WWII 374-375 Misc. notes 376 Soc. 136 - social movements - the socialist state 377 Russian-American relations 378-379 Soc. 136 - socialist state 380 Soc. 136 - facism 381 Soc. 136 - nazism 382 Soc. 113 - general characteristics 383 Soc. 113 - pre-capitalist society 384 Soc. 113 - capitalism 385 Soc. 113 - democracy 386 Soc. 113 - communism 387 Soc. 113- communism BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 16 388 World communism 389 Fascism 390 Soc. 113 - communism 391 Soc. 136 - democracy 392 Soc. 136 - socialism 393 Student papers - Karl Marx and violence 394 Soc. 113 - facism, student exams 395 Soc. 113 - democracy 396 Exam key - Soc. 100, 110 397 Socialism in U.S. 398 Soc. 113 - Americanism 399 Soc. 113 - student evaluations 400 Soc. 113 - communism in U.S. 401 Introductory Sociology (1946) by Yoder 402 Introduction to Sociology (mimeograph) Vol. I, by Yoder 403 Vol. II, III Series 5: Miscellaneous and personal subjects 17 404 Misc. notes 405 Congressional record - Hal Holmes, 83rd Congress - 4th Wash. 406 Populism in North Carolina - questions 407 John C. Calhoun - bibliography 408 James A. Madison - correspondence about 409 Senator George W. Norris (Nebraska) - correspondence about 410 Dr. Franz Oppenheimer - correspondence with 411 Thorstein Veblen - notes 412-413 Woodrow Wilson centennial (1956) - misc. items 414 Correspondence about Yoder's Intro. to Agricultural Econ. 415 Corresp. about publications 416 Misc. corresp. and other 417 Personal corresp. - salary requests, property questions 418 Garden 419 Misc. corresp. 420 Land corresp. 421 Misc. notes 422 Washington State Democratic Party - misc. 423 Washington State Democratic Party - 1950s Washington 4th district Democratic Council correspondence 424 1950s 425 mailing list 426 corr. about Hatch Act, 1950 and 1952 platforms 427 1954 platform and notes 428 Misc. - inc. information on Christian colleges BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 17 429 Wheat prices and problems, Fullbright information 430 Farmer's union and progressive movement - corr. 431 Northwest conservation league 432 Washington 4th district - 1955 433 Taxation in Washington 434 Whitman Co. democratic party 434.5 Misc. - Marion Butler and Robert LaFollette 435 Graham Wallace 436 "The Field of Political Sociology" by L.L. Bernard 437 Pacific Northwest history - E.A. Bryan lecture notes 438 Publications of law book companies - 1949 439 Fulbright information 440 Whitman Co. history - inc. typed narratives 441 Speeches by Yoder 442 Misc. - Asian politics in the 1950s 443 Speech by Yoder - "Education for a new world order" 444 Commencement addresses 445-449 Speeches by Yoder 450 Public speaking - notes 451 Yoder campaign photos - 4th congressional dist. WA - 1944 452 Yoder for Congress - 1954 453 Misc. Yoder campaign material - 1954 454 Yoder campaign media receipts 455 Personal recommendations 456 Army discharge papers - 1943 457 Recommendations (1920), resume information 458 Military records 459 Sympathy cards on the death of Wilma Yoder's mother 460 Brochure asking for building to be named after ancestor 461 Misc. notebooks 462 Misc. including corr. Law School BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 18 463 information 464 catalogs 465 notes - contracts 466 notes - misc. 467 notes - insurance 468 notes - insurance - typed 469 notes - insurance 470 notes - damages 471 notes - state vs cities 472 notes - insurance 473-476 notes - misc.