Robert Middleton Pollock was born December 16, 1854 to James and Eveline Halstead Pollock in Racine County, Wisconsin. Leaving school after two years for financial reasons, he taught for three years, during that time he also studied law. He then entered the law office of Judge Elbert Hand of Racine and 1879 was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin, leaving there in 1880 for Dakota Territory.  He was at the Constitutional Con vention in 1889 where he authored the prohibition clause and helped fight the Louisiana Lottery, and in 1891 was on the Compilation Commission which compiled the laws of North Dakota. He was Cass County States Attorney from 1893 to 1896.  Pollock died October 19, 1920.

The Pollock collection consists of correspondence and subject files. The correspondence consists of only five letters written to Mrs. Pollock while she was in school in Racine, Wisconsin.  The subject files also contain compositions written by Mrs. Pollock as well as their children's school work.  Also include are two speeches by Mrs. Pollock: "Women's Rights as a Citizen" and "Chinese and Japanese in the United States."
 

Politics and Government