Politicians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:
Donald C. Bruce collection
Collection
Identifier: L606
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, notes, scrapbooks, and photographs, reel-to-reel audio, and 16mm film from Donald C. Bruce in Washington D.C. ranging from 1950 to 1969 regarding his time in U.S. Congress.
Dates:
1950-1969
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Donald C. Bruce collection
Dufour family collection
Collection
Identifier: L046
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Jean Jacques (John James) Dufour’s account book of expenses and travel notes (1796–1826), and his instructions and reports for his work in America (1796–1804); maps of the Swiss colony and Vevay (1802–1836); and 1810 description of New Switzerland; John Francis Dufour’s correspondence and appointments to public office; Daniel Dufour’s account of his 1801 voyage from Switzerland to Virginia with an accompanying English translation from 1917; two manuscripts from Perret...
Dates:
1762-1917, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Dufour family collection
Dwight D. Eisenhower in Indianapolis photographs
Collection — Folder SP068
Identifier: SP068
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, mostly photographed by Foster Photos and a couple from the Indianapolis Star staff photographers, from visits Dwight D. Eisenhower made to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1952 and 1954.
Dates:
1952/09/09, 1954/10/15
E. Ross Adair oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH002
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript and a shared reel-to reel audio tape from a videotapeed oral history interview with E. Ross Adair, conducted by F. Gerald Handfield on April 12, 1975 at Turkey Run State Park In his discussion, Adair describes his trip to Paris as a United States delegate to a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) meeting.
Dates:
1975/04/12
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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E. Ross Adair oral history
E. Ross Adair oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 6 audio tapes of 5 interviews and a transcript of the first three interviews for an oral history with E. Ross Adair, conducted by Randall W. Jehs and F. Gerald Handfield on March 4, April 13, and June 2, 1971; September 25, 1974; and August 25, 1977. In the discussion, Adair describes his family, upbringing, World War II, his political career, life as a student, political campaigns, Vietnam, and many other topics as well as his career as a U.S. congressman and...
Dates:
1971-1974; 1977
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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E. Ross Adair oral history
Ed Johnson photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP172
Identifier: SP172
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 4 black-and-white photographs taken by Ed Johnson ranging from 1930 to circa 1933 in Illinois regarding the Offutt coper shop in Old Salem, Illinois where Abraham Lincoln studied at night and the graves of his father, Thomas Lincoln, his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln, and his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge.
Dates:
1930, undated
Edgar Whitcomb and family commemorative ashtrays
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L534
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two glass commemorative ashtrays from Indiana circa 1969-1973, depicting Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb, his wife, and their five small children.
Dates:
circa 1969-1973
Ellen Graydon collection
Collection — Folder S0535
Identifier: S0535
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises correspondence and photocopies of typed documents, including speeches and programs, from Katharine Merrill Graydon and John H. Holliday in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1914 to 1938, regarding Samuel Merrill, William A. Bell, Henry P. Coburn, Constance Fennimore Woolson, and Benjamin Harrison. A few notable items include a January 28, 1914 speech entitled "William A. Bell"; a 1924 document titled, "A Pioneer Tale: the Life of Samuel Merrill"; and an undated...
Dates:
1914-1938, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ellen Graydon collection
Elmer Davis letters
Collection — Folder S0337
Identifier: S0337
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises two letters from Elmer Davis in Washington, D.C. ranging from 1944 to 1945, regarding the Office of War Information (OWI), of which Davis was director during World War II. The first letter was sent to California Congressman Will Rogers, Jr. on April 29, 1944 informing him about the work of the Overseas Branch of OWI. The second letter was written to Harold F. Brigham at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis on January 29, 1945, in response to his letter to...
Dates:
1944-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Elmer Davis letters
Eugene Bainbridge papers
Collection
Identifier: L617
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers relating to Eugene Bainbridge's career in the Indiana Senate ranging from 1953 to 1975. Included are correspondence, legislation, reports, and other papers relating to issues before the Indiana Senate, including public employee' and teacher' retirement funds, the highway department, reapportionment, development of port facilities (1969), abortion, and education reform and school financing (1965-1971); papers relating to Lake County issues before the senate,...
Dates:
1953-1975
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Eugene Bainbridge papers
