Elections -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
1868 Illinois election tickets
Collection — Folder S1392
Identifier: S1392
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of Republican and Democratic tickets from the 7th Congressional District and 40th District of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 1868 election. The tickets for each party list candidates for national, state, and local offices.
Dates:
1868
1968 political memorabilia
Collection — Folder S2059
Identifier: S2059
Scope and Contents
This collection includes political memorabilia from the 1968 presidential election as well as local Indiana elections, such as state representative and the mayor of the City of Indianapolis.
Dates:
1968
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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1968 political memorabilia
Collection of sample ballots
Collection — Folder OBE014
Identifier: OBE014
Scope and Contents
This collection contains sample ballots from presidential elections in the United States ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Dates:
circa 1930-circa 1970
Earl F. Landgrebe papers
Collection
Identifier: L625
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Landgrebe's Congressional papers, including correspondence, reports, and legislation regarding the Consumer Protection Act (1974), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1973), the Food and Drug Administration, the Tax Reform Act (1969), the Pollution Control Act (1971), farm bills (1969-1974), Watergate, the War in Vietnam, defense spending, abortion, the draft, foreign aid, railroads, public land use, poverty programs, the Pueblo Incident, and other issues before...
Dates:
1964-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Earl F. Landgrebe papers
Florence K. Harding letter
Collection — Folder S0588
Identifier: S0588
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten letter sent from Florence K. Harding to Mrs. Harry S. New on February 3, 1922. Typed on White House stationary and signed by Mrs. Harding, it is a personal letter addressed to "Dear Bill New", a nickname used by Mrs. New's close friends. Mrs. Harding notes that things are "going better" than expected (Senator New's campaign), speaks of several people they know in common, and mentions the "Knickerbocker disaster." Also included is a one-page, typed...
Dates:
1922-1930
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Florence K. Harding letter
Fred L. Pierpont collection
Collection — Folder S2436
Identifier: S2436
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of Fred L. Pierpont's papers, including a map of Lexington, Indiana from 1922 and a page with handwritten explanations of the town roads and points of interest on map; an undated to-do list of maintenance jobs written on Englishton Park (Lexington, Indiana) letterhead; a copy of "History of Lexington High School," a five-page essay possibly written by a student for a school assignment in circa 1931; and nonprofessional drawings of President Taft...
Dates:
1908-circa 1931
James Siddall papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3291
Scope and Contents
This collection includes "Dantucker with Speed," a incomplete handwritten poem about the nomination and election of James Polk (circa 1844). On the back of the same paper, there is a poem that begins, "O death within thy ruthless grasp" and a February 7, 1844 receipt from the Indianapolis office of the Sinking Fund for Asa Anderson and Esquire Ward regarding payment of interest on a loan. The collection also has a February 28, 1846 "Penmanship" receipt and includes a pencil drawing of a woman...
Dates:
1837-1846
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Siddall papers
Marion County Ward 21 voting machine and absent voters tally sheet
Collection — Folder OBD012
Identifier: OBD012
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the voting machine and absent voters tally sheet from Township Ward 21 in Marion County, Indiana for the election on November 8, 1988.
Dates:
1988/11/08
Paul V. McNutt for President in 1940 Club records
Collection
Identifier: L293
Scope and Contents
This collection includes minutes of meetings, officers' correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and membership information from the Paul V. McNutt for President in 1940 Club ranging from 1933 to 1937.
Dates:
1933-1937
Thomas A. Hendricks papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0635
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Thomas A. Hendricks’ correspondence as well as a few receipts and checks ranging from 1825 to 1885 in Indiana. A speech given by his nephew Thomas at a Thomas A. Hendricks Memorial Celebration at Thomas A. Hendricks School in Shelbyville, Indiana is also included. There are also oversize memorial resolutions passed upon Thomas A. Hendricks' death and other certificates, 1885 and undated (OBD005).Correspondents include William English,...
Dates:
1825-1949, bulk 1873-1879
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas A. Hendricks papers
