Progressive Era: Robert M. La Follette Papers

Progressive Era: Robert M. La Follette Papers

Progressive Era: Robert M. La Follette Papers

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Description: Congressman, Governor, and United States Senator Robert Marion La Follette is one of the pivotal figures of the Progressive Movement of the early 20th century. La Follette’s papers focus on his fight to reform corruption and injustice in Wisconsin’s political system, correspondence with Andrew Carnegie, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and other major figures of the Progressive Era.