Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
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 Prout collection
Collection — Folder S1088
Identifier: S1088
Scope and Contents
There are ten unrelated items in this collection, including a note from Hugh McCulloch, Treasury Department to Lander Bishop and Company, dated June 17, 1865. The note thanks "Gentlemen" for the portrait of Washington which they sent. Also included is a letter to Honorable Sidney Dillon, President Union Pacific R.R., from James N. Tyner, Postmaster General, February 20, 1877, regarding the rates for mails sent by rail. A letter to Erastus Brainard, Esq., from W. Q. Gresham, dated March 8,...
Dates:
1863-1925; undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Prout collection
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
