Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 236 Collections and/or Records:
Kellogg and Plessinger family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1480
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Kellogg and Plessinger families ranging from 1832 to 1920. There are a large number of letters from Francis Nelson Kellogg to his parents and sister while serving with Company K, 75th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War and typewritten transcriptions of most of his letters; letters from Benjamin F. Wiley and James B. Plessinger while they were serving in the war; and a letter and two invoices from J. W. Keely, acting assistant...
Dates:
1832-1920
Kurt F. Pantzer collection
Collection
Identifier: L593
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed and photocopied political papers and typed and autographed and signed correspondence (circa 1940-1970s and undated) relating to Pantzer's involvement in state and national Republican Party politics, and especially party finances, presidential campaigns of Robert Taft (1947-1952), Barry Goldwater (1964), and Richard M. Nixon (1968, 1972), support for Supreme Court appointment of Sherman Minton, involvement with foreign affairs organizations, including American...
Dates:
1820s-1986, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Kurt F. Pantzer collection
Lawrence M. Borst collection
Collection
Identifier: L495
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers collection by Lawrence Borst while serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and in the Indiana Senate. Materials collected during Borst’s service in the Indiana House primarily reflect his work with the Committee on the Affairs of Marion County and the Committee on Public Policy. Collectively, part one documents the formation of UNIGOV, unified government for Indianapolis and Marion County.The second series, consisting of materials from...
Dates:
1957-1985
Legislature collection
Collection — Folder S2812
Identifier: S2812
Scope and Contents
This collection includes lists from the Indiana General Assembly "Legislature" in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1839-1840 to 1848-1849 regarding membership and personal information.
Dates:
1839-1840, 1848-1849
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Legislature collection
Logan Esarey collection
Collection
Identifier: L459
Scope and Contents
The collection contains articles, essays, speeches, manuscript drafts, and research notes from Logan Esarey in Indiana, ranging from circa 1900 to 1950. The collection consists of several unpublished chapters on politics and early Indiana state newspapers, Esarey's research and notes from the Indiana Journal and Senate Journal, as well as several essays on Jacksonian democracy in Indiana, the William Henry Harrison...
Dates:
circa 1900-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Logan Esarey collection
Loretta B. Mariottini collection
Collection — Folder S930
Identifier: S0930
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Democratic Party campaign material compiled by Loretta B. Mariottini relating to the 1968 elections.
Dates:
1968
Louis J. Bailey and Esther U. McNitt political letters
Collection — Folder S283
Identifier: S0283
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from U.S. congressman and senators from Indiana in Washington, D.C. replying to Louis J. Bailey and Esther U. McNitt ranging from 1926 to 1935 regarding various bills and legislation regarding libraries, printing, and censuses.
Dates:
1926-1935
Lucius Burrie Swift collection
Collection
Identifier: L155
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of Lucius B. Swift’s correspondence from the period 1885-1908 relating to his work with federal civil service reform, including correspondence relating to the work of the National Civil Service Reform League; Swift’s publication of the Civil Service Chronicle; federal appointments in Indiana and elsewhere, and the work of the U.S. Civil Service Commission; and the role of reformers in state and national elections. Also included...
Dates:
1851-1931
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 correspondence, press releases, newsletters, newspaper clippings, buttons, invitations, tickets, programs, photographs, and publications from Luella Cotton in Montgomery County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1954 to 1974, regarding her political activities and involvement with the Democratic Party and its candidates. The collection includes Cotton's correspondence with Indiana state politicians Larry Conrad, S. Hugh Dillin, Marie Lauck, Jack H....
Dates:
1954-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Luella Cotton collection
