Augustus Owsley Stanley papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Augustus Owsley Stanley papers
- Date
- 1821-1958 (inclusive)
- 1902-1958 (bulk)
- Extent
- 14.55 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Steel industry and trade -- United States.
- Governors.
- Elections -- United States.
- Prohibition -- United States.
- Tobacco -- United States.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 63M144 : [identification of item], Augustus Owsley Stanley papers, 1821-1958, bulk 1902-1958, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- A. O. Stanley was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1867. He was elected to Congress from the Second Congressional District of Kentucky in 1902, and was re-elected for five successive terms. In 1915 he was elected governor of Kentucky, resigning in May, 1919, after being elected to the United States Senate. He was defeated for re-election to the Senate in 1924. In 1930 Herbert Hoover named him to the International Joint Commission, a post he held until 1954, serving as chairman of the United States Section from 1933 to his retirement. His chief activity in the House was in antitrust legislation. He was chairman of the congressional committee investigating the United States Steel Corporation and is credited with being a principal draftsman of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. He championed the cause of the tobacco growers in a dispute with the American Tobacco Company.
- Scope and Content
- The Augustus Owsley Stanley papers (dated 1821-1958, bulk 1902-1958; 14.55 cubic feet; 29 boxes and 7 items) include correspondence, manuscripts of speeches, scrapbooks, pictures, clippings and books, which document Stanley's career as governor of Kentucky and United States Senator. They relate to Kentucky political campaigns, tobacco controversies, prohibition, the congressional investigation of the United States Steel Corporation, affairs of the International Joint Commission, and family matters. Among the papers are letters from John C. Breckinridge, Woodrow Wilson, Irvin S. Cobb, Andrew Carnegie, Cora Wilson Stewart and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Family letters include correspondence to and from Stanley's mother, Amanda Owsley Stanley, and his wife, Sue Soaper Stanley.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.
Contents of the Collection
General, 1844-1958
Biographical Material, undated
Jefferson, Thomas, undated
John Cambell Breckinridge letter to R.W. Johnson, 1861 April 25
Papers, undated
Legal Citations, undated
Poll Books: Ghent, Kentucky, 1844
Correspondence, 1904-1906
Tobacco, 1904-1906
Tobacco Clippings, 1906
Tobacco Correspondence, 1907
Correspondence, 1907
Politics, 1908
Tobacco, 1908
Legal papers, 1908
Reply to Dazell, Jefferson-Hamilton Speech, 1908
Correspondence, A-Z, 1909
Telegrams, 1909
William Jennings Bryan, 1909
Tobacco, 1909
Correspondence, 1909-1911
Scrapbook-"Property of Miss Minnie Mohler", 1910-1913
Investigation of the U.S. Steel Corporation, 1911
Pensions, 1911
Correspondence, 1912
Carnegie, Andrew to A.O.S., 1912
Investigation of Steel Trust, 1912
Tobacco, 1913
Politics, campaign, 1913
Correspondence, 1913
Interstate Commerce, 1913
Pensions, 1913
Politics, 1914
Correspondence, 1914
Correspondence, 1915
Politics, Campaign, Advertising, Bills (A-L), 1915
Politics, Campaign, Advertising, Bills (M-Z), 1915
Politics, Campaign Speeches (Not Stanley), 1915
Politics, Campaign Correspondence (A-Z), 1915
Politics, Campaign, Headquarters Letters, 1915
Politics, Campaign Lists, 1915
Politics, Campaign Material, 1914
Politics, Congratulations on Election as Governor, 1915
Politics, 1916
Murray Mob, 1917
Woodrow Wilson letters to A.O.Stanley, 1918
Martin Appointment, 1918
Politics, Campaign, 1918
Correspondence, 1919
Letters to Mrs. Stanley, 1919-
KY Campaign, Republican Platform, 1919 May 14
KY Campaign, Democratic Platform, Louisville, 1919 September 4
Senate Voting Record, 1919-1924
Correspondence, 1920
Testimony Before Probe Committee, Frankfort, 1920 March 4
Ku Klux Klan, 1921
Correspondence, 1921
Stanley-McAdoo Letters, 1921
Correspondence, 1922
Correspondence, 1923
Correspondence, 1924
International Joint Commission, Presidential Message, 1925
Retirement from Senate, 1925
Correspondence, 1926
Correspondence, 1927
Correspondence, 1928
Politics, 1928
Politics, Democratic Platform, 1928
Correspondence, 1929
International Joint Commission, Appointment, 1930
Politics, 1930
Cobb, Irvin S., 1930-1931
Correspondence, 1931
International Joint Commission, Rules of Procedure, 1932
Letters to Mrs.Stanley after death of son, 1932
Correspondence, 1933
National Coal Association, 1933-1936
Correspondence, 1934
Joseph Tumulty Speech, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1934
Correspondence, 1935
Politics, Campaign, Senate, 1936
Correspondence, 1937
International Joint Commission, 1938
International Joint Commission, Canada - Level of Rainy Lake, 1939
Correspondence, 1939-1943
International Joint Commission-Burpee, Lawrence, 1944
Correspondence, 1944
International Joint Commission, 1945-1946
Correspondence, 1945
Jefferson Island Club, 1946
Correspondence, 1946
Courier-Journal Article, 1947
International Joint Commission, 1947
International Joint Commission, Canada, 1947
International Joint Commission, Kootenay, 1947
Correspondence, A-Z, 1947
International Joint Commission, A-Z, 1948
Correspondence, A-Z, 1948
International Joint Commission, 1949
Correspondence, 1949
Courier Journal Article, 1950
International Joint Commission, 1950
Correspondence, 1950
Rotary Speech Article, 1950
International Joint Commission, A-Z, 1951
Correspondence, A-Z, 1951
Henderson Gleaner Articles, 1952
International Joint Commission, A-Z, 1952
International Joint Commission, Crane Lake, 1952
Correspondence, 1952
Birthday Greetings, 1953 May
International Joint Commission, A-Z, 1953
Kentucky Bookmobile Project, 1953
Correspondence, 1953
Congressional Record, Eulogy on Resignation, 1954
International Joint Commission, 1954
International Joint Commission, Resignation, 1954
Correspondence, 1954
Correspondence, 1956
Correspondence, 1957-1958
Congressional Record: Tributes from Morton, Cooper, Natcher and Perkins, 1958 August 13
The Washington, magazine, 1931 August, 1931 September
Speeches, 1902-1953
Address Before Club, undated
Ireland, undated
Statement, Joseph Guffey Case, undated
On Kentucky, Danville, Kentucky, undated
Knights of Columbus, Brooklyn, New York, undated
Lincoln-Jefferson, undated
Lincoln-Watson, undated
Medical Association, undated
Memorial Address, undated
Reconstruction Period in the South, undated
Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship, undated
Speech Material, undated
The United States, undated
Campaign, Sebree, Kentucky, 1902
Hayes v. Hoag Argument, Henderson, Kentucky, 1903 January
Railroad Rate Bill, H. of Rep., 1906 February 6
Tobacco, Guthrie, Kentucky, 1906
Tobacco Trust, H. of Rep., 1906 May 28
Tobacco, 1906
Tobacco Meeting, Springfield, Tennessee, 1906 November 6
Memorial Address on the Late Senator Bate, H. of Rep., 1907 January 20
Robert E. Lee, Hamilton Club, Chicago, Illinois, 1907 April 1
Government by Injunction, Evansville, Indiana, 1907 September 2
Character and Services of Jefferson and Hamilton, 1908 March 25
Campaign, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1908 October 5
Campaign, Madisonville, Kentucky, 1908 October 19
Democracy of the "Daddies," H. of Rep., 1909 April 19
Tobacco Growers Fight, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1909 September 2
Safety in Coal Mines, H. of Rep., 1910 May 19
Steel Investigation, H. of Rep., 1912 August 8
Divesting Liquors of their Interstate Character, H. of Rep., 1913 March 1
Opening of the Senate Campaign, Glasgow, Kentucky, 1913 May 19
Spirit of William Goebel, Dedication of Monument, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1914 March 11
Speeches in H. of Rep., 1914
Primary Campaign for Governor, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1915 May 1
Primary Campaign for Governor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1915
Statement Following Nomination for Governor, 1915
Campaign Opening for Governor, Glasgow, Kentucky, 1915 September 20
Campaign for Governor, 1915 October 16
Inaugural Address, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1915 December 7
Inaugural Address (copy), 1915 December 7
Campaign for Governor (fragment), 1915
Cooperation Between State and County Officials, 1915-1919
Message to Kentucky General Assembly, 1916
Report on the General Assembly, 1916
Kentucky Democratic State Convention, Lexington, Kentucky, 1916 May 24
Resolutions, Kentucky Democratic State Convention, 1916
Appeal to Murray Mob, 1916 Dec. 9
Kentucky Bar Association, Dawson Springs, Kentucky, 1917 July 5
Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1917 November 20
Message to Kentucky General Assembly, 1918 January 8
Veto of the German Language Bill, 1918
Campaign for Senate Nomination, Mayfield, Kentucky, 1918
St. Patrick's Day, Providence, Rhode Island, 1919 March 17
Senate Campaign, Pikeville, Kentucky, 1918 October 4
Reply to Morrow, Lexington, Kentucky, 1919 October 22
Heizer's Physiology, Campaign Speech, Lexington, Kentucky, 1919
Railroad Control, US Senate, 1919 December
To Women Voters, Washington D.C., 1921 February 17
Peace Treaty Resolution, Emergency Tariff, US Senate, 1921 April 30, 1921 May 9
Government Ownership of Coal Mines, US Senate, 1921 June 29
Fourth of July, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1921
Soldiers Bonus, US Senate, 1921 July 15
St. Luke Catholic Church, Nicolasville, Kentucky, 1921 August 21
A Plea for Constitutional Government, US Senate, 1921 September 23
Spirit of the Orphan Brigade, US Senate, 1921 November 5
Democratic Address, Louisville, Kentucky, 1921 November 30
Perils of Paternalism, Chicago, Illinois, 1922 January 12
Hearings: Excluding Gambling Information from the Mails, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1921-1922
Ohio Sons of American Revolution, Cincinnati, 1922 February 22
Tribute to Ireland, US Senate, 1922 March 14
Patriotic Address, Boston, Massachusetts, 1922 March 16
Edge Resolution, US Senate, 1922 April 14
Flag Day Address, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1922 June 14
Outgrowing Our Independence, New Jersey Bar Association, 1922 June 17
Spirit of '76, Tammany Hall, NYC, 1922 July 4
For Re-election of James A. Reed, Senator from Missouri, 1922
National Grain Dealers, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1922 October 2
Address. Jersey City, New Jersey, 1922 October 10
Address. Newport, Kentucky, 1922 October 12
Article, "Repeal a Thousand Laws", Dearborn Indepedent, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923 February 17
National Gas Association, Louisville, Kentucky, 1923 April
Good Will, Jewish Synagogue, New York, 1923 April 30
Arlington, 1923 June 3
Tolerance, National Council of Catholic Men, 1923 October 17
Statements, Political, 1923
Morrow Reply to Fields, 1923
Campaign, Richmond, Kentucky, 1923
Campaign, 1923
Leases of Naval Oil Lands, US Senate, 1924 January 30
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., 1924 February 9
B.P.O.E., New Rochelle, New York, 1924 February 12
Constitution, Far Rockaway, New York, 1924 March 4
Jefferson, Springfield, Missouri, 1924 April 13
Farmer's Cooperative Associations, US Senate, 1924 April 29
Confederate National Reunion, Memphis, Tennessee, 1924 June 4
US Senate Campaign, 1924
Local Self-Government, Louisville, Kentucky, 1924 December 27
Stanley-Darrow Debate on Capital Punishment, NYC, 1925 March 14
Rotary Club, Henderson, Kentucky, 1925 March 19
Excerpts from St. Patrick's Day Speech, Mose Green Club, Louisville, Kentucky, 1925 March 20
Constitution, Detroit, Michigan, 1925 May 18
Bayonne, New Jersey, 1925 June 27
Elk's Memorial Address, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1925 December 6
Interview. Washington Star, 1926 January 10
Campaign, 1926
Washington D.C., 1926 August 10
Armistice Day, Mt. Vernon, Illlinois, 1926 November 11
Elk's Memorial, Nashville, Tennessee, 1926 December 5
Campaign, Governor's Primary, Lexington, Kentucky, 1927
Campaign Openings, Sampson-Beckham, Pikeville, Kentucky, 1927 October 8
Campaign, Beckham-Sampson, 1927
Smith Campaign, 1928
Smith Campaign, New Albany, Indiana, 1928 September
Interview. Smith Campaign, 1928
Smith Campaign, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1928 November 3
Jefferson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1929 April 13
Richmond, Virginia, 1929 April 23
Unveiling Henry Clay Statue, NYC, 1929 May 9
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Boston, Massachusetts, 1930 March 8
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Washington, D.C., 1930 March 17
Knights of Columbus, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930 April 19
National Metal Trades Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1931 April 15
On Herbert Hoover, 1932
Speech, 1933
Kentucky State Bar Association, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1933 July 14
Smithland, Kentucky, 1933 August 18
Bardwell, Kentucky, 1933 November 4
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Cincinnati, Ohio, 1934 March 17
Glasgow, Kentucky, 1934 May 18
Mose Green Club, Louisville, Kentucky, 1934 May 19
Covington, Kentucky, 1934 May 30
Dedication of Patterson Memorial, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1934 June 1
Dedication of Lincoln Memorial, Springfield, Kentucky, 1934 June 14
Kentucky State Bar Association, Lexington, Kentucky, 1934 July 6
New Deal, Reports and Speeches, 1934
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Memphis, Tennessee, 1935 March 16
International Joint Commission Radio Speech, undated
International Joint Commission Statement, 1949 November 7
Article, United States-Canadian Relations, Rotarian, 1950 June
International Relations, Rotary Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1950 November 15
International Joint Commission, 1952
Bookmobile Project, Louisville, Kentucky, 1953 February 6
International Joint Commission Tacoma, Washington, 1953 May 19
International Joint Commission, 1953
Interview. Personalities in Government, WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1953
Family papers, 1860-1953
Correspondence, 1860-1953
William Stanley to Amanda Owsley Stanley, 1860-1907
George C. Tichnenor to William Stanley, 1860-1889
Josephine S. Welch to Amanda Owsley Stanley, 1890-1922
Arnold Stanley (son) to Amanda Owsley Stanley, 1891-1904
G. William Stanley (son) to Amanda Owsley Stanley, 1907-1922
Amanda Welch Rose (granddaughter) and children to Amanda Owsley Stanley, 1921-1922
T.S. Minnich and Louise Stanley (daughter) to Amanda Owsley Stanley, 1888-1922
Letters to Amanda Owsley Stanley, Death of William Stanley, 1921
A.O. Stanley to Amanda Owsley Stanley (mother), 1890-1908
A.O. Stanley to Arnold Stanley (brother), 1891-1903
A.O. Stanley to William Stanley (father), 1902-1911
A.O. Stanley to Sons, William S. Owsley, A.O. Jr., and Marion Shelby, 1905-1924
Mother to A.O. Stanley, 1906-1911
Relatives to A.O. Stanley, 1908-1953
Amanda Welch Rose to A.O. Stanley, 1945-1952
Family letters to Sue Stanley, 1917-1919
Family letters to Sue Stanley, 1923-1925
A.O. Stanley and Sue Stanley correspondence, 1903-1951
Newspaper Accounts of Wedding, 1903
1903-1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1913 January-1913 May
1913 June-1913 December
1914
1915
1915-1916
1916
1919
1921-22
1923
1926
Telegrams, 1927
1928-1929
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945-1946
1948-1949
1950-1951
General, 1881-1934, undated
William Stanley Confederate Reunion, 1908
William Stanley, Sermon Notes, undated
T. Stanley Minnich Poem Book, 1889-1890
General, Amanda Owsley Stanley, 1881-1922
- Box 14, folder 12
Scope and Contents
This folder contains various correspondence of Amanda Owlsley Stanley from 1881 to 1922.
Amanda Owsley Stanley papers, undated
Death of Marion Stanley, 1932
Sue Stanley papers, 1934
William Stanley papers, 1929
Announcement of Woodrow Wilson's marriage to Edith Bolling, 1915
Kentucky newspapers, 1915
Breckenridge News, 1915 February 24
Carlisle Mercury, 1915 July 15
Courier Journal, Louisville, 1915 August 6, 1915 August 10, 1915 August 11, 1915 August 31, 1915 October 18, 1915 October 26, 1915 October 28, 1915 October 30, 1915 November 2
Daily Messenger, Mayfield, 1915 August 5, 1915 August 9
Evening Post, Louisville, 1915 August 3, 1915 October 30
Frankfort Courier, 1915 July 16, 1915 August 2
Harrodsburg Herald, 1915 August 6
Journal of Labor, Louisville, 1915 October 23
Kentucky Advocate, Danville, 1915 July 31
Lexington Leader, 1915 October 21
Louisville Herald, 1915 October 14, 1915 October 18, 1915 October 29, 1915 October 30, 1915 November 1, 1915 November 2
Louisville Times, 1915 October 22, 1915 October 30
Owensboro Inquirer, 1915 July 25, 1915 August 1, 1915 August 6, 1915 August 10
Owensboro Messenger, 1915 July 8, 1915 July 14, 1915 July 15,1915 July 16, 1915 July 21, 1915 July 24, 1915 July 29, 1915 July 31, 1915 August 1, 1915 August 3
Weekly Advocate, LaCenter, 1915 August 6
Newspaper clippings, 1905-1960
Tobacco, 1907-1910
Campaigns, 1909-1919
General, 1905-1960
Tariff, 1905-1909
U.S. Steel Investigation, 1911
Ben Johnson Statement, 1911
Kentucky Primary Election, 1912
1913
1914
1914-1915
1915
1920
1920
1921-1922
GOP Handbook, 1923
1924
1925
1927
1928
1929
1932
1930-1933
1934
1935
1936
1946
1947
1948
1950-1951
1952
1953-1954
1955
Death and Funeral, 1958
UK Collection, 1959
1960
Photographs, 1915-1925, undated
General, undated
1915-1919
Hunting and Fishing, undated
Family, undated
International Joint Commission, undated
Barrister's Club Luncheon, Washington D.C., 1925 March 14
A.O. Stanley, Portrait in Hat, undated
Signed Photo of a Man, 1914
Governor Owsley (Stanley), undated
Realia, undated
Bookplates, A.O. Stanley, undated
A.O. Stanley, Painted Door Sign, undated
Leather-covered Desk Sign, "Mr. A.O. Stanley, Chairman", undated
Original Cut for A.O. Stanley Bookplates, undated
Robt E. Lee, 9m Memoriam Ribbon, undated
Certificates, 1889-1951
Herbert Hoover, Appointment of A.O. Stanley to International Joint Commission, 1931 May 9
Key to My Old Kentucky Home, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 1951 January 5
US Supreme Court, Certificate Admitting Stanley to Practice, 1925 May 5
Certificate, Election as Governor from Gov. McCreary, 1915 November 27
Honorary Degree Diploma, Kentucky University, 1916 June
Centre College, Bachelors of Science Diploma, 1889 January 20
Maps and posters, 1915-1934
Romance Map of the Northern Gateway (to Canada), 1934
Engineering Assembly advertisement, 1926
Political Poster, Primary, 1915
US Bill of Rights signed by Harry B. Hawes, undated
Campaign poster, undated
Scrapbooks, 1903-1921
1903
Tobacco, 1908
Newsclippings Compiled by Frank J. McGuire, 1911
Newsclippings on Steel Investigation, 1911-1913
Newsclippings, A.O. Stanley, 1913
Newsclippings, Governor, 1915-1919
Editorial comment on Stanley amendment to anti-beer bill, 1921
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