Robert L. Owen Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-043
The Owen collection is 2.1 cubic feet in size and includes material from 1913-1946, with the bulk falling between the years 1935-1942.
The collection contains general correspondence pertaining to the Federal Reserve Act as well as a series of letters from various prominent Washington personalities. In addition, there are a number of documents published by the Government Printing Office. There is also a bound volume of Owen's speeches covering the years 1908-1914. This small collection supplements a larger collection housed at the Library of Congress. Legislative Records consist of Congressional Record Proceedings for the 60th - 63rd Congresses, 1909-1915; Rules and Manuals of the U.S. Senate; and bound speeches by Owen, 1908-1924. Owen was a firm believer in rule by the people and was instrumental in the change to election of senators by direct popular vote. His speech on that subject is one of many included in the bound volumes.
Senate documents published by the Government Printing Office are found in the National Monetary Commission and the Senatorial Publications materials. Most of these documents are reports regarding banking and currency in European countries and Canada; laws of the U.S. concerning money, banking, and loans from 1778-1909; and hearings on the banking and currency from 1910, 1913, and 1935.
The collection contains general correspondence pertaining to the Federal Reserve Act as well as a series of letters from various prominent Washington personalities. In addition, there are a number of documents published by the Government Printing Office. There is also a bound volume of Owen's speeches covering the years 1908-1914. This small collection supplements a larger collection housed at the Library of Congress. Legislative Records consist of Congressional Record Proceedings for the 60th - 63rd Congresses, 1909-1915; Rules and Manuals of the U.S. Senate; and bound speeches by Owen, 1908-1924. Owen was a firm believer in rule by the people and was instrumental in the change to election of senators by direct popular vote. His speech on that subject is one of many included in the bound volumes.
Senate documents published by the Government Printing Office are found in the National Monetary Commission and the Senatorial Publications materials. Most of these documents are reports regarding banking and currency in European countries and Canada; laws of the U.S. concerning money, banking, and loans from 1778-1909; and hearings on the banking and currency from 1910, 1913, and 1935.
Dates
- 1913-1946
- Majority of material found in 1935-1942
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Use:
The University of Oklahoma asserts no claim of copyright over photographs in this collection taken by private citizens. Any publication of such photographs requires the consent of the copyright holder.
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet ((9 containers) - visit for digital files https://oucac.access.preservica.com/archive/sdb%3Acollection%7Cc94d6a44-6fc7-4c71-bb25-d6b0adc467e3/)
Biographical Information:
Robert L. Owen was born in 1856 at Lynchburg, Virginia, of Scotch-Irish and Indian ancestry. Educated in the private schools of Lynchburg, he attended Washington and Lee University where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1877. Soon afterwards, he moved to the Cherokee Nation where he practiced law, taught school, and served as secretary of the Board of Education of the Cherokee Nation. In 1885, Owen was appointed agent for the Five Civilized Tribes and functioned in that position until 1887. Owen served as the attorney for the Choctaws beginning in 1890 and later in the same capacity for the Western and Eastern Cherokees. He organized the First National Bank of Indian Territory at Muskogee in 1890 and acted as its president until 1900.
Owen was elected to the United States Senate from the state of Oklahoma in December 1907 and was reelected in 1912 and in 1918. In 1920, Owen's name was submitted as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. In the end, he ranked fourth among the candidates but declined the nomination for vice president. As a senator, Owen was the drafter of the Federal Reserve Act and the Farm Loan Act. Child labor laws were another of his interests. Owen retired from the U.S. Senate in 1925.
After his retirement, Owen engaged in activities which promoted the interests of Indians, both in the field of legislation and in the courts. He maintained his interest in world affairs and international law and became involved in a goal to enable people all over the world to speak together in a phonetic global alphabet. His later years were spent pursuing this project. Senator Owen died in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 1947. Link to Digital Materials - http://oucac.access.preservica.com/download/thumbnail/deliverableUnit_c94d6a44-6fc7-4c71-bb25-d6b0adc467e3
Owen was elected to the United States Senate from the state of Oklahoma in December 1907 and was reelected in 1912 and in 1918. In 1920, Owen's name was submitted as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. In the end, he ranked fourth among the candidates but declined the nomination for vice president. As a senator, Owen was the drafter of the Federal Reserve Act and the Farm Loan Act. Child labor laws were another of his interests. Owen retired from the U.S. Senate in 1925.
After his retirement, Owen engaged in activities which promoted the interests of Indians, both in the field of legislation and in the courts. He maintained his interest in world affairs and international law and became involved in a goal to enable people all over the world to speak together in a phonetic global alphabet. His later years were spent pursuing this project. Senator Owen died in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 1947. Link to Digital Materials - http://oucac.access.preservica.com/download/thumbnail/deliverableUnit_c94d6a44-6fc7-4c71-bb25-d6b0adc467e3
Arrangement of Materials:
This collection is arranged into 2 series. The General series is arranged into three sections: biographical, topical, publications. The topical materials are arranged further alphabetically by material type. The other sections have no discernable arrangement.
Existence and Location of Copies
The Robert L. Owen Collection has been digitized and made available electronically by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/archival/5300
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/archival/5300
- Title
- Guide to the Robert L. Owen Collection
- Language of description
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
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Repository Details
Part of the Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections Repository