The papers of Willa Mae Roberts consist of correspondence dealing with her involvement in the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party, as well as printed materials, and press releases concerning campaigns and political activities in Missouri and nationwide.

Size: Less than one linear foot (about 900 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The Truman Library received no donation of copyright from the donor of these papers. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents or their heirs.
Processed by: Erwin J. Mueller (1968).
Updated by: Sarah Sylvester (2005) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.

1887 (January 16)		Born in Holliday, Missouri
1906 (December 5)		Married Calvin Delbert Roberts
1935-1936		Treasurer, Monroe County Democratic Committee
1937-1938		Secretary, Monroe County Democratic Committee
1939		Became Vice Chairman, Monroe County Democratic Committee
1940-1952		Member, Missouri Democratic Committee
1944		Received U.S. Treasury Department Award for Patriotic Service, and Nurses Certificate from the American National Red Cross
1952-1961		Democratic National Committeewoman from Missouri
1956		Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
1961		Died

The papers of Willa Mae Roberts include correspondence, printed materials, press releases, and other items relating to Roberts’s career as a Democratic National Committeewoman and Democratic Party Official. The collection contains some personal correspondence as well as documentation of Roberts’s political activity in Missouri and nation wide.

Roberts’s papers are organized into one series, the Correspondence File, which includes correspondence between Roberts and other Democratic leaders, including Governors, Senators and Congressmen. Many copies of Democratic Digest as well as flyers, pamphlets and programs on candidates and their campaigns, are filed under “Publications.” Also contained in the Correspondence File are letters from Harry S. Truman.

Other collections at the Truman Library relating to women in the Democratic Party include the India Edwards Papers and the Lina D. Adams Papers.

Container Nos.		Series
1		CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1928-1958
		Correspondence, memoranda, and other items. Arranged in alphabetical order.

CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1928-1958

Box 1

• Cannon, Clarence (Congressman), 1934-1956
• Congress (Members of), 1944-1956
• Democratic National Committee, 1936-1956
• Democratic National Convention and Campaign, 1956
• Democratic Party – Missouri, 1936-1956
• Democratic Party – (other states than Missouri), 1939-1956
• Democratic State Committee, Missouri – 1939-1946
• Forms, Official
• General Correspondence, 1936-1958
• Hennings, Thomas C. (U.S. Senator), 1955-1956
• Jackson County (Missouri) Democratic Committee, 1955
• Map of Missouri Road Condition and Bulletin – August 16, 1928 [cross reference sheet]
• Miscellaneous Correspondence
• Missouri Constitutional Convention – 1945
• Missouri Federation of Women’s Democratic Clubs, 1946-1956
• Missouri State Officials – 1940-1956
• Press Releases (Democratic Party), 1944-1956
• Programs (Democratic Party), 1939-1956
• Publications
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• Treasury Department (War Savings Staff), 1942-1946
• Truman, Harry S. – 1944-1945

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