Politicians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:
Lewis J. Murphy campaign materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2062
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a poster from Lewis J. Murphy‘s 1942 campaign for U.S. Representative and clippings documenting the reaction of his opponent, Charles A. Halleck, to the poster.
Dates:
1942
Louis L. Ludlow letter
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0857
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a May 16, 1924 handwritten letter by Louis L. Ludlow sent from Washington, D.C. to Howard M. Staunton, an attorney in Indianapolis. In the letter Ludlow lets Staunton know that he is sending him a copy of his new book From Cornfield to Press Gallery.
There is also an oversize portrait of Ludlow dated March 27, 1929 (B057).
There is also an oversize portrait of Ludlow dated March 27, 1929 (B057).
Dates:
1924/05/16; 1929/03/27
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Louis L. Ludlow letter
Lucius C. Embree papers
Collection
Identifier: L052
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of business, political, and personal papers of Elisha, James T., David F., and Lucius Embree ranging from 1800 to 1930. Elisha Embree's papers include receipts, accounts, land indentures, and other financial papers relating to his land and business interests; correspondence regarding his legal business in Princeton, Evansville, and other southwestern Indiana towns, including retained copies of Embree's letters and correspondence of his partners Samuel Hall and Charles...
Dates:
1800-1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lucius C. Embree papers
Luella Cotton collection
Collection
Identifier: L259
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, papers, news clippings, tickets and programs ranging from 1955 to 1970 regarding Luella Cotton's Democratic Party political activities. She received correspondence from across Indiana from fellow Democrats serving on county and state committees and from individuals working for the Democratic National Committee. The collection includes Cotton's correspondence with Indiana state politicians Larry Conrad, S. Hugh Dillin, Marie Lauck, Jack H. Mankin,...
Dates:
1954-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Luella Cotton collection
Maurice Clifford Townsend collection
Collection
Identifier: L375
Scope and Contents
The collection consists largely of Maurice Clifford Townsend's speeches from 1936 to 1943. The 1936 speech was created during the gubernatorial campaign, the 1937-1941 speeches were made during his term in office and the 1943 speeches while he was an official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also included is a small amount of biographical material. There is also an oversize portrait of Townsend circa 1937-1941 (B065).An item-level description is available upon...
Dates:
1936-1943
Miscellaneous oversize portrait prints
Collection — Folder OB116
Identifier: OB116
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises 6 prints of portraits of individuals from the United States. The original artwork was created between circa 1830 to 1934, while the prints were created later. Identified subjects in the portraits are as follows: composer Stephen Collins Foster (2 different paintings), Dr. Mary Angela Spink, architect Ithiel Town, entrepreneur Hugh J. McGowen, Abraham Lincoln, Robert K. Kyle (by artist Alexander Rosenfeld), and Lew Wallace.
Dates:
circa 1830-1934, undated
Nancy Johnson collection
Collection
Identifier: L764
Scope and Contents
This collection includes programs, pamphlets, and other items collected by Nancy Johnson from events she attended and from the Indiana Statehouse Tour Office where her husband Jim volunteered, ranging from 1983 to 2020 and undated. Most of the events, which included government swearing-in and award ceremonies, services, conferences, meetings, and celebrations for historic events and holidays, took place at the Indiana Statehouse. There are also materials about the Indiana Supreme Court and...
Dates:
1983-2020, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nancy Johnson collection
Nikki Schofield political elections scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L391
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a scrapbook created by Nikki Schofield during the time she volunteered in Republican politics. The bumper sticker on the front cover states: "This Woman Is For Reagan-Bush '84." The materials begin in 1982 and end in 1988. Some of the candidates included in the scrapbook are: John R. Price, Bill Hudnut, George Bush, Dan Quayle, Dan Burton, Steve Carlock, Ronald Wilson Raegan, Joseph P. Watkins, Robert Orr, Gerald Zore, Steve Goldsmith, John Mutz, and Brian C. Bosma. On...
Dates:
1982-1989
Noah Noble collection
Collection
Identifier: L118
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Noah Noble's personal and political correspondence regarding state and national Whig politics, as well as his campaign for governor of Indiana. Included are letters relating to the Internal Improvement Board, its projects, and correspondence pertaining to the state's debts arisen from such projects.Correspondents include John Badollet, Samuel Bigger, Michael G. Bright, David Burr, Henry Clay, John Wesley Davis, John Dowling, George H. Dunn, Paris C. Dunning,...
Dates:
1816-1900s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Noah Noble collection
Noble and Davidson family papers
Collection
Identifier: L107
Scope and Contents
This collection includes receipts and financial papers of Noah Noble, correspondence of Catherine Noble Davidson and Alexander H. Davidson, an autograph album of Catherine Noble Davidson and autograph books signed by the members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Also, included are Noble family land and legal documents from Virginia and Kentucky and newspaper clippings on politics and the U.S. Civil War. Correspondents include John J. Crittenden, William Henry Harrison, John...
Dates:
1785-1868
