A mix of letters, telegrams, and sample advertisements from various sources sent to the White House regarding the use of President Coolidge's name, likeness, or words in consumer-product advertisements for the purpose of securing consumer confidence in the product's quality or boosting its sales. Some documents show that the White House confidentially explored with J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I., the possibility of prosecuting the offending businesses. Topics include misrepresentation in advertising, postal fraud, the threat to ethics in government, and consumer deception. The file gives an invaluable overview of the business practices, climate, and advertising strategies, across many industries, encountered by consumers during Coolidge's years in office.
Selections reproduced as facsimile page images: 506 of 725 pages.
Selected Document List | Page Images
February 13, 1925 | Advertisement |
February 14, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to F.O. Van Keuren |
February 16, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Robert Norton |
February 17, 1925 | Letter from Newton E.Turgeon to Edward T. Clark |
February 16, 1925 | Letter from Finley H. Greene to Newton E. Turgeon |
no date | Advertisement |
February 18, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to H.E. Soule |
February 21, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Newton E. Turgeon |
March 2, 1925 | Letter from W.H. Towles |
April 1, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Edward Seay |
March 5, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to W.H. Towles |
March 31, 1925 | Letter from Julien Elfenbein to Edward T. Clark |
March 1925 | Index Card |
April 2, 1925 | Letter from Edward Seay to Everett Sanders |
no date | Letter from Arthur L Lyons to Edward Clark |
February 13, 1925 | Letter from H.E. Soule to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Advertisement |
January 17, 1925 | Letter from Ina Pearl Lowthorp to Noah P. Webster |
April 3, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Edward Seay |
December 15, 1924 | Letter from H. E. Soule to Calvin Coolidge |
December 19, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to A.A. Seeger |
January 7, 1925 | Letter from Junius H. Brown to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Advertisement from The Pacific Lumber Co. |
no date | Advertisement from The Pacific Lumber Co. |
December 17, 1924 | Letter from A.A. Seeger to Calvin Coolidge |
January 8, 1925 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Junius H. Brown |
February 12, 1925 | Letter from F.O. Van Keuren |
January 24, 1925 | Letter from Ina Pearl Lowthorp |
January 17, 1925 | Letter from Noah P. Webster to Ina Pearl Lowthorp |
January 22, 9125 | Letter from Fred W. Heller to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Advertisement |
January 26, 1925 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Fred W. Heller |
February 10, 1925 | Letter from George B. Hendrick |
July 15, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Philip Davis |
January 7, 1925 | Index Card |
June 19, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to George B. Neill |
June 13, 1925 | Letter from George B. Neill to Everett Sanders |
no date | Advertisement |
June 17, 1925 | Letter from J. Weston Allen to Edward T. Clark |
June 17, 1925 | Letter from Charles Mortimer Glover |
June 17, 1925 | Letter from Charles Mortimer Glover |
no date | Advertisement from Charles Mortimer Glover |
June 20, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
June 19, 1925 | Telegram from Everett Sanders |
no date | Telegram |
June 20, 1925 | Telegram to Everett Sanders |
November 22, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Roy Brooks |
June 22, 1925 | Letter from Kenneth B. Backman to Edward T. Clark |
July 5, 1924 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Byron Verge |
June 22, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Charles M. Glover |
June 22, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
June 26, 1925 | Letter from George Edwards to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Advertisement |
no date | Postcard |
April 4, 1925 | Index Card |
April 7, 1925 | Letter from Arnold Hobbs to Everett Sanders |
no date | Advertisement |
no date | Letter from J.Weston Allen to Edward T. Clark |
no date | Brochure |
January 15, 1925 | Letter from Jay R. Benton (?) to Henry F. Long |
April 10, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Arnold Hobbs |
June 12, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to J. Weston Allen |
April 22, 1925 | Letter from W.P. Kuhl |
June 1, 9125 | Letter from Everett Sanders to E.M. Elliott |
no date | Postcard |
April 25, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to W.P. Kuhl |
May 7, 1925 | Index Card |
May 9, 1925 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James M. Beck |
May 18, 1925 | Letter from E.M. Elliott to Everett Sanders |
no date | Advertisement |
April 4, 1925 | Index Card |
April 15, 1925 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James M. Beck |
May 13, 1924 | Letter from George D. Semken to Calvin Coolidge |
April 23, 1924 | Letter from R. D. Holland to Calvin Coolidge |
April 24, 1924 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to R.D. Holland |
April 24, 1924 | Letter from Charles H. Innes to Edward T. Clark |
no date | Advertisement |
April 28, 1924 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Charles H. Innes |
April 30, 1924 | Letter from George N. Seger to C. Bascom Slemp |
June 18, 1924 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Etta Rotter |
May 1, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to George N. Seger |
March 23, 1924 | Index Card |
May 15, 1924 | Letter from Everett Sanders (?) to George D. Semken |
May 26, 1924 | Index Card |
June 14, 1924 | Letter from Etta Rotter to Calvin Coolidge |
June 15, 1924 | Telegram from Calvin Coolidge to Edward T. Clark |
June 15, 1924 | Telegram from Calvin Coolidge to C. Bascom Slemp |
June 15, 1924 | Telegram from Calvin Coolidge to C. Bascom Slemp |
no date | Letter from W.A. Day to Policyholders of the Society |
April 29, 1924 | Letter from John McCutchen to George N. Seger |
February 19, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James Monroe Olmstead |
October 18, 1923 | Letter from George Francis Catlett to Mr Secretary |
October 24, 1923 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to George Francis Catlett |
no date | Letter from Mrs Lon O. Hocker to Charles Evans Hughes |
July 17, 1926 | Index Card |
November 2, 1923 | Letter from Charles E. Hughes to Mrs Lon O. Hocker |
January 26, 1924 | Letter from M.C. Williamson |
no date | Form |
April 7, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Alfred E. Lunt |
February 16, 1924 | Letter from James Monroe Olmstead to Calvin Coolidge |
April 5, 1924 | Letter from Alfred E. Lunt to C. Bascom Slemp |
no date | Letter from B.M. Huey to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Index Card |
March 8, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to B. M. Huey |
March 21, 1924 | Letter from Robert N. Finlay to C. Bascom Slemp |
March 21, 1924 | Index Card |
March 22, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Robert N. Finlay |
June 18, 1924 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Walter C. Smith |
January 28, 1924 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to M.C. Williamson |
1924 | Envelope to Grenville H. Norcross |
September 22, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Fred C. Hicks |
September 24, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to J. T. Balkam |
September 26, 1924 | Letter from (?) to C. Bascom Slemp |
September 30, 1924 | Letter from Brad Stephens to Calvin Coolidge |
October 2, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Brad Stephens |
October 7, 1924 | Telegram |
June 16, 1924 | Letter from Walter C. Smith to Calvin Coolidge |
October 10, 1924 | Letter from Grenville H. Norcross to C. Bascom Slemp |
September 22, 9124 | Letter from J.T. Balkam to C. J. Gould |
no date | Brochure from The American Forestry Association |
no date | Brochure from The American Forestry Association |
October 11, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Grenville H. Norcross |
October 17, 1924 | Letter from Clarence Barnes to Calvin Coolidge |
February 16, 1924 | Letter from James Monroe Olmstead to Calvin Coolidge |
February 19, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James Monroe Olmstead |
November 17, 1924 | Letter from Roy Brooks to Calvin Coolidge |
October 7, 1924 | Telegram from C. Bascom Slemp |
September 2, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Wesley L. Archer |
June 24, 1924 | Index Card |
July 2, 1924 | Letter from Byron Verge to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Business Card |
July 1, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to George Edwards |
August 16, 1924 | Letter from Adolf Mueller to Calvin Coolidge |
August 18, 1924 | Letter from Rudolph Forster to Adolf Mueller |
no date | Letter from Rudolph Forster to Harlan F. Stone |
September 22, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to J. T. Balkam |
no date | Photograph |
September 20, 1924 | Letter from C. J. Gould to J. T. Balkam |
September 6, 1924 | Letter from Wesley L. Archer to C. Bascom Slemp |
September 11, 1924 | Index Card |
September 17, 1924 | Letter from Donovan (?) to Rudolph Forster |
September 18, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Adolph Mueller |
September 20, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Wesley L. Archer |
September 22, 9124 | Letter from J. T. Balkam to C. Bascom Slemp |
no date | Advertisement from Roy Brooks |
August 30, 1924 | Letter from Wesley L. Archer to Calvin Coolidge |
January 15, 1927 | Index Card |
April 13, 1928 | Index Card |
no date | Business Card |
no date | Letter from Everett Sanders to J. Roy Van Wyck |
March 1, 1928 | Index Card |
no date | Advertisement |
January 24, 1928 | Report from V.E. Albertie |
February 1, 1928 | Letter from John Sargent to Everett Sanders |
January 30, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Ralph V. Blake |
January 25, 1928 | Advertisement |
January 28, 1928 | Letter from Ralph V. Blake to Everett Sanders |
November 4, 1927 | Letter from Philip Howes to Calvin Coolidge |
January 27, 1928 | Telegram from Ralph V. Blake to Calvin Coolidge |
May 21, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Lulu Wheeler |
January 11, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to John G. Sargent |
January 7, 1927 | Letter from Wilson Brown to Edward T. Clark |
January 6, 1927 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Wilson Brown |
December 27, 1927 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Thomas R. Shipp |
December 23, 1927 | Letter from Thomas R. Shipp to Edward T. Clark |
December 15, 1927 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Frank B. Willis |
December 8, 1927 | Letter from Frank A. Connelly to Frank B. Willis |
December 14, 1927 | Letter from Frank S. Willis to Edward T. Clark |
December 1, 1927 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Clara Beth Kincaid |
November 27, 1927 | Letter from Clara Beth Kincaid |
June 25, 1925 | Advertisement |
January 27, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Ralph V. Blake |
June 18, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Frank B. Kellogg |
no date | Letter from W.H. Hancock |
July 16, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Frank S. Knapp |
no date | Circular from Frank S. Knapp |
July 14, 1928 | Letter from Frank S. Knapp to Calvin Coolidge |
July 12, 1928 | Telegram from Charles E. Ingling to M. CL. |
March 3, 1928 | Receipt to L. Irene Wheeler |
March 26, 1928 | Receipt to L. Irene Wheeler |
March 30, 1928 | Receipt to L. Irene Wheeler |
no date | Card to Lulu Irene Wheeler |
June 21, 1928 | Report from J.L. Flood |
July 11, 1928 | Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Everett Sanders |
May 16, 1928 | Index Card |
June 18, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to John G. Sargent |
May 21, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Frank B. Kellogg |
June 1928 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Violet Gross |
no date | Notes |
June 1, 1928 | Letter from Emil Sauer |
June 15, 1928 | Letter from Nelson T. Johnson to Everett Sanders |
no date | Notes |
June 12, 1928 | Letter from John G. Sargent to Everett Sanders |
October 19, 1927 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to The Gross Girls |
June 12, 1928 | Letter from Violet Gross to Everett Sanders |
June 6, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to John G. Sargent |
May 21, 1928 | Letter from C. (?) to Everett Sanders |
June 9, 1927 | Letter from John H. Greim to Calvin Coolidge |
June 20, 1928 | Letter from Violet Gross to Edward T. Clark |
November 29, 1926 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Thomas R. Shipp |
January 26, 1927 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Virginia Moreland |
no date | Business Card from Virginia Moreland |
January 21, 1927 | Letter from Virginia Moreland to Calvin Coolidge |
January 16, 1927 | Index Card |
January 12, 1927 | Index Card |
November 28, 1926 | Advertisement from Dimock Potato Corporation |
January 10, 1927 | Memorandum from J. Edgar Hoover to Attorney General |
January 6, 1927 | Index Card |
December 10, 1926 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to J. Edgar Hoover |
December 2, 1926 | Memorandum from J. Edgar Hoover to Attorney General |
November 7, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Philip Howes |
November 30, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to F.C. Hitch |
February 9, 1927 | Letter from Grant L. Bell |
November 29, 1926 | Letter from F.C. Hitch to Everett Sanders |
November 29, 1926 | Letter from Alex Eisemann to Everett Sanders |
November 27, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
November 1926 | Advertisement |
November 23, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
November 23, 1926 | Letter from Ethel E. Peck to Thomas R. Shipp |
November 1926 | Advertisement |
November 29, 1926 | Letter from Thomas R. Shipp to Edward T. Clark |
July 19, 1926 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Thomas R. Shipp |
July 19, 1926 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Thomas R. Shipp |
July 17, 1926 | Memorandum from Mr Haley to Edward T. Clark |
December 2, 1926 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Wilson Brown |
April 6, 1927 | Letter from R.S. Bauer to Edward T. Clark |
June 8, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Fred J. McConnell |
June 4, 1927 | Letter from Fred J. McConnell to Everett Sanders |
June 3, 1927 | Letter from Reed Smoot to Everett Sanders |
June 2, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Reed Smoot |
June 2, 1927 | Letter from Reed Smoot to Everett Sanders |
June 2, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
June 1, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Reed Smoot |
June 1, 9127 | Letter |
May 17, 1927 | Index Card |
May 7, 1927 | Index Card |
April 7, 1927 | Memorandum to Miss Randolph |
no date | Letter from Victor Van Neste, Jr. to Calvin Coolidge |
April 6, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to C.A. Karpen |
no date | Advertisement |
no date | Photograph |
April 5, 1927 | Letter from C. Alfred Karpen to Everett Sanders |
March 12, 1927 | Letter from W. Vance Varcoe to Everett Sanders |
March 11, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to The Varcoe Printing House |
March 3, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Alex W. Dreyfoos |
March 2, 1927 | Letter from Alex W. Dreyfoos to Calvin Coolidge |
February 15, 1927 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Victor Van Neste, Jr. |
February 11, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Grant L. Bell |
February 9, 1927 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Ralph A. Collins |
no date | Advertisement from The Varcoe Printing House |
October 9, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to W.H. Hancock |
April 7, 1927 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Ralph S. Bauer |
January 25, 1925 | Memorandum from J.H. and L.H. Edwards to Calvin Coolidge |
November 5, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to W.L. Desnoyler |
November 13, 1925 | Letter from Lester F. Scott to Everett Sanders |
no date | Advertisement |
November 14, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Lester F. Scott |
November 16, 1925 | Letter from Lester F. Scott to Everett Sanders |
December 17, 1925 | Letter from Edwin F. Enderlin to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Article from Mildred Hardenbergh |
December 23, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to J. Edgar Hoover |
December 24, 1925 | Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Edward T. Clark |
January 7, 1925 | Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Everett Sanders |
October 6, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Harry S. New |
no date | Advertisement |
October 1925 | Brochure |
no date | Notes from J.H. and L.H. Edwards to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Memorandum from J.H. and L.H. Edwards to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Card from J.H. and L.H. Edwards |
no date | Postcard |
no date | Photograph |
no date | Sheet Music from J.H. and L.H. Edwards |
no date | Sheet Music from J.H. and L.H. Edwards |
no date | Business Card from J.H. and L.H. Edwards |
December 14, 1925 | Article |
January 18, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to J.H. Edwards |
January 26, 1926 | Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Edward T. Clark |
no date | Letter from J.F. Collins |
October 13, 1925 | Telegram from Everett Sanders |
November 2, 1923 | Letter from Charles E. Hughes to C. Bascom Slemp |
July 2, 1925 | Letter from E.H. Clinton to Everett Sanders |
July 8, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Kenneth B. Beckman |
July 10, 1925 | Letter from J.J. Ford to Everett Sanders |
July 13, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to J.J. Ford |
July 15, 1925 | Letter from Alfred T. Marks to Everett Sanders |
no date | Business Card |
July 20, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Alfred T. Marks |
July 23, 1925 | Letter from Mitchell Fels |
no date | Letter from Mitchell Fels |
March 14, 1925 | Advertisement |
November 4, 1925 | Letter from W.L. Desnoyler |
October 13, 1925 | Telegram to Everett Sanders |
October 30, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Stephen A. Ross |
October 19, 1925 | Letter from Francis Y. Brown to Everett Sanders |
no date | Letter from Ralph S. Bauer |
October 10, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Francis J. Brown |
no date | Notes |
October 22, 1925 | Letter from Stephen A. Ross to Everett Sanders |
no date | Advertisement |
October 24, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
no date | Memorandum |
October 24, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Stephen A. Ross |
October 28, 1925 | Letter from Stephen A. Ross to Everett Sanders |
January 28, 1926 | Letter from Henry Rood to Everett Sanders |
August 10, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Mitchell Fels |
December 29, 1928 | Telegram to Everett Sanders |
no date | Letter from J.F. Collins |
April 6, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Mary Lyles Wilson |
April 18, 1926 | Index Card |
April 20, 1926 | Letter from Mr Boenicke to Everett Sanders |
April 22, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Mr Boenicke |
April 23, 1926 | Index Card |
May 19, 1926 | Letter from A. Harkess to J. M. Haley |
May 12, 9126 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to C.W. Grosner |
May 13, 1926 | Letter from Clarence W. Grosner to Edward T. Clark |
June 15, 1926 | Letter from William H. Rankin to Everett Sanders |
no date | Advertisement |
April 3, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to E.C. O'Neil |
December 31, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
March 23, 1926 | Advertisement |
December 21, 1928 | Letter from John White Johnston to E.G. Clark |
December 14, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to W.M. Scheibel |
December 13, 1928 | Letter from W. Scheibel to Everett Sanders |
December 12, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to S.R. Leon |
December 12, 1928 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to John White Johnston |
December 12, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
December 8, 1928 | Advertisement |
December 11, 1928 | Letter from S.R. Leon |
December 7, 1928 | Letter from John White Johnston |
October 15, 1928 | Index Card |
June 27, 1925 | Letter from illegible to Kenneth B. Backman |
June 17, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to William H. Rankin |
February 4, 1926 | Advertisement |
October 8, 1928 | Letter from Harry S. New to Everett Sanders |
January 29, 1926 | Letter from Bernard A. Dolan to Calvin Coolidge |
January 29, 1926 | Article to Calvin Coolidge |
January 30, 1926 | Letter from F.W. Ackermann to Calvin Coolidge |
no date | Business Card |
January 30, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Henry Rood |
February 1, 1926 | Letter from Ellen Marshall Rugg to Edward T. Clark |
no date | Advertisement |
February 2, 1926 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Ellen Marshall Rugg |
February 4, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to F.W. Ackermann |
February 9, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Bernard A. Dolan |
April 3, 1926 | Letter from Mary Lyles Wilson to Calvin Coolidge |
February 16, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders |
no date | Advertisement |
February 19, 1926 | Letter from L.B. Sonneborn to Everett Sanders |
February 23, 1926 | Index Card |
March 18, 1926 | Letter from Bernard A. Dolan to Everett Sanders |
no date | Illustration |
no date | Illustration |
no date | Advertisement |
no date | Advertisement |
March 22, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Bernard A. Dolan |
March 23, 1926 | Telegram from Bernard A. Dolan to Everett Sanders |
March 24, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Bernard A. Dolan |
March 30, 1926 | Letter from E.C. O'Neil |
February 14, 1926 | Index Card |
no date | Letter from Mrs Lon O. Hocker to Charles Evans Hughes |