The Papers of Robert A. Taft, Volume 1: 1889-1939 (Papers of Robert a Taft)

This is the first volume of a projected four-volume edition of the select correspondence, speeches, and documents of Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), son of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Taft was the most prominent critic of mid-twentieth-century American liberalism and played a significant role in the development of party politics. This volume spans his early life and career from his school days to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1938.