Jouett Shouse papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Jouett Shouse papers
- Date
- 1899-1967, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 68.87 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- Editorials -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Journalists -- Kentucky
- Letters.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Political campaigns -- United States
- Politicians -- Correspondence.
- Politicians.
- Prohibition -- Societies, etc.
- Prohibition -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Arrangement
- Arranged into seven series by format or subject: Correspondence; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA); Democratic National Committee (DNC); American Liberty League (ALL); Miscellaneous Speeches, Reports, and Autobiographical Materials; Photographs; and Personal Scrapbooks.
- Preferred Citation
- 59m61: [identification of item], Jouett Shouse papers, 1899-1967, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Jouett Shouse was born in Midway, Ky., on December 10, 1879, the son of the Reverend Samuel Shouse. He grew up in Mexico, Missouri, and attended the University of Missouri-Columbia. After college, Shouse returned to Kentucky and from 1898-1904 worked as a reporter for the Democratic Lexington, Ky., newspapers the Morning Herald, and its successor, the Lexington Herald.
- In 1911, he married his first wife and moved to Kansas where he was elected to Congress from the 7th Kansas District in 1915. Shouse served in the 64th and 65th Congresses. President Woodrow Wilson named Shouse Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in 1919, resigning the post one year later in 1920. In addition, Shouse served as Chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee, 1929-1932; President of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, 1932-1933; and President of the American Liberty League, 1934-1938.
- Shouse split with the mainstream Democratic Party following Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 election and subsequent enactment of New Deal programs. The former DNC leader criticized the size of federal government and sought to limit its reach through his involvement in the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) and the American Liberty League (ALL). As president of the AAPA in 1932, Shouse oversaw the organization's mobilization drive to repeal the 18th Amendment, which occurred in 1933. Through his involvement with the AAPA, Shouse became acquainted with a number of business leaders, notably the Dupont family. The Dupont's involvement in the repeal of prohibition and the ALL is documented in the ALL scrapbooks. Shouse drew on the financial support of the Duponts and other business leaders to co-found the ALL with John Jacob Raskob.
- In 1932 Shouse divorced his first wife and married Catherine Filene Dodd; they adopted a child, William Filene Shouse. Shouse and his wife owned Wolf Trap Farm in Virginia where he retired in 1965. He died in 1968 and is buried in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Scope and Content
- The Jouett Shouse papers (dated 1899-1967; 68.87 cubic feet; 18 boxes, 283 scrapbooks) comprise scrapbooks; brochures, pamphlets, and leaflets; correspondence; speech scripts; and newspaper clippings, documenting Shouse's political career as a national leader in the United States Democratic Party, as well as his political philosophy critiquing federal government intervention and expansion during Prohibition, the Depression and the New Deal eras. The collection also includes 17 personal scrapbooks of articles about Shouse and one personal scrapbook of editorials he penned for the Democratic Lexington, Ky., newspaper the the Morning Herald relating to the 1900 assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel and subsequent political civil war for the governor's seat.
- Organizations documented include the Democratic National Committee (DNC), 1923-1936; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA), 1923-1933; and the American Liberty League (ALL), 1934-1940. Materials associated with these organizations cover topics related to national party politics, political movements, successes and challenges of campaigning, the inner-workings of national elections, and political mobilization. Letters from William McAdoo document his failed Democratic presidential nomination bid at the Democratic National Convention in 1924.The two DNC scrapbooks from 1928 chronicle the presidential campaign of Alfred Smith who lost to Herbert Hoover. Records for AAPA and ALL document these groups' arguments for a weaker central government and support for big business. Specifically, ALL publications and scrapbooks demonstrate the organization's opposition from within the Democratic Party to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs, in particular its concerns about government intrusion into personal liberty and private property. The collection includes a full set of ALL publications (1934-1936) and letters from William McAdoo (1921-1927), Alfred Smith (1928), and John Jacob Raskob (1930-1936).
- Although a small number of family photographs are included in the collection, there is very little information on Shouse's personal life. The personal scrapbooks do include newspaper articles about his political successes. Overall, the materials are focused on Democratic Party politics and political movements during the 1920s-1930s and not on the lived human experience of these two decades.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- • The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Correspondence, 1911-1967
Scope and Contents
Comprises incoming letters to Jouett Shouse and typed copies of his outgoing letters and replies, primarily consisting of telegrams and memos setting meeting dates and discussing general concerns over the Democratic Party. Other subject areas and correspondents include letters between Shouse and William McAdoo, (failed 1924 Democratic presidential nominee); letters to President Woodrow Wilson concerning World War I and mobilization on the home front; correspondence regarding Shouse's political role in the Democratic National Committee (DNC); constituent letters to Shouse during his tenure as Representative for the 7th Kansas District from 1915-1919; correspondence related to Shouse's brief tenure and eventual resignation in 1920 as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and Shouse's congratulatory letters to Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Arranged chronologically and then by subject or correspondent.
Angus Breeders, 1911
General, 1915-1916
Woodrow Wilson, 1916-1920
Herbert Hoover, 1917-1918
Constituent letters, 1917-1918
Assistant Secretary of Treasury, 1919-1920
William McAdoo, 1921-1927
General, 1928
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1929-1932
General, 1934
Death of mother, 1932
General, 1937
General, 1943
Presidential term limits, 1944-1945
Harry Truman, 1946-1949
Cold War, 1950-1952
General, 1953-1954
Kentucky politics, 1955
General, 1956
1956 election, 1956
General, 1957
General, 1958-1959
1960 presidential election, 1960
General, 1961-1964
National parks, 1966-1967
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA), 1923-1934
Scope and Contents
Comprises primarily scrapbooks kept by Shouse, press releases, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, annual reports, and a bound journal related to Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) activities in criticism of prohibition. The AAPA was organized in 1918 and unsuccessfully fought against the ratification of the 18th Amendment. Jouett Shouse became president of the AAPA in 1932 and oversaw the activities of the organization until the repeal of prohibition in 1933. The series includes press releases from the years 1923-1933, when the AAPA launched a large publicity campaign for the repeal of the 18th Amendment. The releases were sent to local newspapers and focused on the failure of prohibition in the United States. A bound copy of the volume two of The Minute Man (1923 to early 1924), a monthly journal published by the New Jersey division of the AAPA, also is in the series. The volume contains letters and criticisms of prohibition as it relates to the violation of civil liberties. Pamphlets from 1930-1932 detail the repeal process for prohibition. Other pamphlets include published speeches on why the ban on alcohol should end, as well as the by-laws of the AAPA. The AAPA disbanded when prohibition ended in 1933. Arranged in two subseries, press releases and publications, which include four scrapbook volumes (1932-1934), and then chronologically within each subseries.
Publications, 1923-1933
List of press releases, 1928-1932
Press releases, 1928
Press releases, 1929
Press releases, 1930
Press releases, 1931
Press releases, 1932
Press releases, 1933
The Minute Man journal, volume 2, 1923-1924
Pamphlets and speeches, 1930-1933
- Box 6, folder 6
"The Status of Prohibition Repeal", 1933
"425 Men You Know who are Directing the Fight for Repeal of the National Prohibition Amendment", 1933
"Is the Power of Congress to Enforce the Eighteenth Amendment Discretionary?", undated
"The Passing of the Constitution", 1933
"Methods of Ratification: Mr. Ralph M. Shaw Analyzes the Contentions of The Hon. A Mitchell Palmer and the Hon. James M. Beck", 1933
"Prohibition Repeal Progress", 1933
"Congress and State Ratifying Conventions: A reply to the supplemental brief of the Honorable A. Mitchell Palmer", 1933
"32 Reasons for Repeal", 1932
Newspaper clippings, 1933
Annual reports, 1932-1933
Annual meeting, 1932
U.S. Tariff Commission reports, 1933
State liquor laws, 1933
Amendment draft, 1933
Bills ratifying 21st Amendment, 1933
Scrapbooks, 1932-1934
Scope and Contents
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) scrapbooks contain four volumes arranged by date of press materials related to the organizations fight for the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Jouett Shouse served as president of the AAPA from 1932 until the end of Prohibition in 1933.
AAPA, volume 1, Speeches and Statements for the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, 1932 August 18-1934 January 22
AAPA, volume 2, newspaper clippings, 1933 May 5-June 30
AAPA, volume 3, newspaper clippings, 1933 July-September 28
AAPA, volume 4, newspaper clippings, 1933 September 29-November 8
AAPA, volume 5, newspaper clippings, 1932 November 26-1934 August 22
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 1923-1933
Scope and Contents
Primarily comprises scrapbooks kept by Shouse, correspondence, press releases, published speeches and a transcript of the proceedings of the Committee on Arrangements for the 1932 DNC National Convention that document the local and national activities of the Democratic National Committee from 1924-1936. Jouett Shouse was a leading member of the Democratic Party and took on national predominance as chairman of the DNC Executive Committee from 1929-1932. The general correspondence comprises incoming letters to Shouse and copies of his replies discussing concerns related to the political atmosphere of the United States, as well as party organizing at the state and local levels. Other correspondence and topics include the 1924 DNC Convention, detailing the contentious nomination battle between William McAdoo, John W. Davis, and Alfred E. Smith; the Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930); and congratulation letters to Shouse from various party members after the Democrat's 1930 sweep of Congressional House seats. The DNC press releases (1929-1932) focus on political victories and criticisms of the Hoover administration as well as on the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. The speeches include those given in 1929 by Shouse to various political organizations and in 1932 at that year's Democratic National Convention. The scrapbooks (1929-1932, 135 volumes) contain newspaper clippings related to Shouse's role as a leading member of the Democratic Party and as chairman of the Executive Committee. Two scrapbooks are related to the 1928 presidential campaign and Shouse's support of Alfred Smith, who lost the election to Herbert Hoover. Arranged in three subseries, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks and speeches and proceedings, and then chronologically within subseries.
Correspondence, 1923-1933
General, 1923-1925
General, 1924
General, 1924-1925
Democratic National Convention, 1924-1925
Smoot-Hawley Tariff, 1929
Congressional election, 1930
General, 1931
General, 1932
General, 1933
Press releases, 1929-1932
Speeches and proceedings, 1929-1932
Scrapbooks, 1928-1933
Scope and Contents
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) Scrapbooks contain 135 volumes of newspaper clippings, organized by date and state of publication, related to DNC events, elections, and conventions. Jouett Shouse was chairman of the DNC Executive Committee from 1929 until 1932. A subseries of the scrapbooks consist of two volumes related to the 1928 presidential election. Shouse was a supported Alfred Emmanuel Smith as the Democrat nominee who lost the election to Herbert Hoover.
DNC, volume 1, 1929 April 18-May 1
DNC, volume 2, 1929 May 2-May 31
DNC, volume 3, 1929 May 10-May 31
DNC, volume 4, 1929 June 1-June 6
DNC, volume 5, 1929 June 6-June 9
DNC, volume 6, 1929 June 10-11
DNC, volume 7, 1929 June 11
DNC, volume 8, 1929 June 11-14
DNC, volume 9, 1929 June 15-19
DNC, volume 10, 1929 June 20-July 8
DNC, volume 11, 1929 July 8-21
DNC, volume 12, 1929 July 22-August 31
DNC, volume 13, 1929 August 11-31
DNC, volume 14, 1929 September 24-November 1
DNC, volume 15, 1929 September 24-November 24
DNC, volume 16, 1929 November 1-November 24
DNC, volume 17, 1929 December 23
DNC, volume 18, 1929 December 24-1930 January 24
DNC, volume 19, 1930 January 27-February 25
DNC, volume 20, 1930 February 25-March 22
DNC, volume 21, 1930 March 22-April 7
DNC, volume 22, 1930 April 7-15
DNC, volume 23, 1930 April 15-28
DNC, volume 24, 1930 April 29-November 15
DNC, volume 25, 1930 May 15-May 28
DNC, volume 26, 1930 May 29-June 8
DNC, volume 27, 1930 June 8-16
DNC, volume 28, 1930 June 16-19
DNC, volume 29, 1930 June 19-July 11
DNC, volume 30, 1930 July 11-June 24
DNC, volume 31, 1930 July 25-July 31
DNC, volume 32, 1930 August 1-11
DNC, volume 33, 1930 August 11-19
DNC, volume 34, 1929 August 19-21
DNC, volume 35, 1930 August 21-27
DNC, volume 36, August 27-September 2
DNC, volume 37, 1930 September 3-10
DNC, volume 38, 1930 September 10-16
DNC, volume 39, September 16-27
DNC, volume 40, September 27-October 10
DNC, volume 41, 1930 October 10-20
DNC, volume 42, 1930 October 20-24
DNC, volume 43, 1930 October 24-28
DNC, volume 44, 1930 October 28-30
DNC, volume 45, 1930 October 31-November 3
DNC, volume 46, 1930 November 3-5
DNC, volume 47, 1930 November 5-6
DNC, volume 48, 1930 November 6-8
DNC, volume 49, 1930 November 8
DNC, volume 50, 1930 November 8-11
DNC, volume 51, 1930 November 11-15
DNC, volume 52, 1930 November 15-21
DNC, volume 53, 1930 November 21-December 4
DNC, volume 54, 1930 December 4-19
DNC, volume 55, 1930 December 20-1931 January 2
DNC, volume 56, 1931 January 2-13
DNC, volume 57, 1931 January 13-14
DNC, volume 58, 1931January 14-16
DNC, volume 59, 1931 January 16-20
DNC, volume 60, 1931 January 20-23
DNC, volume 61, 1931 January 23-31
DNC, volume 62, 1931 February 1-7
DNC, volume 63, 1931 February 11-16
DNC, volume 64, 1931 February 16-18
DNC, volume 65, February 18-22
DNC, volume 66, 1931 February 22-24
DNC, volume 67, 1931 February 24-27
DNC, volume 68, 1931 February 27-March 3
DNC, volume 69, 1931 March 3-4
DNC, volume 70, 1931 March 4-5
DNC, volume 71, 1931 March 5
DNC, volume 72, 1931 March 5-6
DNC, volume 73, 1931 March
DNC, volume 74, 1931 March 6
DNC, volume 75, 1931 March 6-7
DNC, volume 76, 1931 March 7-8
DNC, volume 77, 1931 March 9-10
DNC, volume 78, 1931 March 10-12
DNC, volume 79, 1931March 12-15
DNC, volume 80, 1931 March 15-21
DNC, volume 81, 1931 March 21-27
DNC, volume 82, 1931 March 27-April 2
DNC, volume 83, 1931 April 2-7
DNC, volume 84, 1931 April 7-11
DNC, volume 85, 1931 April 17-24
DNC, volume 86, 1931 April 17-24
DNC, volume 87, 1931 April 24-30
DNC, volume 88, 1931 April 30-May 11
DNC, volume 89, 1931 May 11-23
DNC, volume 90, May 24-June 10
DNC, volume 91, 1931 June 10-27
DNC, volume 92, 1931 June 27-July 14
DNC, volume 93, 1931 July 14-August 14
DNC, volume 94, 1931 August 14-September 8
DNC, volume 95, 1931 September 8-23
DNC, volume 96, 1931 September 25-October 10
DNC, volume 97, 1931 October 10-31
DNC, volume 98, 1931 October 31-November 13
DNC, volume 99, 1931November 13-24
DNC, volume 100, 1931 November 24-30
DNC, volume 101, 1931 December 1-8
DNC, volume 102, 1931 December 8-17
DNC, volume 103, 1931 December 17-30
DNC, volume 104, 1931 December 30-1932 January 6
DNC, volume 105, 1932 January 6-8
DNC, volume 106, 1932 January 8-11
DNC, volume 107, 1932 January 11-16
DNC, volume 108, 1932 January 16-23
DNC, volume 109, 1932 January 24-31, February 26-29
DNC, volume 110, 1932 February 1-10
DNC, volume 111, 1932 February 10-15
DNC, volume 112, 1932 February 15-26
DNC, volume 113, 1932 March 1-14
DNC, volume 114, 1932 March 14-28
DNC, volume 115, 1932 March 28-31
DNC, volume 116, 1932 April 1-10
DNC, volume 117, 1932 April 10-18
DNC, volume 118, 1932 April 18-30
DNC, volume 119, 1932 May 1-17
DNC, volume 120, 1932 May 17-31
DNC, volume 121, 1932 June 1-8
DNC, volume 122, 1932 June 8-14
DNC, volume 123, 1932 June 14-23
DNC, volume 124, 1932 June 23-27
DNC, volume 125, 1932 June 18-22
DNC, volume 126, 1932 June 22-26
DNC, volume 127, 1932 June 26-28
DNC, volume 128, 1932 June 28-29
DNC, volume 129, 1932 June 30-July 1
DNC, volume 131, 1932 July 1-7
DNC, volume 132, 1932 July 7-30
DNC, volume 133, 1932 August 6-17
DNC, volume 134, 1932 September 17-30
DNC, volume 135, 1932 October 30-1933 February 21
Campaign for president, volume 1, 1928
Campaign for president, volume 2, 1928
American Liberty League (ALL), 1934-1965, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises scrapbooks kept by Shouse, correspondence, leaflets, pamphlets, and bulletins documenting the American Liberty League's criticism of the growth of the federal government and in particular President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs. Jouett Shouse co-founded the ALL with John Jakob Raskob in 1934, serving as president until the League unofficially dissolved in 1940. The League was officially dissolved through court action in 1942. Correspondence in the series includes letters to Shouse from ALL officers and rank-and-file members as well as scholars regarding league activities, proposed speeches, and press coverage, and, after 1936, reflections on the league's significance and requests for information about it. The pamphlets, leaflets, and bulletins published and distributed by the ALL offer information about the league and its purpose, as well as analyses of New Deal programs and criticisms of the Roosevelt administration. The ALL lawyer reports argue against the constitutionality of the National Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The scrapbooks include press releases and newspaper clippings from and about the ALL and its activities. Arranged in four subseries, correspondence, publications--which include leaflets, pamphlets, and bulletins--scrapbooks, and requests for ALL information, and then chronologically within subseries. Pamphlets and some of the bulletins are digitized and available here: http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7wwp9t2q46/guide.
Correspondence, 1934-1942
General, 1934-1935
General, 1935-1936
Member letters, 1936
General, 1938
General, 1939
General, 1940-1941
Final dissolution of the ALL, 1942
Publications, 1934-1938, undated
Unpublished reports and speeches, 1934-1936
ALL lawyer reports, 1935
- Box 12, folder 4-5
"Report on the Constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act", 1935 September 5
"Report on the Constitutionality of the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935", 1935 December 9
"Report on the Constitutionality of the Potato Act of 1935", 1935 December 30
"General Lawyers Committee of the American Liberty League", 1936 September 1
"The Welfare Clause in the Light of the AAA Decision", undated
Indexes, 1936, undated
Bulletins, 1935-1938
Vol. 1, no. 1, 1935 August
Vol. 1, no. 2, 1935 September
Vol. 1, no. 3, 1935 October
Vol. 1, no. 4, 1935 November
Vol. 1, no. 5, 1935 December
Vol. 1, no. 6, 1936 January 15
Vol. 1, no. 7, 1936 February 15
Vol. 1, no. 8, 1936 March 15
Vol. 1, no. 9, 1936 April 15
Vol. 1, no. 10, 1936 May 15
Vol. 1, no. 11, 1936 June 15
Vol. 1, no. 12, 1936 July 15
Vol. 2, no. 1, 1936 August 15
Vol. 2, no. 2, 1936 September 15
Vol. 2, no. 3, 1936 October 15
Vol. 3, no. 1, 1937 January 15
Vol. 3, no. 2, 1937 January 25
Vol. 3, no. 3, 1937 February 5
Vol. 3, no. 4, 1937 April 24
Vol. 3, no. 5, 1937 May 26
Vol. 3, no. 6, 1937 June 4
Vol. 3, no. 7, 1937 June 21
Vol. 3, no. 8, 1937 June 29
Vol. 3, no. 9, 1937 July 9
Vol. 3, no. 10, 1937 July 21
Vol. 3, no. 11, 1937 October 25
Vol. 3, no. 12, 1937 November 1
Vol. 3, no. 13, 1937 November 10
Vol. 4, no. 1, 1938 February 25
Leaflets, 1935-1936
"The Magi and the Showdown", 1936 March 28
"28 Facts about The New Deal", 1936 May 4
"Why? The American Liberty League", undated
"American Liberty League", 1934
"Platform and Organization of the American Liberty League", 1934
"The Budget Message", 1936
"Federal Encroachment Upon the Field of Education in Texas", 1936
"National Lawyers Committee: Report of Raoul E. Desvernine", 1935 June 14
"Recovery, Relief and the Constitution", 1934 December 8
"Progress vs. Change", 1934 November 20
"American Liberty League: Statement by Jouett Shouse", 1934 August 23
"American Liberty League: Its Platform", 1935
"American Liberty League: A Statement of Its Principles and Purposes", undated
"The Tenth Commandment", undated
"A Message to New Members", undated
"A Memorandum to the Members of the American Liberty League", 1935 June 26
"Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty", undated
"The President Wants More Power: Is a Scrapped Constitution Too High a Price to Pay for It?", 1936 January 14
"The Townsend Nightmare: What it would do to the worker", 1936 January 15
"The New Deal Program As Seen by an Eminent Journalist", 1936 February 19
"The American Liberty League As Seen by a Distinguished American Educator", 1936 February 25
"A Farmer Speaks", 1936 March 17
"Will it be Ave Caesar?", 1936 March 23
"Our New Spoils System", 1936 March 24
"Government by Busybodies: A Discussion of the Plague Inflicted upon Long-suffering Peoples When Their Rulers Develop Delusions of Omniscience and Infallibility", 1936 March 30
"Gratitude in Politics", 1936 April 29
"New Labels for Old Poisons", 1936 May 16
"The New Deal: Boondoggling Circus", 1936 May 27
"Government by Law: Still Forced to Fight Against New Deal", 1936 June 2
"Who are the Economic Royalists?", 1936 July 27
"Danger Signals", 1936 August 4
"And Satan Came Also", 1936 August 4
"An Open Letter to the President", 1936 August 13
"The Campaign is On; Let the People Take Heed", 1936 August 26
"Self-Styled Liberals", 1936 September 2
"Only ONE Main Issue", 1936
"Tax Facts", 1936 September 7
"The Way Dictatorships Start", 1936 September 22
"Abolishing the States: A New Deal Cabinet Member as Viewed by a Southern Democratic Newspaper", 1936 October 8
"The Platform of the American Liberty League", undated
"Why You Should Join the American Liberty League", 1936 April 1
"Which Road", 1936 May 19
"To Defend and Uphold the Constitution of the United States", 1936 May 19
"Mr. Wadsworth Replies to League Critic", 1936 August 28
Pamphlets, 1935-1936
- Box 12
Membership materials and list of pamphlets, undated
"The Budget Message", 1935
"The National Recovery Administration: A Review of its Past and Recommendations for its Future", 1935 January
"$4,880,000,000: An Analysis of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 as Approved by the House", 1935 January 28
"Economic Security: A Study of Proposed Legislation-Its Advantages, Its Dangers, and Its Background", 1935 February 4
"Democracy or Bureaucracy: Speech by Jouett Shouse", undated
"The Bonus: An Endorsement of the Position Taken by President Roosevelt in His Letter of December 7, 1934, and an Analysis of Proposals for Pre-payment of the World War Adjusted Compensation Certificates", 1935 February
"The Constitution Still Stands: Speech of Jouett Shouse", undated
"Inflation: Possibilities Involved in Existing and Proposed Legislation", 1935 February
"The Thirty-Hour Week: Dangers Inherent in Proposed Legislation", 1935 March
"The Pending Banking Bill: An Anlysis of a Proposal to Subject the Nation's Monetary and Banking Structure to the Exigencies of Politics", 1935 March
"The Legislative Situation: A Speech by Jouett Shouse", 1935 March 7
"The Holding Company Bill", 1935 March
"What is the Constitution Between Friends?", 1935 March 27
"Where are We Going?: The Constant Question", 1935 March 29
"Price Control: An Analysis of Experimentation under the NRA, and Recommendations for Future Legislation", 1935 April
"Congress at the Crossroads: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1935 March 30
"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A Review of Factual Analyses Issued by the American Liberty League and Some Discussion of the Present Legislative Situation", 1935 April
"The Labor Relations Bill", 1935 April
"Government by Experiment: Speech of Dr. Neil Carolthers", 1935 April 17
"How Inflation Affects The Average Family: Speech of Dr. Ray Bert Westerfield", 1935 April 18
"The AAA Amendments", 1935 April
"Political Banking: Speech of Dr. Walter E. Spahr", 1935 April 26
"The Bituminous Coal Bill: An Analysis of a Proposed Step toward Socialization of Industry", 1935 April
"Regimenting the Farmers: Speech of Dr. G.W. Dyer", 1935 May 5
"Extension of the NRA", 1935 May
"Human Rights and the Constitution: Speech of R.E. Desvernine", 1935 May 16
"The Farmers' Home Bill", 1935 May
"The TVA Amendments", 1935 May
"The New Deal: Its Unsound Theories and Irreconcilable Policies", 1935 May 31
"Is the Constitution for Sale?", 1935 May 30
"How to Meet the Issue", 1935 June 2
"The Supreme Court and the New Deal", 1935 June
"The Duty of the Church to the Social Order", 1935 June
"An Open Letter to the President", 1935 June
"The Revised AAA Amendments", 1935 June
"The Return to Democracy: Speech by Jouett Shouse", 1935 July 1
"The President's Tax Program: An Analysis of a Transparent Political Gesture", 1935 July
"The American Bar: The Trustee of American Institutions", 1935 June 29
"Two Amazing Years: Speech of Nicholas Roosevelt", 1935 July 8
"Fabian Socialism in the New Deal: Speech of Demarest Lloyd", 1935 July 9
"The People's Money: Speech of Dr. Walter E. Spahr", 1935 July 10
"The Principles of Constitutional Democracy and the New Deal: Speech of Raoul E. Desvernine", 1935 July 11
"Which Road to Take?: Speech of J. Howard Pew", 1935 July 12
"The Blessings of Stability: Speech of James W. Wadsworth", 1935 July 12
"Legislation - By Coercion or Constitution: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1935 July 15
"Recovery by Statute: Speech of Dr. Neil Carothers", undated
"Expanding Bureaucracy: A Study of an Expensive Violation of Campaign Pledges, Menacing to the Rights and Liberties of Citizens", 1935 July
"The Imperilment of Democracy: Radio Address of Fitzgerald Hal", 1935 July 18
"The Spirit of Americanism", 1935
"Lawmaking by Executive Order", 1935 August
"The Test of Citizenship: Speech of Dean Carl W. Ackerman", 1935 July 16
"Today's Lessons for Tomorrow: Speech of Captain William H. Stayton", 1935 July 13
"New Deal Laws in Federal Courts", 1935 August
"Potato Control", 1935 September
"Breathing Spells: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1935 September 16
"The National Labor Relations Act", 1935 September
"Consumers and the AAA", 1935 October
"Facts About the American Liberty League", 1935
"Straws Which Tell", 1935 October
"The Duty of the Lawyer in the Present Crisis", 1935 October
"The Constitution and the Supreme Court: Speech of Borden Burr", 1935 October
"Budget Prospects", 1935 October
"Dangerous Experimentation", 1935 October
"Federal Encroachment Upon the Field of Education in Texas", 1935 October
"The Economic Necessity in the Southern States for a Return to the Constitution", 1935 October 29
"The National Lawyers Committee of the American Liberty League: Address by Ethan A. Shepley", 1935 November 6
"Economic Planning: Mistaken But Not New", 1935 November
"Inflation is Bad Business: Radio Address by Neil Carothers", 1935 November
"Work Relief: A Record of the Tragic Failure of the Most Costly Governmental Experiment in All World History", 1935 November
"Opinion 148 Of the Standing Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances of the American Bar Association", 1935 November
"The AAA and Our Form of Government", 1935 December
"Alternatives to the American Form of Government", 1935 December
"The Real Significance of the Constitutional Issue: Speech of Raoul E. Desvernine", 1935 December 3
"A Program for Congress", 1935 December
"Arousing Class Prejudices: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1935 December 23
"The Fallacies and Dangers of the Townsend Plan", 1936 January 3
"The 1937 Budget", 1936 January
"What of 1936?: Address of James P. Warburg", 1936 January 15
"Americanism at the Crossroads: Speech of Raoul E. Desvernine", 1936 January 15
"The Constitution and the New Deal: Address of James M. Carson", 1935 December 16
"The American Constitution - Whose Heritage?: The Self-Reliant or Those Who would be Wards of the Government?", 1936 January 18
"Professors and the New Deal", 1936 January
"The American Form of Government: Let Us Preserve It.", 1936 January 18
"The Redistribution of Power: Speech of John W. Davis", 1936 January 24
"Time to Stop: Speech of Dr. Neil Carothers", 1936 January 25
"The President Has Made the Issue: Speech of Charles I. Dawson", 1936 January 25
"Seventeen Months of the American Liberty League", 1936 January 25
"The Facts in the Case: Speech of Alfred E. Smith", 1936 January 25
"Wealth and Income", 1936 February
"The Townsend Utopia: Speech of Dr. Ray Bert Westerfield", 1936 February 15
"The Constitution: What it Means to the Man in the Street", 1936 February
"Shall we Plow under the Supreme Court: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1936 February 6
"The Townsend Plan: An Analysis of an Attempt to Perpetrate a Cruel Hoax upon a Trusting People", 1936 February
"Inflation and Our Gold Reserve: Radio Address by Dr. Edwin Walter Kemmerer"", 1936 February
"The Power of Federal Courts to Declare Acts of Congress Unconstitutional", 1936 January 25
"The Constitution: The Fortress of Liberty", 1936 February 11
"What the Constitution Means to the Citizen", 1936 March
"The Story of An Honest Man", 1936 March
"Statement by National Lawyers Committee of The American Liberty League", 1936 March
"Entrenched Greed: Speech of Dr. George Barton Cutten", 1936 February 8
"The New AAA", 1936 March
"The Right of Petition: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1936 March 6
"The President's 1936 Tax Proposals: The End of the So-Called Breathing Spell", 1936 April
"Should We Amend the Constitution to Grant the National Government General Welfare Powers?", 1936 April 2
"The New Inquisition: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1936 March 27
"It Can Be Done: Speech by Hon. Merrill E. Otis", 1936 January 31
"A Layman Looks at the Supreme Court", 1936 March 2
"New Work-Relief Funds", 1936 April
"Abuses of Power: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1936 April 8
"The Need for Constitutional Growth by Construction or Amendment", 1936 April 3
"Shall We Have Constitutional Liberty or Dictatorship?", 1936 April 14
"An American Philosophy: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1936 April 30
"The Liberty League: Old Friendships Destroyed", 1936 April 20
"A Federal Union: National and State Responsibilities", 1936 April 20
"Constitutional Heresy: Speech of Raoul E. Desvernine", 1936 May 9
"You Owe Thirty-One Billion Dollars: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1936 May 19
"The American Form of Government The Supreme Court And The New Deal", 1936 May
"Socialization of the Electric Power Industry", 1936 June
"The New Deal vs. Democracy: Speech of Jouett Shouse", 1936 June 20
"Social and Economic Experiments Under the Guise of Taxation", 1936 July
"New Deal Budget Policies", 1936 July
"A Reply to Secretary Wallace's Question: Whose Constitution! The Dominant Issue of the Campaign", 1936 August
"Delegation of Legislative Power to the Executive Under the New Deal", 1936 August
"Federal Bureaucracy in the Fourth Year of the New Deal", 1936 August
"The Dual Form of Government and The New Deal", 1936 September
"A Rising or a Setting Sun?", 1936 September
"Tugwellism versus Americanism", 1936 September
Post-1936 requests for ALL information, 1957-1965
Scrapbooks, 1934-1941, undated
Scope and Contents
The American Liberty League (ALL) scrapbooks (1934-1940) contain leaflets and membership materials, press releases, and newspaper clippings related to the organization's activities. The scrapbooks are divided into four subseries: Leaflets and membership materials, press releases, newspaper clippings of press releases, and newspaper clippings, which include general news stories from state newspapers. Scrapbook volumes 1-113, which include state newspaper clippings, are also available on microfilm.
Leaflets and membership materials, 1934-1937, undated
Press releases, 1934-1937
ALL-PR, book 01, 1934 August 23-1935 July 16
ALL-PR, book 02, 1935 July 22-1936 April 15
ALL-PR, book 03, 1936 April 16-1937 September 17
Press release newspaper clippings, 1935
ALL-PRNC, book 01, 1935 August-1935 October 30
ALL-PRNC, book 02, 1935 October 30-1935 December 9
ALL-PRNC, book 03, 1935 August-October
ALL-PRNC, book 04, 1935 October-December
Newspaper clippings, 1934-1941
ALL-NC, volume 01, 1934 August 8-August 23
ALL-NC, volume 02, 1934 August 23
ALL-NC, volume 03, 1934 August 23-August 24
ALL-NC, volume 04, 1934 August 24
ALL-NC, volume 05, 1934 August 24
ALL-NC, volume 06, 1934 August 25
ALL-NC, volume 07, 1934 August 25
ALL-NC, volume 08, 1934 August 25
ALL-NC, volume 09, 1934 August 25-26
ALL-NC, volume 10, 1934 August 26-27
ALL-NC, volume 11, 1934 August 27
ALL-NC, volume 12, 1934 August 27-28
ALL-NC, volume 13, 1934 August 28
ALL-NC, volume 14, 1934 August 28-29
ALL-NC, volume 15, 1934 August 29
ALL-NC, volume 16, 1934 August 29-30
ALL-NC, volume 17, 1934 August 30
ALL-NC, volume 18, 1934 August 30-31
ALL-NC, volume 19, 1934 August 31
ALL-NC, volume 20, 1934 September 1-3
ALL-NC, volume 21, 1934 September 3-4
ALL-NC, volume 22, 1934 September 4-6
ALL-NC, volume 23, 1934 September 6
ALL-NC, volume 24, 1934 September 6-7
ALL-NC, volume 25, 1934 September 7
ALL-NC, volume 26, 1934 September 7-8
ALL-NC, volume 27, 1934 September 8-9
ALL-NC, volume 28, 1934 September 9-11
ALL-NC, volume 29, 1934 September 11-12
ALL-NC, volume 30, 1934 September 13-14
ALL-NC, volume 31, 1934 September 14-15
ALL-NC, volume 32, 1934 September 16
ALL-NC, volume 33, 1934 September 17-20
ALL-NC, volume 34, 1934 September 20-23
ALL-NC, volume 35, 1934 September 24-27
ALL-NC, volume 36, 1934 September 27-October 4
ALL-NC, volume 37, 1934 October 4-November 9
ALL-NC, volume 38, 1934 November 9-29
ALL-NC, volume 39, 1934 November 29-1935 January 15
ALL-NC, volume 40, 1935 January 15-February 13
ALL-NC, volume 41, 1935 February 14-April 3
ALL-NC, volume 42, 1935 April 13-May 11
ALL-NC, volume 43, 1935 May 11-June 15
ALL-NC, volume 44, 1935 June 15-July 21
ALL-NC, volume 45, 1935 July 21-September 12
ALL-NC, volume 46, 1935 September 12-23
ALL-NC, volume 47, 1935 September 23-October 11
ALL-NC, volume 48, 1935 October 11-November 1
ALL-NC, volume 49, 1935 November 1-20
ALL-NC, volume 50, 1934 November 20-December 14
ALL-NC, volume 51, 1935 December 14-28
ALL-NC, volume 52, 1935 December 28-1936 January 3
ALL-NC, volume 53, 1936 January 3-7
ALL-NC, volume 54, 1936 January 7-13
ALL-NC, volume 55, 1936 January 13-22
ALL-NC, volume 56, 1936 January 22-26
ALL-NC, volume 57, 1936 January 26-27
ALL-NC, volume 58, 1936 January 27
ALL-NC, volume 59, 1936 January 27-28
ALL-NC, volume 60, 1936 January 28-29
ALL-NC, volume 61, 1936 January 29-30
ALL-NC, volume 62, 1936 January 30
ALL-NC, volume 63, 1936 January 30-31
ALL-NC, volume 64, 1936 January 31-February 1
ALL-NC, volume 65, 1936 February 2-3
ALL-NC, volume 66, 1936 February 4-6
ALL-NC, volume 67, 1936 February 6-8
ALL-NC, volume 68, 1936 February 8-12
ALL-NC, volume 69, 1936 February 12-16
ALL-NC, volume 70, 1936 February 12-23
ALL-NC, volume 71, 1936 February 23-29
ALL-NC, volume 72, 1936 March 1-7
ALL-NC, volume 73, 1936 March 7-13
ALL-NC, volume 74, 1936 March 13-21
ALL-NC, volume 75, 1936 March 21-31
ALL-NC, volume 76, 1936 April 1-10
ALL-NC, volume 77, 1936 April 10-16
ALL-NC, volume 78, 1936 April 17-23
ALL-NC, volume 79, 1936 April 23-30
ALL-NC, volume 80, 1936 May 1-11
ALL-NC, volume 81, 1936 May 11-22
ALL-NC, volume 82, 1936 May 22-31
ALL-NC, volume 83, 1936 June 1-11
ALL-NC, volume 84, 1936 June 11-21
ALL-NC, volume 85, 1936 June 21-24
ALL-NC, volume 86, 1936 June 24-26
ALL-NC, volume 87, 1936 June 26-July 1
ALL-NC, volume 88, 1936 July 1-11
ALL-NC, volume 89, 1936 July 11-22
ALL-NC, volume 90, 1936 July 22-31
ALL-NC, volume 91, 1936 July 31-August 9
ALL-NC, volume 92, 1936 August 9-17
ALL-NC, volume 93, 1936 August 17-26
ALL-NC, volume 94, 1936 August 26-September 5
ALL-NC, volume 95, 1936 September 6-15
ALL-NC, volume 96, 1936 September 15-25
ALL-NC, volume 97, 1936 September 25-October 2
ALL-NC, volume 98, 1936 October 2-10
ALL-NC, volume 99, 1936 October 11-20
ALL-NC, volume 100, 1936 October 20-30
ALL-NC, volume 101, 1936 October 30-November 7
ALL-NC, volume 102, 1936 November 7-December 2
ALL-NC, volume 103, 1936 December 2-1937 February 17
ALL-NC, volume 104, 1937 February 18-May 13
ALL-NC, volume 105, 1937 May 14-August 19
ALL-NC, volume 106, 1937 August 19-September 29
ALL-NC, volume 107, 1937 September 29-December 30
ALL-NC, volume 108, 1938 January 1-April 30
ALL-NC, volume 109, 1938 May 1-October 31
ALL-NC, volume 110, 1938 November 1-1939 May 28
ALL-NC, volume 111, 1939 June 1-December 1
ALL-NC, volume 112, 1940 January-June 15
ALL-NC, volume 113, 1940 June 16-1941 May 11
Miscellaneous speeches, reports, and autobiographical sketches, 1934-1960, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises transcripts of speeches delivered by Jouett Shouse to Lexington-area clubs, including the Lexington chapter of the Thoroughbred Club of America; autobiographical material used for press purposes; and a 1952 report of U.S. consulates in Germany.
Thoroughbred Club of America speech (Lexington, KY), 1934
"Why Lexington is Attractive" (Shouse speech), undated
Jouett Shouse autobiographical materials, 1920-1960
White House envelopes, 1916-1958
Report on U.S. consulates, 1952
Photographs, 1928-1944, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises black-and-white photographs of the Democratic National Committee Advising Committee, 1928; Shouse giving a speech; travel in Germany; and the Shouse family.
Jouett Shouse, undated
Jouett Shouse before an audience, undated
Mrs. Jouett Shouse, undated
Catherine Filene, undated
Heinrich Bachmaier and Jouett Shouse in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, undated
Jouett Shouse and grandson, Cuthbert R. Train, Jr., [1943, 1944]
Shouse's Boxer dog Vorspiel, circa 1943
Jouett and Catherine Filene Shouse at racetrack, undated
Advising Committee of the Democratic National Committee, 1928
Personal scrapbooks, 1899-1958
Scope and Contents
Comprises one volume that contains editorial articles Jouett Shouse wrote from 1898-1904 as a reporter with the the Morning Herald, and the successor newspaper, the Lexington Herald. The remaining 17 scrapbooks include newspaper articles written about Shouse in different aspects of his political career.
PERS, volume 1, 1899-1911
PERS, volume 2, 1912 January 1-1914 November 1
PERS, volume 3, 1914 March 1-November 1
PERS, volume 4, 1914 November 1-1915 March 1
PERS, volume 5, 1915 March 1-1916 January 15
PERS, volume 6, 1916 January-October
PERS, volume 7, 1916 November-1917 May
PERS, volume 8, 1918 June-October
PERS, volume 9, 1918 September-1919 April
PERS, volume 10, 1919 May-1920 May
PERS, volume 11, 1920 May-October
PERS, volume 12, 1920 October-1923 November
PERS, volume 13, 1923 December-1924 September
PERS, volume 14, 1924 September-1928 January
PERS, volume 15, 1941-1948
PERS, volume 16, 1949 January-1953 October
PERS, volume 17, 1953 October-1955
PERS, volume 18, 1956-1958
UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center is open Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. Appointments are encouraged but not required. Schedule an appointment here.
Researchers must have an SCRC Researcher Account to request materials. View account set-up and use instructions here.
Questions? Contact SCRC via our Contact Form.
Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Correspondence, 1911-1967
- Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA), 1923-1934
- Democratic National Committee (DNC), 1923-1933
- American Liberty League (ALL), 1934-1965, undated
- Miscellaneous speeches, reports, and autobiographical sketches, 1934-1960, undated
- Photographs, 1928-1944, undated
- Personal scrapbooks, 1899-1958
You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.
UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center is open Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. Appointments are encouraged but not required. Schedule an appointment here.
Researchers must have an SCRC Researcher Account to request materials. View account set-up and use instructions here.
Questions? Contact SCRC via our Contact Form.
Requests
No items have been requested.
You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.
