Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
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
Edward A. Mitchell papers
Collection
Identifier: L618
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Edward A. Mitchell's congressional papers (1946-1949), including correspondence regarding veterans' claims and benefits, and papers relating to Mitchell's service on the U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Committee; correspondence and legislative papers regarding bills introduced or supported by Mitchell, including the Taft-Hartley Act, the elimination of the tax on oleomargarine, the abolition of the War Assets Administration, and changes in the Chinese...
Dates:
1928-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edward A. Mitchell papers
Harry S. New collection
Collection
Identifier: L299
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection consists of Harry S. New’s correspondence regarding state and national politics, particularly the 1912, 1920, and 1924 presidential elections. Correspondence also includes discussion of his work as U.S. postmaster general (1923-1929). New added several notes throughout the collection (written in the early 1930s) that provide contextual background and significance of correspondence. New also provided his reminiscences of the 1896, 1908, and 1912 presidential...
Dates:
1869-1938
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Harry S. New collection
John V. Beamer collection
Collection
Identifier: L517
Scope and Contents
This collection consists principally of papers related to John V. Beamer's career in U.S> Congress from 1951 to 1959 and includes correspondence regarding legislation and political issues from constituents and colleagues, national associations, labor unions, Indiana newspapers, colleges and universities, and businesses in his district; speeches, newsletters, and press releases; copies of the Congressional Record; newspaper clippings; campaign records,...
Dates:
1910-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John V. Beamer collection
Orville Haines Moody collection
Collection
Identifier: L714
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a scrapbook created by Nancy L. (Sutton) Moody Cross of Angola, Indiana documenting her husband Orville Haines Moody's political career, with materials ranging from 1934 to 2019. Within the scrapbook's first page, a photograph of James A. Moody, Orville's grandfather, and a note states, "James A. Moody, elected to the Indiana State Legislature exactly 50 years to the day before Orville. He won the nomination on May 8, 1934 and Orville won the nomination on May 8, 1984."...
Dates:
1934-2019
Will H. Hays collection
Collection
Identifier: L560
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Will H. Hays' correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, notebooks and photographs, principally from the period of 1914-1954. His political papers include correspondence and other papers regarding his work as Indiana and National Republican Party Chairman; his work with the State Council of Defense during World War I; his efforts to unite the liberal and conservative wings of the Republican Party for the 1920 election, including his correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt on...
Dates:
1857-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Will H. Hays collection
William H. Hudnut III collection
Collection
Identifier: L523
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, publications from William H. Hudnut III while he was in Washington D.C. ranging from 1972 to 1974 regarding his work as a member of the House of Representatives.Series 1 consists of correspondence and general papers related to his professional work and is further broken down into three subseries. Subseries 1.1 contains correspondence, publications, reports, and other papers relating to Hudnut's work in the House of...
Dates:
1969-1974
Wilson S. Daily collection
Collection — Folder S2031
Identifier: S2031
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a Republican ticket from Kansas for the 1888 election, a commission report on the Indiana Reformatory from 1921, and correspondence related to the report and the Indiana Reformatory created by Warren T. McCray in Indianapolis in 1921.
Dates:
1888, 1921
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wilson S. Daily collection
