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Judson King
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress


Prepared by William Cassidy and David Mathesen 
Revised and expanded by Connie L. Cartledge 
1999
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress 
Washington, D.C.
Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress 
Manuscript Division, 2003


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Collection Summary

Title:    Papers of Judson King , 1900 - 1958 (bulk 1912 - 1958 ) 
ID No.:    MSS28621 
Creator: King, Judson, 1872-1958 
Extent:    21,515 items ; 97 containers ; 38 linear feet 
Repository:    Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C. 
Abstract:    Lecturer, writer, and political consultant. Correspondence,
memoranda, writings, reports, press releases, scrapbooks, newspaper
clippings, printed material, charts, maps, photographs, and other material
relating primarily to the development of public power policy in the United
States and reflecting King's role in the United States Rural Electrification
Administration.

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of
person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein. 
Names:
King, Judson, 1872-1958 
Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984--Correspondence 
Carmody, John M. (John Michael), 1881-1962--Correspondence 
Hill, Lister, 1894- --Correspondence 
Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981--Correspondence 
Milton, George Fort, 1894-1955--Correspondence 
Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944--Correspondence 
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 --Correspondence 
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence 
Slattery, Harry, 1887-1949--Correspondence 
Walsh, Frank P.--Correspondence 
White, William Allen, 1868-1944--Correspondence 
United States. Rural Electrification Administration 
National Popular Government League 
Tennessee Valley Authority 

Subjects:
Electric power--United States 
Energy policy--United States 
Political parties--United States 
Public utilities--United States 
Rural electrification--United States 
Tennessee River Valley 

Occupations:
Authors
Consultants
Lecturers

Administrative Information
Provenance:
The papers of Judson King, lecturer, writer, and political consultant, were
given to the Library of Congress by his widow, Bertha Hale King, in 1959
and by Ronald Ross in 1960 and 1964. Small additions were given by
Ross and others from 1983 to1985.

Processing History:
The papers of Judson King were arranged and described in 1959.
Subsequent accessions received from 1960 through 1964 were interfiled
with the original gift of the papers. Two accessions from 1983 were
processed as an Addition in 1985. Material received in 1985 was
processed in 1999 and interfiled with the Addition series. A note
concerning the Judson King Papers appeared in the Library of Congress
Information Bulletin, vol. 18, no. 23, 8 June 1959, pp. 310-311.

Copyright Status:
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Judson King in these papers and
in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has
been dedicated to the public.

Preferred Citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following
information: Container number, Judson King Papers, Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note
Date Event 
1872 , Apr. 19 Born, Waterford, Pa. 
1889 - 1893  Attended Battle Creek College, Battle Creek, Mich. 
1893 - 1896  Attended University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
1902  Founder and editor, Morning Sun, Denison, Tex. 
1905 - 1906  Editor, Independent Voter, Toledo, Ohio 
1906 - 1908  Secretary, Toledo University, Toledo, Ohio 
1908 - 1910  Field secretary, Ohio Direct Legislation League 
1910 - 1913  Traveled and lectured 
1912  Married Cora Smith Eaton 
1913 - 1958  Director, National Popular Government League 
1926  Married Bertha Hale White 
1935 - 1944  Special consultant to Rural Electrification Administration 
1958 , July 4 Died, Washington, D.C. 
1959  Posthumously published, The Conservation Fight, From Theodore
Roosevelt to the Tennessee Valley Authority (Washington, D.C.: Public
Affairs Press. 316 pp.) 

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Judson King (1872-1958) span the period 1900-1958, with
the bulk of the material relating primarily to the development of public
power policy in the United States and reflecting his role as a consultant to
the United States Rural Electrification Administration. 
Of particular interest is a file of General Correspondence covering the
period 1912-1958 but largely dated after 1933. Correspondence for the
year 1937 is missing. Manuscripts and typescripts of King's writings,
scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed material
complete the collection. Topics featured in the papers include the Rural
Electrification Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the
National Popular Government League, which King organized and directed
for many years.

Correspondents include George D. Aiken, John M. Carmody, Lister Hill,
David Eli Lilienthal, George Fort Milton, George W. Norris, Gifford
Pinchot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Slattery, Francis Patrick Walsh, and
William Allen White.

Organization of the Papers
The collection is arranged in six series:

Correspondence, 1912-1958 
Article and Book File, 1913-1958 
Subject File, 1900-1943 
Scrapbooks, 1907-1940 
Miscellany, 1902-1958, n.d. 
Addition, 1902-1958, n.d.


April 15, 2004