Herbert F. Baker Papers, 1904-1930

Summary

Creator:

Baker, Herbert F., 1862-1930

Abstract:

Republican state representative, 1907-1912, speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1911, state senator, 1919-1922, and official of the Farmers' National Council, the National Gleaner Federation, the Michigan State Grange and other farm and insurance organizations; includes correspondence, clippings, photographs and scrapbooks, concerning his political and business activities.

Extent:

5 linear feet
1 oversize volume

Language:

English.

Call Number:

855 AC Aa 2

Authors:

Finding aid prepared by: Michigan Historical Collections Staff

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection spans the dates 1904-1926 and contains five linear feet of correspondence, clippings, photographs and scrapbooks concerning Baker's political and business activities.

Biographical / Historical:

Herbert F. Baker was Republican state representative, 1907-1912; speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1911; state senator, 1919-1922; and official of the Farmers' National Council, the National Gleaner Federation, the Michigan State Grange and other farm and insurance organizations

Acquisition Information:

The collection was donated in 1977 by Tom Baker (donor no. 6066 ), son of Herbert F. Baker.

Arrangement:

The Herber F. Baker papers are organized into three series; correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers and Scrapbooks, and Photographs

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Partial Index to Correspondence

Among the more significant individuals and organizations represented in the correspondence series are:

All American Co-operative Commission	1920; 1921; Feb. 16, 1925; Jan. 4, 1926
Ancient Order of Gleaners	1908; 1912; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; Jan. 19, 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926
Anti-Saloon League of Michigan	Aug. 13, 1918; Sept. 7, 1918
Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940	Dec. 31, 1910; Jan. 16, 1911; Mar. 14, 1911
Briggs, Walter Owen, 1877-1952	Feb. 7, 1919
Campbell, Colin Percy, 1877-	July 27, 1907; Aug. 7, 1908; Aug. 11, 1908; Nov. 7, 1908
Clardy, Kit Francis, 1892-	May 11, 1926; May 25, 1926; June 11, 1926; Aug. 13, 1926
Conference for Progressive Political Action	Mar. 1, 1924; June 6, 1924; June 19, 1924; July 28, 1924
Conference of Progressive State Granges	1911; 1912
Couzens, James Joseph, 1872-1936	Jan. 18, 1924; Aug. 18, 1925; Aug. 24, 1925; Jan. 7, 1926
Cramton, Louis Convers, 1875-1966	Aug. 2, 1912; Aug. 8, 1912; Jan. 13, 1915; Feb. 27, 1920; Feb. 12, 1921; Mar. 5, 1921; Nov. 21, 1923
Currie, Gilbert Archibald, 1882-1960	July 25, 1911; Sept. 12, 1911; Oct. 30, 1911; May 21, 1912
DeFoe, Murl Holcomb, 1879-	Sept. 13, 1923; Oct. 16, 1923
Detroit Municipal League	Mar. 3, 1911
Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943	Oct. 7, 1908; 1926, undated; Jan. 19, 1926; June 24, 1926; Aug. 31, 1926
Earle, Horatio Sawyer, 1855-1935	Jan. 3, 1908; Feb. 3, 1908; June 5, 1912
Ellis, George Edwin, 1864-	Dec. 21, 1911
Employers' Association of Detroit	1911
Farmer's Federal Tax League of America	Apr. 11, 1921
Farmers' National Committee on Postal Reform	1912
Farmers' National Committee on Transportation	Feb. 26, 1919
Farmers' National Committee on War Finance	1917; 1918
Farmers' National Council	1919; 1920; 1921; Jan. 16, 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925
Fellows, Grant, 1865-1929	1916
Ferris, Woodbridge Nathan, 1853-1928	Apr. 15, 1926
Fletcher, Frank Ward, 1853-1922	Dec. 7, 1918; Dec. 10, 1918; Feb. 28, 1919
Fuller, Oramel B., 1858-	July 27, 1916; Sept. 14, 1916; Sept. 2, 1916; May 28, 1917; Jan. 18, 1918; Nov. 8, 1918; Mar. 26, 1919; Apr. 20, 1921; Jan. 13, 1925
Gardner, Obadiah, 1850-1938	1912
Grayling. Salling, Hanson and Company.	Mar. 18, 1921
Green, Fred Warren, 1872-1936	Dec. 1918; Feb. 25, 1918; Mar. 25, 1921; 1923; May 23, 1924; June 4, 1924; Oct. 17, 1924; Dec. 1924; Mar. 1925; May 16, 1925; July 29, 1925; Aug. 25, 1925; Oct. 2, 1925; Nov. 7, 1925; Dec. 1925; Jan. 1926; Apr. 26, 1926; Sept. 20, 1926
Grenell, Judson, 1847-	Jan. 20, 1911
Groesbeck, Alexander J., 1873-1953	Nov. 29, 1920; Dec. 10, 1920
Hampton, George P., d. 1921	1911; 1912; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921
Helme, James W., 1860-1938	May 24, 1910; July 6, 1911; July 8, 1911; Aug. 14, 1911; May 31, 1912; 1916; Apr. 10, 1919; Aug. 14, 1919
Hoffman, Clare Eugene, 1875-1957	Mar. 1921; Apr. 1921; May 11, 1921; July 1924; Aug. 1924
Howe, Frederic Clemson, 1867-1940	Mar. 20, 1911
James, William Francis, 1873-1945	Feb. 1912; July 1, 1912; Sept. 21, 1912; Jan. 1917; Feb. 5, 1917; May 1, 1917; June 2, 1917; 1918; Feb. 9, 1921
Jeffries, Edward J., 1900-1950	Oct. 23, 1919; Nov. 16, 1923; Dec. 24, 1923; Jan. 25, 1924
Ketchum, John Clark, 1873-1941	Dec. 22, 1911
King, Paul Howard, 1879-1942	Feb. 14, 1912
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944	Jan. 1911; Feb. 4, 1911; Mar. 1911; July 1911; Sept. 1911; Oct. 1911; Nov. 1911; Dec. 1911; Jan. 1912; July 1912; Jan. 2, 1917
LaFollette, Robert Marion, 1855-1925	Feb. 11, 1921; Apr. 8, 1921; Apr. 22, 1921; Jan. 11, 1924; Feb. 3, 1925
Lawrence, Howard Cyrus, 1890-1961	June 26, 1924; 1926
League of American Sportsmen	Feb. 8, 1911
Lemke, William, 1878-1950	Mar. 28, 1921
Loud, George Alvin, 1852-1925	1906; 1908; 1911; 1912
Lowden, Frank Orren, 1861-1943	Mar. 8, 1920
Lutheran Church. Missouri Synod. Michigan District. Lutheran Schools Committee	Letter, Aug. 15, 1924 concerning the parochial school amendment
McGregor, Tracy W., 1869-1936	Jan. 11, 1911
Maples, Carl Edgar, 1874-1939	Feb. 22, 1919
Marsh, Benjamin Clarke, 1877-	1919; 1920; 1921; Jan. 16, 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926
Martel, Frank Xavier, 1888-	Feb. 6, 1925
Martindale, Frederick C., 1865-	Aug. 31, 1911; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1926
Michigan Federation of Labor	Feb. 5, 1921; Apr. 4, 1921; Aug. 27, 1923; Oct. 5, 1923; July 28, 1924
Michigan Home Rule League	Sept. 19, 1916
Michigan Potato Growers Exchange	1919; 1920; 1921; 1923; 1924; 1925
Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs	Mar. 12, 1911
Modern Woodmen of America	Jan. 17, 1907; 1908; 1909; 1911; 1912; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1925
Musselman, Amos S., 1851-	July 27, 1909
National Milk Producers Federation	1920
National Non-partisan League	1919; Feb. 16, 1921; Feb. 26, 1921; Mar. 12, 1921
National Progressive Republican League	Mar. 20, 1911
Osborn, Chase Salmon, 1860-1949	July 1911; Oct. 10, 1911; Dec. 1911; Jan. 22, 1912; Feb. 9, 1912; June 15, 1912; July 1912; Sept. 26, 1912; Jan. 1917; Dec. 29, 1917; 1918?; Jan. 1918; Dec. 20, 1918; Feb. 26, 1919; Dec. 1919; May 20, 1920; Mar. 1, 1921; Sept. 10, 1924; Dec. 21, 1924; Jan. 2, 1925; Feb. 2, 1925; Dec. 30, 1925; Sept. 4, 1926
People's Legislative Service	Apr. 8, 1921; Feb. 3, 1925
People's Reconstruction League	1921; 1923; 1925; 1926
Pettigrew, Richard Franklin, 1848-1926	Oct. 19, 1923
Powers, Perry Francis, 1857-1945	July 13, 1911
Progressive Republicans' League of Michigan	Jan. 16, 1911; Jan. 27, 1911; Feb. 7, 1911
Progressive Voters League of Michigan	Nov. 14, 1923
Rural Credit League of America	1915; 1916
Scott, Frank Douglas, 1878-1951	Apr. 26, 1921; May 24, 1924; Apr. 29, 1926
Sleeper, Albert E., 1862-1934	Oct. 1917; Mar. 19, 1920
Smith, John W., 1883-	Nov. 22, 1924; Jan. 22, 1925; Dec. 3, 1925
Smith, William Alden, 1859-1932	Feb. 6, 1911; Feb. 9, 1911; Mar. 5, 1911
Townsend, Charles Elroy, 1856-1924	Jan. 23, 1911; July 17, 1911; Mar. 31, 1916; Apr. 20, 1916; Aug. 7, 1916; Sept. 28, 1918; Sept. 22, 1919
Vandenberg, Arthur Hendrick, 1884-1951	Feb. 27, 1919; Mar. 15, 1919; July 17, 1924
Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866-1924	Sept. 27, 1923
Warner, Fred Maltby, 1865-1923	Mar. 6, 1908
Watkins, Lucius Whitney, 1873-	June 14, 1912; Aug. 13, 1912
Wesselius, Sybrant, 1859-	Apr. 13, 1912; Nov. 27, 1923; May 1924; July 1924; Sept. 5, 1924
Woodruff, Roy Orchard, 1876-1953	Apr. 27, 1921

Subjects

Click on terms below to find any related finding aids on this site.

Subjects:

Agriculture -- Michigan.
Universities and colleges -- Michigan.
Dutch Americans -- Michigan.
Education -- Michigan.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1920.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1924.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1926.
German Americans -- Michigan.
Insurance -- Michigan.
Polish Americans -- Michigan.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Women -- Suffrage -- Michigan.
Barns.
Construction.
Hats -- ca. 1910.
Legislators -- Michigan.
Women.

Formats:

Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Tintypes.

Names:

Michigan State Grange.
Progressive Party (1912)
Republican Party (Mich.)
Cheboygan County (Mich.). Board of Supervisors.
Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives.
All American Co-operative Commission.
Ancient Order of Gleaners.
Anti-Saloon League of Michigan.
Conference for Progressive Political Action.
Conference of Progressive State Granges.
Detroit Municipal League.
Employers' Association of Detroit.
Farmer's Federal Tax League of America.
Farmers' National Committee on Postal Reform.
Farmers' National Committee on Transportation.
Farmers' National Committee on War Finance.
Farmers' National Council.
Salling, Hanson, and Company (Grayling, Mich.)
League of American Sportsmen.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Michigan District. Lutheran Schools Committee.
Michigan business farmer.
Michigan Home Rule League.
Michigan Potato Growers Exchange.
Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs.
Modern Woodmen of America.
National Milk Producers Federation.
National Nonpartisan League.
National Progressive Republican League.
Michigan Federation of Labor.
Michigan. Legislature.
People's Legislative Service.
People's Reconstruction League.
Progressive Republicans' League of Michigan.
Progressive Voters League of Michigan.
Rural Credit League of America.
Baker, Herbert F., 1862-1930.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940.
Briggs, Walter Owen, 1877-1952.
Campbell, Colin Percy, 1877-
Clardy, Kit Francis, 1892-
Couzens, James, 1872-1936.
Cramton, Louis C. (Louis Convers), 1875-
Currie, Gilbert, 1882-1960.
DeFoe, Murl Holcomb, 1879-
Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943.
Earle, Horatio Sawyer, 1855-1935.
Ellis, George Edwin, 1864-
Fellows, Grant, 1865-1929.
Ferris, Woodbridge N., 1853-1928.
Fletcher, Frank Ward, 1853-1922.
Fuller, Oramel B., 1858-
Gardner, Obadiah, 1850-1938.
Green, Fred W. (Fred Warren), 1872-1936.
Grenell, Judson.
Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953.
Hampton, George P., -1921.
Helme, James W., 1860-1938.
Hoffman, Clare Eugene, 1875-1967.
Howe, Frederic Clemson, 1867-1940.
James, William Francis, 1873-1945.
Jeffries, Edward, 1900-1950.
Ketcham, John Clark, 1873-1941.
King, Paul Howard, 1879-1942.
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944.
La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925.
Lawrence, Howard Cyrus, 1890-1961.
Lemke, William, 1878-1950.
Loud, George Alvin, 1852-1925.
Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943.
McGregor, Tracy William, 1869-1936.
Mapes, Carl Edgar, 1874-1939.
Marsh, Benjamin Clarke, 1877-1952.
Martel, Frank Xavier, 1888-
Martindale, Frederick C.
Musselman, Amos S., 1851-
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-
Pettigrew, Richard Franklin, 1848-1926.
Powers, Perry Francis, 1857-1945.
Scott, Frank Douglas, 1878-1951.
Sleeper, Albert E., 1862-1934.
Smith, John W., 1883-
Smith, William Alden, 1859-1932.
Townsend, Charles E. (Charles Elroy), 1856-1924.
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951.
Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866-1924.
Warner, Frederick Maltby, 1865-1923.
Watkins, Lucius Whitney, 1873-
Wesselius, Sybrant, 1859-
Woodruff, Roy Orchard, 1876-1953.

Places:

Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1899-1916.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1917-1921.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1922-1928.
Cheboygan County (Mich.)