Item: Allen and Frances Wheeler Sayler papers, 1945-1967
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Finding Aid Title: Allen and Frances Wheeler Sayler papers, 1945-1967
Finding Aid Collection Number: 2513
Date Range of Collection: 1870-1951
Creator of Materials: Sayler, Frances Wheeler
Content Description: The Sayler papers consist of the original manuscript biography of Burton K. Wheeler written by Frances, along with a collection of letters written by Wheeler to Allen Sayler in the years following Frances' death. The manuscript consists of multiple chapters that were assigned alphabetic headings. These preliminary chapters were revised and corrected as the writing continued, but sometimes the letter assigned to a particular episode was changed in the process. The arrangement of the chapters in alphabetical order does not follow the chronology of the narrative, but is the best manner to demonstrate the author's work in composition and revision. In those cases where more than one chapter was given the same letter, the earliest versions have been placed first in the file order. The final two folders in the collection include sixteen original letters by Burton K. Wheeler to Allen Sayler in chronological order. The letters include family news and Wheeler's opinions on political issues of the day. Also included is a signed letter from Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater to Sayler congratulating him on his completion of his graduate degree in 1963.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv25930
Keywords: burton k. wheeler, biographies, politics, politicians, authors, allen sayler, frances wheeler, personal letters, senator barry goldwater
Subjects: U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler Prominent Montanans
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