Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Wednesday’s Wonderful Collection - Thomas C. McRae congressional papers, MS.000682

Thomas C. McRae was born December 21, 1851, at Mount Holly, Union County, Arkansas. He studied law and began his practice in 1873, in Rosston, Nevada County, Arkansas. He married Amelia Ann White in December 1874, and shortly thereafter, moved to Prescott, Arkansas. McRae became a state representative in 1877, chaired the Democratic State Conventions in 1884 and 1902, and served as a United States Congressman from 1885-1903. Upon retiring from Congress, McRae returned to his law and banking businesses. In 1921, he became Arkansas's twenty-sixth governor, serving two terms. While governor, McRae fought for improvements to the state highways and public education. He returned to Prescott after his second term ended in 1925, continuing with his law practice until his death on June 2, 1929.
This collection contains correspondence and printed material related to Thomas McRae's term of office in the United States Congress, as well as his law and banking businesses. Included are his efforts with Mountain Meadows Massacre claims, forest and natural resource reclamation, and timber land in Indian Territory, etc.
·         Correspondence (Reel MG00207)
o    Joseph Beal, Prescott, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 February 23 (Folder 1)
o    O.A. Greening, Camden, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 March 13 (Folder 2)
o    Fred C. Greiner, Homan, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 May (Folder 3)
o    G.H. Kyle, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 May 11 (Folder 4)
o    J.M. Bragg, Camden, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 May 11 (Folder 5)
o    I.B. Huff, Hollywood, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 May 12 (Folder 6)
o    John D. Merritt, Waldo, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 May 17 (Folder 7)
o    G.B. Carter, Dobyville, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 May 25 (Folder 8)
o    H.B. VanValkenburgh, Warren, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 May 31 (Folder 9)
o    C.P. Couth [?], Lockesburg, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 May 31 (Folder 10)
o    J.P. Dunn, Antoine, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 June 5 (Folder 11)
o    John T. Cheairs, Tillar, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 June 7 (Folder 12)
o    L.E. Cowling, Mineral Springs, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 June 8 (Folder 13)
o    Henry D. Britt, Three Creek, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 June 15 (Folder 14)
o    Thomas Cluire [?], Dayton, Ohio, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 June 28 (Folder 15)
o    J.M. Bragg, Camden, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 July 3 (Folder 16)
o    W.F. Avera, Camden, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 July 9 (Folder 17)
o    John H. Bell, Nashville, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 July 12 (Folder 18)
o    George W. Copley, Huntsville, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 July 13 (Folder 19)
o    D.B. Sain, Centre Point, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 July 15 (Folder 20)
o    H.G. Bunn, Camden, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 July 21 (Folder 21)
o    Edwin Mims, Richmond, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1886 August 6 (Folder 22)
o    J.R. Dale, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1886 August 9 (Folder 23)
o    Elizabeth L. Green, Point Cedar, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 August 12 (Folder 24)
o    G.A. Hays, Garden City, Kansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 August 17 (Folder 25)
o    Willis T. Brooks, Long View, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 September 6 (Folder 26)
o    Ed Hood, Emmet, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 October 4 (Folder 27)
o    George Wainwright, Ozan, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1886 October 22 (Folder 28)
·         Correspondence
o    Thomas McCabe, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae 1901 December 14 (Folder 30)
o    H.A. Taylor, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 January 14 (Folder 31)
o    James C. McDearmon, Liberty, Texas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 January 20 (Folder 32)
o    H.C. Conlin, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 January 23 (Folder 33)
o    F.P. Martin, Athens, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 January 27 (Folder 34)
o    H.C. Conlin, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 January 31 (Folder 35)
o    Joseph D. Milans, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae 1902 January 31 (Folder 36)
o    N.W. Cooper, Hope, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 February 3 (Folder 37)
o    F.W. McKee, Stephens, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 February 7 (Folder 38)
o    Jeff Davis, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia (telegram) 1902 February 8 (Folder 39)
o    Jeremiah Collins, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 February 8 (Folder 40)
o    Charles C. McRae, Houston, Texas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 February 12 (Folder 41)
o    The Farmer's National Bank, Hudson, New York, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 February 15 (Folder 42)
o    Claude N. Bennett, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae 1902 February 17 (Folder 43)
o    J. Bernhardt, Dumas, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 February 18 (Folder 44)
o    Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 March 12 (Folder 45)
o    William S. Mitchell, Little Rock, Arkansas, to T.C. Ashcroft, Memphis, Tennessee 1902 March 22 (Folder 46)
o    T.C. Ashcroft, Memphis, Tennessee to Addison C. Thomas, Chicago, Illinois 1902 March 24 (Folder 47)
o    Charles H. Boynton, New York, to F.C. Haviland, Hudson, New York 1902 March 27 (Folder 48)
o    Thomas F. Cole, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 March 29 (Folder 49)
o    Alex Grant, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 April 1 (Folder 50)
o    Prescott Furniture Factory, Prescott, Arkansas, to "Sir" 1902 April 1 (Folder 51)
o    James L. Norris, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 April 5 (Folder 52)
o    Henry B.F. McFarland, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 April 5 (Folder 53)
o    James F. Read, Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 April 7 (Folder 54)
o    United States Circiut Court of Appeals, Eighth Circiut, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 April 16 (Folder 55)
o    John M. Pittman, Prescott, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae 1902 April 19 (Folder 56)
o    Austin A. Burnham, Chicago, Illinois, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 April 23 (Folder 57)
o    S.B. Sheibley, to Thomas C. McRae (telegram) 1902 April 30 (Folder 58)
o    E.T. Haynie, Prescott, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 May (Folder 59)
o    Macon A. Leiper, Wilmar, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 May 2 (Folder 60)
o    J.H. Hamlin, Portland, Maine, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 May 17 (Folder 61)
o    James F. Read, Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1902 June 3 (Folder 62)
o    S.W. Fordyce, Saint Louis, Missouri, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1903 January 31 (Folder 63)
o    C.C. Hamby, Prescott, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Washington, District of Columbia 1903 February 18 (Folder 64)
o    65. 1904 September 13: T.A. Vanderlip, New York, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas (Folder 65)
o    T.A. Vanderlip, New York, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1904 September 29 (Folder 66)
o    Charles L. Thompson, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1906 January 10 (Folder 67)
o    Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas, to unknown 1906 March 26 (Folder 68)
o    Charles L. Thompson, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1906 August 21 (Folder 69)
o    Gans Wall Paper Company, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1906 August 22 (Folder 70)
o    C.C. Henderson, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1906 September 3 (Folder 71)
o    Charles L. Thompson, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1906 November 10 (Folder 72)
o    C.A. Culberson, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae 1907 October 1 (Folder 73)
o    W.S. McCain, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1907 November 22 (Folder 74)
o    William E. McRae, El Dorado, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1908 February 12 (Folder 75)
o    William E. McRae, El Dorado, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1908 February 15 (Folder 76)
o    H.B. McKenzie, Prescott, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1908 March 6 (Folder 77)
o    Mermod, Jaccard, and King Jewelry Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1908 May 15 (Folder 78)
o    L.J. Ridling, Emmet, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1908 May 27 (Folder 79)
o    Thomas C. McRae to Reverend L.J. Ridling, Emmet, Arkansas 1908 May 29 (Folder 80)
o    Sam W. Reyburn, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1909 May 22 (Folder 81)
o    Thomas C. McRae to Sam W. Reyburn, Little Rock, Arkansas 1909 May 24 (Folder 82)
o    Thomas C. McRae to C.T. Walker, Little Rock, Arkansas 1909 May 24 (Folder 83)
o    Thomas C. McRae to Sam W. Reyburn, Little Rock, Arkansas 1909 July 28 (Folder 84)
o    John F. Cannon, Saint Louis, Missouri, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1909 July 29 (Folder 85)
o    B.E. Wallace, Fordyce, Arkansas, to A.M. Ellsworth, Prescott, Arkansas 1909 July 29 (Folder 86)
o    Gans Wall Paper Company, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1909 August 20 (Folder 87)
o    Gifford Pinchot, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1911 March 7 (Folder 88)
o    Thomas C. McRae, to Gifford Pinchot, Washington, District of Columbia 1911 March 13 (Folder 89)
o    P.S. Stahlnecker, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1911 March 17 (Folder 90)
o    Overton W. Price, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1911 June 3 (Folder 91)
o    Gifford Pinchot, Washington, District of Columbia, to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1911 April 18 (Folder 92)
o    Thomas C. McRae, to Gifford Pinchot, Washington, District of Columbia 1911 May 22 (Folder 93)
o    Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas, to Dallas T. Herndon, Little Rock, Arkansas 1918 February 20 (Folder 94)
o    Dallas T. Herndon to Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas 1918 February 21 (Folder 95)
o    Thomas C. McRae, Prescott, Arkansas, to Dallas T. Herndon, Little Rock, Arkansas 1918 February 22 (Folder 96)
o    James Cochran, Paris, Arkansas, to E.L. Matlock, Van Buren, Arkansas 1927 March 22 (Folder 97)
·         Printed materials
o    "McPherson's Hand-Book of Politics for 1886" 1886 (Folder 29)
·         Miscellaneous
o    House Bill 9355, "For the relief of the heirs of the persons murdered at the time of Mountain Meadow massacre" 1902 January 18 (Folder 98)
o    Private resolution number 1 1893 October 25 (Folder 99)
o    Republic of Cuba gold bond resolution Circa 1896 (Folder 100)
o    " The Galveston Hurricane, Sept., 1900," by Thomas McCabe 1900 (Folder 101)
o    Invitation, unveiling of the statue of Marshal de Rochambeau 1902 May 24 (Folder 102)
o    Notes (Folder 103)
o    Newsclipping 1902 April 24 (Folder 104)
o    "Reclamation of Arid America" Circa 1902 (Folder 105)