P2250.xml ELIZABETH BRADLEY HEFFELFINGER: An Inventory of Her Scrapbook material and Related Papers Finding aid prepared by Bonnie Palmquist and Monica Manny Ralston. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Stephanie Grabowski,March 3, 1999. Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008 Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Heffelfinger, Elizabeth Bradley, 1900-1981. Elizabeth Bradley Heffelfinger scrapbooks and related papers. 1931-1976. Scrapbook material of Elizabeth Bradley Heffelfinger, Republican National Committeewoman, 1948-1960, documenting her political work and public life as well as the home front war work of the Women's Activities Division of the Minneapolis Civilian Defense Council, 1942-1946. 0.75 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 oversize folder). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Original materials and photocopies of news clippings from four scrapbooks containing correspondence, memoranda, reports, trip itineraries, passports, mimeographed bulletins and circulars, pamphlets, programs, awards, and photographs documenting the political work and public life of Elizabeth Bradley Heffelfinger, Republican National Committeewoman, 1948-1960, as well as the home front war work of the Women's Activities Division of the Minneapolis Civilian Defense Council which Heffelfinger chaired, 1942-1946.

The bulk of the collection focuses both on Heffelfinger's activities in the Republican Party and her chairmanship of the Women's Activities Division. The roles of the Defense Council's Victory Aides and the women's division in the sale of war bonds, scrap salvage, food conservation, overseas donations, and other home front programs is extensively documented. Information is also included concerning Heffelfinger's role in the Minnesota Birth Control League, her defeated 1944 state legislative campaign, her post-war tour of Germany on behalf of the U.S. Commission on Displaced Persons, her appointment as an executive committee member of the U.S. National Commission for Unesco, Harold Stassen's bid for the 1952 Republican presidential nomination, the 1956 and 1960 presidential elections, and her tours of India and Asia.

Also included within the scrapbooks are copies of Heffelfinger's letters to her family from the 1959 Unesco conference in India and her tour of southeast Asia.

Included within the related papers are correspondence between Frank Peavey Heffelfinger (Heffelfinger's husband), John McCallum, coauthor of College Football, U.S.A. 1869-1971, Richard Nixon, and others regarding McCallum's book.

Some original pieces of personal correspondence from such notables as Thomas Dewey, Dwight Eisenhower, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Harold Stassen, Sinclair Lewis, and others have been placed in the Minnesota Historical Society reserve collection with photocopies available in the scrapbooks.

RELATED MATERIALS

An interview with Elizabeth Bradley Heffelfinger recorded in 1978 and 1979 is available in the Minnesota Historical Society oral history collections.

Heffelfinger appears as a correspondent in several other manuscript collections held by the Minnesota Historical Society.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Electioneering. Politics, Practical. Presidents -- United States -- Election. Women -- History. Women and War. World War, 1939-1945 -- War Work -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. Places: Asia -- Description and travel. India -- Description and travel. Minnesota -- Politics and government. United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Organizations: Minneapolis Defense Council. Women's Activities Division. Minnesota Birth Control League. Hennepin County War Finance Committee. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ). Republican National Committee (U.S.). Unesco. United States. Displaced Persons Commission. Persons: Andersen, Elmer L., 1909-2004. Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius DuBignon), 1897-1978. Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1980-1969. Heffelfinger, F. Peavey, 1897-. Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-. Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979. Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907-. Types of Documentation: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Elizabeth Bradley Heffelfinger Scrapbooks and Related Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 12,492

Processing Information:

Processed by: Bonnie Palmquist, May 1980 and Monica Manny Ralston, September 1997

Catalog ID number: 09-00319536

DETAILED DESCRIPTION P2250 1 Scrapbook 1, 1931-1976. 4 folders Scrapbook 2: War work, 1942-1946. 4 folders P2250 2 Scrapbook 3, 1943-1959. Scrapbook 4, 1948-1965. 4 folders Related papers, 1940-1960. 2 folders +248 Oversize Material: Scrapbook 2: [Get Well Salutations], July 1943. Award of Merit, The Elizabeth Kenny Institute, Inc. to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, 1944. +248 Related papers: Citation: The B'nai B'rith Lodges of Minneapolis and the B'nai B'rith Women's Chapters of Minneapolis to Mrs. F. Peavey Elizabeth Heffelfinger, April 28, 1953. Res. 47 Reserve Correspondence (4 folders including 43 items)

The physical form of each item is identified by the following abbreviated notations: Typescript Letter Signed (TLS); Autograph Letter Signed (ALS); Document Signed (DS); and, Signed Photograph (SP).

Scrapbook 1: Edward J. Thye, Northfield, Minnesota, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, August 11, 1942. TLS. Hubert H. Humphrey, Mayor, City of Minneapolis, to Whom It May Concern, August 20, 1947. TLS. Sinclair Lewis to Brad, November 27, [194?]. ALS. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor, Albany, New York, to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger, April 14, 1944. TLS. Hubert H. Humphrey, Mayor, City of Minneapolis, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, August 28, 1945. TLS. Harold [Stassen], Staff, Commander Third Fleet, to Elizabeth, February 1, 1945. ALS. Hubert H. Humphrey, Mayor, City of Minneapolis, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, May 23, 1946. TLS. Res. 47 Lucius D. Clay, General, U.S. Army, Commander-in-Chief, Berlin, Germany, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, January 26, 1949. TLS. Lucius D. Clay, General, U.S. Army (Ret.), Washington, to Mrs. E. Heffelfinger, June 22, 1949. TLS. John Foster Dulles, Office of the Secretary of State, Washington, to Mrs. F. P. Heffelfinger, January 17, 1951. TLS. George C. McGhee, Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, January 30, 1951. TLS. Nan [Pandit], Embassy of India, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Peavey Heffelfinger, February 5, 1951. [2] leaves. TLS. Lucius D. Clay, General, Retired, U.S. Army to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, May 26, 1952. TLS. Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Minnesota, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, September 16, 1952. TLS. Dwight D. Eisenhower, The White House, Washington, to Mrs. P.V. Heffelfinger, August 24, 1953. TLS. Res. 47 Edward J. Thye, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger, The Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., February 16, 1955. TLS. Richard Nixon, Office of the Vice President, Washington, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, April 26, 1957. TLS. Hubert H. Humphrey, The Vice President, Washington, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, November 19, 1968. TLS. Hubert H. Humphrey, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, November 19, 1968, TLS.

With: Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, Wayzata, Minnesota, to Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, March 5, 1976. TLS.

Scrapbook 2: Crystal Bird Fauset to Mrs. Heffelfinger, April 12, 1953. [2] leaves. TLS. Harold E. Stassen, Delegate, The United Nations Conference on International Organization, to Mr. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, June 14, 1945. TLS. Res. 47 Scrapbook 4: Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor, State of New York, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, December 21, 1959. TLS. Richard Nixon, Office of the Vice President, Washington, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, May 3, 1960. TLS. D. E. [Dwight Eisenhower], The White House, Washington, to The Honorable Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger, Republican National Committeewoman, May 2, 1960. TLS. Henry Cabot Lodge, United States Representative to the United Nations, New York, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, May 2, 1960. TLS. Elmer L. Andersen, St. Paul, Minnesota, to Mrs. Peavey Heffelfinger, May 10, 1960. TLS. Richard Nixon, Office of the Vice President, Washington, to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger, August 8, 1960. TLS. Dick Nixon to Brad Heffelfinger, undated. S P. Hubert H. Humphrey, United States Senate, Committee on Appropriations, to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger, February 6, 1961. TLS. Res. 47 J. W. Fulbright, United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, April 6, 1961. TLS. Dean Rusk, The Secretary of State, Washington, to Mrs. Heffelfinger, April 7, 1961. TLS. Hubert H. Humphrey, United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, to Mrs. Frank Peavey Heffelfinger, April 3, 1961. TLS. Hubert H. Humphrey, United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger, April 12, 1961. TLS. Elmer L. Andersen, Governor, State of Minnesota, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, May 5, 1961. TLS. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor, State of New York, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, December 9, 1963. TLS. Governor's Appointment to the Human Rights Commission, March 22, 1963. DS. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, July 3, 1964. TLS. Res. 47 Related papers: Thomas E. Dewey, The District Attorney, County of New York, to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger, August 10, 1940. TLS. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor, State of New York, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, July 20, 1943. TLS. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor, State of New York, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, November 15, 1943. TLS. D. E. [Dwight Eisenhower], The White House, Washington, to Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger, September 4, 1956. TLS. Dwight Eisenhower, The White House, Washington, to Mrs. Elizabeth Heffelfinger, October 29, 1957. TLS. R[ichard] N[ixon], The White House, Washington, to Honorable F. Peavey Heffelfinger, March 15, 1972. TLS.