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Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

Warren T. McCray collection

 Collection
Identifier: L096
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two drafts of Warren T. McCray's memoirs, written shortly after his release from prison, describing his family and childhood, agriculture and business interests, political campaigns, and governorship, facsimiles of documents from his trial on mail fraud charges, and his time served in federal prison.
Dates: 1923-1927

Wendell Willkie collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1411
Scope and Contents This collection includes four letters written by Wendell Willkie (1936-1943); an early draft of a biography by Will Hays titled “Wendell L. Willkie: A Great Liberal” (May 1940); a typewritten copy of “Gentleman From Indiana,” an essay by Janet Flanner that was published in Harper’s Bazaar (September 15, 1940); other documents related to his 1940 presidential campaign; rough drafts of editorials following Willkie’s death (October 1944); carbon copies of letters...
Dates: 1936-1945

Wendell Willkie photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP152
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs of Wendell Willkie in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1940 to 1950 and undated, relating to his 1940 presidential campaign, his accomplishments, and his life, as well as his birthplace, Elwood, Indiana, and after his death, his gravesite and the dedication of a bronze tablet in Willkie's honor in the Indiana Statehouse on February 18, 1950.
Dates: 1940-1950, undated

William B. Burford, "William J. Bryan" photogravures and lithograph

 Collection — Folder OBC190
Identifier: OBC190
Scope and Contents This collection contains photogravures and a lithograph created by William B. Burford of William Jennings Bryan during the 20th century.
Dates: 20th century

William Dudley Foulke papers

 Collection
Identifier: L056
Scope and Contents The collection includes William Dudley Foulke's correspondence relating to civil service reform, the women's rights movement, Indiana and national Republican Party politics, the Progressive Party in 1912 and 1916, American involvement in the Philippine Islands, and his work on behalf of American preparedness in World War I, and on behalf of the World Court, the League to Enforce Peace, and the League of Nations; copies of his extensive correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt regarding civil...
Dates: 1849-1932

William F. Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: L086
Scope and Contents This collection contains personal and business papers and correspondence of William F. Jones ranging from 1827 to 1890. The correspondence regards Jones’s land and business interest in Blackford and Delaware County and his work on the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad. There is also information regarding state and national politics, receipts, and a girl’s diary. Correspondents include Jones’s family in Ohio, his daughter and son-in-law, Thomas Dowling, William H. English, Andrew J....
Dates: 1827-1890

William Henry Harrison Miller collection

 Collection
Identifier: L108
Scope and Contents The collection includes indentures, mortgages, abstracts of titles, and other legal documents from William Henry Harrison Miller regarding his property ownership in Indianapolis (1874-1906) as well as correspondence, reports, and financial papers regarding the construction and maintenance of said properties; letters of condolence to his wife and children at his death; several of Miller’s speeches; and a report to the U.S. Circuit Court on the case of James R. Jessup vs. the Wabash, St. Louis...
Dates: 1862-1919

William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson lithograph

 Collection — Folder OBE027
Identifier: OBE027
Scope and Contents This collection contains one color lithograph of the 1900 Democratic presidential ticket of William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson printed by Eagle Lithographic Company of Chicago.
Dates: 1900

William Steele Holman papers

 Collection
Identifier: L073
Scope and Contents The collection, the bulk of which dates from 1870 to 1894, includes documents from William Steele Holman’s career as a politician as well as those from the Holman family. The documents are divided into correspondence and papers and newspaper clippings. They are then arranged chronologically with the other assorted materials. Materials include correspondence from constituents, telegrams, election results, family letters, newspaper clippings, a correspondence journal, an account book,...
Dates: 1837-1936

Winfield Taylor Durbin collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0393
Scope and Contents This collection includes an enlistment certificate, correspondence, a family history, and a biography from Winfield Taylor Durbin in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1954.The oldest document in this collection is an 1899 certificate regarding the enlistment of Winfield T. Durbin as colonel of the 161st Indiana Volunteer Regiment on June 18, 1898 to serve for two years during the war. On April 11, 1903, Governor Durbin wrote to a colonel about the dedication of...
Dates: 1899-1954