Correspondence, 1901-1965

Extent:

15 boxes

Scope and content:

Farley's professional correspondence contains letters from school superintendents as well as college professors and presidents, such as Rollo G. Reynolds, Fred Engelhardt, Uel W. Lamkin, Florence Hale, Thomas W. Nadal, Willis A. Sutton, and Eldo L. Hendricks. Persons prominent in the National Education Association, such as Willard E. Givens and William G. Carr, also corresponded with Farley, as well as the editors Bernard L. Johnson and Frank A. Weld; the Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Frieda B. Hennock; George H. Adams, a newspaper reporter; and Franklin D. Roosevelt's son James.

Since Farley kept in close touch with relatives, there are a large number of family letters in the personal correspondence, the bulk of which begins in the 1920s. His brother Paul's letters contain some information on public education in Missouri and California.

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