Robert Rockwell papers, 1886-1950.
The Robert F. Rockwell papers is a valuable collection for research into Colorado politics of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. the Colorado Republican Party, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado in the 1920s, and the cattle and fruit industries of the Western Slope. Additionally, the collection con...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Rockwell, Robert F. |q (Robert Fay), |d 1886-1950. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009186447. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Robert Rockwell papers, |f 1886-1950. |
| 300 | |a 16.5 linear ft. (28 boxes) | ||
| 351 | |a The Rockwell collection is divided into four sections: I. Rockwell's correspondence. II. Rockwell's business papers. These papers include documents relating to Robert Rockwell's cattle ranch, fruit cultivation, and several investments, including apartments in Denver. III. Private family correspondence (currently closed to the public). IV. Rockwell's political papers. These boxes include materials about the Republican Party in Colorado in the 1920s-1940s, many speeches and articles written by Rockwell, newspaper clippings, and campaign materials, both for Rockwell and other Republican politicians in Colorado. The political collection also includes Rockwell's Glimpses of Congress, a bound series of Rockwell's regular updates on the activities of the US Congress while he was a Representative. The political collection includes several scrapbooks put together by Rockwell during his political career. | ||
| 520 | 2 | |a The Robert F. Rockwell papers is a valuable collection for research into Colorado politics of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. the Colorado Republican Party, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado in the 1920s, and the cattle and fruit industries of the Western Slope. Additionally, the collection contains numerous speeches and notes from Rockwell's service in the US House of Representatives. This portion of the collection is especially valuable for research into US federal land policy of the 1940s, although many other topics, such as World War II, labor and industrial relations, and water policy are covered in some depth as well. | |
| 524 | |a Robert Rockwell Papers, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Archives Dept. | ||
| 524 | 8 | |a Robert Rockwell Papers, Archives, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. | |
| 541 | |a Gift of Wilson Rockwell: 1966, 1970. | ||
| 555 | 8 | |a Guide available in the Archives Dept. and online ; |c folder-level control. | |
| 545 | 0 | |a Robert Fay Rockwell, Colorado Republican politician, rancher, and businessman, was born in 1886 in Cortland, New York. He attended public schools in Hornell, New York and then attended the Hill school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He then attended Princeton University from 1905-1906. Rockwell moved to Paonia, Colorado in 1907, purchased a ranch and began a lifetime career of cattle ranching and fruit cultivation. Robert Rockwell's political career began in 1916 when he was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives. He served two terms, leaving to become Colorado State Senator from 1920 to 1923. In 1923, he left the Colorado Senate to become Lieutenant Governor, serving in that role until 1924. In 1924, he launched an unsuccessful bid for governor. Rockwell was defeated in the Republican gubernatorial primaries by a candidate affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. Rockwell had earned the Klan's ire by refusing to promise that he would not appoint Catholics to state offices. In 1930, Rockwell again ran for governor unsuccessfully. Rockwell retired from electoral politics for most of the 1930s, but still served on the Colorado State Board of Agriculture from 1932-1946. He returned to the Colorado Senate in 1938, and then left the Colorado Senate to take a vacant seat in the United States House of Representatives. Rockwell served in the US Congress from December 1941 until January 1949. Rockwell served on the following committees in his 30 year involvement in Colorado politics: Mines and Mining, Labor and Industrial Relations, Agriculture and Irrigation, Livestock, and Fish, Forestry, and Game. In the United States Congress, Rockwell served on thee Indian Affairs, Irrigation and Reclamation, Mines and Mining, War Claims, and Public Lands committees. Rockwell also served as chairman of the board of directors of the Tuttle and Rockwell Co. in Hornell, NY and of the Rockwell Co. in Corning, NY. He died September 29, 1950. | |
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