Roscoe B. Fleming collection
Collection — Folder: S0472
Identifier: S0472
Scope and Contents
This collection has one folder containing "The Story of Indiana" by Roscoe B. Fleming. This is a six-part article about the Ku Klux Klan and prohibition in Indiana politics in the 1920s. He gives a brief biography of D.C. Stephenson, the Grand Dragon of Indiana’s Ku Klux Klan, and his stakes amongst the political elite of the city and state including Governor Ed Jackson, and Indianapolis Mayor John L. Duvall. Fleming discusses Edward S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League and his involvement with members of the Indiana Republican Party leaders. Finally, Fleming relates the role of newspapers in reporting these stories.
Dates
- 1927 October
Creator
- Fleming, Roscoe Bain, 1895-1974 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Roscoe Bain Fleming was born September 16, 1895, in Edgemont, South Dakota. He attended Moores Hill College in Evansville, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University. Fleming served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Artillery in World War I. He married Mary Noble on 1919 in Indianapolis, Indiana and they had 2 children: William Noble and Mary.
Fleming began writing for newspapers in Fargo, South Dakota, and worked for papers in Richmond, Indiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Fort Worth, Texas, before moving to Denver, Colorado in 1936 to work for the Rocky Mountain News. He became a columnist for The Denver Post in 1941 and wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, London Economist, and Baltimore Sun. He retired from journalism about 1969. Fleming died on October 1, 1974 in Colorado and was cremated.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Roscoe B. Fleming." Accessed 2012. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
"Ex-Post Columnist Roscoe Fleming Dies." Denver Post, October 2, 1974.
Fleming began writing for newspapers in Fargo, South Dakota, and worked for papers in Richmond, Indiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Fort Worth, Texas, before moving to Denver, Colorado in 1936 to work for the Rocky Mountain News. He became a columnist for The Denver Post in 1941 and wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, London Economist, and Baltimore Sun. He retired from journalism about 1969. Fleming died on October 1, 1974 in Colorado and was cremated.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Roscoe B. Fleming." Accessed 2012. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
"Ex-Post Columnist Roscoe Fleming Dies." Denver Post, October 2, 1974.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed by Chaise Carter during February 2012. EAD finding aid revised 2023/03/22 by Brittany Kropf.
- Articles
- Indiana -- Politics and government
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indiana Anti-Saloon League
- Jackson, Edward L., 1873-1954
- Journalists
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-)
- Politicians
- Politicians -- Indiana
- Politics and government
- Prohibition
- Republican Party (Ind.)
- Stephenson, David Curtis (1891-1966)
- Temperance
- Temperance -- Indiana
Creator
- Fleming, Roscoe Bain, 1895-1974 (Person)
- Title
- Roscoe B. Fleming collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
